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Hard drive in X6 UltraBase
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:33 pm
by FredFromNYC
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?
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:14 pm
by ozmann
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
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:32 am
by FredFromNYC
Thank you, Allan. Do you know if the interface is ATA or SATA?
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:48 pm
by foodle
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 9:22 pm
by FredFromNYC
Many thanks for the link.
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:06 am
by madana
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.
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:22 am
by FredFromNYC
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:07 am
by madana
Thanks, Fred.
It is clear to me now that my backup ATA HDD won't fit in.