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HDD replacement for Pavilion DV4139EA notebook (704 Views)
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HDD replacement for Pavilion DV4139EA notebook

‎10-27-2009 02:30 AM

I am planning to replace the HDD of my Pavilion DV4139EA notebook as the OS (Win XP Home) got corrupted. Mine is a 2005 model with a 40 GB IDE (PATA) hard disk. How do I know if the MoBo and BIOS supports LBA48 so that I can upgrade to one of those 250 GB IDE hard disks? I can't download and run any of the available tools to identify the Mobo / BIOS now that my machine does not boot up :smileysad:
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Re: HDD replacement for Pavilion DV4139EA notebook

‎10-27-2009 06:43 AM

You have the Intel i915 chipset which does support 48 bit LBA so buy that big hard drive.
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Re: HDD replacement for Pavilion DV4139EA notebook

‎10-27-2009 10:53 PM

Great! Will pick up the new hard drive over the weekend, let's see how it goes.
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