dell e6410 hard drive is dying

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detour14

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Hi I just got a laptop from ebay and it works great expect for two things the fan is always running at full speed and my hard drive is on caution ,i tested it with crystal can i use any brand of HD to replace the drying one. I have Seagate HD in my laptop right now.
 
Yes you can use any hard drive.

The E6410 is a pretty old machine these days, so it will probably run fairly warm.
 
You could remove the heatsink and apply some fresh thermal paste.

Another tactic with these laptops is to use a thin copper schim between the CPU and the heatsink. I don't remember the exact size but you should be able to find something on ebay.
 
voyagerfan99 said:
You could remove the heatsink and apply some fresh thermal paste.

Another tactic with these laptops is to use a thin copper schim between the CPU and the heatsink. I don't remember the exact size but you should be able to find something on ebay.
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Hi if i put an ssd in the laptop will it make me laptop run cooler ?
 
detour14 said:
Hi if i put an ssd in the laptop will it make me laptop run cooler ?
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Depending on the drive, the drive bay might be a bit cooler, but that doesn't have a huge influence on how often the CPU fan is running.

You also probably want to dust out the heatsink, applying thermal paste is also a good option. Laptop heatsinks are pretty dinky and it only takes a small amount of dust to make a large difference.
 
beers said:
Depending on the drive, the drive bay might be a bit cooler, but that doesn't have a huge influence on how often the CPU fan is running.

You also probably want to dust out the heatsink, applying thermal paste is also a good option. Laptop heatsinks are pretty dinky and it only takes a small amount of dust to make a large difference.
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Hi i got a new drive yesterday and it did not fit in my laptop ,it was too small but could i use this one instead
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/sandisk...lack/3076048.p?id=1219570105299&skuId=3076048
 
What drive did you get? The drive should have fit no problems since you usually have a caddy to put it in.
 
That's a standard laptop hard drive, not sure why you would have a problem with it fitting.
 
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