[X4U] upgrading a lacie hard drive

[Neil]

on 12/9/06 8:21 PM, alexandre wrote:

> hi (and sorry for the off-topic post)
> 
> i have a lacie d2 drive (250gb triple interface) that is filling up
> rapidly.
> 
> i'm thinking of upgrading the internal drive and keeping the case,
> replacing the 250gb with a 500gb for example.
> 
> my waranty expires in 2 weeks so i'm temptedŠ
> 
> any ideas? can this be done?

I can't speak for that particular case, but I have upgraded the drives in
several FireWire cases and I've never had a problem.  I assume the drive is
IDE, so make sure you replace it with the same and check the jumper
settings.  The drive probably needs to be set to master.