Thinkpad 560 hard drive upgrade options

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Hi all,

I've got a Thinkpad 560x which I know takes
the standard 2.5 inch hard drive, in fact
an IBM tech support person told me the 4 gig
drive is 12.5mm thick. Anyway I am wondering
about other factors besides size that might
affect what kind of new drive I can put in
my 560x. My search has shown that new
drives often have an ATA100 interface which
surely the 560x does not have. Has anyone
tried putting a large e.g. 20-40 gig drive
in this system? I will probably use Linux
or Win98 with it.

Thanks.

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Am Freitag, 9. Juli 2004 00:48 schrieb John:

>>Has anyone tried putting a large e.g. 20-40 gig drive in this system?
>
> I have 20GB in my 560x. Just make sure that you have the latest BIOS
> update install. It can be downloaded from:
>
> http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/ [...] RYRAK.html
>
> Be careful not to break the bezel around the keyboard. It is very thin
> along the side. Also, notice how the latch is assembled; so, you can
> easily reassemble it. I'd recommend checking the Hardware Maintenance
> Maunul before disassembling. I downloaded a copy from IBM at:
>
> ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/mobiles/560xhmm.pdf

Sorry, this does not work for me:

Here there is no "mobiles" inside of ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/

Actually it looks like there is nothing at all in this directory. :-(

Karl-Heinz
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I've got a std 560 not an x or e and I've got a 20gbyte HDD in my 560 using
a DDO (dynamic drive overlay) never had any problems yet other than using
ghost.

"abc123" <z72y@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:86ce9fd7.0407081203.f29b57f@posting.google.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I've got a Thinkpad 560x which I know takes
> the standard 2.5 inch hard drive, in fact
> an IBM tech support person told me the 4 gig
> drive is 12.5mm thick. Anyway I am wondering
> about other factors besides size that might
> affect what kind of new drive I can put in
> my 560x. My search has shown that new
> drives often have an ATA100 interface which
> surely the 560x does not have. Has anyone
> tried putting a large e.g. 20-40 gig drive
> in this system? I will probably use Linux
> or Win98 with it.
>
> Thanks.