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Replacing the HDD of a 770x
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:48 am
by tattaloop
My HDD is running out of space. I have a 770x-7B0. I got the HDD out and thereon is a label which says 4G, FRU12J0426, FRU12J1973, FRU12J1970.
Can the nice wizards please enlighten me as to which HDD is compatible, what FRU, and would the BIOS need replacing?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:22 am
by wireless4laptop
4G is tooo small. You can choose any harddisk for your laptop. I recommend you choose a Hitachi 5k100 40Gb harddisk. 770X maybe not support large harddisk. Please use Hitachi tools: Hitachi(IBM) Feature Tool 1.97 For Win9x/NT4/2000/XP/DOS
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:56 am
by tattaloop
I don't know much about laptops. This HDD does not look like one in a desktop PC. The plug on the HDD is on the long side, not where it is on desktop PC HDDs, and it plugs directlly into a socket inside the computers body, no ribbon lead.
Also, I keep reading about this thing called a caddy. Is it relevent to me?
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:31 am
by wireless4laptop
Yes, 770x has a harddisk caddy. Please put it off and you can see the laptop harddisk. you can change to a new one.
770 PDF manual
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... FAN-3TSMGJ