Somewhat urgent T61 hard-drive question

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JonathanGennick · #1 Post by **JonathanGennick** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:17 am

Alas, the hard-drive on my T61 has died. I need to order a new one. Do I need to order one specifically from Lenovo? Or can I just go out to Newegg and order whatever SATA drive that I like? I've heard that some models of Thinkpad had BIOS's that forced one to buy from Lenovo/IBM. Is that true of the T61?

aaa · #2 Post by **aaa** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:31 am

There are no bios compatibility issues with the T61. Pick any 2.5" SATA drive.

JonathanGennick · #3 Post by **JonathanGennick** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:38 am

Cool! Thanks triple-a, I appreciate the quick response.

yak · #4 Post by **yak** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:52 pm

The only model that had it was the T43.

runbuh · #5 Post by **runbuh** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:28 pm

Don't order one that's too thick. I think the max thickness is 9mm (someone correct me if I'm wrong). There are some 500GB 2.5" drives that will not fit in your laptop.

agarza · #6 Post by **agarza** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:17 am

runbuh wrote:Don't order one that's too thick. I think the max thickness is 9mm (someone correct me if I'm wrong). There are some 500GB 2.5" drives that will not fit in your laptop.

Yes, quite right, there's a Hitachi 12.5mm 500GB that would not fit in your T61. WD has also a 500GB HDD the WD5000BEVS which is 9mm thick and it's like 150USD at Newegg. I'd go for the 5K320 which is not that pricey.

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