Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 12:51:47 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: FAQ TIME! (was: Re: [LIB] So who makes an 8.4mm drive?)
1. Nobody makes a 8.4mm 2.5" HD. Only Toshiba made 8.45mm 2.5" HDs, but have discontinued making them. All 2.5" 8.45mm high Libretto compatible hard drives are listed on my site below if you'd like to hunt ebay.com and yahoo.com down for an older model. 2. It has been posted several times from various 9.5mm HD users in 8.45mm L50 slots that the extra 1mm difference eventually resulted in RAM chip delamination from the area of the motherboard directly above the HD bay, thus killing their Librettos. 3. I'd HIGHLY recommend disassembly of the <L70 models to remove the plastic spacers around the HD bay under the black plastic sheeting before insertion of a 9.5mm HD - otherwise, you'll have trouble for sure later on! They simply were not designed to handle the extra 1mm. L100-L110 models, thankfully, initially shipped with IBM 9.5mm HDs, so they were designed for them. ---- Like anything else, the majority of people who have upgraded to 9.5mm HDs in <L70 models don't see any problems, but a handful have. It's up to you to determine whether you'd want to disassemble the entire Libretto (SEE parts diagram on my site; it'll take 30min-1hour to get to the HD bay) or chance it. ===== adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - sign up for Fantasy Baseball http://sports.yahoo.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
