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July 25th, 2006, 09:58 AM
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hard drive replacement
harddrive CRASH on HP media center - original harddrive 5400 rpm which is difficult to find these days - does it have to stay at 5400 OR ?? does it work to stick a 7200 or higher speed in its place? old crashed drive was Ultra ATA . thanks for any advice!
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July 25th, 2006, 10:46 AM
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Post back with the exact model and we can have a look at the exact specs for the HDD. Generally speaking, you should be able to cope with the faster drive, it's the bus speed that needs to be determined.
You may need a bios upgrade if it is an older machine, but more of that later when you post your model no.
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July 25th, 2006, 10:46 AM
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it should work with any HDD
5400 new does not exist for desktop hdds anymore they are all 7200 and the even better news is large IDE HDDs are super cheap 160Gb for 75 AUD vd 80Gb for around the same price Sata is for some reason mroe expensive
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July 25th, 2006, 10:52 AM
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thanks for reply - the machine is an HP 792c media center - the drive I pulled out was 5400 rpm ultra ata. installed a 7200rpm Western Dig and wasn't working, friend told me had to match the RPM's and the reason why..
appreciate the help!
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July 25th, 2006, 11:09 AM
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howlarge was the HDD?
you may need a bios update rpmshoundt matter
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July 25th, 2006, 11:47 AM
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does the new HDD work on another PC
does the old HDD work on another PC
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#10
July 25th, 2006, 01:08 PM
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try get your hands on a 160Gb HDD
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#11
July 25th, 2006, 01:11 PM
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exchange it
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