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by: Dango517 January 10, 2009 3:46 AM PST

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Can laptop drives be used on PCs?

by Dango517 - 1/10/09 3:46 AM

part of the answer comes from here ......... see:

HP Firebird with Voodoo DNA

http://nl.com.com/view_online_newsletter.jsp?list_id=e758

Why am I asking?

Because they would save space on a PC and I might be able to add more drives within my PC then normal. Most PCs motherboards come with more SATA ports then drive bays. It is very likely I could get two 2.5 drives to fit in a standard 3.5 drive bay.

They might run cooler then standard PC 3.5 format drives.

There is a major push for SSD drives for laptops while PC SSD drives lag behind in development. The price breaks will come to laptop SSD drives first.

My questions are:

Do laptops come with standard SATA and IDE cable interfaces? Are the connections the same for laptops and PCs? What about energy requirements? Laptops run with a combination of AC and DC current. Does this create special problems when using laptop drives on PCs?


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No.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 1/10/09 5:57 AM

In Reply to: Can laptop drives be used on PCs? by Dango517

Laptops have now for most designs dropped IDE altogether. You'll find current and new laptops will be SATA.

The same SATA connector is used on the laptop components as the desktop counterparts. As to power, that's for your research. Take the DATA SHEET for the parts you want to compare and read.
Bob


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Check this out

by samkh - 1/10/09 2:38 PM

In Reply to: Can laptop drives be used on PCs? by Dango517

http://www.startech.com/item/SATABAY425BK-4-x-25-SAS-SATA-RAID-Backplane-for-525-Bay.aspx

Put it in a Mini-ITX with GbE and four 320GB 7200rpm for a RAID 5 array. How cool (and green) is that?

Mod the fans to slow down if you can't tolerate the noise.


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Can laptop drives be used on PCs?

by VoodooDan - 1/16/09 5:48 AM

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Hi Dango 517,

Actually, we are starting to see more manufacturers develop small form factor 2.5 hard drives. The reason companies like HP choose these drives is because it allows us to build smaller systems, use less power, make them quieter, and most important they generate very little heat. These hard drives perform very well and are available in spinning disks or new SSD drives. Just to let you know, Firebird supports either.


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