[ltp] Re: [Thinkpad] Acceptable disks for T43

[Bill Andrus]

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 > On Wednesday 29 July 2009 00:57:48 Bruce Markowitz wrote:
> 
> > Nope, not correct. It will complain about any disc that does not have 
the
> > special firmware
> 
> OK, thanks.
> Are there any disks larger than 80GB with this firmware?
> 
> > > In my experience, my T43's will accept any disk size 80GB of less,
> > > but complain about any larger disk, and will not continue
> > > until I press ESC.
> > > Is that correct?
> > > Or can I find a list somewhere of disks acceptable to the T43?

ThinkWiki says Seagate ST9100821A (100GB) and ST9120821A (120GB) both 5400 
RPM will "generally" work.  Issue is two-fold, does the drive have the 
head park on demand bit, and does the drive really do it.  There are a 
larger number of drives up to 120GB that will work, but still get the BIOS 
complaint because they report "wrong" on query. 

I have yet to hear of a Fujitsu getting a BIOS error, let alone failing in 
test.  MHV2120AH (120GB, 5400 RPM) are my preferred drives, pick them up 
in the Apricom Extreme 120GB drive kit for a song, with a full 3 year 
warrantee to boot.  If you favor quiet over speed, go for the MHV2120AT 
(120GB, 4200 RPM).  I actually found FRU numbers for the MHV2100AH (100GB, 
5400 RPM) and the MHV2120AH mentioned earlier, as accessory drives for the 
T43/T43p.

Bill

"If it Smells it's Chemistry, if it Crawls it's Biology, if it doesn't 
work it's Physics."

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<tt><font size=2>&nbsp;<br>
&gt; On Wednesday 29 July 2009 00:57:48 Bruce Markowitz wrote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; &gt; Nope, not correct. It will complain about any disc that does
not have the<br>
&gt; &gt; special firmware<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; OK, thanks.<br>
&gt; Are there any disks larger than 80GB with this firmware?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; In my experience, my T43's will accept any disk size 80GB
of less,<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; but complain about any larger disk, and will not continue<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; until I press ESC.<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; Is that correct?<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; Or can I find a list somewhere of disks acceptable to the
T43?<br>
</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>ThinkWiki says Seagate ST9100821A (100GB) and ST9120821A
(120GB) both 5400 RPM will &quot;generally&quot; work. &nbsp;Issue is two-fold,
does the drive have the head park on demand bit, and does the drive really
do it. &nbsp;There are a larger number of drives up to 120GB that will
work, but still get the BIOS complaint because they report &quot;wrong&quot;
on query. &nbsp;</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>I have yet to hear of a Fujitsu getting a BIOS error,
let alone failing in test. &nbsp;MHV2120AH (120GB, 5400 RPM) are my preferred
drives, pick them up in the Apricom Extreme 120GB drive kit for a song,
with a full 3 year warrantee to boot. &nbsp;If you favor quiet over speed,
go for the MHV2120AT (120GB, 4200 RPM). &nbsp;I actually found FRU numbers
for the MHV2100AH (100GB, 5400 RPM) and the MHV2120AH mentioned earlier,
as accessory drives for the T43/T43p.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>Bill<br>
</font></tt><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
&quot;If it Smells it's Chemistry, if it Crawls it's Biology, if it doesn't
work it's Physics.&quot;</font>
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