Hard drive in X6 UltraBase

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FredFromNYC · #1 Post by **FredFromNYC** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:33 pm

According to Lenovo, the X6 UltraBase "can also house a second ThinkPad hard drive (requires Hard Disk Drive installation kit)." What exactly is this "hard disk drive installation kit"? Does it come with the UltraBase? Is that something Lenovo sells? Does the UltraBase accommodate standard 2.5" hard drives?

ozmann · #2 Post by **ozmann** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:14 pm

It's a caddy the width of the slot in the base (which accomodates optical drives). Any thin (~9 mm) hard drive will snap into the caddy and work. At least this is true for my X4 ultrabase; I assume the X6 is the same.

Allan

FredFromNYC · #3 Post by **FredFromNYC** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:32 am

Thank you, Allan. Do you know if the interface is ATA or SATA?

foodle · #4 Post by **foodle** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:48 pm

SATA

http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/store ... 8425101139

FredFromNYC · #5 Post by **FredFromNYC** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 9:22 pm

Many thanks for the link.

madana · #6 Post by **madana** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:06 am

SATA

http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/store ... 8425101139

Sorry, I am virtually illiterate as far as specifications of HDDs and other parts. Could you please translate SATA for me into, say, model names and/or $US per GB of storage? Which HDD models would fit into the adapter?

Many thanks.

FredFromNYC · #7 Post by **FredFromNYC** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:22 am

madana, go to newegg.com or any other store and look for notebook hard drives with Serial ATA interface. I just checked Newegg and the cheapest SATA notebook hard drive was a 60 GB Hitachi Travelstar for $75.

madana · #8 Post by **madana** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:07 am

Thanks, Fred.

It is clear to me now that my backup ATA HDD won't fit in.

Hard drive in X6 UltraBase

Hard drive in X6 UltraBase

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