> tim@birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie [07-07-19 01:28] (with possible deletions):
> On Wed 18 Jul 2007, Alexander Holupirek wrote:
>
> > there are a couple of links related to your problem on
> > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_non-ThinkPad_hard_disks
> >
> > perhaps they'll guide you to an answer?
>
> Thanks for the link.
> I don't know whether to be pleased or dejected,
> as this thinkwiki article says the 120GB Seagate disk "works out of the box",
> which mine certainly does not,
> although there is the caveat that "Even drives with identical part numbers
> may carry firmware with different compatibility status,
> so do not blindly rely on this list."
>
> I've tried the main solution suggested in the article,
> namely to install the IBM/Lenovo firmware upgrade,
> but this had no effect.
> (I was told I already had the most recent firmware.)
>
> What is slightly depressing is to read that the problem has been there
> for at least 2 years, so the advice to wait for Lenovo to provide a solution
> is not very comforting.
>
> Actually, I'm not too badly off,
> as I can put the disk in my T23,
> and choose a replacement a little more carefully ...
for me the following combination (120GB, T43p) works:
[ harddisk ]
Model: FUJITSU MHV2120AH, Rev: 000000A0, Serial #: NT59T752HR2E
Cylinders: 16383, heads: 16, sec/track: 63, total sectors: 234441648
[ thinkpad t43p ]
TYPE 2668 - CTO S/N L3-CVTFO 05/08
PRODUCT ID 2668Y11
BIOS Version 1.29 (1YET65WW)
BIOS Date (Year-Month-Day) 2006-08-21
Embedded Controller Version 1.06
[1] shows compatible hard drives for t43/p. unfortunately it stops
at 100GB.
cu
-alex
[1]
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-62331
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