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Replacing an OEM Mobo...
My Sony Viao PCV-RX360DS (UC28554430) came with an Asustek CUSL-LV
Rev. 1.xx mobo and a 40 GB ST340823A Rev. 3.07 hard drive. Can anyone comment on the compatibility of replacing the OEM hard drive with a 250 GB WDC WD2500BB 55GUC0 Rev. 08.02D08 hard drive? Thanks! Jimmy Roberts jkr1963.at.verizon.dot.net |
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Jimmy Roberts wrote:
My Sony Viao PCV-RX360DS (UC28554430) came with an Asustek CUSL-LV Rev. 1.xx mobo and a 40 GB ST340823A Rev. 3.07 hard drive. That appears to be a parallel ATA drive. I can't really find much on the mobo. Can anyone comment on the compatibility of replacing the OEM hard drive with a 250 GB WDC WD2500BB 55GUC0 Rev. 08.02D08 hard drive? That's a parallel drive as well? The WD2500BB comes in serial and parallel versions. Assuming that it's a parallel drive, you should be alright. If for some bizarre reason this Pentium III machine did not support LBA-48, you would not be able to address more than 128GB of your new drive, but I think that's unlikely. Have at it. |
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Jimmy Roberts wrote:
My Sony Viao PCV-RX360DS (UC28554430) came with an Asustek CUSL-LV Rev. 1.xx mobo and a 40 GB ST340823A Rev. 3.07 hard drive. Can anyone comment on the compatibility of replacing the OEM hard drive with a 250 GB WDC WD2500BB 55GUC0 Rev. 08.02D08 hard drive? Thanks! Jimmy Roberts jkr1963.at.verizon.dot.net The Asus motherboard is new enough that there should be no problem using a 250GB PATA drive... Ben Myers |
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replacing the old 40gb 3.5" parallel ata drive with another of a larger
capacity should not be a problem. however, you should make sure that you have a 40pin/80 wire ide cable and there is a chance that your system will not natively recognize the full capacity of the new larger drive. if you purchase a new drive as an 'oem' package then you get just a bare drive, but if you purchase it in a 'retail' package you will get the drive, the cable, utility cd and instructions. the newer/larger drives need the newer cable to work correctly. the cable looks very similar to the old but with twice as many wires running thought the ribbon cable. i have not seen the western digital drive you mentioned available for sale for some time so suspect you are talking about a used one. either way, you can get the utility software from the cd that is included with the drive or from the drive manufactures web site. among other things, the utility software allows you to clone the software image from the current drive to the new (so you do not need to reinstall any software), and to enable the system to be able to recognize the full capacity of the drive if you find that your computer is not able to 'see' the full capacity of the drive. "Jimmy Roberts" wrote in message ... My Sony Viao PCV-RX360DS (UC28554430) came with an Asustek CUSL-LV Rev. 1.xx mobo and a 40 GB ST340823A Rev. 3.07 hard drive. Can anyone comment on the compatibility of replacing the OEM hard drive with a 250 GB WDC WD2500BB 55GUC0 Rev. 08.02D08 hard drive? Thanks! Jimmy Roberts jkr1963.at.verizon.dot.net |
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On Sep 25, 11:41*pm, Grinder wrote:
Jimmy Roberts wrote: My Sony Viao PCV-RX360DS (UC28554430) came with an Asustek CUSL-LV Rev. 1.xx mobo and a 40 GB ST340823A Rev. 3.07 hard drive. That appears to be a parallel ATA drive. *I can't really find much on the mobo. Can anyone comment on the compatibility of replacing the OEM hard drive with a 250 GB WDC WD2500BB 55GUC0 Rev. 08.02D08 hard drive? That's a parallel drive as well? *The WD2500BB comes in serial and parallel versions. Assuming that it's a parallel drive, you should be alright. *If for some bizarre reason this Pentium III machine did not support LBA-48, you would not be able to address more than 128GB of your new drive, but I think that's unlikely. Have at it. Yes, they are both parallel. |
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no cross posting please. lol
Christopher Muto wrote: replacing the old 40gb 3.5" parallel ata drive with another of a larger capacity should not be a problem. however, you should make sure that you have a 40pin/80 wire ide cable and there is a chance that your system will not natively recognize the full capacity of the new larger drive. if you purchase a new drive as an 'oem' package then you get just a bare drive, but if you purchase it in a 'retail' package you will get the drive, the cable, utility cd and instructions. the newer/larger drives need the newer cable to work correctly. the cable looks very similar to the old but with twice as many wires running thought the ribbon cable. i have not seen the western digital drive you mentioned available for sale for some time so