Maximum Internal Hard drive Capacity for Inspiron 3500
Jakal 4 January 2005 22:13:43
Hi everyone,
I would like to change my 2,5 inch 6.5 GB internal harddrive on my Inspiron 3500 PII 366 MHz for a bigger one : According to you, hardware experts :wink: , what is the maximum capacity of the hard drive that could be supported on such a system ?
Below is the reference of the motherboard :
Chipset 1 motherboard : Intel Corporation 82443BX/ZX 440BX/ZX CPU to PCI Bridge (AGP Implemented) Bus : ISA AGP PCI CardBus USB i2c/SMBus Bus Speed : 1x 66MHz (66MHz rate) Vitesse Maxi FSB / Memory : 1x 100MHz / 1x 100MHz 64-bit
On 3 Jan 2005 12:02:28 -0500, jafunel@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (jakal) wrote:
Hi everyone,>
I would like to change my 2,5 inch 6.5 GB internal harddrive on my>Inspiron 3500 PII 366 MHz for a bigger one : According to you,>hardware experts :wink: , what is the maximum capacity of the hard>drive that could be supported on such a system ?>
Below is the reference of the motherboard :>
Chipset 1>motherboard : Intel Corporation 82443BX/ZX 440BX/ZX CPU to PCI Bridge>(AGP Implemented)>Bus : ISA AGP PCI CardBus USB i2c/SMBus>Bus Speed : 1x 66MHz (66MHz rate)>Vitesse Maxi FSB / Memory : 1x 100MHz / 1x 100MHz> 64-bit
Check whether Dell offers a BIOS update. With an update (or maybe without?) I would expect it to support up to 128GB HDD, but I am not sure of it.
For a better chance of an answer try the group alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message news:h58jt098envavn1nf2in34ubam3061q05u@4ax.com...> On 3 Jan 2005 12:02:28 -0500,> jafunel@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (jakal) wrote:>
Hi everyone,>>
I would like to change my 2,5 inch 6.5 GB internal harddrive on my>>Inspiron 3500 PII 366 MHz for a bigger one : According to you,>>hardware experts :wink: , what is the maximum capacity of the hard>>drive that could be supported on such a system ?>>
Below is the reference of the motherboard :>>
Chipset 1>>motherboard : Intel Corporation 82443BX/ZX 440BX/ZX CPU to PCI Bridge>>(AGP Implemented)>>Bus : ISA AGP PCI CardBus USB i2c/SMBus>>Bus Speed : 1x 66MHz (66MHz rate)>>Vitesse Maxi FSB / Memory : 1x 100MHz / 1x 100MHz>> 64-bit>
Check whether Dell offers a BIOS update. With an update (or> maybe without?) I would expect it to support up to 128GB> HDD, but I am not sure of it.
The only way I see you having a problem is if you plan to get a HD larger then 32GB format it with FAT32 and use it in Win2000. --
"I don't cheat to survive. I cheat to LIVE!!"
- Alceryes
"jakal" <jafunel@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message news:41d97aa4_5@alt.athenanews.com...> Hi everyone,>
I would like to change my 2,5 inch 6.5 GB internal harddrive on my> Inspiron 3500 PII 366 MHz for a bigger one : According to you,> hardware experts :wink: , what is the maximum capacity of the hard> drive that could be supported on such a system ?>
Below is the reference of the motherboard :>
Chipset 1> motherboard : Intel Corporation 82443BX/ZX 440BX/ZX CPU to PCI Bridge> (AGP Implemented)> Bus : ISA AGP PCI CardBus USB i2c/SMBus> Bus Speed : 1x 66MHz (66MHz rate)> Vitesse Maxi FSB / Memory : 1x 100MHz / 1x 100MHz> 64-bit>
The only way I see you having a problem is if you plan to get a HD larger > then 32GB format it with FAT32 and use it in Win2000.> -- >
"I don't cheat to survive. I cheat to LIVE!!">
- Alceryes>
"jakal" <jafunel@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message > news:41d97aa4_5@alt.athenanews.com...>> Hi everyone,>>
I would like to change my 2,5 inch 6.5 GB internal harddrive on my>> Inspiron 3500 PII 366 MHz for a bigger one : According to you,>> hardware experts :wink: , what is the maximum capacity of the hard>> drive that could be supported on such a system ?>>
Below is the reference of the motherboard :>>
Chipset 1>> motherboard : Intel Corporation 82443BX/ZX 440BX/ZX CPU to PCI Bridge>> (AGP Implemented)>> Bus : ISA AGP PCI CardBus USB i2c/SMBus>> Bus Speed : 1x 66MHz (66MHz rate)>> Vitesse Maxi FSB / Memory : 1x 100MHz / 1x 100MHz>> 64-bit>>
The only way I see you having a problem is if you plan to get a HD larger >then 32GB format it with FAT32 and use it in Win2000.
Huh?
I can see the 32GB limit, but it's not difficult to format FAT32 (with any old Win9x boot disk or whatever instead of WIndow's installer) and otherwise Win2k has no problem with up to 128GB... or beyond after applying service packs.
Win2k has no problem with> up to 128GB... or beyond after applying service packs.
Yea, I think they fixed it with an early service pack. --
"I don't cheat to survive. I cheat to LIVE!!"
- Alceryes
"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message news:8qijt0hu0kkqcromheupem42urtjqmn6pr@4ax.com...> On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:51:00 -0500, "Alceryes"> <replytopost@thankyou.com> wrote:>
The only way I see you having a problem is if you plan to get a HD larger>>then 32GB format it with FAT32 and use it in Win2000.>
Huh?>
I can see the 32GB limit, but it's not difficult to format> FAT32 (with any old Win9x boot disk or whatever instead of> WIndow's installer) and otherwise Win2k has no problem with> up to 128GB... or beyond after applying service packs.
Thank for your answers. So, a classical 40 GB 2,5 inch would do the job since my OS is W2K. right ?
But I remember when I call Dell for the same purpose for my old Dimension XPSR 450 (PII 450 under W2K also). The guy told me that the hard drive capacity should not exceed 20 GB otherwise the system won't recognized the extra capacity. What do you think ?
Additional question if you don't mind : Shall I pick a special kind of disk so that its specs could be supported by the motherboard of my laptop 3500 PII 366 ? The today-specs of this kind of hard drive might be different from 5-years-old one ? What are you thoughts about that ?
Edit // to be clearer : would this kind of disk : Hitachi 60 Go 2"1/2 7200 RPM/8Mo be fully compatible ? // Edit
