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    T43 Hard Drive upgrade/interface question?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by divzr0, Apr 6, 2006.

  1. divzr0

    divzr0 Newbie

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    Hey guys,

    I recently bought a Ibm/lenovo T43. Very Quickly I Realized that 60gb won't cut it on my laptop. I'd Like to upgrade it but I'm sketchy about hard drives on notebooks. Do the 5400/7200 have any differences in their interfaces? I mean are they the same configuration? Do they maybe require an extra power setup etc? Currently the t43 has A TravelStar 5K100.

    http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/en/menuitem.428b96664d580c5deb4703e3aac4f0a0/

    Has anyone upgraded a t series hard drive? I'm also concered about the hard drive shock system? Will that work if I upgrade to a 100 or 120 gb 7200 rpm drive?


    Thanks for the advice.
     
    divzr0, Apr 6, 2006
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    strikeback03 Notebook Deity

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    T43s can have issues with non-IBM firmware. search over at thinkpads.com, 2010 was the error number IIRC
     
    strikeback03, Apr 6, 2006
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