I was just wondering why you’re not supposed to use a laptop hard drive in a desktop (internally) using an adapter.
So far I’ve herd that the adapter fails after awhile and you get data corruption and things like that.
Full Version: why not to use a laptop hard drive in a desktop?
obvious reasons that spring to mind are cost, capacity, and durability.. the real question is: why would you want to? I have an adaptor & have used it for various things, including pre-installing OS'es, data recovery from 2.5" drives, and even running a linux firewall off an old laptop harddrive.. but I wouldn't want to use it for everyday...
spend more money on a slow 5400 rather than cheaper 7200?
note that with SATA drives, you dont need an adapter. in fact if i had a spare >100Gb SATA laptop drive, i'd probably plug it into my hackintosh just for the sheer, unadulterated hell of it. 
I'm running OS X on my 2.5 HD. Why? Because I value my silence 
. Granted it may be a few seconds "slower" (in terms of real world usage), but those into silent pc's, 2.5 HD are the way to go in terms of heat/noise. You'd be hard pressed to find a similar 7200 drive that could match a laptop HD's power/noise/heat.
. Granted it may be a few seconds "slower" (in terms of real world usage), but those into silent pc's, 2.5 HD are the way to go in terms of heat/noise. You'd be hard pressed to find a similar 7200 drive that could match a laptop HD's power/noise/heat.
How reliable are the adapters for every day use?
The resin I want to use a laptop hard disk is because right now I’m using a 10gb hard disk in an imac g3 350 sl with only 1,020 MB free space and I have 20 and 40GB hard disk just sitting around from my dead iBook G3 that died from just opening the case ?, also I need the lower heat output so my imac doesn’t over heat.
The resin I want to use a laptop hard disk is because right now I’m using a 10gb hard disk in an imac g3 350 sl with only 1,020 MB free space and I have 20 and 40GB hard disk just sitting around from my dead iBook G3 that died from just opening the case ?, also I need the lower heat output so my imac doesn’t over heat.
well, I can't say I've had perfect adapters. Their weaknesses include being fragile and one more layer of failure. for example the first adapter I bought, it worked fine until one day it just didn't work anymore, I checked out the adaptor board and I found that one of the traces had somehow managed to seperate (probably lucky it didn't cause any havoc w/ my drive). But I jury rigged a wire onto it and it worked fine after. The current adapter I use is one of the molded/slimmer kind and it has been working great every since.
in Terms of heat output, I personally don't think your HD will single handily overheat the entire system, it doesn't seem likely.
in Terms of heat output, I personally don't think your HD will single handily overheat the entire system, it doesn't seem likely.
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