Re: [PLUG] Thinkpad T42 hard drive replacement

[Morgan Jones <morgan@morganjones.org>]

I put a non-ibm drive in my t42 long ago and it worked fine.  I bought on price from Newegg or Amazon.

-morgan


On Aug 6, 2011, at 12:18 AM, JP Vossen wrote:

> On 08/05/2011 11:14 AM, plug-request@lists.phillylinux.org wrote:
>> Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:23:46 -0400
>> From: Jonathan Simpson<jonathan@jdsnetwork.com>
>> 
>> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_non-ThinkPad_hard_disks
>> read this first. T4x are particular about their drives due
>> to the active protection system they implement. This shuts
>> down the drive when a change in velocity is detected to
>> attempt to prevent physical damage.  Doesn't always work,
>> though, as you found out.
> 
> Interesting, thanks!  I did find that site but not that page.  It specifically mentions a number of models, but the T42 is not listed (T43 is).
> 
> Anyone else have a clue if a T42 will work right with a non-IBM drive?
> 
> Thanks,
> JP
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