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    Upgrade HD on my T61p

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by lilmanmgf, Sep 13, 2008.

  1. lilmanmgf

    lilmanmgf Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was looking at the Seagate Momentus 250gb 7200.3. The part number is ST9120411ASG. This is a serial ata 3gb/s drive, is my laptop compatable with this? I know the current hd is a 160gb hitatachi and runs at 1.5gb/s. So is it compatible with SATA2?
     
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The drive will be backwards compatible with your SATA1.5 computer.
     
    Greg, Sep 13, 2008
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    Your notebook has the ICH8(M) southbridge controller, which is SATA2-compliant.
     
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    Okay so what about the shock protection? I know the hard drive has g-force shock protection, as per the ASG in the sku. Should I install the think pad active protection or no?
     
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    You won't need that. The G-Force parts work on their own.
     
    Greg, Sep 14, 2008
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    Well I know that the sensor is able to determine when the Laptop is in free fall and removes the head from the disk accordingly. My question is if Thinkpad Active Protection utilizes the built-in hard drive sensor, or a secondary sensor in the laptop. If its the ladder wouldn't is be better to run active protection as it stops the drive when the laptop encounters bumps and vibrations opposed to only a free fall scenario?
     
    lilmanmgf, Sep 14, 2008
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