--- inkleput{at}isp.com wrote:

> I'm getting a handle on what to do about a hard drive and caddy -
> with
> another question.  (This goes into an adapter in the Ultrabay.)
> 
> The older ThinkPad 770 drives are available, sometimes with caddies. 
> But for a larger HD's the caddies don't seem to come with them.
> 
> I can get caddies on eBay.  But the question is about size.  Those
> caddies will take up to a 17 mm thick drive, so no problem there. 
> But
> there is slightly more than 2.75 inches inside space in width.  That
> would leave a 2.5 inch drive pretty loose - about 1/4 inch if I snug
> up
> the screws on the connector side of the drive.
> 
> I don't really want to poke the space full of TP.  Has anybody
> handled
> this situation before?  Did you go to the shop and manufacture your
> own
> spacer?

Hey, my 40 gig Hitachi 2.5 HD is 2.75" wide. As is the 20 gig IBM it
replaced. I would not recommend insulating the heat in by filling the
space with TP. I think as long as the hard drive is fastened tightly to
the caddy it will be just fine with the air space around it.

Franklin


		
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