Cool now: Notebook book hard drive 40GB/5400rpm for $107 (now $156-20%)

[Ark]

Anyone got a 15% coupon?
I need one please

 

[pxc]

hehe just ordered 3 for $90.91 + tax each w/ free shipping.

 

[BoKingWen]

Originally posted by: pxc
hehe just ordered 3 for $90.91 + tax each w/ free shipping.

I looked all over the place and dont seem to see the 15% off coupons!!! =(

 

[TheTechnique]

Originally posted by: pxc
hehe just ordered 3 for $90.91 + tax each w/ free shipping.

Same here, $95 tax included and shipped for me... Can't wait to see what I get... Mystery drive!!!

 

[GoatHerderEd]

Originally posted by: TheTechnique

Originally posted by: pxc
hehe just ordered 3 for $90.91 + tax each w/ free shipping.

Same here, $95 tax included and shipped for me... Can't wait to see what I get... Mystery drive!!!

How are you getting them that cheap? I cant find any codes, and ive been looking for a half hour!

 

[dethman]

okay

a) 15% off coupons were mailed out via email and are individual codes. if you don't have one, tough luck. they should have expired now anyway, at midnight CT 2/28.

b) some of you have been here long enough to know that asking for coupons and begging is not allowed here. don't turn this into FW.

 

[GoatHerderEd]

I wasnt begging for one. I was just asking for some assistance. but thanks for the info

 

[TheTechnique]

Originally posted by: sonyboy851

Originally posted by: TheTechnique

Originally posted by: pxc
hehe just ordered 3 for $90.91 + tax each w/ free shipping.

Same here, $95 tax included and shipped for me... Can't wait to see what I get... Mystery drive!!!

How are you getting them that cheap? I cant find any codes, and ive been looking for a half hour!

Buy it from small business, when you add it to your cart it's 25% off... There was an individual coupon code that was emailed out to various people, for 1-time use, and it was an additional 15% off... So that's 25% + 15% off... was like $91 + tax... But the coupon is expired, so the best you can do now is 25% off at SB.

 

[yellowperil]

Arg, mine arrived today from Dell Home and then I see this post

(BTW it was a Hitachi)

 

[mastergunnera8]

My HDD on my portege just took a dump

Anyone score one of these that they would consider giving up?

Missed the 25% deal...it's dead...

 

[allantsu]

Originally posted by: Ark

Originally posted by: whatnow
I just got mine and it's the Hitachi Dk23EB-40. 5400 rpm but only 2mb cache, what should I do?

What part did you order 340-3965 or 340-3925?
I would call them and asked for the right drive or discount on this one.
They have 16MB cache in description and picture of HDD2171.

So what number did you call for dell? What did they say?

Thanks

 

[allantsu]

Originally posted by: thenew3
In my experience, hitachi drives use up more power then their specs states.

I had a Hitachi DK23DA-40F 40gig FDB 4200rpm drive, and I upgraded to a IBM 40gnx 40gig 5400rpm drive.

According to both specs, the IBM drive should use up more power and produce more heat. (about 10 to 15 percent)

but in my testing under the same circumstances, I always get about 20 to 30 minutes longer battery life with the IBM drive. (all else being the same).
This is on a Compaq EVO N600c laptop. Also the bottom of the machine runs really hot when using the hitachi drive, to the point where your hands will hurt if you touch it for more then 10 seconds. With the IBM drive, it is barely warm to the touch.

Performance wise, Sandra disk benchmark reports a 40% jump in performance.

I can feel a significant performance improvement. Windows and application start times are about 20% faster with the IBM.

I have not used the toshiba drive so I can't comment about that. But in the past, I preferred toshiba 4200rpm drives to IBM 4200rpm drives because they just felt faster to me (no real benchmarks done to back that up, just a personal feeling).

How did you replace the HD on N600c? I can not remove the screws on the HD. Compaq use some weird small screws which I have no tools can fit for.

 

[TheTechnique]

Originally posted by: allantsu

Originally posted by: Ark

Originally posted by: whatnow
I just got mine and it's the Hitachi Dk23EB-40. 5400 rpm but only 2mb cache, what should I do?

What part did you order 340-3965 or 340-3925?
I would call them and asked for the right drive or discount on this one.
They have 16MB cache in description and picture of HDD2171.

So what number did you call for dell? What did they say?

Thanks

Is there a difference with those two parts? I ordered the 340-3925...

 

[Ark]

Is there a difference with those two parts? I ordered the 340-3925...

These parts are for different Dell laptops, and come with adapter.
If you buying just to get a drive - it does not matter. Just unscrew the drive.

Looks like 25% is over as well as a free shipping in Business.
Still 10% of in Home with free shipping.

 

[jwat]

To allantsu,

The n600c drive caddy uses two types of screws, a torx style and a
philips. I'm guessing you're asking about the 2 torx screws. What
I do is use a small dolphine-nose pilers and gently unscrew both
the 2 torx screws and the 2 prongs that attach to the IDE/hard
drive bay adapter. They aren't tightened too badly so it should
work fine. Otherwise, you need to buy a torx screwdriver
(I think it's a T-8, not sure) from places like Sears or OSH.
Radio shack doesn't carry one so small.

