Computers & Internet Logo

Related Topics:

Posted on Jun 22, 2008
Answered by a Fixya Expert

Trustworthy Expert Solutions

At Fixya.com, our trusted experts are meticulously vetted and possess extensive experience in their respective fields. Backed by a community of knowledgeable professionals, our platform ensures that the solutions provided are thoroughly researched and validated.

View Our Top Experts

More Hard Drive Space needed

Hi,

I have an older HP a1130n copmuter with 1GB PC3200DDR SDRAM Memory, and 250 GB 7200RPM Serial ATA Hard Drive.

I also have an external SeaGate 300GB Hard Drive.

I'm running out of Disc space on both hard drives, so I decided to buy the Seagate SATA 3.5 Barracuda Internal Hard Drive. It's called an upgrade Kit,

I'm wondering how to find out if this is the right drive for my machine and can the Geek Squad Install it for me.

I also need to add another GB of RAM since I run Photoshop and it is dragging.

Can you recommend RAM and also quote me on having both installed?

  • Kristy S Jun 23, 2008

    Thank you for your reply. I have no idea what an SATA cable is... or a power pin...



    I think I should just take it in and have someone do it for me. I'm afraid I'll mess something up.



    Does anyone know if I bought the right kind of hard drive for my machine?

×

1 Answer

Anonymous

Level 3:

An expert who has achieved level 3 by getting 1000 points

All-Star:

An expert that got 10 achievements.

MVP:

An expert that got 5 achievements.

Genius:

An expert who has answered 1,000 questions.

  • Master 1,689 Answers
  • Posted on Jun 23, 2008
Anonymous
Master
Level 3:

An expert who has achieved level 3 by getting 1000 points

All-Star:

An expert that got 10 achievements.

MVP:

An expert that got 5 achievements.

Genius:

An expert who has answered 1,000 questions.

Joined: Jun 22, 2008
Answers
1689
Questions
8
Helped
567704
Points
4681

Well kristy, in installing the new HDD for your PC, just find a free SATA cable (that usually comes with the HDD when you buy one) the a free power pin, shut the computer down, plug both in, screw the HDD in place, then reboot the computer. Format the HDD under disk management (to do this check the link below)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000

for the RAM, i personally recommend getting the exact same RAM that you have right now, that is because of stability and compatibility. some issues may occur when you use generic plus branded.

  • Anonymous Jun 23, 2008

    you got the right one, your HDD is SATA, thats good, all you have to do is get a good RAM, if your take it to a store, make sure you ask them to get the same one as what you have right now.

×

Add Your Answer

×

Uploading: 0%

my-video-file.mp4

Complete. Click "Add" to insert your video. Add

×

Loading...
Loading...

Related Questions:

0helpful
1answer

2 beeps, no post on my Asrock Extreme3 970

two things:

your RAM's its not fitted right or in right spot.

too small power supply, its to narrow in watts, should have 750 Watts at least.
0helpful
1answer

Hi can Sony Vaio PCV-RS602 mother board support a sata hhd

Yes,Specs says that it has SATA controller:

Product Description: Sony VAIO PCV-RS602 - P4 3.2 GHz

  • Type: Personal computer
  • Form Factor: Tower
  • Processor: 1 x Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz
  • Processor Main Features: Hyper-Threading Technology
  • Cache Memory: 1 MB L2 Cache
  • Cache Per Processor: 1 MB
  • RAM: 512 MB (installed) / 2 GB (max) - DDR SDRAM
  • Storage Controller: Serial ATA ( Serial ATA-150 ) ; IDE ( ATA-100 )
  • Floppy Drive: 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy
  • Hard Drive: 1 x 160 GB - standard - ATA-100
  • Optical Storage: DVD±RW
  • Optical Storage (2nd): DVD-ROM
  • Card Reader: Yes
  • Monitor: None.
  • Graphics Controller: AGP 8x - ATI Radeon 9600 XT
  • Video Memory: 128 MB
  • TV Tuner Type: Analogue TV
  • Audio Output: Sound card - 5.1 channel surround
  • Communications: Fax / modem - 56 Kbps
  • Networking: Network adapter - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet
  • If I could be of further assistance, let me know. If this helps or solves the issue, please rate it and give a testimonial for my response

    Thanks, Joe



    I’m happy to assist further over the phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/joe_8b8c2cd6ce148309

    0helpful
    1answer

    I have LatitudeD510 and my disk makes lot of noise. Its on Windows7 and I think the disk is a Hitachi - HTS541040G9AT00

    HI,
    chances are that you simply do not have the resources to run windows 7. These are the basic (recommended minimum), for windows 7

    • 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor.
    • 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit).
    • 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit).
    • DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
    • 1 more GB of RAM & 15 GB more HDD space to run 7 in XP Mode.

    These are the typical resources that come with your machine.

