replacing the hd of a t43 2668-74u

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im thinking of buying a 60gb seagate drive and replacing the 80gb drive. yes im downgrading, i dont really care, what i want to know is can i? will it be compatable with the software ibm wants to download for it (hard disk drivers and such)? what interface to the motherboard does the hard drive take?

ok so as best my memory servs (and according to the tabook as of july '06) a t43 2668-74u has an 80HS GB drive. on ibm's site for replacement parts a replacement hard drive's interface as ata/atapi-5. a search on newegg for 2.5" seagate drives only lists ata-6 drives. does this look like the seagate drive I am eyeing will be incompatable?

[mfratt]

I tried putting a Seagate Momentus 160GB Hard Drive in my T43 and it said no. It worked, but every time I booted, there was some BIOS thing that beeped the speaker like 3 or 4 times and it made me go through some "This hard drive is not compadible" message. When I talked to the rep, he said theres a hard drive whitelist, and you have to use Travelstar (Hitachi & IBM Branded) Hard Drives only. Theres a chance that your seagate will work, but to be safe, Id go for a Travelstar

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travelstar,ko

that answers my question about the interface also. i suppose i may end up getting the segate drive anyways but not putting it in my thinkpad.


thanks man!