My friend has a MX6421 Notebook (Gateway). I don't know what kind of hard drive to buy to replace its drive which is making the Clicks of Death. All I know is that it's an 80GB 4200RPM. I'm guessing it's PATA, but does it have any kind of stupid proprietary interface, or will any good drive from NewEgg work?
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Hard drive failure, what to replace it with?
- Thread starter Sovereign
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Look there and you will find your answer.
Gateway MX6421 Notebook
The hard drive look as a standard Pata.
Gateway MX6421 Notebook
The hard drive look as a standard Pata.
It won't have a proprietary interface, but most Gateway's I've refurbished did use a converter to adapt the 44 pin interface to their own motherboard connector, it just pulls straight off and sticks on the new drive.
I'd recommend a Hitachi drive, by far the best drives in my experience. And if he's looking for a little more speed, a bit more money will get a 7200 RPM drive for a snappier system, and they have a negligible impact on battery life.
I'd recommend a Hitachi drive, by far the best drives in my experience. And if he's looking for a little more speed, a bit more money will get a 7200 RPM drive for a snappier system, and they have a negligible impact on battery life.
It won't have a proprietary interface, but most Gateway's I've refurbished did use a converter to adapt the 44 pin interface to their own motherboard connector, it just pulls straight off and sticks on the new drive.
I'd recommend a Hitachi drive, by far the best drives in my experience. And if he's looking for a little more speed, a bit more money will get a 7200 RPM drive for a snappier system, and they have a negligible impact on battery life.
Thanks. I didn't know about that converter, but as long as it can be removed from the defective drive, it's fine. No offense to the previous poster, but I looked at Gateway's site and it gave me no hint whatsoever as to the interface type and whether or not it was proprietary.