suspect you are talking about a used one. either way, you can get the utility software from the cd that is included with the drive or from the drive manufactures web site. among other things, the utility software allows you to clone the software image from the current drive to the new (so you do not need to reinstall any software), and to enable the system to be able to recognize the full capacity of the drive if you find that your computer is not able to 'see' the full capacity of the drive. "Jimmy Roberts" wrote in message ... My Sony Viao PCV-RX360DS (UC28554430) came with an Asustek CUSL-LV Rev. 1.xx mobo and a 40 GB ST340823A Rev. 3.07 hard drive. Can anyone comment on the compatibility of replacing the OEM hard drive with a 250 GB WDC WD2500BB 55GUC0 Rev. 08.02D08 hard drive? Thanks! Jimmy Roberts jkr1963.at.verizon.dot.net |
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On Sep 26, 11:27*am, Dan Sgambelluri wrote:
no cross posting please. *lol Christopher Muto wrote: replacing the old 40gb 3.5" parallel ata drive with another of a larger capacity should not be a problem. *however, you should make sure that you have a 40pin/80 wire ide cable and there is a chance that your system will not natively recognize the full capacity of the new larger drive. *if you purchase a new drive as an 'oem' package then you get just a bare drive, but if you purchase it in a 'retail' package you will get the drive, the cable, utility cd and instructions. *the newer/larger drives need the newer cable to work correctly. *the cable looks very similar to the old but with twice as many wires running thought the ribbon cable. *i have not seen the western digital drive you mentioned available for sale for some time so suspect you are talking about a used one. *either way, you can get the utility software from the cd that is included with the drive or from the drive manufactures web site. *among other things, the utility software allows you to clone the software image from the current drive to the new (so you do not need to reinstall any software), and to enable the system to be able to recognize the full capacity of the drive if you find that your computer is not able to 'see' the full capacity of the drive. "Jimmy Roberts" wrote in message .... My Sony Viao PCV-RX360DS (UC28554430) came with an Asustek CUSL-LV Rev. 1.xx mobo and a 40 GB ST340823A Rev. 3.07 hard drive. Can anyone comment on the compatibility of replacing the OEM hard drive with a 250 GB WDC WD2500BB 55GUC0 Rev. 08.02D08 hard drive? Thanks! Jimmy Roberts jkr1963.at.verizon.dot.net- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Do some newsgroups allow cross-posting and some newgroups discourage it? |
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On Sep 26, 11:27*am, Dan Sgambelluri wrote:
no cross posting please. *lol Christopher Muto wrote: replacing the old 40gb 3.5" parallel ata drive with another of a larger capacity should not be a problem. *however, you should make sure that you have a 40pin/80 wire ide cable and there is a chance that your system will not natively recognize the full capacity of the new larger drive. *if you purchase a new drive as an 'oem' package then you get just a bare drive, but if you purchase it in a 'retail' package you will get the drive, the cable, utility cd and instructions. *the newer/larger drives need the newer cable to work correctly. *the cable looks very similar to the old but with twice as many wires running thought the ribbon cable. *i have not seen the western digital drive you mentioned available for sale for some time so suspect you are talking about a used one. * Newegg carries wd ide drives from 80 to 500 gig,new oem. $39 to $73 |
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Jimmy Roberts wrote:
My Sony Viao PCV-RX360DS (UC28554430) came with an Asustek CUSL-LV Rev. 1.xx mobo and a 40 GB ST340823A Rev. 3.07 hard drive. Can anyone comment on the compatibility of replacing the OEM hard drive with a 250 GB WDC WD2500BB 55GUC0 Rev. 08.02D08 hard drive? Thanks! Jimmy Roberts jkr1963.at.verizon.dot.net I haven't looked up the specs for the board, but as long as the BIOS can handle the larger drive size you should be fine as long as both drives are the same interface (PATA/SATA). -- spammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor and literally save someone's life: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ |
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Replacing an OEM Mobo...
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:01:59 -0700 (PDT), Jimmy Roberts
wrote: Do some newsgroups allow cross-posting and some newgroups discourage it? For basic questions such as yours, posting to so many groups is a bit excessive. Further it is not a homebuilt system nor a Dell so right away 3 groups should've been left out. |
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