IBM PS/2 57SX - Hard Drive Upgrade

Posted by travelwithtbone@reddit | retrobattlestations | View on Reddit | 4 comments

Hey, has anyone upgraded the hard drive on a 57SX before. I looked at the documentation from ardent-tool and it's IBM marketing vague. It is wishy-washy about hard drive upgrades and makes it look like you can use a non-IBM hard drive as an external hard drive, but maybe also as an internal hard drive? I was wondering if anyone has had any experience upgrading theirs. It's the 68-pin SCSI models. Mine is starting to make some sounds and I want to upgrade it beyond the 80MB's before the original dies. Thanks

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Mike1978uk@reddit

There’s also the mcide https://zzxio.com/product/mcide-cf/

travelwithtbone@reddit (OP)

I’ve seen this as an alternative but it doesn’t make the grinding sound I need from an actual hard disk

Most scsi drives are compatible you may just need to get an adapter. I’ve some failing 50pin drives in my model 80’s sadly spinning rust now is getting pricey and less reliable. So even if you can’t find the 68pin drives you may be able to get adapters. The prices though are prohibitive and you have to consider the drive sizes that can be supported natively by the hardware. You can use drive overlays for larger drives than the bios supports. The alternative is bluescsi or alternatives. There are some microchannel groups on Facebook there’s a few there could recommend some options besides. Good luck. I understand wanting to have original drives for the noise though.

graywolf0026@reddit

Someone did make something to somewhat emulate those noises here.