Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 05:26:33 +0000 From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Hard Drive Size on the Libretto 70
>Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 07:25:42 +0800 >From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Hard Drive Size on the Libretto 70 > >At 11:25 AM 27/05/2002 -0700, you wrote: >>Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 11:19:38 -0700 >>From: "sean kane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Hard Drive Size on the Libretto 70 >> >>I'm looking at upgrading the hard drive in my libretto 70 from the 1.6GB >>standard 9.5mm 2.5 inch drive. Are they any limitations on the size of the >>drive I can put in? I have 30GB and 6.4GB drives that fit the physical >>specs - what would I have to do to get them working? > >Well as long as the drive is 9.5mm in height it'll physically fit (just >make sure you can pretty much drop it into the slot and it'll go in ... you >may need to remove some spacers from the bottom of the drive bay as there >IS some variability in height even amongst 9.5mm hard drives, some of which >are in fact 9.55mm) ... the only other complication you will run into with >drives larger than 8.4GB is that the Libretto's BIOS only sees 8.4GB so >you'll need a BIOS drive overlay so that the Libretto can see the rest of >the drive ... look in the archives for David's link to EZ-Drive (in case >you've not already got it) as well as for numerous discussions on the >topic! > >Hope this helps! > >- Raymond Two points: don't forget the hibernation space - again, lots of details in the archives - and, has anyone discussed whether the ez-drive bios extenders work properly with the brain-damaged 70 bios that restricts visible drive size to 1.6GB? If you have bios version 6.2 you'll be able to stuff the 6G drive straight in, if not you'll have to downgrade your bios *to* 6.2. Neil _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------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 **************************************************************
