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From: "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: laptops' hard drive processors
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:14:10 +1000
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lbrt chx _ gemale wrote 

> Laptops are designed to be picky about the 
> kinds of internal hard drives they may use. 

No they arent. 

> For example I need 320GB 5400 rpm hard 
> drives based on the following chips:
> ~ 
> AMD: 462355-002
> ~ 
> INTEL: 462355-001 489821-001
> ~ 

What laptop is that and what make you believe it must have those. 

> Where can I find which internal harddrives 
> (brands and models) are based on those processors?

No idea. But I doubt that the laptop is that fussy. 

You can obviously replace it with the same drive if it actually is.