Thinkpad T61 - HD and Graphic Card

[White O]

Hi all !

I would like to buy a Thinkpad T61 :

Core2duo 7300 2ghz
1 go DDR2 PC5300
HD 120Go 5400
Nvidia Quadro NVS140M 128mo or Geforce 7300 128mo
3 years of warranty

But I have some questions...

1/ Can I replace the internal HD without breaking the warranty ?
2/ Can I put Hitachi or Segeate 7200 tours HD (for internal and Ultrabay Slim) ?
3/ What card is better between Quadro NVS140M 128mo and Geforce 7300 128mo ?

Thanks !

[XIII]

There is no Thinkpad with NVIDIA 7300.
Even if it does, 140M is still much better.
Hard drive are swappable and it does not void the warranty.

[White O]

Thanks for your answer ! There is a model in a French shop with with a Geforce 7300 128mo but maybe they made a mistake...

[ZaZ]

[quote="White O"]Thanks for your answer ! There is a model in a French shop with with a Geforce 7300 128mo but maybe they made a mistake...[/quote]

That seems likely a mistake. Yes you can put the Hitachi or Seagate in the ultrabay as long as you have the right connector.

[StevenD]

Hard drive are swappable and it does not void the warranty.

Hi,

I've got a T43p, and I'm waiting to see what the T61p's look like. When I wanted to upgrade the internal hard drive on my T43p, I had lots of problems, and finally found a post somewhere saying that only ThinkPad-approved HDD's would work, so I couldn't just go out and get, for example, a capacious Seagate and put it in my TP.

Is that not true any longer?

--Steve D.

[XIII]

It may be true for Thinkpad with Active Protection (AP) because AP is picky on Hard drive. I have only tested on Thinkpad without AP so I don't know.

[Dummvogel]

Hard drive are swappable and it does not void the warranty.

Hi,

I've got a T43p, and I'm waiting to see what the T61p's look like. When I wanted to upgrade the internal hard drive on my T43p, I had lots of problems, and finally found a post somewhere saying that only ThinkPad-approved HDD's would work, so I couldn't just go out and get, for example, a capacious Seagate and put it in my TP.

Is that not true any longer?

--Steve D.

The T43 is a special case, because it uses a SATA-PATA-Bridge and the Firmware for the drive has to be tested for compatibility by Lenovo. T6x uses native SATA, so there is no problem.