HITACHI 100 GB 7200 RPM IN STOCK

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redskin · #1 Post by **redskin** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:11 pm

I found Hitachi Travelstar 7K100 with 100 GB 7200 RPM that sales online. I wonder if I stick it into T series notebook that it would give me any error message, or do I have to buy the drive from IBM to avoid that error message.

#2 Post by **RonS** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:41 pm

In stock where?

Michael1980 · #3 Post by **Michael1980** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:43 pm

It might give you an error if you have a T43 only.

ludu35 · #4 Post by **ludu35** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:50 am

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... e=100528-1

But too much ... $303.00

rossman · #5 Post by **rossman** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:52 am

edit: ignore this post I have an 80G 7200.

monkey243 · #6 Post by **monkey243** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:47 am

302$,That is too much!
but i think when you buy it from IBM,it will be cost more than 300$

hoya · #7 Post by **hoya** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 1:36 pm

anyone seen a review of the 100gb 7K100?
I found article comparing the seagate 100gb 7200.1 to the 7K60:
http://www.barefeats.com/hard56.html

DIGITALgimpus · #8 Post by **DIGITALgimpus** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:32 pm

ok, that review is somewhat crappy.

Since when is there a Seagate 7k100? AFAIK seagate uses a XXX.X notation for disk models lately, hence it's 7200.1 Hitachi uses XKXXx aka 7k100.

Considering the review uses them interchangably, making me wonder what drive they actually tested... I'd question how accurate the data is. Sad, that used to be a good site.

hoya · #9 Post by **hoya** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:44 pm

I noticed that error as well, and the 'review' seems somewhat slapped together, but that's the only performance comparison I could find.

please post a link here if anyone else finds a review of either the 7200.1 or 7K100.

ddutta · #10 Post by **ddutta** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 4:18 pm

At that price point, I would rather buy the 80GB for $200 right now and upgrade later.

-D

Mumin · #11 Post by **Mumin** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:07 pm

It's $275 now.

CoolDragon · #12 Post by **CoolDragon** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:02 pm

rossman wrote:WOW! I paid ~$150 for mine when they first came out.

Where did you get it?

rossman · #13 Post by **rossman** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:14 pm

Zipzoomfly - $150 for an 80GB 7200

Esben · #14 Post by **Esben** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:24 am

ddutta wrote:At that price point, I would rather buy the 80GB for $200 right now and upgrade later.

For raw performance, 7K100 80 GB is ~8 % faster than 7K60.
The 7K100 100 GB is ~21 % faster than the 7K60.

I'd say the 100 GB version is the next generation drive, while the 80 GB version is generationally similar to 7K60.

ddutta · #15 Post by **ddutta** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:21 am

Thanks then I will wait for the 100GB prices to come down a bit. Which 100GB will be better, Hitachi or Seagate. I love Seagate's 5yr warr.

DIGITALgimpus · #16 Post by **DIGITALgimpus** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:18 pm

I tried the seagate 5400 RPM... not a bad drive, just operated a bit warmer than a drive of that speed should. And that was only 5400RPM.

IMHO the warranty is the big plus in seagates.

But my Hitachi 7k60 seems to be cooler. I'd expect the 7k100 to be following that tradition (though have not seen one yet).

JWadle · #17 Post by **JWadle** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:19 pm

I've ordered a Hitachi 7K100 from ZipZoomFly for my T43p. Does anyone know if the drive will work as delivered or can be flashed with IBM firmware?

hoya · #18 Post by **hoya** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:22 pm

JWadle wrote:I've ordered a Hitachi 7K100 from ZipZoomFly for my T43p. Does anyone know if the drive will work as delivered or can be flashed with IBM firmware?

Bill (at thinkpads.com) didn't have any luck flashing a 7K100 drive he bought. check his post at this thread:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... &start=120

JWadle · #19 Post by **JWadle** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:37 pm

hoya wrote:
JWadle wrote:I've ordered a Hitachi 7K100 from ZipZoomFly for my T43p. Does anyone know if the drive will work as delivered or can be flashed with IBM firmware?
Bill (at thinkpads.com) didn't have any luck flashing a 7K100 drive he bought. check his post at this thread:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... &start=120

I see that Bill says he got the 2010 error on a T43p with the Travelstar 7K100, but I see no mention of trying to flash the firmware with the IBM version.

