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    Typical OEM drive on Thinkpads?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Specialista, Feb 6, 2009.

  1. Specialista

    Specialista Notebook Geek

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    What is the brand (Hitachi, Samsung, Toshiba, WD, etc) of the typical OEM drive for these Thinkpad lines?

    • T61/T61P?
    • T400/T500?
     
    Specialista, Feb 6, 2009
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  2. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Depends on what's cheapest at the time, basically the best deal they can get from the drive supplier. I know my T61 here has a Hitachi in it, but it's an encrypted drive, so I don't know if that limited the manufacturer's choice.
     
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    I believe almost all IBM/Lenovos ship with Hitachi Drives. A few years back, Hitachi and IBM contracted work together to make harddrives. They still do a lot of work together, so usually the thinkpads will come with a Hitachi drive in them.

    K-TRON
     
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  4. Specialista

    Specialista Notebook Geek

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    The six Thinkpads in my family all have Western Digital OEM drives and they were all bought at different times over the last four years. Capacities range from 120 GB - 250 GB. None have free-fall sensor or encryption.

    The two IdeaPads in our family both have Hitachi OEM drives.
     
    Specialista, Feb 6, 2009
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    My sisters T61 shipped with a 80gb seagate 5400.3 drive and my T60 went out with a 120gb fujitsu. According to their service manual they use basically everything.
     
    dietcokefiend, Feb 6, 2009
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    I've had IBM/Hitachi travelstars come with all of my ThinkPads (160GB 5k250 in x200, 160GB 5k320 in x200 Tablet).
     
    jonlumpkin, Feb 6, 2009
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  7. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    I got a 160GB Seagate with mine.
     
    Patrick, Feb 6, 2009
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  8. t30power

    t30power Notebook Deity

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    In the past:
    Thinkpad A22e (15GB IBM Travelstar 4200rpm)
    Thinkpad T30 (30GB Hitachi Travelstar 4200rpm)
    Thinkpad T42p (40GB Hitachi Travelstar 5400rpm) ODDLY NOT CAME WITH A 7200RPM drive
    Thinkpad T61 (80GB WD Scorpio Blue WD800BEVS 5400rpm)

    Oddly my current Thinkpad (T61) have a WD drive which is very quiet BTW.
     
    t30power, Feb 6, 2009
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  9. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    They use many vendors. If you're looking for a particular brand, just get the smallest drive and upgrade to what you want. That's usually less expensive too.
     
    ZaZ, Feb 6, 2009
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  10. The Fire Snake

    The Fire Snake Notebook Virtuoso

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    Like Zaz said, they use many vendors. I got mine with a Fujitsu 80 GB 5400rpm drive.
     
    The Fire Snake, Feb 7, 2009
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