Re: re Compatibility of third party hard disks and TP701

To: jstarkey@julian.uwo.ca (J. Starkey)
Subject: Re: re Compatibility of third party hard disks and TP701
From: ross@math.hawaii.edu (David Ross)
Date: Thu, 29 May 97 21:10:14 HST
Cc: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95q.970529125809.6461A-100000@panther.uwo.ca>; from "J. Starkey" at May 29, 97 1:04 pm

I had the same problem with the IBM 340 meg disk, and attempts to fix by
putting in new system boards didn't help.  I think that the 701 is just
not very robust when it comes to hard drive access.

- David


> Recently my ThinkPad 701 cs stopped accessing the hard drive - it just did
> not recognize the hard drive even if booted from a floppy. I sent it to
> EasyServ who suggested that the third party hard disk, a 1.08 gb from
> Microsense, had "blown" the system board - which they repaired. The 701
> was only meant to handle up to a 720 mb disk from IBM!
> 
> Is this reasonable? Have others had similar disastrous compatibility
> problems?

References:
- re Compatibility of third party hard disks and TP701
  - From: "J. Starkey" <jstarkey@julian.uwo.ca>

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