HDD Active Protection works for 2nd HDD (Ultrabay) as well?

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HDD Active Protection works for 2nd HDD (Ultrabay) as well?

#1 Post by bessel » Sat Sep 23, 2006 5:48 am

I am curious, if it doesn't, well, I will try more to avoid moving my T60 while doing work on the 2nd harddrive...
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#2 Post by renhui » Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:20 am

I think YES.
The motion sensor is not built into the main HDD but in the unit itself. So whenever there is a sudden movement, it senses it and tells both of the HDDs.
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#3 Post by rbsrao79 » Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:42 pm

Does active protection work on any drive make ? I remember reading a while ago that it only worked with hitachi (former ibm) drives. Is that true ?

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#4 Post by renhui » Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:21 pm

I think so. Otherwise no one will be using non-Hitachi drives on thinkpads anymore.
rbsrao79 wrote:Does active protection work on any drive make ? I remember reading a while ago that it only worked with hitachi (former ibm) drives. Is that true ?

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#5 Post by GomJabbar » Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:29 pm

rbsrao79 wrote:Does active protection work on any drive make ? I remember reading a while ago that it only worked with hitachi (former ibm) drives. Is that true ?

Rajeev
That doesn't make sense. My T42 came from the factory with a Fujitsu drive, and it has Active Protection.
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#6 Post by hoya » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:47 pm

Yes, as of version 1.30b:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-58650

Symptoms corrected by version 1.30b

* (New) Support APS feature of 2nd HDD on Ultrabay Slim.
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#7 Post by christopher_wolf » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:53 pm

HDAPS works on pretty much any HDD that is compatible with the Thinkpad. It has sensors inside the Thinkpad that, once they detect acceleration of a particular magnitude, will send a signal to ramp the HDD heads off platter. I don't quite understand why some think that it is on-board the HDD.

Also, the Ultrabay HDD, should one be present, responds to the HDAPS sensors as well.
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