ATA/IDE Question

[Donwee]

I must replace the hard drive in my IBM i1412 laptop. The drive being replaced is "ATA/IDE." Question: Must the replacement drive be “ATA/IDE” as well, or can it be ATA 3, or ATA 4, Ultra, etc.? Finding a replacement drive described as simply “ATA/IDE” has been difficult. I’m unable to determine if my motherboard supports any of the variant interfaces.

[djnes]

Any laptop drive should work, but you should check the compatibility just to be safe.

[phaelinx]

ata is vague..if its ATA133, I believe that is considered UDMA mode 5, whereas ATA100 is UDMA Mode 4..etc..3 and 2 are for obviously slower atapi devices, along with the multi-word devices.

Serial ATA (ata150) is UDMA Mode 6.

[Donwee]

Thanks very much for your input!