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Old 12-15-2009, 03:28 PM   #53
ninetynine
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Originally Posted by pphilipp View Post
Unfortunately, it only comes with a 60gb. I haven't seen it offered with more. It's 1.8", supposedly the same drive used in some ipods. To make matters worse, it's a pata drive, not sata. They're hard to find... and more expensive it seems. They're known for being tough, which is probably why it was chosen.

But, the drive is easy to get to... a couple of screws and you're at the drive and ram.
I wasn't actually looking for a higher capacity version, just a SSD version with better read,write and access times. One of the most common negatives of this netbook is its slow 4200RPM hard drive. I was thinking of buying one of these drives, but the PATA connector is on the wrong side =\. Do you think it would be possible to get the cable from the classmate to reach that side? I know there's a blue plastic that's suppose to go around the HDD, but could I cut out a section to make room for the connector.

Otherwise this is the next cheapest SSD with the correct orientation.

Also, are there any free mini PCI-E slots available? That would make finding a compatible SSD a lot easier.
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