I realised that after I posted - it was meant to be the 2.5" drive. However further research shows that the laptop requires a 7mm drive and will not accept the 15mm drive. Have to start looking again ...
Thanks wOOdy Paul Newton On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 at 11:25, Jürgen Wondzinski <juer...@wondzinski.de> wrote: > Another gotcha: > >> The new HDD (WD Red 3.5" Internal Hard Drive) has a << > > You will definitely not get a 3.5" platter into your laptop. Laptops have > 2.5" or 1.8" cages. > > wOOdy > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: ProFox <profox-boun...@leafe.com> Im Auftrag von Paul Newton > Gesendet: Sonntag, 21. März 2021 23:28 > An: profox@leafe.com > Betreff: [NF] New hardware - network port and HDD > > Hi all > > Please note my change of address - as a result of recently being made > redundant. I have recently taken delivery of an HP Omen 17" laptop. I am > used to having an ethernet port which accepts what I would call a standard > Cat5 plug but the port on the new laptop does not accept that plug which is > obviously too big. The manual describes the port as RJ-45 (network) jack. > What would I need in order to connect my Cat5 plug into the RJ-45 socket? > > The new laptop has a 512GB SSD and a 1TB HDD. The only info I have about > the 1TB drive is that it is 7200rpm. Can I simply replace it with a 4TB > model running at 5400RPM? The new HDD (WD Red 3.5" Internal Hard Drive) > has > a > > - SATA III 6 Gb/s interface. Would I need to check that for > compatibility? > > Many thanks > > Paul Newton > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/CABvSqADK=QCK6fF1g=5cJfsD8cuMCeNBwfSg=cmadel3tnn...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
