jubalskeiki - Was that computer you got a customer return, or was it a brand new computer that, for some reason, was missing the hard drive? I might have to check what my local store has...
Neweggs specs on the ST3500418AS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395 show an average latency of 4.16ms. Maybe thats what the difference is?
MassiveOverkill,
How would we know if the model was incorrectly reported on the 7200.11 drives? I bought 2 of them when they first became available on Newegg. HD Tach reports SD04 (firmware revision?) after the model number.
HD Tach reports my 7200.11 drives as having read speeds of 113...
I thought my CPU went bad, but after just replacing it with another one, it turns out my motherboard is dead. So I'm now looking for another socket 775 motherboard to replace it with. It must use DDR1 ram as I don't want to buy new ram for it. Onboard video would be a benefit, but not necessary...
Safe mode also locks up, as it also tries to load the motherboard drivers. I'm not sure which service pack the was installed at the time. I have a MiniPE variant that I can use to start the PC.
The motherboard in my friends PC died, so I replaced it with a new motherboard and CPU, but XP locks up when trying to load drivers for his old motherboard. The old motherboard was based on a VIA chipset and the new one has an Intel chipset, so XP locks up. I havent really used Sysprep before...
My friends dual socket 370 motherboard just kicked the bucket. He just wants to get his pc up and running until he can afford to build a new one. The board needs to have an AGP slot and use regular 168pin sdram. He will pay a little extra if you have a p3 600mhz+ CPU to go with it. If you have a...