Problem mit non-ThinkPad Festplatten

Problem Beschreibung:
When replacing the system disk with one that is not a ThinkPad option designed for the specific model, the BIOS will display an "Error 2010" warning during every boot. The system may still boot successfully, but may be unreliable or slow.

Affected Models
ThinkPad T43, T43p
ThinkPad R52
ThinkPad X41, X41 Tablet
Affected Operating Systems

The reliability and performance issues depend on the operating system. They have been reported for Windows. It is not clear to what degree Linux is susceptible.

Status
The error is displayed when the system drive is not one of the few approved disks listed inside the BIOS. It cannot be disabled, and may indicate a real problem.

These systems have a SATA disk controller, and employ a SATA-to-PATA bridge in order to use PATA (IDE) drives. It is rumored that this bridge requires changes in the drive firmware, and the BIOS checks for this adapted firmware.

There are no such limitations for disks used in the UltraBay Slim 2nd Hard

Solution
Downgrade the system BIOS to V 1.01

The actual BIOS 1.03 has a BUG - the Solution at this moment is:

Downgrade The BIOS to Version 1.01.
You will find it here: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-59379  Scroll down until, Utility Version 1.01, 70ET37WW (1.01) This upgrade exists as "Windows Version", only - Therefore it is nessesary to run it under Windows when aplying this BIOS "Upgrade". A newer Version is planned but today (26.Nov.2005) no better bugfree Version is still available.