what are my upgrade paths for this laptop?

[sadb0i]

i can not find any documentation for this laptop telling me what my upgrade paths are...ive checked the IBM site already

i have an IBM thinkpad 760EL and would just like to get a bigger hard drive...whats the MAX size hard drive i can get...thanks for all responses!!!

 

[Workin']

Max hard drive for that machine is 6.0 GB. Unles the new drive you buy is 17mm thick, you will have to modify the drive caddy or discard it and make something yourself. I have a 760XL and put a new 9mm? thick drive in it, I had to pad it out with some blocks of foam. But it works fine.

 

[sadb0i]

what do u mean?

so if i wanted to add a 10 gig hard drive...what would have to do?

 

[kd7fhd]

I think what Workin' is trying to tell you is that if you pull your existing hard drive out you will find that it has a proprietary connector - at least, mine does! If you do buy a stock off the shelf hard drive, you will have to rig up a new connector. If you look hard enough, you can find an adapter.

 

[Workin']

<< what do u mean? >>

The largest hard drive supported by an IBM 760EL is 6.0 GB. Supposedly, a larger drive won't even be recognized - it's an electrical interface issue rather than the usual BIOS limitations.

<< so if i wanted to add a 10 gig hard drive...what would have to do? >>

Get a different model computer.

 

[Workin']

<< I think what Workin' is trying to tell you is that if you pull your existing hard drive out you will find that it has a proprietary connector - at least, mine does! If you do buy a stock off the shelf hard drive, you will have to rig up a new connector. If you look hard enough, you can find an adapter. >>

Well, any 2.5 inch IDE drive has the same connector, but different manufacturers have different &quot;caddies&quot; for the drives with their own connectors. You can put different drives into the caddies, you just might have to do a little modification. Also, 2.5 inch drives come in 3 different thicknesses - 17mm, 12mm, and I think 9mm or 7.5mm? The stock 760EL uses a 17mm thick drive, so any other 2.5 inch drive will physically fit with a little modification (maybe drill some new mounting holes or pad the caddy with some foam to get everything to line up). You won't have to find any special adapter.

But the 760 series drive controller supposedly has an electrical oddity which makes the thing freak out if your drive has more capacity than 6 GB. I put a 6 GB drive into mine and it works fine.