Error 2100 Hard Drive Initialization Error (4)

[zern]

Hi everyone, I just had 2 instances of getting this message in the past 48 hours.

Instance 1: When trying to wake from Hibernate, after the password screen.
Primary drive is an Intel 160Gb SSD, about 8 months old.
Ultrabay is a Hitachi 320Gb HDD, about 2 years old.
Pressing Esc did nothing. I had to hard power off then on. Everything worked as per normal.
I checked the SSD with the Intel SSD Toolkit (Run Fast Diagnostic Scan) - no errors.

Instance 2: Again when trying to wake from Hibernate.
This time, the Ultrabay is empty.
Pressing Esc did nothing. Had to hard power off-on.
Everything worked ok thereafter.

I am backing up everything before going to Hibernation now.

I could not find any posts on here with the type (4) designation.

How likely is it that both the SSD and HDD controller chips are dying at the same time?

The fingerprint reader's been a bit sluggish lately. About half the time I resorted to keying in the password manually. Could that be a sign that something else is wrong with the system?

I am running the Full diagnostic on the SSD now.

All input greatly appreciated.

[Harryc]

How much free space is left on the SSD?

[zern]

SSD has 73Gb free space.
Full diagnostic scan just reported all ok.

Found this link: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T61-and-pri ... m-p/214125

Will try shimmying the SDD in the bay. I have been moving the laptop around a lot lately and it may be getting loose on the bay.