T43p Hard drive upgrade...

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eni2006 · #1 Post by **eni2006** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:22 pm

I have a T43 2687-DDU. I would like to upgrade the HDD. I was unaware of the 2010 errors prior, so the samsung 120gb hdd I got would not work in the unit, nor would the firmware update CD work on that drive. What drives work with this unit right out of the box, or with the hard drive firmware updater? IBM telles me that they dont even have an options drive larger than 60gb for this model T43. I can't muster a definitive answer from the posts I read on the forum Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks!

messar · #2 Post by **messar** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:25 pm

7K100 100G from Hitachi, the only big and fast enough one, upgradable for official firmware

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=20944

CupOfJoe · #3 Post by **CupOfJoe** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:56 pm

eni2006 wrote:I have a T43 2687-DDU. I would like to upgrade the HDD. I was unaware of the 2010 errors prior, so the samsung 120gb hdd I got would not work in the unit, nor would the firmware update CD work on that drive. What drives work with this unit right out of the box, or with the hard drive firmware updater?

Hi,

The drive I can recommend -- which would be somewhat larger, and a bit faster -- is the 80GB 7200rpm Hitachi drive. I was able to successfully upgrade the firmware using messar's method.

Specifically, the drive model # is:

Hitachi HTS721080G9AT00

Granted, it isn't the 120GB of space you want, I realize. But it is a bit larger, and a bit faster than a 60GB 5400rpm drive.

-CupOfJoe

DIGITALgimpus · #4 Post by **DIGITALgimpus** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:42 pm

I got the 5k100 100GB, and it isn't upgradable

.

Otherwise a great drive (great performance/battery life)... just no good firmware.

Come on IBM... you can fix this. There's no reason the Hitachi OEM drives are lower quality than the IBM rebranded drives. They are exactly the same minus a software upgrade, sticker, and $100+ on the pricetag.

Chrispy · #5 Post by **Chrispy** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:22 pm

I'm afraid to upgrade my hard drive now. I had a T43 266846U before and when I tried to put a travelstar 7200RPM 80GB drive in the computer it caused the motherboard to die. IBM replaced the motherboard and when I put the hard drive back in it then the motherboard died again. I put the hard drive in a Dell Latitude and it worked fine..... strange!

#6 Post by **bill bolton** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:26 pm

eni2006 wrote:What drives work with this unit right out of the box, or with the hard drive firmware updater?

The Fujitsu MVH2080AH (80GB) does. The standard IBM firmware upgrade procedure also applies without any problems.

Cheers,

Bill

det922 · #7 Post by **det922** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:57 am

you mean to tell me that i cannot buy any big SATA drives (past 100gb?)

robin · #8 Post by **robin** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:46 pm

this has been driving me to distraction for the last week.

i purchased a 100 gig drive to put in laptop as upgrade.

bios tell me to piss off
, figured out how to tell it to get lost.

tried maxbalst to do clone, no good
partition magic no good
ibm R & R3 will NOT recognise new hard drive

totaly [censored] off

great computer but upgrading sucks

det922 · #9 Post by **det922** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:31 pm

i thought new firmware migh have fixed that

hoya · #10 Post by **hoya** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:53 am

this page has some good information about off-the-shelf drives that are compatible:

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_w ... hard_disks

muffd · #11 Post by **muffd** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:10 pm

That list showed a Seagate Momentus 7200.1 ST980825AS 80GB Serial ATA drive. I plan on ordering that drive. Can anyone else confirm that this was a "easy" install when upgrading the hard drive?

hoya · #12 Post by **hoya** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:22 pm

is the areal density the same on both the 80gb and 100gb 7200.1 seagate drives?

I know that the 100gb Hitachi 7K100 has a much higher areal density than the 80gb 7K100, but I am not sure about Seagate and I can't seem to find that information anywhere.

Scanvest · #13 Post by **Scanvest** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:17 pm

Hi there,

Are there any firmware issues using non-IBM approved 2.5" drives as backup drives with the Ultra Bay Slim Adapter. Or does that only affect the "system" drives?

Does anyone have experience with this?

Also, which of the following drives would you recommend:

160GB Fujitsu MHV2160BT 4200rpm
120GB Fujitsu MHV2120BH 5400rpm

Thanks,

Scanvest

hoya · #14 Post by **hoya** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:36 pm

scanvest - you can use any off-the-shelf standard 2.5" hard drive in the ultrabay slim 2nd hdd adapter.

I would recommend the 120gb 5400rpm drive because it will perform much better than the 4200rpm drive, even though the areal density will be slightly lower on the smaller drive.

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