DELL 600m harddrive upgrade sata

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  1. MaZeRsX

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    Hello I was wondering if my laptop can support sata harddrive i have a dell 600m and it has 40gb ata 6 and i really would like a upgrade to sata and 7,200 rpm about 100gb so i can download stuff.


    DOes anyone know for sure if i can upgrade to sata or i have buy ata 6 100gb?
     
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    Go to www.dell.com. Select support. Then support, then enter your service tag #. Then select upgrades. If your laptop can upgrade to sata it will say. But laptops aren't known for being expansion friendly.
     
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    i try and i dont get but here is my tag 3c1kk91 thanks
     
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    According to dell's upgrade specs. You can upgrade to sata. I couldn't find a diagram of the board to verify this. But they say you can. If you have any other questions you might get a more specific answer by calling them. 1-800-WWW-DELL
    EDIT> You might want to edit out the service #.
     
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    so.... which one is true i dont know i will probably buy one from frys and if it fit will keep it
     
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    your laptop will either have ide or sata, not both & as specs shows you have ide than no sata.
     
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    I would go ddp's route. The selection according to dell didn't seem right. I use an external, just be sure to buy a good name brand.
     
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    oO but i do have external harddrive maxtor 300gb onetouchII usb 2.0... but i want a faster rpm... so i can play games faster
     
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    OOOOkaaaaa... Like I said laptops are not that flexible. Try this link, http://www.powerleap.com/. It will diagnose your laptop and tell you what you can max out to. I finally figured out what ddp was referring to. Dell basically just sent me to a default hard drive line up. At the time I was searching, didn't have enough free time to dig deeper. Good luck.
     
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    Seagate Momentus 7200.1 100Gb, 7200rpm IDE Notebook Hard Drive - ST910021A (OEM) Manufacturer: Seagate $209.00Can
     
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    ehh too much i was thinking about the newegg one 120gb or 100gb for 130 but its 5400 rpm
     

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