system requirements for hard drive

DigitalCyber · 11-26-2006, 09:25 AM

I have a Dell Dimension 3000. I recently purchased a Seagate 250GB internal hard drive. On the back of the box, under system requirements, there are 2 which I dont understand and I was wondering if someone here could help me. I listed them below

ATA/IDE interface (Ultra ATA/100 recommended)

48-bit addressing is required to exceed the 137-Gbye capacity limitation imposed by 28-bit addressing

Could someone tell me if my PC meets these requirements or guide me to where I could go to find out? thank you

Tumbleweed36 · 11-26-2006, 09:48 AM

Hi,

In my opinion, your computer will support this drive under normal circumstances and does meet the requirements on the disk that you have selected.

The only thing that I don't know is what power supply you have in there (Dell puts bare minimum supplies in many products), and don't know if you have added any extras previous to this.

Drives don't take a great deal of juice, so my best guess is that it would be O.K. with the power supply if you have not added other extras before this. You just won't be able to add too many extras to a Dell without difficulties.

DigitalCyber · 11-26-2006, 09:54 AM

hi. thank you very much for your reply. I havent added anything else to my PC since I bought it.

Tumbleweed36 · 11-26-2006, 09:57 AM

Hi,

Then, you should be good to go.

11-26-2006, 09:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
DigitalCyber Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: West Hartford, CT Posts: 11 OS: XP	system requirements for hard drive I have a Dell Dimension 3000. I recently purchased a Seagate 250GB internal hard drive. On the back of the box, under system requirements, there are 2 which I dont understand and I was wondering if someone here could help me. I listed them below ATA/IDE interface (Ultra ATA/100 recommended) 48-bit addressing is required to exceed the 137-Gbye capacity limitation imposed by 28-bit addressing Could someone tell me if my PC meets these requirements or guide me to where I could go to find out? thank you

11-26-2006, 09:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,470 OS: XP Professional	Hi, In my opinion, your computer will support this drive under normal circumstances and does meet the requirements on the disk that you have selected. The only thing that I don't know is what power supply you have in there (Dell puts bare minimum supplies in many products), and don't know if you have added any extras previous to this. Drives don't take a great deal of juice, so my best guess is that it would be O.K. with the power supply if you have not added other extras before this. You just won't be able to add too many extras to a Dell without difficulties. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread. Last edited by Tumbleweed36; 11-26-2006 at 09:50 AM.

11-26-2006, 09:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,470 OS: XP Professional	Hi, Then, you should be good to go. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

11-26-2006, 09:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
DigitalCyber Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: West Hartford, CT Posts: 11 OS: XP	hi. thank you very much for your reply. I havent added anything else to my PC since I bought it.