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    ThinkPad Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Jeremy092288, Jul 14, 2007.

  1. Jeremy092288

    Jeremy092288 Notebook Consultant

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    Does anyone know if the ThinkPad Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter can have any 2.5 inch SATA drive placed in it? or does it have to have the specific Thinkpad HDD? I know this has been asked before but no one seems to be sure.

    Thanks,
    Jeremy
     
    Jeremy092288, Jul 14, 2007
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    It will acceptt any SATA drive, provided it fits.
     
    ZaZ, Jul 15, 2007
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    Jeremy092288 Notebook Consultant

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    Beautiful, Do you guys know if it just shows up like a removable disk like a thumb drive would? Or what? How does the system recognize it when it is plugged in? It is still hot swappable right?

    Thanks Guys
     
    Jeremy092288, Jul 15, 2007
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    It'll show up like a regular hard drive. Yes, it is hot swappable.
     
    furrycute, Jul 15, 2007
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    Awesome, anyone know of any great deals on these laptop hard drives?
     
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    jcvjcvjcvjcv Notebook Evangelist

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    T61 has a Ultrabay Slim = only 9.5 mm high

    Don't wknow what type of Ultrabay the T61P has, but It's wort to check...
     
    jcvjcvjcvjcv, Jul 16, 2007
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    The T61p has an ultrabay slim drive as well, will a regular harddrive not fit jcvjcvjcvjcv? How thick are normal 2.5" drives?

    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3201424&CatId=2676

    I wanted to put this one in that adapter, it is the only 200 GB 2.5" drive I could find, jcv, are you saying that is won't fit?

    Check out this page too:

    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=2682&Nav=|c:1277|c:2676|&Sort=3&Recs=10

    The connection is SATA for the item I posted but the other ones on that page have pins only, which one is right?
     
    Jeremy092288, Jul 16, 2007
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    stallen Thinkpad Woody

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    Perfect, Thanks Stallen
     
    Jeremy092288, Jul 16, 2007
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