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1400 series HD upgrade.
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:35 pm
by erikh2502
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
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:51 pm
by thinkie
Currently have a 60Gb drive in my 2621-441.
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:42 am
by dave92270
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
Re: 1400 series HD upgrade.
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:52 pm
by gychang
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
Re: 1400 series HD upgrade.
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:53 pm
by gychang
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
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:12 pm
by dave92270
...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.
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:52 pm
by iougs
Could someone recommend a HD on newegg to replace my failing one on my i1400 2611-412 (BIOS approved)?
cheapest as possible of course
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:00 am
by iougs
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.
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:54 pm
by ElbertR
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.
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:59 am
by iougs
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-