[ltp] T43P HD upgrade

Michael Ott linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:50:43 -0000 (GMT)


Hello Aaron!

> I think this is pretty risky -- I believe the T43 was the line where
> the BIOS locked the machine to only work with specific HD models
> (supposedly due to performance or compatibility concerns with the IDE
> to SATA bridge?).  You may have limited success if you don't get an
> upgrade drive directly from Lenovo.
I tried a harddisk which are allowed and not. The model (7K60) is allowed
but my harddisk was to old and no bios update helped. It works but i got
a terrible peep and an error message when I switch on the laptop.

>> I have a 60GB drive and want to go to at least 100GB. What is a good HD
>> to
>> use for this?

CU

  Michael

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