Re: newer hard drives don't fit older powerbooks?

2004-04-25 Thread Clark Martin
At 12:16 PM +1000 4/25/04, kaldav wrote: Hello, I saw an post about a powerbook 15 gb hard disk, but the seller said it would only fit the newer machines and not the 5300, 3400, etc. Could someone please tell me what has changed in the newer hard drive design? I know there are varying heights, bu

Re: newer hard drives don't fit older powerbooks?

2004-04-25 Thread Brian
On Sunday, April 25, 2004, at 11:36 AM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: As far as I know, the 3400c has the newer mounting screw configuration, so any drive made recently should fit just fine. The 5300, 190, and 2300 (don't know about the 1400) have the mount points in the wrong spot. It is possible to

Re: newer hard drives don't fit older powerbooks?

2004-04-25 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
on 25/04/04 16:36, Andrew Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As far as I know, the 3400c has the newer mounting screw > configuration, so any drive made recently should fit just fine. The > 5300, 190, and 2300 (don't know about the 1400) have the mount points > in the wrong spot. The 1400 hou

Re: newer hard drives don't fit older powerbooks?

2004-04-25 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Hello, I saw an post about a powerbook 15 gb hard disk, but the seller said it would only fit the newer machines and not the 5300, 3400, etc. Could someone please tell me what has changed in the newer hard drive design? I know there are varying heights, but that has not made a difference in the

Re: newer hard drives don't fit older powerbooks?

2004-04-25 Thread Fabian Fang
On Saturday, April 24, 2004, at 10:31PM, Dan Palka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I put a brand new 40gb seagate >hd in my 3400c - but now sometimes it doesnt want to boot on the first try. >i have to hard reset and then restart > >what is this all about? does it have soemthng to do with the 8mb cac

Re: newer hard drives don't fit older powerbooks?

2004-04-24 Thread Dan Palka
Just to add to this comment made by Kaldav - I put a brand new 40gb seagate hd in my 3400c - but now sometimes it doesnt want to boot on the first try. i have to hard reset and then restart what is this all about? does it have soemthng to do with the 8mb cache? on 4/24/04 9:16 PM, kaldav at [EMA

newer hard drives don't fit older powerbooks?

2004-04-24 Thread kaldav
Hello, I saw an post about a powerbook 15 gb hard disk, but the seller said it would only fit the newer machines and not the 5300, 3400, etc. Could someone please tell me what has changed in the newer hard drive design? I know there are varying heights, but that has not made a difference in the