From: David Ross (ross_at_math.hawaii.edu)
Date: Fri May 30 1997 - 03:10:14 EDT
I had the same problem with the IBM 340 meg disk, and attempts to fix by
putting in new system boards didn't help. I think that the 701 is just
not very robust when it comes to hard drive access.
- David
> Recently my ThinkPad 701 cs stopped accessing the hard drive - it just did
> not recognize the hard drive even if booted from a floppy. I sent it to
> EasyServ who suggested that the third party hard disk, a 1.08 gb from
> Microsense, had "blown" the system board - which they repaired. The 701
> was only meant to handle up to a 720 mb disk from IBM!
>
> Is this reasonable? Have others had similar disastrous compatibility
> problems?
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