T-43p and 7200 rpm Hard Disk

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hkelley · #1 Post by **hkelley** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:45 pm

I am contemplating replacing my original T43p HD with a 7200 rpm version to improve overall performance. I would like to know any receommendations as well as experiences with such a conversion.

Will a 7200 rpm drive create a higher demand on the battery and thereby reduce battery life?

I am currently using the stock Fujitsu MHT2060 ATA 60 gb drive.

#2 Post by **tomh009** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:48 pm

hkelley wrote:I am contemplating replacing my original T43p HD with a 7200 rpm version to improve overall performance. I would like to know any receommendations as well as experiences with such a conversion.

Will a 7200 rpm drive create a higher demand on the battery and thereby reduce battery life?

The differences in power consumption are on the order of a few hundred mW, not enough to have a noticeable impact on battery life. The performance impact can be startling, though!

Gustavo · #3 Post by **Gustavo** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 3:36 am

I maybe slow but I thought all T43P shipped with 7200RPM HDs for the P model are the top of line of the T series.
I think there is very little if any impact on battery life but performance wise there is an big difference.

hkelley · #4 Post by **hkelley** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:04 am

You raise an important queston. I have always assumed I have a T43p. It is a 2686-DHU. I can't determine if this is 43 or 43p. Is there a way to determine differently. The Lenovo website is not very clear.

The HD is FUJITSU MHT2060AH which is a 60 gb drive spinning at 5400.

Dummvogel · #5 Post by **Dummvogel** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:34 am

You can easily determine this. If the print on the Clearplate says T43p, then you have one, if it says T43, you don't.

hkelley · #6 Post by **hkelley** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:40 am

Thanks...I suspected it was that simple. However, never seeing a T43 and T43p alongside each other I couldn't tell. Thus I have a T43.

JHaislet · #7 Post by **JHaislet** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:52 pm

I just made the jump from a 5k100 80GB 5400rpm Hitachi to a 7k100 100GB 7200rpm Hitachi and have been pleased so far.

It took a little while to figure out how to upload the IBM firmware to the OEM Hitachi drive, but it's pretty easy and now it works great!

tric · #8 Post by **tric** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:36 pm

I'm planning to get the same HD as yours, could you post the steps. Thanks.

JHaislet · #9 Post by **JHaislet** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:57 pm

See this thread here: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... &start=300
Page 10 & 11 are helpful (I posted what I did on the bottom of p.11)

#10 Post by **tomh009** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:55 pm

JHaislet wrote:I just made the jump from a 5k100 80GB 5400rpm Hitachi to a 7k100 100GB 7200rpm Hitachi and have been pleased so far.

It took a little while to figure out how to upload the IBM firmware to the OEM Hitachi drive, but it's pretty easy and now it works great!

So did it not work out of the box? I had no trouble slipping a 7K100 into my X31 without a firmware upgrade.

JHaislet · #11 Post by **JHaislet** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 8:35 pm

It's only the T43's that have HDD issues (due to the SATA->PATA bridge). Well known issue....see the sticky in the "Thinkpad T4x Series" thread index...

#12 Post by **tomh009** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:23 pm

JHaislet wrote:It's only the T43's that have HDD issues (due to the SATA->PATA bridge). Well known issue....see the sticky in the "Thinkpad T4x Series" thread index...

Whew ... good to know! Have never had a T43, so hadn't clued in on this one.

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