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Bios and hard drive
Hello, I am looking into buying a new hard drive for my webpc (VB90N). What is the largest size in GB the system can support? I want to get at least 80gb with a drive that has ATA 100 with a rotation speed of 7200RPM and 2 meg cache memory. This is the one that I am looking at:
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=294555
Will I have to update the Bios on the system board to get this hard drive to work? Also, I saw on one of the threads that we would have to put in a Dell hard drive if we upgrade. But, my computer came with a Seagate hard drive. So, is that can't be true, can it? I don't have a credit card, so I would need to get my hard drive from some place where I can go into the store and pay cash.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Barkleyfan
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January 18th, 2003 22:00
mysticgirl
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January 22nd, 2003 17:00
Can I get a definitive answer on this? Any moderators around?
Thanks for your import Barkleyfan, but I'm not sure if that is just a guess or if you know for sure (especially since you suggested XP which is known not to work well on webpc's).
Will it support the use of that hard drive? I can install it myself, I've already taken out and reattached the one I have in there now. If I had to adjust my bios, how would I do that?
Harry71
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January 22nd, 2003 18:00
Hi
Searched past post for last 2 years and came up with this. I remember Dell tech saying that the bios you have is it.
Thankyou for choosing a Dell WebPC. The WebPC does not have any Flashupgrades. For additional information on your system, go to http://support.dell.com/us/en/home.asp?t=1
The above was posted by a Dell tech.
Don't know about the larger HD. I replaced mine with a 13Gig. I checked and the problem with WebPC and XP is the bios.Too bad as I really like XP on my Dimension.
Harry
mysticgirl
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January 23rd, 2003 19:00
Harry71
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January 23rd, 2003 20:00
Mine has an Intel Corp. board BW810 AA747825-305
My WebPC
Blast
Pent 3 500
Has DVD-ROM SD-C2302
I would guess that all are the same.
Harry
Harry71
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January 23rd, 2003 20:00
Should have added. To find what board you have if unit is still working go to Belarc.com and get an audit of it. Free
Harry
mysticgirl
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January 24th, 2003 13:00
webpcuser
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December 30th, 2003 21:00
NT Loser
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January 22nd, 2004 02:00
That 80 gig will definitely work without any problems. I dropped an 80 gig maxtor into my web pc and there were no BIOS changes needed. I also upgraded to XP. The seceret of the XP install, GET RID of the Mini-PCI modem ONLY card and get a Mini-PCI NIC/MODEM combo.
Here is Sandra cap
Message Edited by NT Loser on 01-21-2004 10:45 PM
mysticgirl
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June 22nd, 2004 13:00
NT Loser, thanks for the reply. I didn't see it until just now.....I only come to these boards every once in a great while. How do you change that modem card?
So, it will work with an 80 gig hard drive. I guess I can borrow my sister's XP cd - I have been wanting to upgrade....nothing like using a 6 year old operating system. ;) How about the processor? Can I upgrade to Pentium 4? I work a lot with graphics programs for my art, and this computer just can't keep up with me sometimes. I have to reboot often because things are going very slow or not working well.
Anyway, I'm trying to figure if it would be more cost effective to try to upgrade certain components or just get a new computer.