[ltp] harddrive replacement

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

Read this topic (you'll probably need almost all of it to find the info
you need):
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=11059

Also, search for HTS721060G9AT00 firmware in the forum.thinkpads.com
site...

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:06:40 +0200, "Matthias Redlich"
<matthias.redlich@gmx.de> said:
> Hi,
> 
> I've bought a Hitachi 60 GB (HTS721060G9AT00). When I try to boot my
> thinkpad warns me that there might be compatability problems with my
> drive and data loss may occur. I've tried to uprade the drives firmware
> with a bootable CD from Lenovo but the flash program claims that no
> update has to be performed althought the firmware versions on the cd (for
> my disk) and the one installed right now differ. Do you have any ideas
> what to do? How can I force a firmware upgrade?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Matthias
> 
> 
> > You need a drive which has exactly the same firwmware as one of those IBM
> > has issued firmware upgrades.  I had luck with the Hitachi 7200RPM 100G
> > PATA
> > for my T43.
> > 
> > Either that, or just buy a drive from IBM or Lenovo.
> 
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