Bill - Can you clarify this?

#20 Post by **BillMorrow** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:01 am

i did NOT try to flash the firmware..
on the 100gig 7200RPM travelstar..

mostly because last time i looked there WAS no firmware update for this new HDD..

if someone has a firmware update for this drive i'll try and flash it..

mamamia · #21 Post by **mamamia** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:08 am

http://www.costcentral.com/proddetail/H ... 15/G68346/

aphex · #22 Post by **aphex** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:33 am

How much faster would the 100gb 7k100 drive be than the Toshiba 80gb 5400rpm 16mb....

hoya · #23 Post by **hoya** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:52 am

here is a decent review which includes the toshiba:
http://www.mobilityguru.com/2004/12/13/ ... age15.html

sustained max transfer rates for that Toshiba drive hover around 35.4 mb/s, and on the 100gb 7K100 I'm seeing 53.6mb/s. yes, it feels about that much faster, too. going from the 60gb 7K60 to the 100gb 7K100 reminds me of going from 4200rpm to 7200rpm. it's dramatic and I noticed the price just dropped yet again - the 100gb 7K100 was going for $300 at the beginning of the month, and today it's $206 in-stock. of course, the SATA version of the 80gb 7K100 is only $119, so I anticipate that prices will fall once again.

JWadle · #24 Post by **JWadle** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:41 am

It appears (i.e. I haven't seen any posting to the contrary) that the Hitachi 7K100 still produces the 2010 error on a T43p, and that the recent firmware upgrades from IBM do not solve this problem.

If so, how are those of you who have bought this drive using it? Ignoring the error? Patching the firmware?

hoya · #25 Post by **hoya** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:12 am

JWadle wrote:It appears (i.e. I haven't seen any posting to the contrary) that the Hitachi 7K100 still produces the 2010 error on a T43p, and that the recent firmware upgrades from IBM do not solve this problem.

If so, how are those of you who have bought this drive using it? Ignoring the error? Patching the firmware?

AFAIK, there is no way to flash the firmware on a non-IBM option 7K100. I got the 2010 boot error (with two very annoying beeps), but no problems to report. the Tech at Hitachi said he's yet to hear of anyone having a problem with the 7K100 on the T43 (aside from the Bios error, which he called 'cosmetic' and I call ANNOYING).

tom2517 · #26 Post by **tom2517** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:53 am

Since IBM/Lenovo hasn't fixed the bug in the T43p, I have put the 7k100 drive in my powerbook instead. And wow, it's like I got a new processor, my powerbook is so much faster (it had 4200rpm drive before).

mamamia · #27 Post by **mamamia** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:25 pm

[quote="hoya"]here is a decent review which includes the toshiba:
http://www.mobilityguru.com/2004/12/13/ ... age15.html

sustained max transfer rates for that Toshiba drive hover around 35.4 mb/s, and on the 100gb 7K100 I'm seeing 53.6mb/s. yes, it feels about that much faster, too. going from the 60gb 7K60 to the 100gb 7K100 reminds me of going from 4200rpm to 7200rpm. it's dramatic and I noticed the price just dropped yet again - the 100gb 7K100 was going for $300 at the beginning of the month, and today it's $206 in-stock. of course, the SATA version of the 80gb 7K100 is only $119, so I anticipate that prices will fall once again.[/quote]

i don't think the price will drop that much. the SATA has always been cheaper, and has always been instock also. the thing is, there's not very much demand for the sata version, that's why it is so cheap.

Temetka · #28 Post by **Temetka** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:18 pm

Will that 100GB drive work in a T23 without any problems?

nacy333 · #29 Post by **nacy333** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:23 pm

mamamia wrote:http://www.costcentral.com/proddetail/H ... 15/G68346/

Thanks for the information! It's going for $206.60 right now and they appear to have a couple hundred of these drives in stock. I just ordered one.

aphex · #30 Post by **aphex** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:44 pm

WOW!

Not only is this Hitachi 100gb 7200rpm drive quite a bit faster feeling than the Toshiba 80gb 5400rpm (16mb cache) its replacing, but its a noticably quieter as well.

I am VERY impressed.

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