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    Need advice for bigger harddrive in my bimmer

    @ taltamir The install room should be just enough to place a 2.5" drive. So I dont think there is enough space for a passive SATA/PATA adapter. I've read that the challenge with 1.8" drives is they've different voltage. I still look for an answer to my question: Did somebody already operated a...
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    Need advice for bigger harddrive in my bimmer

    Hi, the FS is a QNX4.x. Here a screenshot of the partions http://www.e90post.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6537595&postcount=35 Are there any experiences whether the operating temperature area of a consumer grade harddisk goes below the stated 0 degrees Celsius? Because thats at the moment my...
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    Need advice for bigger harddrive in my bimmer

    Hi FishAk, the warranty is no issue due to the fact that I bought the CIC used to replace my older CCC. Thatswhy unmounting all parts to get to the HDD is no problem, cause I've done it already several times. Here a picute of the HDD location in the CIC unit...
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    Need advice for bigger harddrive in my bimmer

    Hi, the CIC is the Car Information Computer and is located in the dash board. The CIC unit contains the nav unit/gps, radio etc. and also the HDD for the data. In this posting http://forums.5series.net/topic/99495-cic-retrofit-installation-log/page__view__findpost__p__1204696 you can see where...
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    Need advice for bigger harddrive in my bimmer

    Hello to everybody, this is my first posting after having read lots of information around SSDs - especially in this forum.:thumbsup: My situation is that I have a 5 series bimmer with new HDD nav system called CIC. The OEM installed HDD is a 80GB 2,5-inch IDE Toshiba MK8050GAC -...