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5680 compatible hard drive sizes?

post #1 of 7
10/26/05 at 4:16am
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I am wondering what the maximum allowed size of a hard drive for a Sager 5680. Is it universal between all 56XX models? I am looking for a size of at least 120GB 7200 RPM or larger to replace my 60 GB. Also, can a 5680 support dual internal hard drives?
I've been out of the tech loop for a bit, so if someone could help me I'd be appreciative!
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post #2 of 7
10/26/05 at 10:57am
Any new laptop HDD should work.
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post #3 of 7
10/26/05 at 11:09am
And the 5680 can support dual hard drives. One bay can hold either a second battery, a second optical drive, a second hard drive, a floppy drive, or nothing at all. But the drives cannot be set up in hardware raid (software raid should work, though I've never tried).

-Peter
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post #4 of 7
10/26/05 at 11:37am
Ok I can help a bit on this (see sig). The 5680/90 will work with a 100G in the primary slot. I haven't tried anything larger as I couldn't get my paws on one at the time. I ordered the drive bay from Sager when my machine was still a 5670. I've had no problems with it running in this config. The secondary drive is hung off of the secondary ide channel. It's slaved off the CD. The only issue I can forsee is that you may get degraded performance if try to burn and transfer files at the same time.
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post #5 of 7
10/26/05 at 11:41am
For the 2nd HDD, you will need a $42 bracket that can be found here: http://www.pctorque.com/hardware.php#78
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post #6 of 7
10/28/05 at 10:33pm
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Originally Posted by G-Omaha
For the 2nd HDD, you will need a $42 bracket that can be found here: http://www.pctorque.com/hardware.php#78
And that would go where the floppy drive does right? I dont need an A: drive at all, no worries. :P
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post #7 of 7
10/30/05 at 1:33am
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Originally Posted by Short Eyes
And that would go where the floppy drive does right? I dont need an A: drive at all, no worries. :P
That is correct.
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