Nec Versa 4000C and IBM HD

OK you all, a little challenge.
I have a working Nec Versa 4000C with a 1.44g hd salvage from a old Compaq. No prob.
I jst got a Wroking IBM drive fom a 350
perfectly working, formatted in fat 32.
Drive is a DYK A-23240 3240MB.
It is automatically seen and recognized by
the Versa bios.
ALL I GET IS A READ FAIL DRIVE 0
message.

Note that this drive works perfectly in an IBM $tinkpad, but not in the Versa nor in my Inspiron 5000.

Q: IS IBM doing something special with drives installed in their PC so they will not be compatibles with others ?

s. A little frustrated
:mad:

I don't believe so, I'm using an IBM notebook drive in here that didn't come with my Sony and it works just fine...but maybe it is just that model.

Try a 3rd laptop if you can. Or, the most obvious solution, call or email IBM and ask them! Hey, nothing wrong with that! :)

some of the older laptops will not work with larger hard drives.i think your 4000c came from the factory with less than a 1 gig hdd.you might check with nec website and see whats the largest hdd you can use.

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Originally Posted by JL28083

some of the older laptops will not work with larger hard drives.i think your 4000c came from the factory with less than a 1 gig hdd.you might check with nec website and see whats the largest hdd you can use.

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05-30-2001, 01:22 AM

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