On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 03:13:12 -0300 Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
RB> Dear all, RB> RB> I am thinking about upgrading the HD of my iBook. It is a late 2001 RB> iBook, 600MHz, 12" LCD, with a 20GB HD. RB> RB> Before actually spending the cash on it, I would like to know RB> others' experiences on this. BTW, what is the biggest HD that an RB> iBook like this can have installed? RB> RB> And if I have a given HD available in both 4200 RPM and 5400 RPM RB> models, which one should I choose, if I am concerned about battery RB> life (one of my main concerns regarding my notebook). RB> RB> Any comments or advices are extremely appreciated. RB> RB> RB> Thanks in advance, Rogério. RB> I have done this a month or two back. My machine had an HDD failure so I had nothing to lose. It is a fiddly job (make sure you have plenty of space to lay out the removed bits -- and label them) and took 2-3 hours. I found this page very useful. http://uk.geocities.com/ibookupgrade/ There were a few minor differences in the hardware [My machine has allen bolts not TORX bolts on the back and there's a pair of bolts where the long and the short are reversed]. Any 2.5inch ide drive with a 9.5mm (or less) thickness should work--I've put in a 60GB Fujitsu--check the dimensions before you buy, some are 10mm profile which is too thick. [The information on the web page above is out of date here]. You will need to fully erase the disk not just repartition it as Macs can't boot off a DOS partition table. James -- +------------------------+-------------------------------+---------+ | James Tappin | School of Physics & Astronomy | O__ | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | University of Birmingham | -- \/` | | Ph: 0121-414-6462. Fax: 0121-414-3722 | | +--------------------------------------------------------+---------+
