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    T60 Ultrabay HD adapter works with old traverstar ATA/IDE HD?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by lenothink, Jan 20, 2007.

  1. lenothink

    lenothink Newbie

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    Hi, I am a newbie here. Maybe this question is kind of strange.

    I intend to buy T60 but I have a question and need answer here. I called Lenova support and they are not quite sure and give me contraditary answers with one says YES and another NO.

    I have T23 with Ultrabay 2000 HD adapter. I always use 2 HD with internal load with XP and Ultrabay with Linux.

    Now I want to do the same thing in T60.

    The question is: If I buy the Ultrabay Slim adapter for T60, can I still use the old Traverstar 40GB ATA/IDE HD (used in my old Ultrabay 2000 adapter with T22) in the new Ultrabay Slim adapter to apply into the T60?

    Or I MUST get a new SATA or PATA HD? I checked the HITACHI website for those new HDs and don't see the Interface is different with my current 2.5 inch Travelstar ATA/IDE HD used in T22. I tried to google the ATA2 ~ATA7 interface but can not find any useful information. I knew 3.5 inch HD the IDE and SATA interface is different, will this also true for 2.5 inch HD? How come I see the HITACHI site the new 2.5 inch HD with PATA/SATA all showing the 44 PIN very similar to my old T22 HD?

    Here is the URL for the Ultrabay Slim adatper for Lenova:
    http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/...?category-id=CCDA42252F5E4A789338E400478166B3

    Does any T60 owner already use this two HD application? I think this internal HD with XP and 2nd HD in Ultrabay with Linux is quite popular in some coding and engineering guys.

    Please help. Thanks.
     
    lenothink, Jan 20, 2007
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  2. dietcokefiend

    dietcokefiend DietGreenTeaFiend

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    If you have the PATA drive bay for the T42/43 models, that drive should work fine in the T60. Some of the terminology changes with different transfer speed increases, but the connector itself stayed the same.
     
    dietcokefiend, Jan 20, 2007
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  3. scoot1212

    scoot1212 Notebook Consultant

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    I have the Ultrabay HD adapter from a T41 and it works great with my T60.
    Scott
     
    scoot1212, Jan 21, 2007
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