[ltp] TP 770 and new HD Drive

Malcolm Dean linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Thu, 2 Aug 2001 12:42:24 -0700


I'm hearing about new 48GB drives which work in TP701's using a BIOS
enhancement, so I can't imagine you'll have much of a problem.

Malcolm Dean
Los Angeles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Mayoff" <mayoff@dqd.com>
To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [ltp] TP 770 and new HD Drive


> +---------- On Aug 2, Robert Hollis said:
> > I've got a 20GB working with no problem in a 770(Z). don't know the
upper
> > limit on size tho'.
>
> Warning: the 770Z came out much later than the 770, uses a different
> BIOS build, and came with a 14GB drive (which is larger than 8GB).  Did
> you use the 20GB drive in a 770 and a 770Z, or just in a 770Z?
>
> Martin,
>
> You might try asking this question in IBM's 770 support forum if you
> don't get a definitive answer here.
>
> <http://www7.pc.ibm.com/~Thinkpad/login>
>
> > I have a IBM ThinkPad 770 (9548-300) and want to upgrade to a bigger HD
> > than my recent 5GB.
>
>
>
>
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