jplot
Technical User
- Mar 17, 2008
- 6
Can anyone tell me what I need to look for as specs on a box a new 500 G hard drive would come in. I have a HP Pavilion 7955 and have already bought one drive that my cables will not fit. Thanks
Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!
Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!
-
Congratulations IamaSherpa on being selected by the Tek-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!
New hard drive for HP
- Thread starter jplot
- Start date
- Status
You need to find out what type of hard drive interface it has.
I'm willing to bet it is an IDE or EIDE interface. Wide cable flat cable, so you would need to get a new IDE drive. You probably purchased a SATA drive which uses a much narrower cable, and a different power connector.
Second, You have to make sure your PC can handle the 500GB. I would not think so as its old enough to have an 80GB drive. As such you might be better off buying a smaller drive. Or you might need to look for a BIOS update so it can recognize the full size of a new 500Gb drive.
----------------------------------
Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.
I'm willing to bet it is an IDE or EIDE interface. Wide cable flat cable, so you would need to get a new IDE drive. You probably purchased a SATA drive which uses a much narrower cable, and a different power connector.
Second, You have to make sure your PC can handle the 500GB. I would not think so as its old enough to have an 80GB drive. As such you might be better off buying a smaller drive. Or you might need to look for a BIOS update so it can recognize the full size of a new 500Gb drive.
----------------------------------
Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.
goombawaho
MIS
Your PC (and thus BIOS) is older and might not be able to recognize a 500GB drive even when you get the proper EIDE drive. The original drive was 60GB. Regardless of what size drive you go with, make sure you update the BIOS if there's a newer one for your machine.
- Thread starter
- #4
effo IDE connection (top one in this picture:
And I agree, probably a 132gig bios limit on the HDD size.
Martin
On wings like angels whispers sweet
my heart it feels a broken beat
Touched soul and hurt lay wounded deep
Brown eyes are lost afar and sleep
And I agree, probably a 132gig bios limit on the HDD size.
Martin
On wings like angels whispers sweet
my heart it feels a broken beat
Touched soul and hurt lay wounded deep
Brown eyes are lost afar and sleep
acewarlock
Technical User
I just used Google to find (HP Pavilion 7955 Hard Drive)
and found this.
This is a Signature and not part of the answer, it appears on every reply.
This is an Analogy so don't take it personally as some have.
Why change the engine if all you need is to change the spark plugs.
and found this.
This is a Signature and not part of the answer, it appears on every reply.
This is an Analogy so don't take it personally as some have.
Why change the engine if all you need is to change the spark plugs.
- Thread starter
- #7
jplot
Technical User
- Mar 17, 2008
- 6
Thanks Ace. What an interesting spec sheet for an old computer. According to that sheet I can go up to 250 G drive and be safe.
I have an email into HP at this time, asking about HD upgrades, and it will be interesting to see what comes from them. Thanks a lot to all, for all the kind help.
jvp
LOST TIME IS NEVER FOUND AGAIN!
I have an email into HP at this time, asking about HD upgrades, and it will be interesting to see what comes from them. Thanks a lot to all, for all the kind help.
jvp
LOST TIME IS NEVER FOUND AGAIN!
acewarlock
Technical User
I wouldn't buy a drive from HP, there to expensive, I always goto a superstore like Fry's, Bestbuy, Circuit City Or Ebay. I bought my last 4 HD on Ebay and they where 500Gb and brand new and worked fine.
This is a Signature and not part of the answer, it appears on every reply.
This is an Analogy so don't take it personally as some have.
Why change the engine if all you need is to change the spark plugs.
This is a Signature and not part of the answer, it appears on every reply.
This is an Analogy so don't take it personally as some have.
Why change the engine if all you need is to change the spark plugs.
goombawaho
MIS
That's a great web site for HDD reference, but I hope their info is correct. You'd hate to order a large HDD and the BIOS wouldn't recognize it.
Yes, I second the motion that you buy the hard drive from a retail store or online (I use New Egg, but others are CDW, PC Mall, PC Connection, Tiger Direct). At least compare the size/price of what HP mentions with the same spec drive at one of those stores.
Yes, I second the motion that you buy the hard drive from a retail store or online (I use New Egg, but others are CDW, PC Mall, PC Connection, Tiger Direct). At least compare the size/price of what HP mentions with the same spec drive at one of those stores.
acewarlock
Technical User
The HP Specs usually are for what was available at the time the PC was built and doing a BIOS upgrade makes it able to use larger drives.
This is a Signature and not part of the answer, it appears on every reply.
This is an Analogy so don't take it personally as some have.
Why change the engine if all you need is to change the spark plugs.
This is a Signature and not part of the answer, it appears on every reply.
This is an Analogy so don't take it personally as some have.
Why change the engine if all you need is to change the spark plugs.
- Status
Similar threads