“Replace ST3750630AS I need to replace the hard drive on an HP M9340F KQ497AA ABA desktop computer. Is the current product a valid replacement for ST3750630AS. Will I be required to make changes to the motherboard or firmware or anything else?”
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I called HP support and they said you should not open your computer to replace anything
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes this is a great replacement and no you will not have to update anything.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes this will replace a storage drive with no changes to the computer. If it is the system drive it would be more involved and would suggest an expert help you.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.As long as the MB supports a SATA, than this should be able to work without special modifications. My old Gateway Vista Laptop is humming right along with it.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Should not require any modifications. Connect to SATA and load the OS and drivers and you should have smooh sailing.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You may have some issues. That is an old ASUS Benica motherboard and not an UEFI. It is the older BIOS system. (I know cause I have one.) Your Operating system was not stated, but given the vintage looks like Vista. I think you can use it, but not as the boot disk replacement as I read it. I have not had the need to try them, but you can investigate more here. http://carltonbale.com/how-to-break-the-2tb-2-terabyte-file-system-limit/ My sense is that unless you are willing to get your hands a little dirty in the operating system tweaks, you might be better off to go for a new system and recycle this for some other purpose. That is what I am going to do and the prices are right. Alternatively, get two 1TB and set one for data and one for programs. Get an image and burn it to the new disk and boot from there. Move all your data to the new drive to make space on the boot drive. A couple of hours and you are better than new. Mine is similar vintage (32-bit) and has gone through each iteration of Windows since Vista fairly successfully though Microsoft has thrown me a curve with a bad update a couple of weeks ago. Way too time consuming to discuss here. I currently have mine with the same MB and Win 8.1 running with a SandDisk ReadyCache SSD and the machine is still very satisfactory for most of the work I do. And I use it pretty hard. That would be less expensive than buying a new one, but does require a couple of hours of your time. Or, bite the bullet. The machine is probably 7 years old.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.This should work fine for your application, though it is much larger. If your old drive is still functional, I'd recommend making an image of the old drive (using built-in Windows utility) and restoring it onto the new drive. You'd likely then have to join the two partitions (750 GB + 1250 GB) to make one 2 TB partition, but this involves only a mouse click in the same Windows utility. No MB or FW changes would be required unless this is a very old computer. 2 TB is not usually an issue even with them.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.This will work fine. No adjustments needed. SATA is plug and play. Make a backup of your drive. Install this one and restore your backup. Good to go.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes. Just make sure that your backup software supports restoring to a different drive and includes the "hidden" partition which contains your operating system. Most good software will allow you to "mirror" from one drive to another for replacement purposes. Suggest looking at O&O Software but other might work well also. Quicker than making a back up using HP's software and restoring to a different drive.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.No, it will not require to make any changes to the motherboard. This is an external hard drive that attaches to you computer or laptop by a usb cord.
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