Dell Optiplex GX620 SFF Upgrades................

I have a gx620 sff pent. 4 3.0 ghz - 40gb hdd - 512 mem 1906fp monitor
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I am already in the process of upgrading my memory to the max. 4gb -
But also want to upgrade my hdd and have looked into 500gb - Dell
claims that my chasis will not support a drive that large - However
after having completed my own research I have found that the 500gb is
the same size dimensionally as the 40gb I currently have - Also I have
been doing most of my research on Weatern Digital's website (since
Dell uses their drives) to check this info. out - Does anyone have any
advice on this matter?

"TOOL" <no@spam.invalid> wrote in message
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>I have a gx620 sff pent. 4 3.0 ghz - 40gb hdd - 512 mem 1906fp monitor
> -
> I am already in the process of upgrading my memory to the max. 4gb -
> But also want to upgrade my hdd and have looked into 500gb - Dell
> claims that my chasis will not support a drive that large - However
> after having completed my own research I have found that the 500gb is
> the same size dimensionally as the 40gb I currently have - Also I have
> been doing most of my research on Weatern Digital's website (since
> Dell uses their drives) to check this info. out - Does anyone have any
> advice on this matter?

Physical size is not linked to capacity. 3.5" drives are available up to
750GB - Seagate Barracuda and HP model 432341-B21.

You misunderstood Dell. By your system not supporting a 500 GB harddrive,
they meant that your older motherboard's BIOS COULD NOT recognize a
harddrive of that capacity. You are probably limited to something between
40 and 80 GB of harddrive capacity.

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DaveW
"TOOL" <no@spam.invalid> wrote in message
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>I have a gx620 sff pent. 4 3.0 ghz - 40gb hdd - 512 mem 1906fp monitor
> -
> I am already in the process of upgrading my memory to the max. 4gb -
> But also want to upgrade my hdd and have looked into 500gb - Dell
> claims that my chasis will not support a drive that large - However
> after having completed my own research I have found that the 500gb is
> the same size dimensionally as the 40gb I currently have - Also I have
> been doing most of my research on Weatern Digital's website (since
> Dell uses their drives) to check this info. out - Does anyone have any
> advice on this matter?
>

DaveW <done@gone.org> wrote:
> You misunderstood Dell. By your system not supporting a 500 GB
> harddrive, they meant that your older motherboard's BIOS COULD NOT
> recognize a harddrive of that capacity. You are probably limited to
> something between 40 and 80 GB of harddrive capacity.

Unlikely. There is a limit at 32GB due to an award bios bug,
but very few are limited to anything else until the 128GB limit
due to the lack of support for 48bit LBA.

>> I have a gx620 sff pent. 4 3.0 ghz - 40gb hdd - 512 mem 1906fp
>> monitor -
>> I am already in the process of upgrading my memory to the max. 4gb -
>> But also want to upgrade my hdd and have looked into 500gb - Dell
>> claims that my chasis will not support a drive that large - However
>> after having completed my own research I have found that the 500gb is
>> the same size dimensionally as the 40gb I currently have - Also I
>> have been doing most of my research on Weatern Digital's website
>> (since Dell uses their drives) to check this info. out - Does anyone
>> have any advice on this matter?

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:41:40 +1100, "Rod Speed"
<rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

>DaveW <done@gone.org> wrote:
>> You misunderstood Dell. By your system not supporting a 500 GB
>> harddrive, they meant that your older motherboard's BIOS COULD NOT
>> recognize a harddrive of that capacity. You are probably limited to
>> something between 40 and 80 GB of harddrive capacity.
>
>Unlikely. There is a limit at 32GB due to an award bios bug,
>but very few are limited to anything else until the 128GB limit
>due to the lack of support for 48bit LBA.
>


.... and a P4/3GHz system almost certainly has 48bit LBA
support. If there is any remaining bug about supporting
500GB drive or larger, there *ought* to be a bios update to
address that.

IOW, OP should just buy the drive capacity needed and expect
it to work, but it would be good to check on a bios update
anyway.

kony <spam@spam.com> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> DaveW <done@gone.org> wrote

>>> You misunderstood Dell. By your system not supporting a 500 GB
>>> harddrive, they meant that your older motherboard's BIOS COULD
>>> NOT recognize a harddrive of that capacity. You are probably
>>> limited to something between 40 and 80 GB of harddrive capacity.

>> Unlikely. There is a limit at 32GB due to an award bios bug,

And it cant have that because its got a 40GB drive in it currently.

>> but very few are limited to anything else until the
>> 128GB limit due to the lack of support for 48bit LBA.

> ... and a P4/3GHz system almost certainly has 48bit LBA support.
> If there is any remaining bug about supporting 500GB drive or
> larger, there *ought* to be a bios update to address that.

> IOW, OP should just buy the drive capacity needed and expect
> it to work, but it would be good to check on a bios update anyway.