How do u know if a hard drive will work with your computer?

shadow2895

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I've been having the "blue screen of death" (STOP Error) lately. I was thinking about changing my hard drive any way but I don't know what hard drive will work with my computer. Does is matter about the motherboard or processor or what?
 

atulmaniya

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choosing HDD does not matter what kind of processor or motherboard you have, but what it do matter is what type of controller you have on your motherboard. If your motherboard has IDE controller on it then go for IDE HDD and if it has Sata port or both SATA and IDE then its my recommendation that you go and buy SATA HDD.
 

shadow2895

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i checked and my mother board has AMD SATA Controller. The hard drive im using right now is ST3350041 3AS SATA Disk Device. The stop error goes by so fast i don't get to see it.