Thanks for the info. By the way, I am a big fan of your site. Keep up the great work….

thanks for the information on the harddrive.

I replace mine with a TOSHIBA MK1234GAX 120 GB drive. It looks identically to the origian from outside, has just more capacity and is a more noisy

I decided NOT to cut pins but instead follwed the (Japanese) instructions at http://homepage1.nifty.com/%7Egoemon/pc/pana/lets_note2.htm for setting a tiny (solder) jumper. In short:

The voltage at 44pin (Motor) is 5V if L6 is set, 3.3V with L7
The voltage at 41pin (Logic) is 5V if L4 is set, 3.3V with L5
(see the photo at http://homepage1.nifty.com/%7Egoemon/pc/pana/r3_jumper.jpg)

I had to set L5 to L4. First I paniced when I saw the millimeter size of the circuits and jumpers, but with the help of an experienced friend and a toothpick, we got it all right.

Axel

of course, you have to cut the pins (it sounds dangerous but its kinda easy)

back then (the post is new but pictures are old ..) i made some researches before buying, especially about consumption. I suggest you do the same as newer drives may be available with better specs.

Someone on leog.net says that the Samsung HM160JC 160GB 5400 is more quiet, cheaper and good as well (note: their topic is for the W2 but hard drives are similar)

Good luck

However, I have trouble figuring out which HDD to buy. Could you write which HDD you used as a replacement?

Axel