Patfla...
Good to hear everything works fine with u.

Use extractnow... the latest ver. is 4.0, search at google/yahoo you will find free download source for 4.0.
or
www.extractnow.com

We established a few months ago that at least some retail devices seem to not be flashable... confirmed by manufacturer. IMO, all HGST should be flashable. I updated my 7K100 last night and everything works just fine. I will try to flash my Hitachi 60GB 7200rpm tomorrow night and see what happen.. ...

Did you loose any data on your hard drive? I cannot afford to be done until I finish one of my main projects (looking to be this Wednesday or Thursday). I will likely put off the update until then and report back. No. Everything remains the same except the HD firmware only. Similar when you upgrade...

CUSTOMER ORDER, CUS TOMED ORDER, CUSTOMED TO ORDER, CUSTOM ORDER??

I guess that should be okay. I have 7K100 with Firmware MCZOA40M and updated with MCZIA51A.. Everything works fine and great. Thanks again Messar. You may or should send this message privately to one of Lenovo/IBM CEO especially at Europe..(I heard one of them was very mad when he/she tried to upgra...

Messar: On following link I restate your statement again: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=20944 I download yours at rapidhare and extract .img with extractnow.. and it seems to be corrupted(cannot boot). But I managed it by copy all files except system files to my bootable floopy which I ...

It's only the firmware.
Retail is when you buy aftermarket;
OEM when you buy directly from IBM(or as IBM's part)...

For T43 owner which upgrade their HD with aftermarket HITACHI/HGST: link: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=20858 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On the link above MESSAR wrote: Warrning: Updating failure may cause unrecoverble damage t...

For those who did use the rescue media USB or CD to boot and restore backup, Please recheck the partition size of your Hidden partition or see if you still be able to restore to original factory content inside RNR when you boot up your thinkpad. Correct me if Iam wrong....

Do not use rescue and recovery 3 BOOTABLE rescue media to recover your files/restore backup. IT WILL DELETE 4GB PREDESKTOP AREA and create a new hidden partition(abt 400MB which contains only RNR software). You may not be able to restore to factory contents again afterall . They Wipe all the predesk...

VERY VERY and VERY GOOD deal for that price. In Singapore, according to Lenovo at www.lenovo.com/sg the list price is around SGD 7,000 (divided by 1.7 = USD 4000) which is too much expensive....

Here some tips to change the Power Manager skin/icon with the new one(ThinkVantage icon): 1. Download Power Manager 1.11(for Z series) from Z series driver matrices at IBM/Lenovo sites. 2. Extract them but DO NOT INSTALL, because 1.11 is for Z, and R52 series ONLY. Again DO NOT UPGRADE your current ...

I heard a strange noise((zzzttttrr) inside my hd 7K100. It always happens once in 10/15 seconds. Is it normal?....anybody?

Just upgraded my T43 with 72K100(Oct-05 production date). Still the same...2010 error.

Bill, do you have any clue so far regarding this issue?

Hope somebody can do a MODIFICATION on Bios......get rid of that message.

my t43(2668-88U) had the fan never stopping problem. now the problem change to the issue of "strange pitch noise when dragging graphics" by itself. I received my t43 last Friday. thank you guys for the information you shared with others. Here is my oberservation. I find the pitch noise occurs when ...

Anyone know if that works on the newest bios? 1.23? v1.19 is the latest BIOS for the T43, and this drive works fine with it. Unfortunately I do not have a T43p on hand to test. However, previous results would suggest that the BIOS for both of these models are closely related, and that a drive that ...

Thanks for the pictures..

Are there any new wallpapers/themes in Z series??...
Please post some pics....

Currently the max for your t42(t40,t41,t42 series only) availabe from Intel is Pentium M 765 2.1Ghz 2ML2.

Anybody knows where to download/find thinkvantage technologies link(usually appears on T43 desktop) or inside the c:/program files/ibm/tvtmsg??

the point is you must restore your harddisk to unpartitioned factory state, Do NOT Make any partition, Do NOT format, (I suggest you do manually, do not use Partition Magic or Norton Ghost;), may follow these steps above.

please go to:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=7788

for further instructions

Problems Solved!!! nomore error 1722. For those who use Hitachi(HGST)HD, may download DRIVE FITNESS TEST program for free at www.hgst.com (http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm) to restore HD to factory setting. follow these steps below: 1. Erase Predesktop Area(hidden partition) using ...