**Important** Sign the T43 HD Firmware Petition

[Mornsgrans]

Hello Harryc,
you did a great job with your activity concerning the petition.

Thank you for the commitment.

[Harryc]

Thanks for the comments.

[citizenNB]

Hi David,

Okay, Harryc explained the existence of the 3rd antenna cable.

The hard drives on the lists are very hard to find and cost more than the old laptop is worth. It may end up getting sold with the 40 gb drive.

Well, I think this error sounds worse than it actually is.
If you install a unapproved drive in your T43 the only indicator for that error is a massage during the boot up. If you didn't select in the BIOS Setup menu -> Startup -> Boot after message for Hard drive the boot up won't go on, otherwise you only hear a short beep, that's all. So however, buy you any IDE hard drive and life with this tiny tiny flaw. (I am not quit sure saying that this way in English is correct, but I hope you get the idea. )


citizenNB

[Beaver]

...there is a potential for data loss under certain conditions. So in effect by using an unapproved drive in a T43 without this special firmware the user is risking data loss...

Yes, but wasn't this one of things to consider ? I am talking about the BIOS update which will remove the 2010 error with putting all the responsibility on the customer. Looks like many people are using aftermarket drives and they live with this error w/o any data loss, so only thing was to let them cancel this warning permanently.

[Harryc]

I can't discuss any more details. I did state this clearly before.... locking thread.