Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO]OT- Laptop Hard Drives?

Sean,
Ok,
That is sort of what I had in mind. The newer HDD's of the 2.5 x 4" size
are now 3/8" thick (were 1/2").
So I uderstand then the drives and connectors are compatible.
I just may have a little case mounting problem when upgrading to the thinner
ones.
I am staying in the low Gigabyte range.
Thanks,
RichD


seanc62@... wrote:

>
> They are pin compatible.
> I have an NEC 486 laptop that I replaced the HD on. The drive was
> physically the same size, but the connector on the drive was slightly
> larger than the recepticle on the laptop. I had to take a dremel an
> remove some plastic to get it to fit.
> If you are going from larger to smaller then you probably will want
> to use something to fill up the missing space - to keep the drive
> from moving and damaging the connector. Going from smaller to larger
> probably won't work as the space is probably made just to fit the
> smaller drives.
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Rich D." <cmsteam@a...> wrote:
> > Group,
> > Are the 2.5"(70mm) x .50"(12.7mm) HDD's interchangeable with
> > the 2.5" x .37"(9.5mm) drives?
> > I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT. Needs a new HDD.
> > Thanks, RichD