RPM mismatch of Harddisks
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Posted by on November 17, 2005, 2:34 am
Please log in for more thread options of Seagate part no. ST310212A which is of 5400 rpm. I want to upgrade this to 40GB HDD which is of 7200 rpm. I want to know if this new disk will work with the mother board. Bus speed is 100MHz. Processor is Pentium III , 550 MHz. Motherboard information says that it will support >32GB.
Does 7200 rpm have any effect ? Thanks in advance . == | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jim on November 17, 2005, 4:23 am
Please log in for more thread options > I have Mercury ZX98-AT mother board with 10GB Harddisk
> of Seagate part no. ST310212A which is of 5400 rpm. > I want to upgrade this to 40GB HDD which is of 7200 rpm. > I want to know if this new disk will work with the mother board. > > Bus speed is 100MHz. Processor is Pentium III , 550 MHz. > Motherboard information says that it will support >32GB. > > Does 7200 rpm have any effect ? > No, RPM is a function of the HD itself, your mobo has no idea what RPM *any* HD is capable of, nor does it matter. 32GB is a known limitation of some older mobo's, but if your mobo manual indicates >32GB is supported, I have
no reason to doubt it. It may require a BIOS update in some cases. Btw,
usually the next hurdle is >127GB or so.
Even if the mobo manual was wrong, or let's say it required a BIOS update but you couldn't locate one, it's no big deal. All you do is visit eBay and get yourself a Promise Ultra100 TX2 PCI controller card for $10-20, problem solved. Heck, when these larger HDs were introduced several years ago, they use to supply them w/ this PCI card FREE. The manufacturers knew there would be lots of people w/ mobo limitations that prevented fully utilizing them. So they circumvented the problem by including the PCI card in the HD's retail box. Of course, as time has passed, they've stopped the practice, assuming most people now have mobo's that support very large HDs using the on-board IDE channels. If you have a problem, nothing stops you from grabbing one of these PCI controllers off eBay for yourself. HTH Jim > Thanks in advance .
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Posted by DaveW on November 17, 2005, 7:20 pm
Please log in for more thread options No, it will not work, I do not believe.
-- DaveW ---------------- >I have Mercury ZX98-AT mother board with 10GB Harddisk
> of Seagate part no. ST310212A which is of 5400 rpm. > I want to upgrade this to 40GB HDD which is of 7200 rpm. > I want to know if this new disk will work with the mother board. > > Bus speed is 100MHz. Processor is Pentium III , 550 MHz. > Motherboard information says that it will support >32GB. > > Does 7200 rpm have any effect ? > > Thanks in advance . > > == > | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on November 17, 2005, 8:47 pm
Please log in for more thread options On 16 Nov 2005 23:34:51 -0800, sarak13_2000@yahoo.com wrote:
>I have Mercury ZX98-AT mother board with 10GB Harddisk
>of Seagate part no. ST310212A which is of 5400 rpm. >I want to upgrade this to 40GB HDD which is of 7200 rpm. >I want to know if this new disk will work with the mother board. > >Bus speed is 100MHz. Processor is Pentium III , 550 MHz. >Motherboard information says that it will support >32GB. > >Does 7200 rpm have any effect ? No, 7200 RPM does not matter. The relevant detail was the support of sizes >32GB, which your claims to support so this
new drive should work fine.
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Posted by dannysdailys on November 17, 2005, 9:30 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Anonymouswrote:
I have Mercury ZX98-AT mother board with 10GB Harddisk
> of Seagate part no. ST310212A which is of 5400 rpm.
> I want to upgrade this to 40GB HDD which is of 7200 rpm. > I want to know if this new disk will work with the mother board. > > Bus speed is 100MHz. Processor is Pentium III , 550 MHz. > Motherboard information says that it will support >32GB. > > Does 7200 rpm have any effect ? > > Thanks in advance . > > == Yes, it'll work without a problem, but, I doubt the ATA 100 is even being met. That would depend on your bus speed. It'll work fine. | ||||||||||||||||
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