[ltp] T61 Ultrabay
Chris Schumann
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:28:43 -0600
John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:47:13 +0100
> Poul Anker Gensmann <pa@gensmann.com> dijo:
>
>> John Jason Jordan wrote:
>>
>>> "The adapter supports only the 2.5-in. ThinkPad Serial ATA Hard Disk
>>> Drive. It does not support ThinkCentre® hard disk drives, Lenovo China
>>> hard disk drives or hard disk drives from other companies."
>>>
>>> It's the part about "hard disk drives from other companies" that
>>> bothers me. I'd prefer a very large drive and not at the prices Lenovo
>>> charges. So my next question is, what drives can I use in the adapter?
>> I've used 500GB and 100GB non-Lenovo drives in my T60 PATA and T61p SATA
>> ultrabay for a long time and they work just fine for me.
Yep. They work fine, but Lenovo doesn't support them... just like they
don't support other drives in the main bay either. You're on your own.
Chris