On 2007/09/13 15:25, Marcus Glocker wrote:

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> My X40 disk also died two month ago.  All attempts to find that somehow

> special 1.8" NONE-ZIF connector disk failed so far.

>

> I saw that Henning has the same problem and already asked on misc@ for

> such a disk.  If somebody has another of those for me, it would be most

> helpfull.  Using the X40 with an attached USB disk is not that portable,

> and the X40 is a good hacking toy for Cardbus (wireless ;) devices ...

a 2.5" HD carrier is available for the X4 Ultrabase. it's not ideal

(it adds a lot of weight and doubles the thickness) but it beats USB...
if anyone comes across a batch of these drives (1.8" 44-pin travelstar;

they have been discontinued), pipe up, I am sure there are some other

developers with these machines that might want to pick up a spare.