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Will the ThinkPad 2nd HDD Adapter (41U3148) work in a T60p?
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:47 pm
by Ender17
I'd like to add a second hard drive to my T60p and I want a regular ATA, not a SATA, since the 160GB drives only come in ATA.
Will the "ThinkPad 2nd HDD Adapter for Ultrabay Slim", part number 41U3148 work in my T60p?
http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/store ... 8425228378
It doesn't have the T60p listed under the compatibility section, but I remember reading somewhere that it did work.
Would like a definite answer before I order.
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 6:11 pm
by techie
I tried my 2nd harddisk adapter for my T41 in a T60p.
It worked fine.
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 6:38 pm
by zzyss
The picture looks nothing like the one that I have, but if it's the same part as what I have, then it should work just fine.
I have a PATA hard drive and a 2nd HDD ultraslim bay from my T40 that I've used with my T60p successfully. The only "problem" if you could call it that, is the front face of the drive bay has an indent to match the T4 series, whereas the T60's have a "flat" side face.
I'm sure the aesthetics shouldn't be all that bothersome.
Re: Will the ThinkPad 2nd HDD Adapter (41U3148) work in a T6
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:11 pm
by seaton
Ender17 wrote:I'd like to add a second hard drive to my T60p and I want a regular ATA, not a SATA, since the 160GB drives only come in ATA.
Will the "ThinkPad 2nd HDD Adapter for Ultrabay Slim", part number 41U3148 work in my T60p?
http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/store ... 8425228378
It doesn't have the T60p listed under the compatibility section, but I remember reading somewhere that it did work.
Would like a definite answer before I order.
It is funny. If you look up a T60p accesories you will see 41U3148 show up. I called IBM twice and they said it would not work, but that did not make since to me. My DVD out of a t42p works, so why wouldn't this ??
Anyway thanks so much to the people that confirmed this, I have 5 notebook drives already and didn't want to invest in the new drives. I am off to ebay to find an adapter.
Thanks again
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:57 pm
by gator
I posted a thread about the very same topic last week:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=34898
There were detailed discussions in that thread, and people have confirmed that the PATA adapter does work in a T60.
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:24 pm
by RonS
If you remove whatever you have in your T60's slim bay and look inside with a flashlight, you'll see two connectors: a PATA and a SATA.
Slim-bay devices, either PATA or SATA, work in a T60. The only thing I've found that doesn't work is a T4x slim battery in a T60.