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W3J 4200RPM Hard Drive Worries

post #1 of 6
5/1/06 at 6:59am
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I'm in the UK and am considering getting the W3J. However, it comes with a 4200RPM hard drive (I think it's the Hitachi Travelstar) and I keep reading on these forums that this speed is just too slow.

I was under the impression I could change it myself for a 5400 or 7200 if I really found it to be a problem. However, I have also read this will void my warranty; is this true? How would they know I had changed it (assuming I kept the original); is there a security seal on the drive bay?

It seems a little unfair that ASUS ships it with the slowest speed drive they could find and then don't want you to change it.
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post #2 of 6
5/1/06 at 9:39am
Ask your dealer.
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post #3 of 6
5/1/06 at 5:08pm
We recommend that you get a 2.5" external hard drive box for a backup storage.
Here is the steps you can do
1) take out the 4200rpm hd to a USB external hd box
2) put a 7200rpm hd to your W3J
3) insert a image application software CD to an optical drive and booting up
4) through the USB external hd box to clone the drives to 4200rpm hd to 7200rpm hd(you can create the an new image later as a backup in case a Windows is corrupt)
5) your 7200rpm hd is ready to use, 4200rpm hd can be kept as a backup storage

You must keep your 4200rpm hd for your personal use if your W3J needs a Asus' service so that you can put it back to it before bring.
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post #4 of 6
5/2/06 at 10:48am
I don't believe Asus puts any security seals on them so if it needs repair just replace it back with the orignal drive. You can double check with owners of w3j.
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post #5 of 6
5/2/06 at 2:59pm
Security seal? I hear that the security seal is on the CPU. I want to apply some AS5 to it. I just got a W3V off of ebay and it's on its way. Just a curiosity question: How hard is it to lift off the seal without breaking it?
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post #6 of 6
5/3/06 at 4:05am
I have a W3V here in Aus. It's almost a year old now. At that time, there were no 5400RPM 100Gb certified drives out so it had a 4200 RPM drive in there. I had expected ASUS to chenge it over by now though.

Anyway, I bought a 5400 RPM drive for mine and changed it over with no issues. It's just 1 screw and a flat blade to lift the cover. It would be easier to let it cool down first though. I also carefully peeled off the plastic cover that covers the electronics of the drive and put it on the new drive. (2 strips of adhesive on the narrow sides of the drive) There were no security seals on it as far as I could see.

I kept the original drive as a backup drive in an external box (using ezbackitup)

Hope this helps
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