So I got bored.
I travel with a X120e, its tiny compared to my daily driver but has enough of the classic Thinkpads feature it works very well. When purchased it had a Western Digital 250gig HDD in it that was a total waste of space.
As I said I was bored and surfing Fleabay, and stumbled on a mSATA HDD, knowing I had a spare slot in the bottom of this thing I thought maybe? I did some research and discovered this was a royal PITA. Looking around some more I found a SATA to mSATA case that bolted in just like the 2.5 SATA HDD. Bought both.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/361534363987?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT
http://www.ebay.com/itm/142002359475?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT
Install was identical to a regular HDD, & W7 never knew the difference. If I run into no issues in 90 days Ill upsize the HDD.
I also added this after I flashed the BIOS to remove the white list
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221458610067?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT
So with 24 gigs primary and 2X32 gigs for storage, all of it flash based Im kind of curious as to what the run time will be on this little beast.
Ron
Bored: Upgrade my X120e
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jronald
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Bored: Upgrade my X120e
I see in my son's eyes, each day, the wonders I have squandered fortunes to possess and have sought my entire lifetime to attain. jrr 09/2011
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axur-delmeria
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Re: Bored: Upgrade my X120e
1. Laptops with mSATA slots are relatively rare.
2. 24GB is probably not enough once the OS updates and temp files start coming in. The rarely-used Win 7 installation in my X220 already takes up 27GB.
3. Nice mPCIe to microSD adapter.
Keep us posted on how long the battery lasts.
2. 24GB is probably not enough once the OS updates and temp files start coming in. The rarely-used Win 7 installation in my X220 already takes up 27GB.
3. Nice mPCIe to microSD adapter.
Keep us posted on how long the battery lasts.
Daily driver: X220 4291-P79 i5-2520M
In reserve: X61 T7500, X60 T2300
In pieces: X60s CS U1300 [board only], two retired but working X61Ts
RIP: 760XD 9546-U9E
In reserve: X61 T7500, X60 T2300
In pieces: X60s CS U1300 [board only], two retired but working X61Ts
RIP: 760XD 9546-U9E
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jronald
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Re: Bored: Upgrade my X120e
Im a tick over 19 gigs.
I stumbled on a NEW 64gig for $30.00, I have it coming.
Ron
I stumbled on a NEW 64gig for $30.00, I have it coming.
Ron
I see in my son's eyes, each day, the wonders I have squandered fortunes to possess and have sought my entire lifetime to attain. jrr 09/2011
T400's and T500's
T400's and T500's
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