a20m hard drive compatibility

[alfred4]

HI

I need your assistance please i own an a20m thinnkpad and i purchased a

HITACHI Travelstar 7K100 HTS721080G9AT00 80GB 7200 RPM ATA-6

hard drive(i didn't received it yet) is anyone has experience or installed one on his thinkpad is there a compatibility problem?

I appreciate your help.

alfred

[rkevans]

I've never used the fancy new 7K100 drives, but I installed a 7K60 drive (7200rpm, 60GB) in my A20m and it worked great. No issues, hassles, or troubles at all.

Rick

[alfred4]

hi rick

thank you for your replay did you had to update the bios for that?

is there anyone else that had experience with the hd


thank you

[rkevans]

I bought the machine used and never changed the BIOS.

On the other hand, the machine has BIOS version 1.13, which is the most recent version.

Rick

[alfred4]

i checked my bios and its very old version 1.04 .

do i need to update it anyway or pnly if i must ? is it safe ?

thank's

[naryb69]

Hi,
I have 3 A Series think pads I got at my old place of employment (downsizing0. They all have 5 G hard drives and I would love to get a bit bigger 10 or 20 at low cost.

Pretty much the use of these are for me and the kids when we are traveling on vacation doing lite emial, net surfing, games and an occasional bit of homework. Which is why I don't want to spend much.

I had a 30 G Hitatchi laptop HD of unknown origin that I though would be a perfect upgrade. When I pulled the TP HD out it came in a nice cradle and was easy. But when I compared the TP HD to the other I found it to be a larger. The Hitachi was smaller by a small bit in length and width and I am not sure the pins matched.

When I am looking for my bargain HD what am I looking for? Is there a size or something I should specify?