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11-27-2005, 04:10 PM
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i know this is a noob question, but just help me out please. Does it matter which type of hard drive you use or does it have to match my mobo. thanks alot.
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11-27-2005, 04:27 PM
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as long as the motherboard supports the type of drive you want, it will work just fine.
you don't want to get a serial type of drive to use on a ide port. |
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11-27-2005, 04:44 PM
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but what type of drive will this emachins support T3406
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11-27-2005, 04:51 PM
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I looked at their site and it has a 2MB cache hard drive which means it's a regular IDE (ATA) hard drive.
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11-27-2005, 05:36 PM
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thanks for the help, but can you help me find a good hard drive the is compatible with my mobo.
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11-27-2005, 07:27 PM
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Don't really understand your question... Do you mean to suggest a brand? or size? What's your budget? are you wanting to add a second drive? increase the the size? is there a problem with your current drive? ....
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11-27-2005, 07:31 PM
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Seagate makes great harddrives and they come with a 5 year warranty. You might want to consider them. Western Digital makes great drives too.
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11-27-2005, 09:36 PM
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what is the difference betwwen sata and ata. thanks for your help.
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11-27-2005, 09:49 PM
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SATA is the newer tech for hard drives, which will slowly replace the older ATA (PATA, IDE, etc) standard. The computer's motherboard has to be made to accept SATA drives, however, meaning SATA drives are not compatible with non-SATA mobos.
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11-27-2005, 09:52 PM
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on one of my previous questions i asked about help on picking the best one for me. Money is not a problem, this will be a second HD, i guess thats it.
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11-27-2005, 09:55 PM
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Also, the other day, a western digital HD wasent compatible with that specific mobo ive never had problems with Maxtor, so thats a consideration, but thats just me For instance: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144421
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11-27-2005, 10:38 PM
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Maxtor is my favorte, too. I'm not familiar with eMachines, but my guess is that it does not support SATA drives. Anybody know for sure what a T3406 can handle? Or even how old it is?
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11-27-2005, 10:47 PM
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i got the emachines on black friday at best buy for $150 and wanted to upgrade it. here are the specs:
Intel® Celeron® D Processor 340 (256KB L2 cache, 2.93GHz, 533MHz FSB) Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition SP2 Intel® 865GV chipset 256MB DDR (1x256MB) 400MHz (PC3200) Expandable to 2GB 80GB (7200 RPM, 2MB cache 1 48x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive 8-in-1 Digital Media Manager (Secure Digital (SD), Smart Media, Micro Drive, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Compact Flash, Multimedia Card, USB 2.0) Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 Up to 64MB shared video memory AC '97 Audio Intel® PRO 10/100Mbps integrated Ethernet 56K ITU v.92 ready Fax/Modem Standard multifunction keyboard, 2-button wheel mouse, amplified stereo speakers 5 USB 2.0 (1 in Media Reader, 4 in back), 1 VGA external connector, 1 serial, 1 parallel, 2 PS/2, 5 audio (2 in front, 3 in back) 14.25"H x 7.25"W x 16.00"D 22.5 lbs (PC only) http://www.emachines.com/support/pro...es&model=T3406 |
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11-27-2005, 11:26 PM
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well that mobo supports SATA so your fine
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11-28-2005, 02:10 AM
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so it does support sata thats good.
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11-28-2005, 08:17 PM
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Forgive me if I'm still not certain... OK, that chipset supports SATA, but I don't see a mobo make / model number in the link above... or did I miss something?? I know I'd hate it if I went out and bought a SATA drive only to find out I had a proprietary mobo that didn't have anywhere to hook it up to.
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11-28-2005, 08:56 PM
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It doesn't really make much difference wheter you get SATA or PATA at the moment. They are both about the same, I'd just get PATA to be safe.
Btw, you might also consider upgrading the RAM before you get more hard drive space.
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