[ltp] 760XL 2 hard drives

Richard Griffith linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 08 Mar 2004 07:39:27 -0500


Tino Keitel wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 04:58:28 +0000, Adam Southerland wrote:
> 
>>I have a Harddrive caddy but the connector in the battery slot is different 
>>than the HD Slot...
>>
>>It has two battery connectors... 1 in the middle and another by the 
>>CD/Floppy drive...
>>
>>Is there an adapter from the battery to the ide slot?
> 
> 
> The caddy will be placed in the left slot (the UltraBay). I think you
> will need an adapter for the hard disk similar to the one which you
> should already have on your primary hard disk. A naked 2,5" drive won't
> fit. (Please correct me if I'm wrong, it was a long time ago when I did
> this with my 765L)

The connector in the left bay (usually floppy or cd) is quite different 
from the one on the right side drive bay, so the normal caddy won't 
work. There is a 'Second HDD Adapter' IBM number 29H9333 which I think 
is what you would need.

-Richard