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Need help with laptop hard drive
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:16 am
by smack323
ok so i bought a laptop that needed a hard drive $50 seemed like a good deal.. I want to be sure i get the right kind. Here are the specs for the computer.
http://www.drivesolutions.com/cgi-bin/s ... mid=sol590
can anyone let me know if this one will work? If not please link me something on the egg that will. Thanks guys
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822148128
Re: Need help with laptop hard drive
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:18 pm
by smack323
really dead in here today... oh well! I ended up getting the one i linked. I am pretty sure thats what I need. $104 for a laptop. not to shabby.
Re: Need help with laptop hard drive
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:30 pm
by Darkstar
I probably would have upgraded to a faster one, but if its the same type of battery you should have no problem. Congrats on the good deal! might want to check to make sure you dont have one of the exploding batteries...lol
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/compat ... oject_id=7
Re: Need help with laptop hard drive
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:28 pm
by smack323
Darkstar wrote:I probably would have upgraded to a faster one, but if its the same type of battery you should have no problem. Congrats on the good deal! might want to check to make sure you dont have one of the exploding batteries...lol
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/compat ... oject_id=7
I didnt upgrade anything, I didnt even have a laptop - this one just needed a new hard drive. the guy said his dad didnt know how to replace so he just bought a new one, and asked him if he thought he could get $50 for it. I did check the battery and all looks good. Its in really good shape I know it has 768mb RAM - waitng to get OS installed to check out the rest of the specs...
So do you think that hard drive will work?
Re: Need help with laptop hard drive
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:13 pm
by DMB2000uk
I would have replied earlier, but had to go out.
I tried looking up official specs for the laptop, but there was no mention of hard drive interface, and seen as though the only other interface that newegg has in is the sata type, odds are that the ATA interfaced one that you pointed out bought is the type you need.
Dan
Re: Need help with laptop hard drive
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:28 pm
by smack323
thats what i figured- the site i linked above let me put in the model# and gave me the listed hard drives as compatible. the only thing that was confusing me was they were showing ATA/100 and newegg listed as ATA-6, I did a little investigating and it seems like those are the same thing?
Re: Need help with laptop hard drive
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:55 pm
by DMB2000uk
Just checked too and apparently they are.
Dan