[ltp] Re: Step up T60

[Evgeni Golov]

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:47:25 -0300 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:

> > Sure, the PATA adapter (caddy) for the drive.  But my question concerns
> > the interface (adapter) between the caddy and the ultrabay.
> 
> The bay doesn't have a bus-neutral link.  In PATA-only bays, it has a PATA
> link.  In SATA-only bays, it has a SATA-link.  And I think (some?)
> T60/Z60/Z61 have both links in the connector, so it would just be a matter
> of getting the right caddy.
> 
> But the caddies are large enough that you can place a sata/pata chip inside,
> which is how I *suspect* the SATA caddies for the T4x work.

Donno how those work, but I have a PATA caddy for ma SATA Z61m and it
works just fine. Made bei Leike, not Lenovo though. And they have SATA
caddys for these models too.