Re: TP701C -- IBM DADA25400 5.4GB hard drive

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Fri Apr 30 1999 - 20:22:29 EDT

just leave the drive loose in the old caddy..
the new ones are about $75 and not required..
thats the advice of a guy who sells the caddys and drives and has about 6
701C's.. :-)
its what i tell my customers but many want the new caddy so they can still
use the old HDD..

Jonathan Berry wrote:

> I have a 6.4 MB DADA in my 701C. Works fine.
> Holes are in different places compared to the old 700 MB
> drives, so you may want to get a new caddy, or be prepared to
> do some delicate drilling in the old caddy. Probably the
> former is the wiser decision!
>
> In article <mvQK3cByzdyV092yn_at_hticn.com>, you wrote:
> :Does anyone know if the IBM DADA25400 5.4GB hard drive (part No.
> :03L5630) will work in a ThinkPad 701C?
> :
> :I've got a chance to mail-order one at a good price, but all the
> :person selling it can tell is that it's "for ThinkPads" and it's
> :"really small."
> :
> :--
> :Stephen A. Carter High-Tech Information Center Nagoya, Ltd.
> :<mailto:scarter_at_hticn.com> Nagoya, Japan
> :<http://www2.gol.com/users/hticn/> PGP key ID: 0x59B4F7AD
> :
> :
>
> --
> cheers
> Jonathan 

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