570 hard drive upgrade

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570 hard drive upgrade

#1 Post by billyibmm » Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:12 am

anyone know if i can upgrade my 570 6 gig to a 20 gig toshiba hdd2187. it looks identical
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Re: 570 hard drive upgrade

#2 Post by Bookworm » Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:46 am

Probably, but you might have to install the latest BIOS upgrade.
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Re: 570 hard drive upgrade

#3 Post by virge » Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:04 pm

Any 2.5" drive will work so long as its PATA.
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Re: 570 hard drive upgrade

#4 Post by logic7 » Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:53 pm

billyibmm wrote:anyone know if i can upgrade my 570 6 gig to a 20 gig toshiba hdd2187. it looks identical
I have both a 570 (P2-300) and 570E (P3-500). I have used a 60GB Hitachi in the 570 and a 160GB WD drive in the 570E. I did update the bios on both before using either drive.
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