x20 hard disc upgrage

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graemefaulkner · #1 Post by **graemefaulkner** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 6:56 am

Hi guys, i just found this forum by accident but i am pleasantly surprised.

I currently have an x20 with the standard 20gb hard drive which i would like to replace with an 80gb.

Does anyone know of any problems or incompatabilties i might have. im running xp so there shouldnt be any software problems, i was just bothered if the motherboard might not support a disc that high given the limit of 320mb of memory.

Biggs · #2 Post by **Biggs** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:33 am

It should work fine as long as it's PATA.

JHEM · #3 Post by **JHEM** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:36 am

Welcome to the Forum Graeme.

The X2x and X3x series of Thinkpads will take any 2.5" PATA HD presently available.

Make sure you have the latest BIOS installed for your system and you shouldn't have any problems with the upgrade.

Regards,

James

graemefaulkner · #4 Post by **graemefaulkner** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:18 pm

great thanks for the help. excuse my ignorance, this is my first laptop and ive never heard of PATA before, is that the same as a 2.5" non SATA like ATA100?

seneca · #5 Post by **seneca** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:14 am

Yep, it's the "regular" kind of harddrive (IDE 2.5" ATA100...) non SATA.
I think the biggest available now is 160gb.

graemefaulkner · #6 Post by **graemefaulkner** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 5:24 am

great thanks a lot for all your help.

x20 hard disc upgrage

x20 hard disc upgrage

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