How to upgrade the Eee PC 1201N hard drive
Netbooks, particularly the Eee PC (duh), are great. You can take them everywhere, they’re relatively fast, and they’re good enough to allow you to finish your tasks without crashes. However, I’m not a big fan of their storage options. Either you get a really fast SSD that contains only around 32 GB of storage, or a hard drive that has 250 GB of storage, but only has 5400RPMs. Now if you’d like to have a hard drive with 320GB and 7200RPMs, check out this video posted by Netbook Reports.
What are the advantages of upgrading your hard drive other than the obvious storage gains, you ask? Netbook Reports answers that:
In addition to being faster over the stock hard drive, it also offers a 16MB cache to help load larger files faster, and also includes:
Low power consumption – With technologies like IntelliSeek, which calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption and SecurePark, which reduces power by parking the heads during low power idle mode, this drive delivers 5400 RPM-equivalent power consumption in a 7200 RPM drive.
Quiet – In a notebook drive, silence is golden. WD’s exclusive WhisperDrive combines state-of-the-art seeking algorithms to yield one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market.
Reliable – ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks during shipping and handling and in daily operation.
What do you guys think? Is the tutorial sufficient enough or do you think there’s more info or facts you can share with us? Tell us about it by leaving a comment!
February 1st, 2010 at 8:24 pm
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June 1st, 2010 at 8:23 am
WOW! Nice job taking that bad boy apart! And I thought my old Medion mini-laptop was a pain. You had to remove two whole layers just to get to the hard drive O_o With the Medion, it required only removing the front bottom bezel and keyboard. And was that an IDE cable I saw coming from what looks like a PCMCIA slot? I thought mini PCI-E was the standard now…weird. And I’m guessing that doing this type of upgrade voids the warranty? I am getting read to order the Asus 1201N and upgrade the hard drive to a 128GB SSD. So much for the warranty
Again, thanks for the video – only one suggestion from me – better lighting next time. The video is very dark.
August 18th, 2010 at 9:27 am
I just finished installing a Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive in my 1201N. I’m so mad at myself for not thinking about this while it was in pieces, but I should have dremeled a cutout in the metal shield under the keyboard for any future HDD swaps. If it were open, it would be as simple as popping off the keyboard, and dealing with 8 screws!! Oh well, here’s to hoping my new drive doesn’t fail.
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