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Conman · **New Seagate HDD fit in M9? -** 12-14-2009, 01:45 PM

Looking at Engadget and saw that Seagate is coming out with this new super small HDD. will this fit in the m9? 1.8in drive?
Seagate's Momentus Thin to ship in 160GB / 250GB sizes this January -- Engadget

WolfKeeper · 12-14-2009, 02:17 PM

Nope. Mini 9 doesn't use a mechanical drive.

reflex · 12-14-2009, 03:27 PM

That's a standard 2.5" laptop SATA drive, like the 10/10v uses, just a little thinner than usual. So, it won't work in a Mini 9.

Conman · 12-14-2009, 05:16 PM

Ok, thanks.

mrnagrom · 12-15-2009, 10:15 PM

it's not pata. if it were pata you could theoretically shoehorn one in. i had an ipod hdd in my girlfriends mini 9 but it was a tonne of work cutting and a pain in the ass to get a cable long enough to fit it and it was really slow. ended up getting her a runcore.

holmes4 · 12-15-2009, 10:33 PM

You'd also have to rig up an adapter that converted the Mini 9's unique pinout of the MiniPCIe to the 2.5" (or 1.8") PATA plug.

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Conman Member Posts: 38 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: MidWest	New Seagate HDD fit in M9? - 12-14-2009, 01:45 PM Looking at Engadget and saw that Seagate is coming out with this new super small HDD. will this fit in the m9? 1.8in drive? Seagate's Momentus Thin to ship in 160GB / 250GB sizes this January -- Engadget White Mini 9\|2GB RAM\|64GB RUNCORE\|OS X 10.6.2\|NBI 0.8.3 RC4 \| MacBook Pro\|8GB RAM\|320GB SSD\| OS X 10.6.2

WolfKeeper Retired Mini user Posts: 1,577 Join Date: Oct 2008	12-14-2009, 02:17 PM Nope. Mini 9 doesn't use a mechanical drive. Getting an iPad

reflex Guru Posts: 1,997 Join Date: Apr 2009	12-14-2009, 03:27 PM That's a standard 2.5" laptop SATA drive, like the 10/10v uses, just a little thinner than usual. So, it won't work in a Mini 9. Mini 9 \| Intel 5100 Wifi \| Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Mini 1012 \| SSD \| Intel 6200 Wifi \| Ubuntu 11.10 64bit

Conman Member Posts: 38 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: MidWest	12-14-2009, 05:16 PM Ok, thanks. White Mini 9\|2GB RAM\|64GB RUNCORE\|OS X 10.6.2\|NBI 0.8.3 RC4 \| MacBook Pro\|8GB RAM\|320GB SSD\| OS X 10.6.2

mrnagrom Member Posts: 64 Join Date: Mar 2009	12-15-2009, 10:15 PM it's not pata. if it were pata you could theoretically shoehorn one in. i had an ipod hdd in my girlfriends mini 9 but it was a tonne of work cutting and a pain in the ass to get a cable long enough to fit it and it was really slow. ended up getting her a runcore.

holmes4 Super Moderator Posts: 5,774 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New Hampshire	12-15-2009, 10:33 PM You'd also have to rig up an adapter that converted the Mini 9's unique pinout of the MiniPCIe to the 2.5" (or 1.8") PATA plug. Steve Mini 9\|2GB RAM\|64GB RunCore\|Intel 5300\|Windows 8

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