Biggest HD for LE1600??

[Private Joker]

Has anyone tried the 'newer' larger 1.8" hard drives available in an LE1600?
ie: http://www.thenerds.net/TOSHIBA.Toshiba_MK1214GAH_Hard_Drive.HDD1901.html? affid=1&srccode=cii_9324560&cpncode=19-14332583-2&affid=3#reviews

Anyone foresee an issue with these larger capacity drives?

Thanx in advance,

[John Hill]

As long as the drives are the same height and use the same connector there should be no problem.

[bmhome1]

Double check connector, there's older ATA style interface and newer zif types.

[PaulB]

I'm assuming the LE1600 only uses the ZIF connector. Has anyone tried installing a HDD larger than 137GB or create partitions larger than 137GB? Would the LE1600 have any issues with a 160GB or the new 240GB ZIF drive Toshiba has released?

[negative1]

hmm..

i'll be getting my motion le1600 next week..

it only has the 30gig drive, i might want to
try getting a bigger one.. we'll see how it goes..

later
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[PaulB]

I have an LE1700 and it had an 80GB Toshiba 1.8" ZIF connector and drive. I secured a out-of-production Samsung HS-161JB 1.8" ZIF and that allowed for 160GB. I think that is as big as it gets (for ZIF and ATA-6 compatible). Toshiba makes a two-platter 240GB 1.8" ZIF drive but I think it is only compatible with Linux.

[nuclear]

You can maximize the storage by using a PCMCIA CF card or a large SD card or a large USB Flash drive which are all cheaper than the ZIF hard drive or you can add it on!