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Thanks for the reply Ray and the links which were very informative but I
still have the basic question of what will or won't work in my PC. I mostly use
it for web browsing (dial-up) and word processing. No gaming or other resource
hogging activities. So performance needs are minimal.
Hard drives on the before-mentioned sites are listed as IDE Ultra ATA 100,
IDE Ultra ATA 133, Ultra320 SCSI (60 and 80 pin)and SATA. I know I can't use
the SATA but am in a quandry as to which of the others would be compatible.
Also, if I do use a HD that doesn't use the ultra DMA standard, will I have
to make an adjustment in the Bios to accomadate it?
Thanks for any suggestions as I'm afraid my present drive is about to jump
ship!!!
-Phil Williams-
In a message dated 1/19/2008 12:35:16 PM Pacific Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:
I looked up Ultra DMA and discovered that it is a form of IDA/ATA which
is faster and uses an 80 wire 40 pin cable. Check out the following two
articles I found on Google.
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/modesUDMA-c.html
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable80-c.html
You might want to stick with a UDMA drive to keep your performance up to
what the old drive was.
Later, Ray Parrish
[log in to unmask] wrote:
> I am looking to replace an aging Hard Drive in my Compaq Presario 5425ks
> desktop. The HP/Compaq site lists my HD as an 80GB (5400 rpm) Ultra DMA.
> Browsing HDs at Newegg and TigerDirect, the term "UltraDMA" isn't used so
I'm unsure
> of what drives might be compatible. I'm leaning toward either WD or
Seagate
> 80GB 7200 rpm at an "affordable" price.
> Are there other terms or associated numbers I should look for while
shopping?
>
> Thanks,
> -Phil Williams-
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