Jim Showalter wrote:
> Mike O'Connor wrote:
>   
>> Jon Harrison wrote:
>>     
>>> On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:32:49 -0700, Jim Showalter wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Can any drive which meets the above criteria probably
replace my drive, 
>>>> which I can probably find for one heck of a lot less?
>>>>         
>>> I bought a Seagate ST3500641A, 500gb, for $118.  It's ATA-100.
>>> Works well w/ Dani's latest drivers.
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>       
>> Hi Jon, Jim,
>>
>> In view of the 2.5" disk mentioned and 4200PRM, I had assumed this was 
>> for a Compaq Presario Laptop
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mike
> Mike and Jon,
>
> My computer is a laptop. Should have mentioned that in my original query.
>
> Reading the reviews of the Hitachi Travelstar 80GB that Mike pointed to, 
> it appears that others have replaced a 4200 RPM drive with this 7200 rpm 
> in their laptops with no problems.
>
> Is there any possibility that the BIOS may have a problem with the change?
>
> Thanks!
>   
Hi Jim,


I needed to have a BIOS update in my 1998/1999 vintage Sony VAIO 
PCG-F190, (because of disk-size) when I upgraded from a 6.4GB to a 30GB 
disk, but in view of the fact that you already had a disk above the 32GB 
limit, I would say none at all and the next limitation is the LBA28 
limitation at 128GB, which Danis506.add may be able to get you over, 
even if the BIOS can't!

Regards,
Mike


 
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