HDD Upgrade for Compaq Presario X1000 (DN591A) X1030AP

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Savra

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#15704 4-Sep-2007 04:40

Hi,

i have a compaq presario x1000 laptop (DN591A or X1030AP) and am looking at upgrading the HDD from 60GB to 100GB. does anybody know if this laptop can take a 100GB HDD? (has anybody performed such an upgrade). i have checked with compaq but i get different responses. some say it can only take 60GB, another said the maximum is 80GB while a third stated that it can take up to 160GB. if anyone can help me out it would be much appreciated. thanks in advance

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#85218 4-Sep-2007 08:12

It should work just fine!

The reps are probably looking at what the current models max capacity is, and quoting that.

Make sure you get an EIDE drive and not SATA.

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#85219 4-Sep-2007 08:16

And I think this is the service manual for your model.

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#85373 4-Sep-2007 21:22

thanks!!! you are a champion!!!!

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#85405 5-Sep-2007 09:18

Sorry, late to the party... I got the same laptop too (which I now run it as our home SBS server)... Anyway... as Tony mentioned, as long as it is a 2.5" EIDE HDD, then you'll be fine.

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#85532 6-Sep-2007 01:03

thanks guys

the only difference (except for the size) between the two hdd i want to install is that the current one i have (60gb) has an ATA-5 interface. the 100gb i want has an ATA-6 interface. otherwise all other specs are the same e.g 5400rpm, 16mb cache, hight etc. i think ATA-6 is backward compatible so my pc should be able to handle it without any problems. can hardly wait to get it all up and running - should be nice :-)