ThinkPad Swallowed 30GB!
[I recently sold the thing (with a different HDD), so this is a "Wha Happened?" post.]
IBM ThinkPad i series 1400 RR4 (same as 460, sometimes called i1460). Flashed BIOS to the latest available (issued Feb 2001). Previously upgraded the original 4.8GB TravelStar HDD to a 10GB Hitachi, and then to a 20GB TravelStar.
Bought a 30GB Fujitsu MHL2300AT. Removed the rubber strips in the HDD tray, allowing the 12.5mm Fujitsu to fit where the previous 9.5mm drives had been. Slid in perfectly, connection to the PCB felt right.
Problem: No hard drive seen in BIOS, nor in FDISK (of course). Reinstalled the Fujitsu a couple of times; no help. The drive itself is fine; with an adapter, works OK in a destop machine.
If it was a drive larger than 32MB, I wouldn't have been too surprised if "issues" arose. I guess the BIOS/ALi chipset just can't handle 30GB.
A person at the IBM ThinkPad forums successfully upgraded their 4.8GB to 30GB, but I don't know which 1400 model they had.
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11-19-2001, 03:49 AM
