Hitachi HTS545050B9A300, HTS545050B9A301, HTE545050B9A300, HTS545040B9A300, HTS545040B9A301 Compatibility Summary

Compatibility Summary

Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B

Models:

HTS545050B9A300
HTS545050B9A301
HTE545050B9A300
HTS545040B9A300
HTS545040B9A301
HTS545032B9A300
HTS545032B9A301
HTE545032B9A300

HTS545025B9A300
HTS545025B9A301
HTE545025B9A300
HTS545016B9A300
HTS545016B9A301
HTE545016B9A300
HTS545012B9A300
HTS545012B9A301

Compatibility Testing

The Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Integration Lab tested this family of
Travelstar™ drives for compatibility with a
wide variety of systems and operating
systems. Testing was to demonstrate
compatibility with the following hardware
and software. Other combinations of
hardware and software are expected to
function with this product family, but have
not been evaluated. Hitachi recommends
you back up all data before installing your
new hard drive.

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Systems with 12.5mm HDDs

These Travelstar products were found to be
compatible with the following notebooks.

ACER Ferrari 5000
Apple MacBook 4.1
Dell Dimension 8400
Dell Inspiron 1318
Dell Inspiron XPS M1710
Dell Inspiron XPS M1730
Dell Latitude D531
Dell Latitude D830
Dell Latitude E5400
Dell Latitude E6400
Dell Precision M2400
Dell Precision M4400
Dell Precision M6400

Travelstar 5K500.B Compatibility Guide Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

Dell Precision WS 380
Dell Studio 1535
Dell Studio 1735
FSC Celsius H230
HP/Compaq dc7700 SFF
Intel Eaglelake
Intel SP35DP
Lenovo ThinkPad R61
Lenovo ThinkPad SL300
Lenovo ThinkPad SL400
Lenovo ThinkPad SL500
Lenovo ThinkPad T61
Lenovo ThinkPad X60
Lenovo ThinkPad X60s
Lenovo ThinkPad X61
Lenovo ThinkPad X61s
MSI X48C Platinum
Tyan S3892

USB-Attached Devices

These Travelstar products were found to be
both interface and form-factor compatible
with the following external USB-attached
storage units.

HandyDrive 300 USB Enc.
RaidSonic IB-250StU
RaidSonic IB-266StUS-B
RaidSonic IB-290StUS-B
RaidSonic ICYDOCK- MB559

Intel ICH9 family
Intel ICH10 family
Jmicron JM20339
Radeon Xpress 1150
SATALink SPIF215A
SATALink SPIF215A-HF02
SATALink SPIF225A
SunPlusIT SPIF215A
SunPlusIT SPIF225A
Serverworks BCM5780 / BCM5785

Operating Systems

The product was found to be compatible
with the following operating systems.

Microsoft DOS
Microsoft Media Centre Edition 2002 SP3
Microsoft Windows XP SP2
Microsoft Windows XP SP3
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Vista SP1
Linux: Ubuntu 7.04
Mac OS X 10.5.2

Host Controller Chipsets

These Travelstar products were found to be
compatible with the following host
controller chipsets, some of which may not
be included in the above system list.

Marvell 88SA8040
ATI SB600
Initio INIC-160SL
Intel ICH7 family
Intel ICH8 family

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