Which companys make 3.5" 1/4 height IDE hard drives?

[GetInMyFatBelly]

The only one I can find is Maxtor Quantum Fireball Plus AS, are there any others that are low profile (half the height of a regular hard drive) 3.5" HDs?
Thanks...

 

[ChrisIsBored]

Mmmmm... i've messed with the Quantum Fireball Plus AS through LM+ and they've all been the same standard drives as everyone else uses now-a-day's...

I don't think anyone really manufactures the high profile drives anymore... at least I haven't seen any lately... not even in SCSI.

 

[tomrizzo]

maybe look at laptop drives, though not quite as fast as desktops, but they are tiny.

 

[kgraeme]

Pretty much all HDs these days are half-height 3.5". My coworker just disassembled some full-height drives and I was honestly surprised at seeing them.

The next step smaller would be a 2.5" drive for laptops or portable firewire/USB enclosures. Mwave has Fujitsu and IBM.

 

[GetInMyFatBelly]

I'm referring to 3.5" 1/4 height drives. If you put two ontop of eachother, they are the size of 1 3.5" half height drive. I have a book PC and there is only one 1/2 height drive bay. I want to put two drives in it. I referred to the Fireball Plus AS, because Maxtor has it listed as a Low Profile drive and I saw one to varify. See Maxtor's website under specs.

 

[dkozloski]

Somehow you are confused. LP(low profile) form factor means the drive is 0.984in. high. The only drives I have seen that are thinner are notebook drives and they are described by the height in milimeters. You might get a standard LP drive and put it on the train tracks. That ought to make it a lot thinner.

 

[kgraeme]

I'm really interested now. Do you have the ability to post photos of what you are talking about? Something that would put a "normal" drive next to what you are looking for? I looked up the Fireball Plus AS specs and it looks like your normal 3.5" half-height drive according to the dimensions they put in their spec-sheet.

I did a google search of "low profile hard drive" and came across what I expected, which is pretty much everything on the market. For instance, here is an article referring to the Western Digital WD800BB as a "80GB into a standard 3.5-inch, low-profile (1-inch high) chassis".

 

[zzzz]

There are some maxtor drives that are thinner than rest of the current drives.

 

[GetInMyFatBelly]

Then maybe Low Profile isn't correct, but saw a HD on display that was 3.5" and only half the height of a 1" half height drive, was labeled Maxtor Fireball something... Will go back to MyCom and get the model number off the drive Monday.

 

[GetInMyFatBelly]

Here's what I found out. It's the Maxtor Quantum Fireball 541DX 5400RPM 20GB hard drive. Height is .68 inch, so 2 won't fit in a half height drive bay, but it is thinner than a regular 1" half height hard drive.

 

[Pariah]

Maxtor is the only one producing lower profile IDE drives (17.5mm vs typical 26mm). Any of the current single platter 5400RPM drives from them should fit that category. I don't think any of their 7200RPM drives are.

 

[GetInMyFatBelly]

Anyone know of any other specific Maxtor 3.5" models that are 17.5mm in height?

 

[Pariah]

Just go to Maxtor's site and view the detailed specs pdf for each drive series.

 

[GetInMyFatBelly]

I did, it's the only one I noticed

 

[Pariah]

The 531 is as well. I didn't bother looking at any others, those are probably the only 2.