[ltp] hdd noise

Laurent linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:59:10 +0100


Hi,

>      I've thought about upgrading my hard drive (currently a t43p with
> stock 60GB 7200rpm drive, which is kinda small by today's standards),
> but in the past I've read that anything but the exact same drive will
> cause the thinkpad's bios to complain on bootup.  Is this no longer
> the case?

You are referring to the Error 2010:  
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_non-ThinkPad_hard_disks

It only happens on a few models.

cu,