IBM manual Part 1. Using the ThinkPad 600 UltraslimBay HDD Adapter

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Part 1. Using the ThinkPad 600 UltraslimBay HDD Adapter

The

ThinkPad

600

UltraslimBay

HDD

Adapter

 

(hereafter called

HDD

Adapter

) supports

the

ThinkPad

600

series

computer.

You

can

 

upgrade the

capacity

of

your

computer

by

installing

a

secondary

hard

disk

drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To

install

the

hard

 

disk

 

drive

(hereafter

calledHDD

 

)

into

your

computer,

you

must

first

assemble

 

the

HDD

with

the

HDD

Adapter.

Then

you

insert

the

 

HDD

 

Adapter

 

into

the

UltraslimBay.

 

If

you

are

using

one

of

 

the following

ThinkPad 600

 

computer models,

you

need

to

update

the

system

program:

 

 

 

 

 

 

IBM Product

Name

Machine Type

 

 

 

ThinkPad

600

 

2645-21

 

x,

31x,

35x, 41x, or x51

 

 

 

x

can

be

any

number.

Check

the

serial

number label

to

determine

the machine type of your

computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A diskette

(for

diskette

installation)

is

supplied

to

update

the program.

Before

using

the

HDD

Adapter

for

the

first

time,

be sure

to have the

system

program

diskette

on hand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This

book

explains

how

to

insert

the

HDD

Adapter

into

the

computer

and

how

to

update

the system

program.

 

 

 

 

Copyright IBM Corp. 1998

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