[ltp] Replacement disk for a T60

[Robert T. West ("Tim")]

Any heat problems with that?

I know some folks have fried SOME notebooks by substituting a 7200 rpm
drive where the cooling was designed for 5,400 rpm drive. I have no
clue how that applies to ThinkPads specifically.

Of course, it also sucks down the battery faster.



On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 8:46 AM, Daniel Castro <castromd@tcd.ie> wrote:
> Always go for the fastest (rpm) hdd you can get (7200 or 10000), it really
> improves performance.
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> Florian Manschwetus wrote:
>>
>> Bill Andrus schrieb:
>>>
>>> linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org wrote on 07/29/2008 05:27:09 AM:
>>>
>>>
>>>> [ltp] Replacement disk for a T60
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking to upgrade the disk on my T60 - running out of space. Are
>>>> there any special requirements, or will any standard 2.5" SATA drive
>>>> work? I vaguely recall rumours about special IBM firmware...
>>>> Thinking about a Seagate Momentus 200Gb - see
>>>> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131435
>>>>
>>>
>>> I just picked up a 250GB 5400RPM Samsung 2.5" from http://www.a2kpc.com
>>> for
>>> under $97 plus local tax, and they ship quickly.  Its running great in my
>>> T60 widebody;  quiet and vibrationless.  FWIW I picked up a Fujitsu
>>> private
>>> label external 300GB 4200RPM USB 2.0 external drive for $90 from
>>> Microcenter on their last sale, I used PowerQuest DriveImage to push my
>>> old
>>> 120GB partitions onto the backup, then installed the 250GB and pulled
>>> them
>>> back, expanding both in the process.   Worked without a hitch, let the
>>> restore run overnight so not sure how long it took (had all the options
>>> turned on).
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>
>> Take a hitachi 7k200 it gets the notebooks perfomance where it should be
>> and works out of the box woth hdaps.
>>
>> Florian
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