John

 

[Tot]

Get all the tools you ever need to screw around in your laptops/PC/Graphic cards/cooling system etc FOR 29

 

[rhong]

Originally posted by: rhong
I wouldn't frown. I'd be kinda happy. I decided to keep the drive and did a clean install of XP on the drive.
Here are my outstanding results:

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm=1124030

This was done without the Intel Application Accelerator. It's not loud at all, much quieter than my old 4200 RPM IBM TravelStar. When the fan kicks on at slow speed, there's no chance you can hear the drive. IMO, the fan and CD are the loudest components on my machine now.

Go Hitachi!

I did some tweaking. This drive is smokin' fast. I installed the Application Accelerator.
It doesn't get too hot either. I took it out immediately after shutting down and it was warm.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm=1148877

 

[allantsu]

Originally posted by: jwat
To allantsu,

The n600c drive caddy uses two types of screws, a torx style and a
philips. I'm guessing you're asking about the 2 torx screws. What
I do is use a small dolphine-nose pilers and gently unscrew both
the 2 torx screws and the 2 prongs that attach to the IDE/hard
drive bay adapter. They aren't tightened too badly so it should
work fine. Otherwise, you need to buy a torx screwdriver
(I think it's a T-8, not sure) from places like Sears or OSH.
Radio shack doesn't carry one so small.

John

Thanks for your information. But these 2 torx screws on my HD is so tight, I can not use any tools to remove it. I bought a T-6 torx screwdriver, still too big for the screws.

 

[Ark]

Originally posted by: allantsu
Thanks for your information. But these 2 torx screws on my HD is so tight, I can not use any tools to remove it. I bought a T-6 torx screwdriver, still too big for the screws.

Screws probably glued using locktite or similar screw glue.
Find correct screwdriver and you should be fine.

 

[allantsu]

Originally posted by: Ark

Originally posted by: allantsu
Thanks for your information. But these 2 torx screws on my HD is so tight, I can not use any tools to remove it. I bought a T-6 torx screwdriver, still too big for the screws.

Screws probably glued using locktite or similar screw glue.
Find correct screwdriver and you should be fine.

So if you replaced your n600c hard drive, did you pull off the aluminum foil which was wrapped on the old drive? It was glued, and can not be taken off. I try to use it on the new drive.

 

[Ark]

So if you replaced your n600c hard drive, did you pull off the aluminum foil which was wrapped on the old drive? It was glued, and can not be taken off. I try to use it on the new drive.

I don't know, I don't have N600c.
My Inspiron 5000 does not have any foil.
Drive sits in the tray and mounded with 6 screws.

 

[walkay]

Hellllpppppppppp .... i too had ordered the 40 G with 16 MB Cache .. but they sent me the Hitachi one (40G 2MB Cache) I don't know whether to return this and get the one with 40G and 16MB Cache ( toshiba) .. i couldn't find any reviews on both of these to do a compare ... would very much appreciate if someone can point me in the rite dirction ... thanx

 

[rhong]

Before buying the drive, I did a comparison using thebithead's Inspiron 8200 FAQ located at: http://www.geocities.com/thebithead/I8200FAQ.htm

The Hitachi score published at the time before I bought the drive was lower than IBM's score.
The Toshiba score was even lower, though it has the 16MB of cache (Hitachi has 2MB, IBM has 8MB).

After doing some initial tests with the Hitachi drive (without the Intel Application Accelerator), I found that it performed as well / even better than IBM's. I sent a score w/o the App Accel to thebithead and he updated it. That score (626 for the hard drive) is found at http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm=1124030

I did some more tests last Tuesday and got even higher scores with the Application Accelerator installed. The score for that (639 for the hard drive) is at: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm=1148877.

The FAQ shows a score of 622 for IBM's 8MB drive using the Application Accelerator.

I'm not aware of other scores published for notebook drives, except for the one at http://www.barefeats.com/fire32.html which compares IBM and Toshiba, showing the IBM to be faster by a slight margin.

It seems that either Toshiba's drive does not mechanically funtion as quickly, or their caching scheme is written poorly. The numbers seem to show that the Toshiba is slower.

 

[rhong]

BTW: Toshiba's score on the FAQ is 568 using the Application Accelerator.
The links to those PCMark2002 pages are within the FAQ.

 

[jrichrds]

Originally posted by: rhong
I did some tweaking. This drive is smokin' fast. I installed the Application Accelerator.
It doesn't get too hot either. I took it out immediately after shutting down and it was warm.

2 quick questions:

1. Did you use the old IAA 2.2.2, or did you find a way to modify IAA 2.3.0 to work with mobile chipsets?
2. After installing IAA, does hibernation take a lot longer than without IAA? After I installed IAA 2.2.2 in WinXP SP1, the hibernation process (copying from RAM to hard drive I presume) slowed to a crawl on my laptop.