How to change my ibm thinkpad ide for a sata

[prycuk]

how do i change the ide connection inside for a sata, where is the thing and what do i need to do to change it on the m'board?

 

[mcnumpty23]

you cant do it

 

[ulysses35]

lol.... gotta love people who dont realise that laptops are barerly upgradeable, let alone changing the HDD interface.

 

[outlw6669]

how do i change the ide connection inside for a sata, where is the thing and what do i need to do to change it on the m'board?

You can not change the EIDE connector to a SATA connector.
Even if you somehow could, an EIDIE controller would not be compatible with a SATA drive.

 

[jaguarskx]

Sorry, but the hard drive interface is soldered onto the laptop's motherboard. You cannot simply use a laptop E-IDE to SATA adaptor since none exist.

If you want a SATA hard drive, then you need to purchase a new laptop.

 

[mcnumpty23]

if you want a faster hard drive there are a few ide ssd drives but not sure how much faster they would be than the standard ide laptop drive

 

[mavroxur]

You can't change the interface, it's build onto the motherboard. If you want a faster hard drive, get a 7200 rpm 2.5" ide hard drive, or find a 2.5" SSD. Hitachi makes several 2.5" 7200rpm drives, and SuperTalent makes 16 & 32gb IDE 2.5" SSD's.