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r51 hdd not recognized

#1 Post by colin1212 » Wed May 07, 2014 3:14 pm

is there a way to prepare a non ibm ide drive for use in r51 and t42p, thinkpads
it seems that generic ide drives need a firmware update, to allow them to be recognized ?
apparently, not all drives will accept ibm firmware updates, and will not be recognized.

any assistance greatly appreciated
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Re: r51 hdd not recognized

#2 Post by RealBlackStuff » Wed May 07, 2014 4:06 pm

Because not all drives are IBM drives!
And this firmware story is absolute nonsense!
Either your HD is bad, not inserted properly, or the mobo is bad.

And please don't start double postings!
You got all your info already in the T4x Forum!
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Re: r51 hdd not recognized

#3 Post by Neil » Wed May 07, 2014 6:15 pm

colin1212 wrote:it seems that generic ide drives need a firmware update, to allow them to be recognized ?
Non-sense! Who told you that?
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Re: r51 hdd not recognized

#4 Post by axur-delmeria » Thu May 08, 2014 4:43 am

AFAIK the HDD firmware issue he refers to only applies to the T43, R52, and X41/X41T.
Am I correct?
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Re: r51 hdd not recognized

#5 Post by Neil » Thu May 08, 2014 6:56 am

^^ Yes...you are correct.
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