I would have to check, but that seagate might be one of the ones that can be reflashed with IBM/lenovo firmware. I have a 7200rpm 320gb that would take it and a 250gb 5400rpm that refused. The drive that refused suffered no I'll effectsand retains the factory installed code. -- John W Reames jwreames@comcast.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905