Re: [Thinkpad] Largest HDD for T43 - not so fast.

Yes, you did:

"Jon Etkins wrote:
> I finally experienced this behaviour first-hand today, though on a T52 rather than a T43.
Of course that should read R52, not T52. :)"

On 3/10/06, Bruce Markowitz <scosgt@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> What is a T52? Did I miss something?

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon Etkins" <jon@snikte.net>
> To: "Thinkpad User Group" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 12:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Largest HDD for T43 - not so fast.
>
>
> > I finally experienced this behaviour first-hand today, though on a T52
> rather than a T43. I installed an genuine IBM-branded Hitachi Travelstar
> from a T41 (so that I could remove the hardware password and unhide the
> service partition before redeploying the drive) and the BIOS halted after
> POST with the warning about incompatible firmware versions. But
> interestingly, the message explicitly told me how to go into the BIOS and
> disable the halt so that if I wanted to continue to use the drive, it would
> boot without intervention, albeit still displaying the warning for a few
> seconds each time it was booted.
> >
> > That seems like a reasonable compromise to me, so I'm puzzled why people
> regard it as a show-stopper. Or does the T43 BIOS not offer such an option?
> >
> > Laurence Spiegel wrote:
> > >
> > > The T43 has issues regarding HDDs other than those supplied by
> ibm/lenovo specifically for that model, even if you purchase the same mfrs
> model # retail. There's a half baked sata implementation causing the issue.
> See http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=11059 The topic has
> reached 9 pages.
> > >
> > > Forwarded Message
> > >
> > > From: "Jon Etkins" <jon@snikte.net> CC:
> thinkpad@stderr.org To: "Aryeh Goretsky" <goretsky@gmail.com> Date:
> Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:46:27 -0600 Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] [T43p] largest
> capacity HDD recognized?
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> > >
> > > I recently installed a 100GB drive in a T42 with no problems, so I
> would presume a T43 would be similarly trouble-free. Aryeh Goretsky
> wrote: > > Does anyone know what the largest capacity hard disk drive is
> which can > be installed in the T43p [2668-H7U]? I noticed ZipZoomFly
> has the 100GB > 7200RPM HGST E7K100 and 7K100 models in stock and was
> wondering if either > of these would work.
> >
> >
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