Question about installing new hard drive
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Posted by rpetrson28 on April 17, 2006, 7:30 pm
Please log in for more thread options I'm installing a Maxtor 200GB hard drive into my compaq presario model S4210NX. My old one crashed so i thought i would upgrade the hard drive at this point in time. I have already installed it in the computer and ran netbios which is reading it as a 200GB drive etc. Just want to make sure that they is going to work before loading windows XP pro on to it. Specs are - Microprocessor Pentium 4 2.4 GHz Frontside Bus speed 400 MHz Processor architecture mPGA478. Chipset 845GL Hard drive 80 GB Drive RPM 5400 RPM Memory 256 MB DDR SDRAM Memory max 1 GB Memory speed 2100 MB/sec Total DIMM sockets 2-184 pin Available DIMM sockets 1-184 pin open Multimedia drive 16x DVD-ROM drive CD, DVD Rewritable drive CD-RW (48x/12x/48x) Diskette drive 3.5 inches (1.44 MB). Fax and data modem Lucent V.92 56K modem Network Realtek RTL8100 Keyboard Compaq PS/2 Internet Keyboard Mouse Internet Scroll Mouse – PS/2 Sound Realtek ALC202A Speakers N/A Speaker form factor N/A Total expansion slots Three PCI Available slots Two PCI Total drive bays Ext (two) 3.5 inches (two) 5.25 inches Int (one) 3.5 inches Available drive bays 3.5 inches ext., 5.25 inches ext Total external ports Serial, six USB 2.0, parallel, two PS/2 Available external ports Serial, six USB 2.0, parallel Front mounted ports Two USB 2.0 Video graphics (AGP) 845GL Graphics memory UMA up to 64 MB Tower dimensions 16.55 x 6.88 x 14.5 inches (23.8 pounds) Power supply 200 Watts Fax and data modem Lucent V.92 56K modem Network Realtek RTL8100 Keyboard Compaq PS/2 Internet Keyboard Mouse Internet Scroll Mouse – PS/2 Sound Realtek ALC202A Speakers N/A Speaker form factor N/A Total expansion slots Three PCI Available slots Two PCI Total drive bays Ext (two) 3.5 inches (two) 5.25 inches Int (one) 3.5 inches Available drive bays 3.5 inches ext., 5.25 inches ext Total external ports Serial, six USB 2.0, parallel, two PS/2 Available external ports Serial, six USB 2.0, parallel Front mounted ports Two USB 2.0 Video graphics (AGP) 845GL Graphics memory UMA up to 64 MB Tower dimensions 16.55 x 6.88 x 14.5 inches (23.8 pounds) Power supply 200 Watts Thanks for the help. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by philo on April 17, 2006, 7:38 pm
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as long as the bios sees the drive OK
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> I'm installing a Maxtor 200GB hard drive into my compaq presario model
> S4210NX. My old one crashed so i thought i would upgrade the hard
> drive at this point in time. I have already installed it in the
> computer and ran netbios which is reading it as a 200GB drive etc.
> Just want to make sure that they is going to work before loading
> windows XP pro on to it.
>
> Specs are - Microprocessor Pentium 4 2.4 GHz Frontside Bus speed 400
> MHz Processor architecture mPGA478. Chipset 845GL Hard drive 80 GB