Re: [Thinkpad] Seagate 120GB hard disk in T43

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy Murphy" <tim@birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Seagate 120GB hard disk in T43

> On Wed 18 Jul 2007, Bruce Markowitz wrote:
>
> > Downgrade the BIOS two or three levels until the message goes away
>
> Thanks very much for your ever-useful advice.
> I see I am running BIOS 70ET68WW (1.28).
>
> But where do I find older BIOSes?
> I looked on the Lenovo site,
> but although they list older BIOSes
> they do not appear to offer them online -
> they only seem to have the option to upgrade.
>
> Incidentally, I see that there is an upgrade available
> which is said to work for Seagate 80GB and 100GB drives.
> I wonder if it will work for my 120GB drive?
> I guess it is safe to download it and try ...
>
>
> > > Is anyone happily running Windows XP with one of these large Seagat
disks?
> >
> > > I tried one in my T43 (model 1871-12G).
> > > It works perfectly in the Ultrabay.
> > > But when I put it in the hard drive bay
> > > I get the warning
> > > --------------------------------
> > > The hard disk drive you have installed has not been qualified
> ...
> > > --------------------------------
>
>
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