Recent content by duboverture

X230 user here. You can easily upgrade it to 2x8 GB DDR3 RAM. I use Samsung PC3L 1600 MHz modules. I don't know the answer if a 1TB drive is supported but can assure you a 7 mm one will fit. The 9 mm disk is barely too large. Also, remember that you can add a second disk using an M-Sata port (at...

Thanks for the link, it explains a lot. The IC602 is indeed apparent on the PCB; resoldering it onto a new board wouldn't be any problem, although after your opinion I'm not so sure that this is the way to solve my problem anymore. I just assumed it was very unlikely that it's any physical...

As far as I know, the electronics that I want to swap with has exactly the same BIOS version. Or do you mean that the BIOS/calibration is specific for this one HDD only? Could you elaborate a little bit? What kind of 'internal' problem could that be? The drive spins, I can feel how it repeats...

I'll start with only the question itself and if you'd like to know why I think my case is true, there's a short background story in the second part of this post. I'm almost sure my HDD's electronics died on my hands. I'd like to swap the electronics with another HDD. I tried my best to find the...