inkleput{at}isp.com wrote:

>What's up with laptop hard drives?  I have a ThinkPad 770.  IBM says the
>original drive is a 12J0449.  Believe it or not I have a good reason to
>get an exact duplicate of it.  But what's available is another thing.
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>Now one site has a 12J0449 and 9 others all with different numbers,
>including 07N3673, which they say are all replacements for the same
>thing.
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>HELP!  What are they talking about?  Do they know?  Good grief one
>supplier had a 12J0449 they said was a drive caddy for $28.  Are any of
>these people competent?  And the actual drives are listed, believe it or
>not, anywhere from $50 to $495!
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>I'd appreciate any suggestions about getting a duplicate drive.
>
>Jim L, via eCS 1.14 version of OS/2
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Hi Jim,

The 12J0449 number you have from the drive is the FRU (Field Replacment 
Unit) in other words engineers spare part number.

There should also be another "option number" on the drive, which could 
be the 07N3673 that you have been quoted.

If you refer to:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=TJEK-3QGU6U

You will see that this part is obsolete, ie no longer sold as a retail 
part. The replacement part will normally be a larger, faster, better and 
often cheaper to you, part. technology marches on !!

If you REALLY MUST have the same part, new, you can probably buy in 
through "IBM Spare Parts" - call your local IBM phone number and ask to 
be connected to them, but BE WARNED the price is likely to be 3 or 4 
times MORE EXPENSIVE than the part was retail when it was available - 
this is beacuse you are buying engineers spare parts, which have had to 
be stored at a cost and IBM will be taking a risk by selling off part of 
their spares in this way - hence the price will be "un-reasonable".

Your other option would be to try the re-marketeers who "re-furbish" old 
parts - it you can find one of these with the part you want, the price 
will be more reasonable.

Why "must" you have exactly this 5.1GB 2.5 inch eide hard disk ??

Cheers/2

Ed.



 
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