[ltp] Re: X301 SSD replacement

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Fri, 23 May 2014, Paul Bolle wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-05-23 at 09:59 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > On Thu, 22 May 2014, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > > > Is there some BIOS restriction or blacklist that would limit my choices?
> > > > Or can I install any SSD with the right form factor and connectors?
> > > 
> > > AFAIK, in the Thinkpad world, BIOS restrictions on mass storage only
> > > ever existed on the T43.
> > 
> > Yeah, due to both the SATA-PATA bridge, which did dislike a few devices, and
> > the general unavailability at the time for the UNLOAD IMMEDIATE command
> > required by HDAPS and some of the ATA SECURITY SET commands used by the
> > BIOS.
> 
> I'm too lazy to check thinkwiki.org, but the X41 had these BIOS
> restriction too, didn't it? (Or has, as mine still boots.)

I think one of the X-series did, but I never recall which X-series was
closest to the T43 (X41? X60?).   The R52 might also have something of the
sort.

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  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh