Third connector in Ultrabay?
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 3:21 pm
I have recently acquired a Thinkpad T60 that someone had thrown away. I'm disappointed that someone would throw away such a nice machine, but I'm not complaining. Last time I used a Thinkpad was my overclocked 600E (see signature) which I retired in 2008 or 2009.
So, for the issue at hand. I took out the optical drive too look which interface it's using, obviously IDE. I'm also seeing the battery connector. But what is that connector between those two? I would hope that it's SATA, which would allow you to connect a SATA drive natively using a genuine UltraBay caddy. (As opposed to the dime-a-dozen generic IDE->SATA converter caddies.) Thoughts?
Inside Thinkpad T60 optical drive bay by nitro2k01 (Gameboy Genius), on Flickr
So, for the issue at hand. I took out the optical drive too look which interface it's using, obviously IDE. I'm also seeing the battery connector. But what is that connector between those two? I would hope that it's SATA, which would allow you to connect a SATA drive natively using a genuine UltraBay caddy. (As opposed to the dime-a-dozen generic IDE->SATA converter caddies.) Thoughts?
Inside Thinkpad T60 optical drive bay by nitro2k01 (Gameboy Genius), on Flickr