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Old 19th March 2009, 00:27   #106
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Computer gurus,please help!

My hard drive crashed a while ago,and I need to reorder a new one.I'm looking at the 500GB Western Digital hard drive. I have a Dell Dimension 2350 (5 years old).
eCOST.com-Western Digital 500GB Caviar SE Internal Hard Drive - WD5000AAJS - Western Digital WD5000AAJS (Internal Storage) - eCOST.com - electronics, computers, laptops, mp3 players

I'm trying to figure out if this hard drive will be compatible with the Dell system.I haven't had a chance to talk to Dell yet,but I'll do so this week. In the mean time,I was wondering if anyone has this unit,or if they've had any experience in fixing the HD on Dell systems.

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Computer gurus,please help!

My hard drive crashed a while ago,and I need to reorder a new one.I'm looking at the 500GB Western Digital hard drive. I have a Dell Dimension 2350 (5 years old).
eCOST.com-Western Digital 500GB Caviar SE Internal Hard Drive - WD5000AAJS - Western Digital WD5000AAJS (Internal Storage) - eCOST.com - electronics, computers, laptops, mp3 players

I'm trying to figure out if this hard drive will be compatible with the Dell system.I haven't had a chance to talk to Dell yet,but I'll do so this week. In the mean time,I was wondering if anyone has this unit,or if they've had any experience in fixing the HD on Dell systems.

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The only issue I see here is that you desktop may not have a SATA port. Dell should be able to show you the config of the machine given its maintenance tag.
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The only issue I see here is that you desktop may not have a SATA port. Dell should be able to show you the config of the machine given its maintenance tag.
I haven't been able to figure out if the system has a SATA cable.I'll try to get the necessary info from Dell, and then get an opinion on what type of HD to get. Thanks for your input, Mohit.
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Old 19th March 2009, 04:15   #109
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Looks like it has only IDE. You are better off looking for IDE drives. Some models here:

Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,Hard Drives,Internal Hard Drives,IDE Ultra ATA100,

You can search for the best price.
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That looks like it,Mohit. Its deinitely not a SATA cable in the CPU.

A 500GB HD with SATA costs just about $50, but with the IDE a 500MB HD is almost $75. Anyways,I've got to get whats compatible,so no highway option available.
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Check monoprice.com for PCI to SATA adapters. You just may be able to save some money!

For only $6.08 each when QTY 50+ purchased - IDE ATA-133 HDD to Serial ATA SATA Converter with SATA cable and Power cable | IDE / SATA Adapter

Save some money here!!
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BSOD & 0x000000F4(0x00000003,0x89B343C0,0x89B34534,0x805C 8C88)
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On my dell inspiron 6000 laptop, got BSOD with the error message 0x000000F4(0x00000003,0x89B343C0,0x89B34534,0x805C 8C88).

Does anyone know more about this ? Please advise.
This is my 4 year old laptop, and am out of warranty.
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Old 22nd March 2009, 21:17   #113
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please list the crash error in details.

before above code any particular file name or quote mentioned.
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please list the crash error in details.

before above code any particular file name or quote mentioned.
It said something to the effect of a process or thread crucial to the system has been unexpectedly exited or terminated.
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its very unclear from above given codes.
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120 GB IDE Laptop HDD in b'lore ?
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To be safe, go for 120 GB.
Folks, i am finding it tough to procure a 120GB IDE 2.5" laptop HDD in bangalore. Please advise.
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Folks, i am finding it tough to procure a 120GB IDE 2.5" laptop HDD in bangalore. Please advise.
But that's the IT capital of the country!

I bought a 160 GB IDE 2.5 inch drive just three months back in Delhi.
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But that's the IT capital of the country!

I bought a 160 GB IDE 2.5 inch drive just three months back in Delhi.
This is about 120GB IDE 2.5" laptop HDD.. 160GB IDE 2.5" is easily available in b'lore. This was about LBA issue and the advise to go for 120GB HDD.

How much did you pay for 160GB IDE 2.5" ?
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This is about 120GB IDE 2.5" laptop HDD.. 160GB IDE 2.5" is easily available in b'lore. This was about LBA issue and the advise to go for 120GB HDD.

How much did you pay for 160GB IDE 2.5" ?
what laptop you are plonking this in. cpu/chipset please??

BTW the chipset that takes 120gb will definitely take 160 or even 250gb.

check this site from down south.

http://www.deltapage.com/
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what laptop you are plonking this in. cpu/chipset please??

BTW the chipset that takes 120gb will definitely take 160 or even 250gb.

check this site from down south.

http://www.deltapage.com/
This is about 48-bit LBA issue and the limit of 137GB. I am on 2GHz Centrino and Intel 915GM chipset. How can i know whether this combination supports 160GB HDD ?

BTW, the deltapage doesn't have 120GB IDE HDD.
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