[lug] Quick hard drive compatibility question

Glenn Murray glenn.murray at gmail.com
Thu Dec 4 19:45:02 MST 2014


Hi Tom,

Thanks much.

Cheers,
Glenn

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 4:59 AM, Tom Martin <toms_jeep at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Glenn,
> That drive should be fine, you will need to look in the case to make sure
> you have a free SATA power connector.
> You will also need a SATA cable for the new drive. When you have the case
> open figure out how long of a cable you need.
>  There could be one in the case from Dell but it is not likely.
>
> Tom
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
>   From:"Glenn Murray" <glenn.murray at gmail.com>
> Date:Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:33 PM
> Subject:[lug] Quick hard drive compatibility question
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a 2009 Dell XPS435 with a hard drive that is getting funky.
>
> http://www.dell.com/us/dfh/p/studio-xps-435/pd
>
> The "WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64
> MB Cache - WD10EZEX" drive at Amazon looks good.
>
> 1.  Will it work?
> 2.  What cable do I buy?
>
> Here's the lspci SATA output.
>
> Thanks,
> Glenn
>
>
> $ lspci | grep -i sata
> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 4 port
> SATA IDE Controller #1
> 00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 2 port
> SATA IDE Controller #2
>
>
>
>
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