[ltp] PATA IDE 2nd HDD caddy for IBM T4x

[bhaskins]

On 11/09/2011 10:29 AM, Dick Summerfield wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This is my first post to the list so I would like to say a little about myself first. I am a fairly new to both
> the ThinkPad and Linux having bought my used T43 a couple of months ago and having started with Linux
> a few months before that. I am still just trying various distros and haven't really settled on one yet.
>
> I recently replaced the original 40G HDD of the T43 with a 100G model.
> I then bought an Ultrabay caddy on e-Bay with the idea of using it to contain the original disk as 2nd HDD.
> This caddy was advertised as "PATA IDE 2nd HDD caddy for IBM T4x" and it was possible to
> read "PATA IDE" on the product in the photograph accompanying the advert.
>
> Now the caddy has turned up and although it appears to be identical to the product offered, it has the words
> "Serial ATA" on the label.
> I've tried the empty caddy for fit after removing the CD/DVD drive and - though a still little stiff - it fits and ejects well enough.
> The internal connector (see: http://home.iae.nl/users/summer/Photos/T4x-Caddy.jpg ) is the same as that on the seller's
> photo (2 x 22 slightly off centre) and the main block of pins on the PATA disk seem to fit these but the the separate
> block of four pins on the PATA drive would then not be connected, which doesn't seem good to me.
>
> Can someone please give advice on whether I can use my old 40G IDE disk in this caddy or do I have
> to forget the idea (or buy a SATA disk? ;-)).
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Dick Summerfield,
> Eindhoven,
> Netherlands.
>
The label is wrong, the connector is just like the one on my Ultrabay 
IDE adapters.