T40 7k100 hd upgrade - is firmware upgrade needed

[pi4000]

I ordered a hd to replace the original 40gb hd with a Hitachi Travelstar 7K100 100GB this week on a T40.
Will I have to do the hd firmware upgrade to avoid the 2010 errors or is this not neccessary with a 7k100 and the T40?

[Johan]

Welcome to the forum!

Whether you need to update the firmware in the HDD, or not, depend on the firmware in the actual HDD (is it new or too old?). But, even it you need to, the solution is simple: Go to Hard drive firmware update utility (Bootable CD ISO) - ThinkPad and follow the instructions.

The following threads might (also?) be of help when you are going to set up the new HDD: Hitachi 7K100 100GB not recognised by T41 BIOS [Fixed!] and Can't get 100GB hard drove recognized on T41p (see the post of Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:43 am) and New T40 owner, new upgrade race!! (see the post of Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:37 am) and T40, cloned HDD, lost IBM predesktop area.

Best regards,

Johan

[yak]

Will I have to do the hd firmware upgrade to avoid the 2010 errors or is this not neccessary with a 7k100 and the T40?

The 2010 error appears on T43/R52/X41 only. This is because internally it has a SATA controller and a SATA-PATA bridge. All T40-T42 simply have a PATA controller so there is no risk that the drive won't work.

More on ThinkWiki:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_w ... hard_disks

So, with a T40, you're safe from 2010.