tempest
Veteran Member
My IBM 5150 (with the 3rd BIOS revision) currently has two half height 5.25" drives and a full height hard drive in the other bay. While two 5.25" drives are nice, I'd much rather replace one of them with a 720K 3.5" drive. I have three questions about this:
1. Can I just stick any old 3.5" drive in the 5150 or does it need to be a specific kind of 3.5" drive?
2. Can I use the same floppy cable the 5.25" drive used? I think my cable has 3.5" connectors but I'm not sure.
3. Since 3.5" drives are smaller than a 5.25" drive, how do I fit it in? I've seen some pictures where the 3.5" drive has a nice plastic bezel around it, but I'm not sure how to find one of these or what they're even called (is it just a bezel or some kind of sled as well?).
1. Can I just stick any old 3.5" drive in the 5150 or does it need to be a specific kind of 3.5" drive?
2. Can I use the same floppy cable the 5.25" drive used? I think my cable has 3.5" connectors but I'm not sure.
3. Since 3.5" drives are smaller than a 5.25" drive, how do I fit it in? I've seen some pictures where the 3.5" drive has a nice plastic bezel around it, but I'm not sure how to find one of these or what they're even called (is it just a bezel or some kind of sled as well?).