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

From: Felix E. Klee <felix.klee.thinkpad_at_gmx.net>
Date: Wed Jul 09 2003 - 04:32:26 EDT

On Sunday 06 July 2003 20:55, Felix E. Klee wrote:
> 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?

Yesterday, together with a serviceman at a local computer shop I inserted a
40GB drive (Fujitsu MHT-2040AT) into my i-Series - and it works fine! For
those who are interested, my BIOS version is V1.00R (I haven't tried newer
version due to the lack of a floppy drive).

Felix

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