System Compatibility

Seagate Product Assurance has tested Momentus drives in the systems listed in Table 13. Testing included multiple BIOS versions and operating systems. This testing was done to demonstrate compatibility with various hardware and software configurations. Hardware and software combinations, other than those tested, may also be compatible with this drive.

Table 13: Tested systems

Acer Aspire 2000

IBM R50

Lavie LJ700/7E

Client Pro 345E

IBM R50P

Micron T2100

Compaq NX9500

IBM XNote

Micron T2200

Compaq D315

Imedia 7150(Discovery)

Microstar MSI-6561

Compaq E -6000

Inspiron 8100

Microstar MSI-6566E

Dimension GX400

Inspiron 1150

Netvista

Dimension 4100

Inspiron 2650

Optiplex GX150

Dimension 4100 XPSZ

Inspiron 300M

Optiplex GX260

Dimension 4400

Inspiron 5100

Optiplex GX400

Dimension 4500S

Inspiron 5150

Pavilion 774Y

Dimension 4600

Inspiron 600M

Pavilion ZD7000

Dimension 8100

Inspiron 8600

Pavilion ZT3000

Dimension 8200

Inspiron 9100

Pavilion ZV5000

Dimension 8250

Inspiron XPS

Pavilion ZX5000

Dimension 8300

Intel 845GBV

Performance

Dimension XPS

Intel SPRINGDALE-G

Performance 1400

Gigabyte GA-8SIML

JIA HE H150

Performance 1500

Gigabyte GA-8SR533

Latitude 100L

Sony PCV-RZ60

HP/Compaq NX7000

Latitude 8600

Vaio PCG-V505/B

HP D330

Latitude D400

Vaio PCG-ZIR/P

HP D330 MT

Latitude D505

Vaio PCV RX770

HP D330 UT

Latitude D600

Vaio PCV7753

HP D530

Latitude D800

Vaio PCV-7753

HP D530 CMT

Latitude X300

 

HP D530 SFF

 

 

HP D530 USDT

 

 

5.2BIOS versions tested

The following list indicates the types of BIOS Seagate tested during the compatibility testing process. The list highlights the major BIOS manufacturers. Individual systems contain variations of these BIOS versions and were tested with regard to their implementation in the individual systems.

Table 14:

Tested BIOS versions

 

 

 

 

 

Vendor

 

Release

Revision

 

 

 

 

ACER

 

 

1.01

 

 

 

 

Award

 

Various

Various

 

 

 

 

Compaq

 

68xxx

Various

 

 

 

 

Compaq

 

78xxx

Various

 

 

 

 

Compaq

 

8602

v1.08

 

 

 

 

Compaq

 

F.07

 

 

 

 

 

Dell

 

Various

A03

 

 

 

 

HP

 

Various

Various

 

 

 

 

IBM

 

Various

Various

 

 

 

 

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