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Weird Laptop Hard Drive Problem
Name: cf276 Date: December 13, 2005 at 15:30:34 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: PentiumM 1.2Ghz ULV, 768M
Comment:
I just bought a Samsung HM100JC 2.5" hard drive yesterday. I
tried installing it on my Fujitsu Lifebook P7010D but it
couldn't be detected from the BIOS. I cross tested both the
HM100JC and the P7010D on different laptops and hard drives
and only the "HM100JC + P7010D" combination would not work.
Does anyone have any idea of what problem could have occured?
Name: Rax Date: December 13, 2005 at 15:42:02 Pacific
Reply:
hmmm..... weird.
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Response Number 2
Name: name Date: December 13, 2005 at 15:46:20 Pacific
Reply:
I do have one laptop drive lying around here, that works fine in a desktop--with an adaptor--but abosolutely will not work in any of my Thinkpads.
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Response Number 3
Name: cf276 Date: December 13, 2005 at 16:11:37 Pacific
Reply:
Update:
Just tried again installing the HM100JC on the Lifebook P7010D. When I powered on the computer, I could hear nothing from the hard disk. It seems like a power problem. But again, the interesting thing is other hard drives have no problem in getting power from the same laptop.
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Response Number 4
Name: Zenith Date: December 14, 2005 at 13:01:44 Pacific
Reply:
Can you configure the drive parameters in the BIOS manually?
98% of the population is asleep. The other 2% are staring around in complete amazement, abject terror, or both.
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Response Number 5
Name: cf276 Date: December 14, 2005 at 18:23:57 Pacific
Reply:
I've tried . . . but it still wouldn't detect the drive.
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Response Number 6
Name: cf276 Date: December 14, 2005 at 19:32:28 Pacific
Reply:
I've tried . . . but it still wouldn't detect the drive.
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