    D510HI

    • Processor Pentium M 1.73 GHz
    • Ram Installed Size 512.0 MB
    • Technology DDR2 SDRAM
    • Hard Drive 40.0 GB

    • OS Provided Microsoft Windows XP Professional
    It would probably be advisable to go back to XP
    Good luck
    0helpful
    1answer

    Need specs

    Systemax Ascent KMA3500 Desktop

    Processor :AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.3 GHz
    Installed Memory :2 GB (DDR2 SDRAM)
    Operating System :Microsoft Windows Vista Business

    Video Output Interface :PCI Express
    RAM :2 GB

    Max Supported RAM :4 GB
    Installed Video Memory :128 MB
    Supported RAM Speeds :800 Mhz
    Hard Drive :160 GB
    Hard Drive Interface Serial ATA II

    CD / DVD :CD-RW/DVD-ROM (Combo)
    Graphic Processor NVIDIA GeForce 6100

    Integrated Audio Realtek ALC833
    Networking
    Networking Type Integrated 10/100 Network Card
    2helpful
    1answer

    How much i can upgrade my d530 ultra slim desktop RAM and HDD

    You can install up to a max 2 GB RAM and can add a 2nd hard disk
    See the following Specs for your computer.
    dotclear.gif HP Compaq Business d530 Ultra-Slim (Pentium 4 2.8GHz, 256MB RAM, 40GB HDD, XP Pro) Type Personal computer
    • Product Form Factor Ultra-slim desktop
    • Built-in Devices Speaker
    • Width 12.4 in
    • Depth 13.1 in
    • Height 2.8 in
    • Weight 15.4 lbs
    • Color Silver
    Processor
    • Type Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz
    • Installed Qty 1.0
    • Max processors supported 1.0
    Cache Memory
    • Type L2 cache
    • Installed Size 512.0 KB
    • Cache Per Processor 512 KB
    Mainboard
    • Chipset type Intel 865G
    • Data bus speed 533.0 MHz
    RAM
    • Installed Size 256.0 MB / 2.0 GB (max)
    • Technology DDR SDRAM
    • Memory Speed 333.0 MHz
    • Memory Specification Compliance PC2700
    • Form Factor DIMM 184-pin
    • Upgrade Rule Max 2 x 1 GB module
    Storage Controller
    • Type 1.0 x IDE - Integrated - PCI
    • Controller interface type ATA-100
    Storage Controller (2nd)
    • Type 1 x Serial ATA - Integrated
    • (2nd) storage controller interface type Serial ATA-150
    Storage
    • Floppy drive type None
    • Hard Drive 1.0 x 40.0 GB - Standard - ATA-100 - 7200.0 rpm
    • Hard Drive (2nd) None x None
    0helpful
    1answer

    Which HDD Supported To Acer4710z Laptop

    Acer Aspire 4710 General
    • Built-in Devices Stereo speakers , Wireless LAN antenna
    • Width 13.5 in
    • Depth 9.7 in
    • Height 1.7 in
    • Weight 5.7 lbs
    • Color Black/light gray
    • Localization United States
    • Notebook type Thin-and-light (4-6 lbs.) , Budget
    • Screen type Widescreen
    • Wireless capabilities IEEE 802.11b , IEEE 802.11g
    Processor
    • Processor Intel Pentium Dual Core T2080 / 1.73 GHz
    • Multi-Core processor technology Dual-Core
    • Data bus speed 533.0 MHz
    Cache Memory
    • Type L2 cache
    • Cache size 1.0 MB
    RAM
    • Installed Size 1.0 GB / 4.0 GB (max)
    • Technology DDR2 SDRAM - 667.0 MHz
    • RAM configuration features 2 x 512 MB
    Storage Controller
    • Storage controller type Serial ATA
    • Storage Controller / Serial ATA Interface Serial ATA-150
    Storage
    • Floppy Drive None
    • Hard Drive 120.0 GB - Serial ATA-150
    • Storage Removable None
    • Hard drive type Portable
    0helpful
    1answer

    Internal Hard Disk Upgrade

    Yes, there is. Match the type of drive (Serial ATA or Parallel ATA) you get with what you have. Make sure your Satellite sees the drive in the BIOS. For drives larger than 120 GB, recommend operating systems Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or higher) or Vista. Older OS's have a 137 GB limitation (they only see the first 137 GB of the hard drive despite its size).
    0helpful
    1answer

    Hard disk drive

    try reading the hard disk drive myths....it may explain more.

    http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=84&pgno=1
    0helpful
    2answers

    2.4ghz, 128ram, P4, 40GB HD.need to upgrade the system.

    According to intel:

    1.6 System Memory
    The Desktop Boards provide the following memory features:
    • Two DIMM sockets supporting one of the following10:
     2.5 V (only) 184-pin 200/266 MHz Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM DIMMs with goldplated
    contacts, or
     3.3 V (only) 168-pin 133 MHz Single Data Rate (SDR) SDRAM DIMMs with gold-plated
    contacts
    • Unbuffered non-ECC DIMMs only
    • Maximum total system memory: 2 GB; minimum total system memory: 64 MB
    • Serial Presence Detect (SPD) DIMMs only
    • Suspend to RAM


    And yes, you can increase the hard disk.
    Not finding what you are looking for?

    119 views

    Ask a Question

    Usually answered in minutes!

    Top Computers & Internet Experts

    Grand Canyon Tech
    Grand Canyon Tech

    Level 3 Expert

    3867 Answers

    Brad Brown

    Level 3 Expert

    19187 Answers

    Cindy Wells

    Level 3 Expert

    6688 Answers

    Are you a Computer and Internet Expert? Answer questions, earn points and help others

    Answer questions

    Manuals & User Guides

    Loading...