miskox wrote:
So the question is: which part number should I buy?
It doesn't really matter, as long as the drive has an IBM FRU# it should work OK in a T43. Here is a partial list of drives that do not have an IBM FRU# that have been reported to work in T43/R52:
Drives that work out of the box:
Seagate ST9120821A (120GB 5400RPM)
Seagate Momentus 7200.1 ST980825A (80GB 7200RPM) on T43 with BIOS 1.23
Seagate Momentus 7200.1 ST910021A (100GB 7200RPM) (one user reports success, another reports failure).
Seagate Momentus 5400.3 ST9160821A (160GB 5400RPM) with firmware 3.ALE on T43 and R52 with BIOS 1.29 and EC 1.06. The infamous 2010-error comes up during bootup, but the drive works fine.
Fujitsu MHV2040AH (040GB 5400RPM) this is the default disk for T43s
Fujitsu MHV2060AH (060GB 5400RPM)
Fujitsu MHV2100AH (100GB 5400RPM) on T43 with BIOS 1.23
Fujitsu MHV2120AH (120GB 5400RPM) on T43 with BIOS 1.27 and R52 with BIOS 1.29
There are also several drives that can have their firmware modified to work on a T43. And you can install an unofficial modified BIOS which removes '2010 ERROR' from POST when the machine boot-up with non-approved HDD - an HDD without proper IBM/Lenovo firmware. This modified BIOS is identical to the official IBM/Lenovo BIOS but the '2010' error message, 2x beep and delay is removed out.
Statistics: Posted by Neil — Sat Mar 07, 2015 5:36 pm