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Brian W.

Brian W.

Joined on 11/23/05

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Product Reviews
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WD3200BEVE & Dell Latitude Laptop

Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVE 320GB 5400 RPM PATA 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVE 320GB 5400 RPM PATA 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Lots of drive space as upgrade to 60GB that was in the D610 and D810. Faster r/w access times then old drives.

Cons: Cost more then SAS drives of comparable size, but IDE is only choice to upgrade these latitude models.

Overall Review: On both a D610 and D810 I found no way to format as 1 single 320GB drive (really only 300GB after NTFS format.) Had to format in 2 partitions. Latitude has a 137 GB limit when recognizing drives. Even called Dell before purchase and they said the OS has no limititation which is true, but Dell's BIOS only sees 137 GB. I was at latest BIOS version. Therefore partitioned into a 135 GB partition for OS and remainder for Data. Optimally I would have like all in 1 partition. If I really wanted to I could use a partition utility to make a single partition.

10/19/2009

CT12863AC800

Crucial 1GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Laptop Memory Model CT12864AC800
Crucial 1GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Laptop Memory Model CT12864AC800

Pros: Great warranty and price. Apps run much faster after upgrade to 2 1GB sticks from 2 512 MB sticks.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Great upgrade on my Dell Latitude D610 & D810

10/19/2009