Z61m - What capacity HD can it handle?

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dejola · #1 Post by **dejola** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:40 pm

I'm going to replace the hard drive in my Z61m and would like to know if it will take a 120GB or even a 200GB hard drive. Has anybody installed one of those in a Z61m?

I called Thinkpad tech support. The tech didn't have a ready answer but suggested no bigger than a 120 for a 5400 rpm drive or 100 for a 7200 rpm drive. But he didn't sound convincing. Seemed to just be guessing.

Anyone know for sure?

Thanks

#2 Post by **ryengineer** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:08 pm

If your BIOS is up-to-date then your Z61m can accept the biggest 2.5'' SATA HDD available today.

dejola · #3 Post by **dejola** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:20 pm

Guess I'm ood to go then. Just updated my BIOS yesterday.

Thanks for that information.

makaveli559m · #4 Post by **makaveli559m** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:08 pm

I went from an 80 gig hd to a 250 gig on mine.

dejola · #5 Post by **dejola** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:29 am

Thanks for your reply.

So, you have a Z61m and putting in the 250GB hard drive was no problem? Didn't have to modify anything? No resulting problems? Overheating?
Is your 250 a 5400 or 7200 rpm drive? What drive did you get?

Thanks again.

makaveli559m · #6 Post by **makaveli559m** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:34 pm

Its 5400 rpm no I didnt have to do anything lol I was surpised. its a Western Digital.

dejola · #7 Post by **dejola** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:50 pm

Thank you. I think I'll be getting one of those. Would the 7200 RPM present a problem, do you think? I read somewhere that there woulod be a 20 per cent speed advantage with the 7200.

Thanks again.

makaveli559m · #8 Post by **makaveli559m** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:58 pm

Possibly a benefit there might be, but I havnt noticed a difference, I have 2 gigs of RAM on my machine. If its slow or not its hard to tell.

cpascu01 · #9 Post by **cpascu01** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:38 pm

Does anyone know how a new hard drive from Western Digital would affect APS?

Z61m - What capacity HD can it handle?

Z61m - What capacity HD can it handle?

Z61m - What capacity hard drive can it handle?

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