inspiron 1100 questions

[Fruhead]

I'm awaiting an 1100 that coming with a celeron 2.0 and a plain old CDROM drive. What I'm wondering is, which combo drives will work in this? Will the 2100 or 8200 drives fit in place of the CDROM? Also, can a mobile processor be used with this? One last question: can I use any 9.5mm HD to upgrade? Sorry, I'm new to laptops, don't really know much about them...

Thanks!

 

[Pandaren]

I'm afraid the Inspiron 1100 doesn't have a modular bay.

Dell Inspiron 1100 Tech Specs

Fixed Bay integrated in left side with choice of CD, DVD, CD-RW, DVD/CD-RW Combo or DVD+RW/+R (This bay configurable at time of purchase only)

You could use an external USB drive, but other than that you are out of luck.

 

[Fruhead]

I know that the drive is fixed, I was wondering if the fixed drive on another model would fit it. I've heard that the 8x00 will fit it, but I'm not sure.

 

[JWade]

if you change out the faceplate from the regular cd-rom and put it on the combo drive or cd-rw or dvd drive, and switch the caddy out it should work. I did that with an HP that i was told was not upgradeable due to it not being modular. But all newer drives are all teh same, just different faceplates and mounting caddy.

 

[Fruhead]

Thanks! That makes me feel a little better about not going for the upgrade. One last question... Can the dell mini-PCI card fit in the 1100? I've been told by some people that it can't, but the dell tech support guy told me that it would work (Truemobile 1300)