Question:
Hard drive option on PortableOne Website
I talked to the fujitsu customer service today about the S2110 to see why the PortableOne website offered a 7200 RPM hard drive and why fujitsu didn’t. They lady who talked to me really couldn’t explain to me at all why they had the option for that hard drive and fujistu didn’t. She said though if I got the 7200 RPM drive it would not be covered under fujitsus warranty because it wasn’t there product.
Could someone please explain to me why the hard drive is not covered on the warranty if i buy the S2110 with the 7200 RPM hard dirve from PortableOne website?
Is it just easier to go on newegg.com and get a hard drive and do it yourself?
If it is what product should I get and is it easy to install.
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Re: Hard drive option on PortableOne Website
Well, portableone can install it under the Fujitsu warranty because they are an authorized reseller for Fujitsu and a service center.
Buying a hard drive online is cheaper (I prefer the 5400 rpm, as my experience is that they are less power hungry) and putting it in is simple, though you will want to keep your original hard drive in case you need warranty work, since it wasn't done by an authorized center.
Edit: If you do buy online, you will want a 2.5 inch ATA (not SATA) drive.
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Ya, I also noticed that the 7200's offered by P1 aren't of Fujitsu make. So Fujitsu won't cover any HD problems but will P1 if any were to ever arise?
Maybe it is best to go with a 5400 like Crescentmage suggests. (Or after-market should be alright as well)
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Crescentmage, i've probably asked you this before in a different thread, but how is the heat produced by the 5400rpm HD in the Fujitsu? Do you think there would be a noticable difference between a 7200rpm one and the one you have? Also, is the fan running quite often because you have an upgrated (tad bit more warm) HD ? [If so, how 'loud' is the noise? - in comparison to something perhaps].
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Are you sure Fujitsu offers it? The drives for that model are SATA and as of a few weeks ago, 7200 RPM models were not on the market yet. Maybe Fujitsu just got them and P1 doesn't have any yet. You can call and ask for Ivan if you want a more definitive answer.
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Fujitsu direct doesn't offer it, no. But P1 is offering an upgrade to either a 7k60, 7k80 and 7k100 for 60GB, 80GB and 100GB 7200rpm hard drives respectively.
The prices for an 80GB 5400rpm and a 60GB 7200rpm are almost identical which puts doubt in my mind about the quality of the 7200rpm ones (should there be? Can you recognize the make of the 7200rpm hard drives? The 4200rpm and 5400rpm hard drives are labelled 'Fujitsu', but the 7200rpm ones are not. They are presented as listed above.)
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the 7k60, 7k80, and 7k100 are all hitachi hard drives. seagate also makes 7200rpm notebook hard drives too, but they're about 1.5 to 2x the price of hitachi's. tomshardware had a review on them before. i think there's a link somewhere in this forum that discusses these two hard drives. =)
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Ya, I had a feeling that they would be Hitachi hard drives. But I wonder why they wouldn't be covered by Fujitsu (the brand of notebook). It would be a pain to have to go and contact a third party if a problem were to arise.
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Does anyone know why the 60GB 7200rpm hard drive is so similar in price to the 80GB 5400rpm one? They both perform nearly identical?
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As mentioned earlier P1 is an authorized Fujitsu dealer and service center. You won't have any issues with their service (sale or warranty). There aren't cheap or lower quality 7200 RPM drives. Seagate and Hitachi are the ONLY manufacturers of 7200 RPM notebook drives. BTW, Fujitsu doesn't soley rely on Fujitsu hard drives in their products. There are a lot of Fujitsu notebooks shipped from the factory with third party vendor drives (Seagate, Hitachi, Toshiba). Upgrading from a 5400 RPM to a 7200 RPM drive does not take much of a toll in the way of heat or battery life. Tests have shown that the newer 7200 RPM drives use about the same if not just a touch more power than 5400 RPM drives. From personal experience I've found my 7200 RPM drives run cooler than some of my 5400 RPM drives. There are so many different types of drives out there that you can't just make a sweeping statement regarding temps and power usage.