Dell Latitude X1 Internal Hard drive Replacement?

The only 5400 unit seems to be a serial ATA drive, which you cannot use - you must use the parallel ATA version.  At that, there are a couple of different connectors on these drives - be sure you get the one you have (I believe it's a ribbon ZIF connector, not the pin connector).

Yeah, all the ones I see listed on Toshiba's site are listed as some type of ATA whether it be 3, 4, 6, 7 etc...

To my knowledge, the HD in the X1 is IDE. This is what the HD in my X1 looks like.

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1646/dellx1hd2ls4.jpg

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1364/dellx1hdgk5.jpg

The thread I found on this forum mentioned a Toshiba model MK8007GAH. This model is actually outdated per Toshiba. If I'm not mistaken, that Thread was lasted posted in 2006 so it is a old thread.

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_harddrive&message.id=50713&query.id=28122#M50713

I can stil find the MK8007GAH for sale at a couple places but it ranges $250 used to $400 New which is outrageous.

Maybe I'm off my rocker but I was thinking around $150 for a new one.

It's not clear, because it also says ATA.

This one is ATA-6:

http://www.atacom.com/program/print_html_new.cgi?cart_id=8265686_76_196_121_63&Pagecode=SEARCH_ALL&Item_code=HDNB_TOSH_80_2I&USER_ID=www

ATA7 is SATA and won't work.

This one should:

http://www.pcconnection.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=8162135&oext=1038A&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=8162135

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It's not clear, because it also says ATA.

This one is ATA-6:

http://www.atacom.com/program/print_html_new.cgi?cart_id=8265686_76_196_121_63&Pagecode=SEARCH_ALL&Item_code=HDNB_TOSH_80_2I&USER_ID=www[/QUOTE]

But the pin configuration on that one looks nothing like mine (pictured in post above).

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/1573/hdnbtosh802imoreji1.jpg

That's different than mine.

ATA7 is SATA and won't work.

This one should:

http://www.pcconnection.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=8162135&oext=1038A&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=8162135[/QUOTE]

That link you gave, when you click on specs, shows to be ATA7.

Indeed it is a ZIF.  I don't see any Toshiba 80G that aren't either ZIF or SATA.

There's a 60G that looks suitable:

http://www.impactcomputers.com/mk6006gah.html

The only other manufacturer of these is Hitachi and they list only the ZIF styles so that may be the best you can do.

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@ejn63 wrote:

Indeed it is a ZIF.  I don't see any Toshiba 80G that aren't either ZIF or SATA.

 

There's a 60G that looks suitable:

 

http://www.impactcomputers.com/mk6006gah.html

 

The only other manufacturer of these is Hitachi and they list only the ZIF styles so that may be the best you can do.

 

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The  5400 rpm Toshibas appear to be all ZIF or SATA, so they're out.

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@ejn63 wrote:

The  5400 rpm Toshibas appear to be all ZIF or SATA, so they're out.

 

 

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Well, I would prefer 5400 RPM, but I would settle for a 4200 RPM, just not at $200 + dollars.