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

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GetInMyFatBelly

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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...
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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".
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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