[P1] OK drive for icebook swap?

[PaulKurtz III]

Thanks for the info everyone.  I did some more research on xlr8yourmac.com
and I might just do it.

...now where did I put my cajones?

Anyone interested in a used, but perfectly good factory 20gb Toshiba iBook
drive?

Thanks,

Paul


On 5/26/03 6:12 PM, "Joe Jones" <joham at jo-ham.com> wrote:

> Any 2.5" notebook drive that is smaller than 10mm high will fit - ie,
> any 9.5mm "superslim" model.
> 
> I put an IBM Travelstar 40GNX in my 600Mhz iBook with no problems.
> 
> You can see some pictures of the surgery here:
> 
> http://jo-ham.com/display.php?year=2003&month=3&day=22
> 
> Google for "ibk_dusb.pdf" for Apple's service manual for the iBook. It
> has excellent instructions and has screw templates so you can keep
> track of the ones you've removed.
> 
> You'll have to remove about 36 screws of varying size to get to the
> hard drive, including three Torx T8 size screws on the bottom of the
> case, and four Torx T8 grommets that fit on the side of the hard drive,
> allowing it to rest in the shock mount - see the pics on my site.
> 
> It's well worth doing the upgrade. I now have twice the space, four
> times the drive cache and a much quieter HD. Battery life has not been
> affected as far as I can tell.
> 
> Joe
> 
> On Monday, May 26, 2003, at 04:13 America/Chicago, PaulKurtz III wrote:
> 
>> I'm considering the daring task of upgrading my Icebook HD.  I've been
>> looking at this fluid bearing 40gb Toshiba drive.
>> 
>> http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101606
>> 
>> It's 5400rpm, but I'm hoping the fluid will offset the extra heat.
>> It's
>> hard to beat the extra speed AND 16MB of cache.  Anyone have any
>> advice,
>> cautionary tales, or other info on the subject?  Also, how might it
>> affect
>> battery life?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Paul