[ltp] SATA harddisk in ThinkPad T42

[Martin Steigerwald]

Am Freitag 25 Juni 2010 schrieb Martin Steigerwald:
> Hi!

Hi!

> Thanks Henrique and Mark.
> 
> Am Mittwoch 23 Juni 2010 schrieb Henrique de Moraes Holschuh:
> > On Tue, 22 Jun 2010, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Ultrabay_Slim_SATA_HDD_Adapter
> > > 
> > > and that this one can be used in a ThinkPad T42 as well, if that
> > > "black plastic grommet at the back that restricts its use to the 60
> > > series ThinkPads" is removed.
> > 
> > Just get one for the T4x...  BTW, it has a PATA-SATA bridge inside.
> 
> Indeed, there are some on ebay that take a SATA drive.
> 
> Anyway, I think I am going with this Western Digital WD3200BEVT 320 GB
> PATA drive, only thing is that I do not know whether it has IDLE
> IMMEDIATE.

Hmmm, according to ThinkWiki [1] the Western Digital WD1600BEKT-00F3T0 
with firmware 11.1A11 has parked (and hdparm reports UNLOAD capability) . 
So there is a chance that those new drives have this capability too.

I might just buy one. 160 GB additional capacity is plenty and I can put 
the 160 GB into my older ThinkPad T23. I do not know whether it has LBA 
48, but Linux should be able to access the 160 GB just well, shouldn't it?

[1] http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_APS_harddisk_parking

Ciao,
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