iskandar73
Jan 11, 2004, 05:45 AM
hi,
i am looking at the seagate momentus 40 gb harddrive to replace the original toshiba in my ibook (late 2001) and found this on the web
"When trying to install the drive into the appropriate bay of the Toshiba notebook we found we couldn’t do it with the standard metallic adapter. It’s because the upper part of the drive’s case is made “hanging over” the interface connector. (...). In the case of the Momentus, this shoulder pushed the case above the pins. So, we had to install the drive without the adapter. You may want to pay attention to this if choosing a new Seagate drive for manual installation into your notebook. "
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/seagate-momentus_5.html
since i haven't ordered the seagate yet and did not dare to screw open the iBook to take closer look. can anyone confirm if this is also a problem with the ibook? thanx
i am looking at the seagate momentus 40 gb harddrive to replace the original toshiba in my ibook (late 2001) and found this on the web
"When trying to install the drive into the appropriate bay of the Toshiba notebook we found we couldn’t do it with the standard metallic adapter. It’s because the upper part of the drive’s case is made “hanging over” the interface connector. (...). In the case of the Momentus, this shoulder pushed the case above the pins. So, we had to install the drive without the adapter. You may want to pay attention to this if choosing a new Seagate drive for manual installation into your notebook. "
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/seagate-momentus_5.html
since i haven't ordered the seagate yet and did not dare to screw open the iBook to take closer look. can anyone confirm if this is also a problem with the ibook? thanx
