[ltp] Re: X301 SSD replacement

[Paul Bolle]

On Fri, 2014-05-23 at 09:59 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Thu, 22 May 2014, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > > Is there some BIOS restriction or blacklist that would limit my choices?
> > > Or can I install any SSD with the right form factor and connectors?
> > 
> > AFAIK, in the Thinkpad world, BIOS restrictions on mass storage only
> > ever existed on the T43.
> 
> Yeah, due to both the SATA-PATA bridge, which did dislike a few devices, and
> the general unavailability at the time for the UNLOAD IMMEDIATE command
> required by HDAPS and some of the ATA SECURITY SET commands used by the
> BIOS.

I'm too lazy to check thinkwiki.org, but the X41 had these BIOS
restriction too, didn't it? (Or has, as mine still boots.)


Paul Bolle