K kidrix Mar 2, 2023 1 0 10 Mar 2, 2023 #1 I have an old Dell Precision 340 with a failing hard drive. It is an 80 GB Maxtor D740X-6L. Is there a current drive that would work with my system?
I have an old Dell Precision 340 with a failing hard drive. It is an 80 GB Maxtor D740X-6L. Is there a current drive that would work with my system?
CountMike Titan Oct 31, 2015 35,395 3,725 147,990 Mar 2, 2023 #2 kidrix said: I have an old Dell Precision 340 with a failing hard drive. It is an 80 GB Maxtor D740X-6L. Is there a current drive that would work with my system? Click to expand... [TH]Interface[/TH] [TD]Ultra ATA/133[/TD]Other name would be PATA interface, I don't think anybody makes HDD with that interface any more. There is a way to convert new SATA drives to older IDE/PATA interface. Something like this https://www.amazon.com/Kingwin-Adap...s=sata+to+ide+converter&qid=1677744848&sr=8-3 Upvote 0 Downvote
kidrix said: I have an old Dell Precision 340 with a failing hard drive. It is an 80 GB Maxtor D740X-6L. Is there a current drive that would work with my system? Click to expand... [TH]Interface[/TH] [TD]Ultra ATA/133[/TD]Other name would be PATA interface, I don't think anybody makes HDD with that interface any more. There is a way to convert new SATA drives to older IDE/PATA interface. Something like this https://www.amazon.com/Kingwin-Adap...s=sata+to+ide+converter&qid=1677744848&sr=8-3