Eric Gisin said:Which drives exceed the well-known 500ma limit?
I suspect everything from the last few years is near 2.5W,
with more variation at idle based on rpm and platters.
Unless you can show that the power requirements (current draw) of one
drive exceeds that of another, any conclusion that the drive is dying
because IT generates more heat is bogus. However, some laptops subject
the drive itself to [much] more heat (from the laptop, not the drive)
than other laptops. And some drives may be more sensitive to heat than
other drives, rotational speed not withstanding.
Neil said:Unless you can show that the power requirements (current draw) of one
drive exceeds that of another, any conclusion that the drive is dying
because IT generates more heat is bogus. However, some laptops subject
the drive itself to [much] more heat (from the laptop, not the drive)
than other laptops. And some drives may be more sensitive to heat than
other drives, rotational speed not withstanding.
I have no interest in proving any points. I've made a pretty simple
correlation between the upgrading of the drive and the loss of 2
different brand drives in 15 months (one brand new, and one that had
worked in a T30 laptop for several years - I'm just waiting for the
next one to go now) and an overall higher sensitivity of the laptop to
heat.
Definitely not proof of causation, and it's only a few data points,
but they're data points that I have a great deal of faith in, for
obvious reasons, and I'm providing this data to the online community.
What you and others do with it is up to you.
While I could continue to gather data for years to come, I'm looking
at lower RPM/lower power drives instead. Tilting at windmills can be
pretty entertaining, and I've done my share of it, but purposely
gathering failure data on a working (and obsolete) laptop is not my
idea of a good ROI.
YMMV, as always. Feel free to post links to opposing data, as I'm
always open to changing my mind with quality data.
Noozer said:Take out the old drive... are th connectors the same? If so it should
work.
Hi, i just got off the phone for the third time with Dell tech support.
They can be really accommodating when something dies within the
warranty but when it comes to tech knowledge they are lacking. I was
told 3 diff things by 3 diff representatives. I wanted to either put in
a 60gb 7200rpm OR 100gb 5400 drive to replace my intolerably slow/small
60gb 4500 drive. None of the answers the reps gave me told me i could
put either of these into the notebook i have, but because they were so
inconsistent i wanted to double check (or find out how i can double
check).
Does anyone know if either of those drives can fit in this model
notebook, or can anyone tell me how i can find out (without consulting
Dell).
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers
-Gaiko
PS Another reason for not using Dell would be that i can find both of
those drives for a ton cheaper (almost half the price) than i can find
them on the Dell site.
Erich said:It's not that they are lacking knowledge, it's because Dell support is
all the way out in INDIA! The U.S. Dell employees are too busy
installing Spyware on some helpless sap's new DELL before shipping it
out to him .
My suggestion to you is make sure your next PC is a Hewlett Packard or
a Compaq.