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    9.5 mm drive in Thinkpad Edge e220s

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by reverendlex, Dec 2, 2012.

  1. reverendlex

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    While I love(d) my e220s, I found the small hard drive to be an annoyance.


    I found this thread http://forum.notebookreview.com/thinkpad-edge-x1-x100e-x120e-sl-l/583455-e220s-9-5mm-ssd-2.html

    so I ground the 'foot' off with a small grinder and fit a 1Tb Seagate. Used thin cardboard (business card thickness) to shield the PCB.

    To speed things up, I used a 64gb mSata drive for / and /swap. Boots Ubuntu 12.04.1 in less than 20 seconds now.

    Unfortunately, gravity is still the enemy. I managed to drop it on a concrete floor. Still works fine, but the chipped trim irritates my wrist.

    I'll put up some photos when I disassemble it this week- I've got to figure out how to do the same mod to its replacement, an X230.
     
    reverendlex, Dec 2, 2012
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