Qosmio G30 - What HDD are compatible for a upgrade

Hey Guys,
I'd like to upgrade the HDD's in my G30 and am not sure what is compatible.
At the moment they are the stock 120GB MK1234GSX drives.
I've foung the MK3252GSX (250GB) but it is ATA8, whereas the current drives are ATA7.
Is this an issue?
Does anyone know what larger capacity drives I can fit into the G30?
Cheers
Gerald

What you need is a SATA HDD.
The G30 supports SATA controllers and therefore you should use the SATA HDDs (and not IDE)
> I've found the MK3252GSX (250GB) but it is ATA8, whereas the current drives are ATA7.
Is this an issue?
The new ATA8 interface is faster as the ATA7 (133 MB/s) but its down compatible to the other ATA standards. Therefore you could use the ATA8 HDD too.
> Does anyone know what larger capacity drives I can fit into the G30?
Im not sure if you will be able to insert large HDDs as 250GB due to the BIOS limitation but someone said that a 320GB could be compatible too. But I never tested such big HDDs, so I really dont know if its true or not.

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