[ltp] Does hdaps [APS] work on non-Thinkpad hard drives?

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 5 May 2007 13:02:57 -0300


On Sun, 06 May 2007, André Wyrwa wrote:
> what the actual drives are. If one of them is good enough, go for it.
> If it doesn't work per default, you'll be able to patch the firmware.

This is *not* true.  There is absolutely no guarantee you will be able to
patch the firmware, or even that it is patchable at all in a non-Lenovo HD.

> Solution (c): Based on what you found out in Solution (b) you can buy a
> higher capacity drive in the same series. This is not a 100% warranty,
> though, because you may not be able to patch the firmware.

You *need* to check the tech sheet or have reports of other users to be
really sure.

-- 
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  Henrique Holschuh