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The 1 gig drive draws about 30% more current. I upgraded and have had no major problems. IBM has a point...but this would be hard to prove. I guess any drive could fail and take out the system board. Good luck. Bill Pratt, Bellevue, WA (STOC#117) "No matter where you go...there you are!" Email - billp117@isomedia.com Homepage - http://www.isomedia.com/homes/billp117 ---------- > From: J. Starkey <jstarkey@julian.uwo.ca> > To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu > Subject: re Compatibility of third party hard disks and TP701 > Date: Thursday, May 29, 1997 10:04 AM > > 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? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > John Starkey, Department of Earth Sciences, > University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3B7 > tel: (519) 661 3185 fax: (519) 661 3198 e-mail: jstarkey@julian.uwo.ca