Vectra VL400 hard disk replacement

[Gnarlodious]

Uh oh, my old Vectra just exhibited the infamous "click of death". Can I
replace the HD with any old IDE disk or is there any reason it needs an
original?
I'm like to snag something off of eBay in the 40GB range, is that workable
and are they all standard mounts?

Thanks for any info.

-- Gnarlie
http://www.Gnarlodious.com/

PS;
Incredibly, 2 major hardware burnouts within 2 weeks of the 3 year warrantee
expiring! How do they do it?

[Ben Myers]

Given that the Vl400 is relatively new, using an Intel 815 chipset, installing a
40GB drive should present no real problem to you. Older motherboards have
serious BIOS limitations, but unless HP screwed this one up royally, it ought to
handle drives up to the 100GB range without any problem.

Re-use the mounting brackets of the now-dead drive.

That is great planning on HP's part to choose components that fail just after
the warranty expires. Or was the computer subject of special abuse?

.... Ben Myers

On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:45:22 GMT, Gnarlodious
<gnarlodiousNULL@VOID.invalid.yahoo.com> wrote:
Uh oh, my old Vectra just exhibited the infamous "click of death". Can Ireplace the HD with any old IDE disk or is there any reason it needs anoriginal?I'm like to snag something off of eBay in the 40GB range, is that workableand are they all standard mounts?Thanks for any info.-- Gnarliehttp://www.Gnarlodious.com/PS;Incredibly, 2 major hardware burnouts within 2 weeks of the 3 year warranteeexpiring! How do they do it?

[Gnarlodious]

That was quick, thanks.

No special abuse here, unless you consider precipitated bacon grease abusive
to moving parts.

-- Gnarlie
http://www.Spectrumology.com
Spectrumology is the science of chaos.



Entity Ben Myers spoke thus:
Given that the Vl400 is relatively new, using an Intel 815 chipset, installing a 40GB drive should present no real problem to you. Older motherboards have serious BIOS limitations, but unless HP screwed this one up royally, it ought to handle drives up to the 100GB range without any problem. Re-use the mounting brackets of the now-dead drive. That is great planning on HP's part to choose components that fail just after the warranty expires. Or was the computer subject of special abuse? ... Ben Myers On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:45:22 GMT, Gnarlodious <gnarlodiousNULL@VOID.invalid.yahoo.com> wrote: Uh oh, my old Vectra just exhibited the infamous "click of death". Can I replace the HD with any old IDE disk or is there any reason it needs an original? I'm like to snag something off of eBay in the 40GB range, is that workable and are they all standard mounts? Thanks for any info. -- Gnarlie http://www.Gnarlodious.com/ PS; Incredibly, 2 major hardware burnouts within 2 weeks of the 3 year warrantee expiring! How do they do it?