1400 series HD upgrade.

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erikh2502 · #1 Post by **erikh2502** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:35 pm

I currently own a thinkpad i series 1400 (2611-412) that has the 4 gig hard drive. I would like to know the largest hd that the bios will accept. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

erikh

thinkie · #2 Post by **thinkie** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:51 pm

Currently have a 60Gb drive in my 2621-441.

dave92270 · #3 Post by **dave92270** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:42 am

I'd be curious about the same thing; I bough ThinkPad 2611-410 (i1400, MMX 266MHz, 3.2GB) on eBay, and while the laptop works nice and looks like new, the HDD seen some use and is too loud for me (bearing whine). I'd like to upgrade with new 20GB or similar drive with fluid bearings, but I'm also worried whether the BIOS will support such a drive. My laptop has BIOS from 1997; I downloaded the latest BIOS update from 8/2000, but didn't flash it yet.

Anyone could advise whether the BIOS or maybe the IDE controller have any limitations with regard to HDD size? The laptop has ALI M1531 Alladin IV chipset with ALI M5229 E-IDE controller. I understand that I'll get slower UDMA-2 (?) speeds, but as long as the new HDD would work in this machine, I'd happily do the upgrade...

Thanks for info in advance, anyone?

Dave

gychang · #4 Post by **gychang** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:52 pm

I actually installed 40GB on my i1411-2611, installed Samsung 40GB, super quiet and fast ... Recognizes the HD, absolutely no problem.

gychang

erikh2502 wrote:I currently own a thinkpad i series 1400 (2611-412) that has the 4 gig hard drive. I would like to know the largest hd that the bios will accept. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

erikh

gychang · #5 Post by **gychang** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:53 pm

I actually installed 40GB on my i1411-2611, installed Samsung 40GB, super quiet and fast ... Recognizes the HD, absolutely no problem.

gychang

erikh2502 wrote:I currently own a thinkpad i series 1400 (2611-412) that has the 4 gig hard drive. I would like to know the largest hd that the bios will accept. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

erikh

dave92270 · #6 Post by **dave92270** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:12 pm

...I went ahead and ordered 20GB Fujitsu from Newegg yesterday; I got it today morning (fast!), swapped the drives and it's recognized fine; great upgrade done in 15 minutes or so, and inexpensive as well.

iougs · #7 Post by **iougs** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:52 pm

Could someone recommend a HD on newegg to replace my failing one on my i1400 2611-412 (BIOS approved)?

cheapest as possible of course

iougs · #8 Post by **iougs** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:00 am

Would any of these work on a 2611-412 (a priori win98/ME):

9GB Fujitsu Mobile 9.5mm 4200RPM ATA-4 100Mbps MHK2090AT

40GB IDE Seagate Momentus 4200RPM ATA-100 2.5" 2MB 12ms ST94019A

30GB Fujitsu 4200RPM ATA-5 9.5mm 2MB MHN2300AT

40GB Hitachi TravelStar ATA-5 4200RPM 9.5mm HTS424040M9AT00

thanks.

ElbertR · #9 Post by **ElbertR** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:54 pm

iougs wrote:Would any of these work on a 2611-412 (a priori win98/ME):

9GB Fujitsu Mobile 9.5mm 4200RPM ATA-4 100Mbps MHK2090AT

40GB IDE Seagate Momentus 4200RPM ATA-100 2.5" 2MB 12ms ST94019A

30GB Fujitsu 4200RPM ATA-5 9.5mm 2MB MHN2300AT

40GB Hitachi TravelStar ATA-5 4200RPM 9.5mm HTS424040M9AT00

thanks.

All these drives should work just fine. Have installed many different drives in my old 2611-410.

Tip: you can actually replace the processor board from the 2611-410 (266Mhz) with one from a 2611-411 (300Mhz). This will speed it up a bit. Ebay is a good place to look for parts.

iougs · #10 Post by **iougs** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:59 am

update:
got the cheapest Samsung on NewEgg ... 30 GB ... No problem except that the MB and everything else only sees 20 GB total???!!! No big deal but kinda strange.

Note: MB has been flashed with latest revision.

that's on a i1400 2611-412.

iougs-

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