Re: [Thinkpad] 40GB HD in i-Series 1200?

From: STeve Andre' <andres_at_msu.edu>
Date: Tue Jul 08 2003 - 17:53:33 EDT

The ultimate way is to test it. ;-) I'm just about certain that
the i Series machines can use 60G disks. I'm pretty sure
I put one in my 1480i briefly to test it.

At worst you'll need to do a bios update, which is never a
bad idea anyway.

--STeve Andre'

On Sunday 06 July 2003 02:53 pm, Felix E. Klee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> on friday I ordered a 40GB HD that I plan to put into my i-Series 1200
> (1161-267). I previously ran a 20GB HD in that machine and so I didn't
> expect any problems, until I read that some BIOSes don't support drives
> larger than 32GB. How do I find out whether my Thinkpad accepts 40GB
> drives?
>
> Felix
>

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