Presario V3641AU want to upgrade current hard disk

Hi all,
I have a Compaq Presario V3500 p/n V3641AU - the current hard disk is a seagate Momentus Laptop 5400.3 St9160821AS 160Gig. I would prefer to upgrade to another Momentus Laptop like a 250Gig 7200 - Can anyone tell me which hard disks I can upgrade to.
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Hi:
Below is the link to the service manual for your notebook.
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01154809.pdf
Supported hard drive can be found in chapter 3 on page 29.
I don't know why there are different drives based on intel or amd hardware.
I also don't know why any decent brand 250 - 500 GB 7,200 RPM drive wouldn't work.
Paul

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