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presario 2170us Hard drive question

post #1 of 8
9/17/05 at 1:06am
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I just picked up a ToshibaMK8026GAX hard drive for my presario 2170us notbook and it seem's the hard drive is not being detected by the BIOS. The original hard drive was a 4,200rpm. this new one is a 5,400rpm. I was hoping someone could tell me if the hard drive is compatable even though it's 5,400rpm, and if it is'nt can I do anything to upgrade my notebook to accept it.

Thanx Sesshomaru
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post #2 of 8
9/18/05 at 12:16am
1) Make sure your BIOS is up to date... Sometimes it fixes hardware compatibility problems...
2) Are you sure this new disk is a good one?


What was the model of the old disk??
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post #3 of 8
9/18/05 at 12:58pm
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The hard drive that came with the notebook was a Hitachi Travelstar IC25N040ATMR04-0 40 GIG 4,200 RPM.

Thank you for your help, sesshomaru
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post #4 of 8
9/18/05 at 2:14pm
Okay i see no reason this new disk wouldnt work other than the fact it has 16MB cache... Which its possible thats why it doesnt work in this system. You can try to update the BIOS as i said before to try to get it to work... Also can you test it in another system?
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post #5 of 8
9/26/05 at 1:38pm
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Originally Posted by sesshomaru
I just picked up a ToshibaMK8026GAX hard drive for my presario 2170us notbook and it seem's the hard drive is not being detected by the BIOS. The original hard drive was a 4,200rpm. this new one is a 5,400rpm. I was hoping someone could tell me if the hard drive is compatable even though it's 5,400rpm, and if it is'nt can I do anything to upgrade my notebook to accept it.

Thanx Sesshomaru
i know a lot of models very similar to this have a black adaptor that is on the hdd... did you take it off the original and put it on the new hdd??
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post #6 of 8
9/26/05 at 3:11pm
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Originally Posted by d0dg3man
stupid suggestion but i will ask...

i know a lot of models very similar to this have a black adaptor that is on the hdd... did you take it off the original and put it on the new hdd??
Please have more respect for people in this forum.
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post #7 of 8
9/26/05 at 3:14pm
Sorry Double Post...
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post #8 of 8
9/26/05 at 4:32pm
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Originally Posted by Teckng778
Please have more respect for people in this forum.
what is your problem?? why not check the obvious first..
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