Re: [Thinkpad] T6x and PATA 2nd HDD

On Wednesday 16 April 2008 14:07:32 Rob Bell wrote:
> Stephan Andre' wrote:
> > On Wednesday 16 April 2008 13:00:32 Jon Etkins wrote:
> >>Hi, folks.
> >>
> >>I have a colleague who has just received a new T61p, and would like to be
> >>able to mount his old PATA drive as a second HDD in the UltraSlimBay. We
> >>have tried a T4x PATA 2nd HDD caddy (62P452) to no avail, which was
> >> hardly surprising since the T6x is SATA.
> >>
> >>I thought there were two different 2nd HDD adapters available for the T6x
> >> - one for SATA drives and one for PATA, but I cannot seem to find one
> >> for PATA drives. Perhaps I'm mis-remembering; perhaps there were both
> >> SATA and PATA adapters available for the PATA T4x series but only SATA
> >> for the T6x?
> >>
> >>Can anyone shed some light on the situation? He'd much prefer an
> >>integrated carrier, but if none exists I guess we'll have to resort to a
> >>USB2.0 solution.
> >
> > If there is a pata slimbay caddy, I'd love to hear about it.
> >
> > But why not take the pata disk and copy the contents to a sata
> > disk and be done with it? If the original disk is old, then that
> > might be another reason to jump off it to a new one.
> >
> > --STeve Andre'
>
> Didn't someone say just recently that you could take a 2nd HDD adapter
> from an older T-series (T40 and prior?) and use that in a T6x? If I
> recall the comment correctly, the bay connector is the same between the
> model ranges and only the HDD-to-adapter connector is different. That
> means you should be able to use an older PATA drive in a T6x. This is
> all from memory though. I'll have to check around to see if I have a
> 2nd HDD adapter for a T-series that I can try in our T60.
>
> Rob

But the electrical definition of pata and sata are completely different.
Looking at the pata caddy for my A31p reveals no intelligence, so it
doesn't do anything special. I can't look at my T60p caddy as I'm
using it but I don't think there are any active electronics there, either.
The bay connectors are different, too I'm quite sure.

Sigh. I'd really love to be able to deal with an older IDE disk without
USB boxes. Ah well.

--STeve Andre'
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