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ATA133 and a T400
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:07 am
by stx-di
I'm looking to install a ATA 133 hard drive in my T400, Will it work or should I stay with the ATA 100?
Thanks,
Re: ATA133 and a T400
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 4:23 pm
by bill bolton
T400 have a SATA drive interface, so you can't use a PATA drive in one.
What is it you want to achieve?
Cheers,
Bill B.
Re: ATA133 and a T400
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:24 pm
by stx-di
I'm looking to speed up the hard drive
Re: ATA133 and a T400
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:29 pm
by yak
Let us also know what drive do you have right now.
If the cost is not a problem, you may want to look at some SSD drives, they are much faster (especially in terms of seek times) than standard mechanical hard drives.
Alternatively, look for a SATA 2,5" notebook hard drive with 9.5mm height. Speedy are the ones with high rotational speed, measured in rpm-s. Look for a 7200rpm one. But please bear in mind that they are somewhat more noisy than the slower ones.
Re: ATA133 and a T400
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:19 pm
by Afty
yak has good advice. You don't need to worry about ATA-100 vs. ATA-133 because the T400 doesn't accept that (older) type of drive. You will need a SATA drive instead.