[ltp] Replacement hdd in R40e

[Konstantin Filtschew]

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hi,

I have the 3rd HD in my System T40. First one was the 40GB Original HD
from IBM, really noisy.
I've replaced it with a Fujitsu 60GB 4200rpm. It was really quit and
faster then the old one.
Now I have a Fujitsu 80GB 4200rpm. Great HD with nice speed. Why do you
need speed. I want the notebook to be quit and cool. My Notebook is not
a fileserver, so as I think there is no need for fast HD. Btw the
4200rpm hd are fast. This is enough for me:

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thinkpad # hdparm -t /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
 Timing buffered disk reads:   84 MB in  3.04 seconds =3D  27.76 MB/sec
thinkpad # hdparm -T /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
 Timing cached reads:   1460 MB in  2.00 seconds =3D 728.65 MB/sec
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Greetz

Konstantin


On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:16:30 +1300
Bret Comstock Waldow <bwaldow@woosh.co.nz> wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:40, Paul Hornshaw wrote:
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> > And, what would people recommend as a good, quick replacement hdd?=20
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> > this machine take a 7,200rpm drive?  I've downloaded the manual for
this
> > machine and the procedure doesn't look too difficult/dangerous, has
> > anyone already done this, and, if so, any hints or tips for me,
please.
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> I've got a T21, just out of warranty.  The two drives I have for it
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> - not the click of head seeks, but a constant whine from the bearings.
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> I just upgraded to a 40G disk, and looked into this.  7200 is listed
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> a noticeable difference in speed, but it's also mentioned as noisier.=20
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> don't have one, and can't comment.
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> The articles I looked at mentioned that Seagate's Momentus drives are=20
> especially quiet, and I got one.  I spend time considering the code
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> working with, reading articles, etc., and I decided that a silent
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> more important to me than what I imagined to be a speed-up of sporadic

> consequence.  The Momentus drive is 5400 rpm.
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> Your own concerns may differ, but it's something to think about.
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> Regards,
> Bret


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