[ltp] 100GB disk in Thinkpad

[Rich Smrcina]

All great tips, thanks alot!

Donald B. Altman wrote:
> ** Reply to message from Rich Smrcina <rsmrcina@wi.rr.com> on Thu, 06 Jan 2005 12:07:23 -0600
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm watching.  (I put an aftermarket 60GB into my Thinkpad A21p, so it
> can be done.)
> 
> There are a couple of things to be careful of:
> 1)  Make sure the power consumption is the same as, or less than, that of
> the drive you're replacing.  That way you won't stress the power supply.
> 2)  Make sure the heat dissipation is the same as, or less than, that of
> the drive you're replacing.  That way you won't risk overheating.
> 3)  Also, be aware that, although they're now rare, there were two
> form factors for 2-1/2 inch drives - 12 mm thick and 9.5 mm thick.
> The one you want is 9.5mm
> 4)  Also, it's worth Googling up the drive you're considering.  Every
> now and then there's a turkey design, which will be cheap but leave
> you frustrated (e.g. the last I recall was a 3.5 inch drive a year 
> or more back that had a very bad reputation - it turned out to be
> a batch of bad capacitors, I think.)
> 
> All the specs are readily available from the manufacturers' sites.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Don A
> 


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Rich Smrcina