Maximum Internal Hard drive Capacity for Inspiron 3500

Hi everyone,

I would like to change my 2,5 inch 6.5 GB internal harddrive on my
Inspiron 3500 PII 366 MHz for a bigger one : According to you,
hardware experts :wink: , what is the maximum capacity of the hard
drive that could be supported on such a system ?

Below is the reference of the motherboard :


Chipset 1
motherboard : Intel Corporation 82443BX/ZX 440BX/ZX CPU to PCI Bridge
(AGP Implemented)
Bus : ISA AGP PCI CardBus USB i2c/SMBus
Bus Speed : 1x 66MHz (66MHz rate)
Vitesse Maxi FSB / Memory : 1x 100MHz / 1x 100MHz
64-bit




Thank you for your kind attention.

Jakal

On 3 Jan 2005 12:02:28 -0500,
lid (jakal) wrote:

Hi everyone,

I would like to change my 2,5 inch 6.5 GB internal harddrive on my
Inspiron 3500 PII 366 MHz for a bigger one : According to you,
hardware experts :wink: , what is the maximum capacity of the hard
drive that could be supported on such a system ?

Below is the reference of the motherboard :


Chipset 1
motherboard : Intel Corporation 82443BX/ZX 440BX/ZX CPU to PCI Bridge
(AGP Implemented)
Bus : ISA AGP PCI CardBus USB i2c/SMBus
Bus Speed : 1x 66MHz (66MHz rate)
Vitesse Maxi FSB / Memory : 1x 100MHz / 1x 100MHz
64-bit


Check whether Dell offers a BIOS update. With an update (or
maybe without?) I would expect it to support up to 128GB
HDD, but I am not sure of it.

For a better chance of an answer try the group
alt.sys.pc-clone.dell

"kony" wrote in message
...
On 3 Jan 2005 12:02:28 -0500,
lid (jakal) wrote:

Hi everyone,

I would like to change my 2,5 inch 6.5 GB internal harddrive on my
Inspiron 3500 PII 366 MHz for a bigger one : According to you,
hardware experts :wink: , what is the maximum capacity of the hard
drive that could be supported on such a system ?

Below is the reference of the motherboard :


Chipset 1
motherboard : Intel Corporation 82443BX/ZX 440BX/ZX CPU to PCI Bridge
(AGP Implemented)
Bus : ISA AGP PCI CardBus USB i2c/SMBus
Bus Speed : 1x 66MHz (66MHz rate)
Vitesse Maxi FSB / Memory : 1x 100MHz / 1x 100MHz
64-bit


Check whether Dell offers a BIOS update. With an update (or
maybe without?) I would expect it to support up to 128GB
HDD, but I am not sure of it.

IIFC, there are four different sizes that caused problems.
One is the 4GB limit of FAT 16.
The next is the 32GB limit of FAT32 (only under Win2000)
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...c_fil_tvjq.asp.
The next is the 80GB limit which I think had something to do with the LBA(?)
The next is the 127GB limit due to the LBA.

The only way I see you having a problem is if you plan to get a HD larger
then 32GB format it with FAT32 and use it in Win2000.
--


"I don't cheat to survive. I cheat to LIVE!!"

- Alceryes


"jakal" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone,

I would like to change my 2,5 inch 6.5 GB internal harddrive on my
Inspiron 3500 PII 366 MHz for a bigger one : According to you,
hardware experts :wink: , what is the maximum capacity of the hard
drive that could be supported on such a system ?

Below is the reference of the motherboard :


Chipset 1
motherboard : Intel Corporation 82443BX/ZX 440BX/ZX CPU to PCI Bridge
(AGP Implemented)
Bus : ISA AGP PCI CardBus USB i2c/SMBus
Bus Speed : 1x 66MHz (66MHz rate)
Vitesse Maxi FSB / Memory : 1x 100MHz / 1x 100MHz
64-bit




Thank you for your kind attention.

Jakal

I think the 80GB limit was due to some older BIOS's and not the LBA. It
isn't as common as the 32GB limit and 127GB limit.

"Alceryes" wrote in message
...
IIFC, there are four different sizes that caused problems.
One is the 4GB limit of FAT 16.
The next is the 32GB limit of FAT32 (only under Win2000)
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...c_fil_tvjq.asp.
The next is the 80GB limit which I think had something to do with the
LBA(?)
The next is the 127GB limit due to the LBA.

The only way I see you having a problem is if you plan to get a HD larger
then 32GB format it with FAT32 and use it in Win2000.
--


"I don't cheat to survive. I cheat to LIVE!!"

- Alceryes


"jakal" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone,

I would like to change my 2,5 inch 6.5 GB internal harddrive on my
Inspiron 3500 PII 366 MHz for a bigger one : According to you,
hardware experts :wink: , what is the maximum capacity of the hard
drive that could be supported on such a system ?

Below is the reference of the motherboard :


Chipset 1
motherboard : Intel Corporation 82443BX/ZX 440BX/ZX CPU to PCI Bridge
(AGP Implemented)
Bus : ISA AGP PCI CardBus USB i2c/SMBus
Bus Speed : 1x 66MHz (66MHz rate)
Vitesse Maxi FSB / Memory : 1x 100MHz / 1x 100MHz
64-bit




Thank you for your kind attention.

Jakal

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:51:00 -0500, "Alceryes"
wrote:

IIFC, there are four different sizes that caused problems.
One is the 4GB limit of FAT 16.
The next is the 32GB limit of FAT32 (only under Win2000)
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...c_fil_tvjq.asp.
The next is the 80GB limit which I think had something to do with the LBA(?)
The next is the 127GB limit due to the LBA.

The only way I see you having a problem is if you plan to get a HD larger
then 32GB format it with FAT32 and use it in Win2000.


Huh?

I can see the 32GB limit, but it's not difficult to format
FAT32 (with any old Win9x boot disk or whatever instead of
WIndow's installer) and otherwise Win2k has no problem with
up to 128GB... or beyond after applying service packs.

Win2k has no problem with
up to 128GB... or beyond after applying service packs.

Yea, I think they fixed it with an early service pack.
--


"I don't cheat to survive. I cheat to LIVE!!"

- Alceryes


"kony" wrote in message
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On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:51:00 -0500, "Alceryes"
wrote:

IIFC, there are four different sizes that caused problems.
One is the 4GB limit of FAT 16.
The next is the 32GB limit of FAT32 (only under Win2000)
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...c_fil_tvjq.asp.
The next is the 80GB limit which I think had something to do with the
LBA(?)
The next is the 127GB limit due to the LBA.

The only way I see you having a problem is if you plan to get a HD larger
then 32GB format it with FAT32 and use it in Win2000.


Huh?

I can see the 32GB limit, but it's not difficult to format
FAT32 (with any old Win9x boot disk or whatever instead of
WIndow's installer) and otherwise Win2k has no problem with
up to 128GB... or beyond after applying service packs.

Thank for your answers. So, a classical 40 GB 2,5 inch would do the
job since my OS is W2K. right ?

But I remember when I call Dell for the same purpose for my old
Dimension XPSR 450 (PII 450 under W2K also). The guy told me that the
hard drive capacity should not exceed 20 GB otherwise the system won't
recognized the extra capacity. What do you think ?

Additional question if you don't mind : Shall I pick a special kind of
disk so that its specs could be supported by the motherboard of my
laptop 3500 PII 366 ? The today-specs of this kind of hard drive might
be different from 5-years-old one ? What are you thoughts about that
?

Edit // to be clearer : would this kind of disk : Hitachi 60 Go 2"1/2
7200 RPM/8Mo be fully compatible ? // Edit


Thanks a lot for your help.