Can I change the hard-disk used on x40 to that used on x60s?

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hutty2000 · #1 Post by **hutty2000** » Sat May 13, 2006 3:07 am

I really think the X40 is slow just because of its hard disk, so can I change it to the hard disk used on x60s?

joprodse · #2 Post by **joprodse** » Sat May 13, 2006 3:39 am

I think the X60 series uses 2,5" SATA drives, and then the answer is NO, 'cause your X40 has a 1,8" drive...

hutty2000 · #3 Post by **hutty2000** » Sat May 13, 2006 7:42 am

It is really a bad news. I do not think my CPU is slow, nor do I think the memery is small.
The HD is really a bottle neck to my X40.

Greg Gebhardt · #4 Post by **Greg Gebhardt** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:04 am

hutty2000 wrote:
It is really a bad news. I do not think my CPU is slow, nor do I think the memery is small.
The HD is really a bottle neck to my X40.

I do not think it is just the hard drive.

I think the main reason the X41 tablet is so slow is IBM loaded too much cr^p in the system for the low powered CPU to handle.

joprodse · #5 Post by **joprodse** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:29 am

I do not think it is just the hard drive.

I think the main reason the X41 tablet is so slow is IBM loaded too much cr^p in the system for the low powered CPU to handle.

I Agree, I clean install of the system sometimes makes a big improvement

pianowizard · #6 Post by **pianowizard** » Mon May 15, 2006 12:43 am

Yeah, doing a clean installation definitely made my X40 faster. Also, increasing the RAM from 512MB to 1.5GB should help -- I think that's mentioned in a recent thread.

kskim91 · #7 Post by **kskim91** » Mon May 15, 2006 1:25 am

The X41t I was setting up for someone was so slow. Even getting rid of nearly all the bloatware, shutting down unused services etc, it was slow. I don't it was the winxp tablet version that was slowing it down, rather the hard disk. Compared it with a toshiba tablet with 5400rpm hdd, as it was so much faster.

I would love to have a tablet, I hope the X41t successor would have a proper 2.5 hdd.

K0LO · #8 Post by **K0LO** » Mon May 15, 2006 6:33 am

The usual tricks about removing bloatware, turning off unneeded services, etc, will not speed up the X41T very much. You have to reinstall the OS to get a marked speed improvement. The result is very worthwhile; it can be a fast little machine despite the 4200 rpm hard disk.

Can I change the hard-disk used on x40 to that used on x60s?

Can I change the hard-disk used on x40 to that used on x60s?

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