I finally got my hands on the proper Hitachi 60GB hard drive for my TR3AP2. It arrived this morning.

Can anyone point me to a take apart guide for this machine, so I don’t have to try and figure it out on my own? (not that I’m opposed to figuring it out…its just that a take apart guide would be a huge time saver)

Thanks!
-oyster

The first half of gr00vy’s Netegriti WiFi upgrade guide is a good hard drive replacement guide.

Where did you end up getting the drive and how much did you spend?

Thanks!

Bought it from newegg.com

Paid $205.

I bought mine from directron $189.00

They seem to be sold out for the moment

[quote author=“jbanos”]I bought mine from directron $189.00

They seem to be sold out for the moment

Err…that’s the 2.5” HDD model. I’m not entirely sure that will work in a TR (which uses 1.8” HDDs).

Oyster got this which should work assuming he has a Hitachi installed already. I’m curious to know if the new Hitachi’s have a compatible form factor as the Toshibas. Originally, the 30-40GB models used different IDE cables due to differences in design.

[Edit]
Ok, I answered my own question. NO. HGST’s product page shows that there are two versions of the drive, ZIF and ATA, and neither one is compatible with the Toshiba interface. Darn it. So, if your TR had a Toshiba drive, you can’t use these drives unless you buy the special Hitachi/IBM ATA interface part from Sony parts.

The only way I knew exactly what to buy is because I sent the TR out to be repaired about 6 months ago (the hard drive died). They replaced it with a new one and sent back the broken one in the box. Otherwise, even with Device Manager, I’d have been guessing.

There was talk early on that the 60GB was going to be a slightly different size (slightly thicker) than the 40GB, and therefore wouldn’t fit in the TR. That has proven to be false. They’re exactly the same size.