[ltp] T61 Ultrabay

John Jason Jordan linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:16:45 -0800


On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:47:13 +0100
Poul Anker Gensmann <pa@gensmann.com> dijo:

> John Jason Jordan wrote:
> 
> > "The adapter supports only the 2.5-in. ThinkPad Serial ATA Hard Disk
> > Drive. It does not support ThinkCentre® hard disk drives, Lenovo China
> > hard disk drives or hard disk drives from other companies."
> > 
> > It's the part about "hard disk drives from other companies" that
> > bothers me. I'd prefer a very large drive and not at the prices Lenovo
> > charges. So my next question is, what drives can I use in the adapter?
> 
> I've used 500GB and 100GB non-Lenovo drives in my T60 PATA and T61p SATA 
> ultrabay for a long time and they work just fine for me.

Do you recall the make and model of the 500GB drive? I'd rather buy one
that is known to work than take chances. I don't think Lenovo sells a
drive that big.