new thinkpad - keep old hard drive?

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justin · #1 Post by **justin** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:58 pm

hello,

my old ibm tp 600x just died on me. i have an i series replacement for the moment, and i would like to put my old hard drive in the new one. the problem is, it was hard to tell what exactly caused my old computer to die - cd drive was never too great, possibly hard disk could have been bad. although it was looked at, and thought to be ok. so, do i run the risk of spoiling anything in my new computer by putting in the old hard drive?

thanks,
justin

phool@round · #2 Post by **phool@round** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:40 pm

Welcome to the Forum!

An OS or bad disk won't kill a computer unless there is a virus designed to do just that. You can download Disk Fitness Test from Hitachi and burn it to a CD, boot up the computer with that to test the disk specifically. I'd install it in your iSeries and run DFT on the disk.

Website · #3 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:45 pm

I doubt that your hard drive could cause any permanent damage to the Thinkpad itself, except from possibly overheating and melting something. (Which I saw on a Dell, when it was stored with the LCD closed, while still running)

What exactly is wrong with your 600X, as in the symptoms?

justin · #4 Post by **justin** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:08 am

what was wrong with the 600x?
well, for a while a time and date related error message would come before windows xp booted. i would go through those, reboot and then it worked. although finally not even that happened, windows simply failed to boot. after taking it to a few service places, they weren`t able to revive it. although at the same time they couldn´t offer more of a reason than a general hardware malfunction/damage or that the piece is just too old and not worth big investments.

good idea on the dft suggestion. thanks.

#5 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:01 am

The date and time error points to a dead CMOS battery, one of those flat ones, probably a CR2032.
You buy those cheap in any photoshop.
Better would be to get the complete replacement unit, pre-soldered with a connector.
Look for 'cmos battery ibm 600x' on eBay, pick them up for $3-4 shipped.

phool@round · #6 Post by **phool@round** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:28 pm

Yep, like RBS said, it's the CMOS. Replace and your 600X will be back in business. Good Luck!

phool@round · #7 Post by **phool@round** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:29 pm

Yep, like RBS said, it's the CMOS. Replace and your 600X will be back in business. Good Luck!

new thinkpad - keep old hard drive?

new thinkpad - keep old hard drive?

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