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    FFS on Lenovo Thinkpad T510

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by 3Diecast, Aug 14, 2014.

  1. 3Diecast

    3Diecast Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello.

    from whew months I noticed that my hard drive is with warning status in HD Tune, so I started researching about replacement. And I found one - Western Digital Black 320gb / 7200rpm, second hand, barrely used acourding to smart stats. The thing is after I read one very complete review, I noticed that this hdd is not having a FFS, so I began to wonder will I lost my Airbag protection from Lenovo or they are work independently?

    Thanks in advance.
     
    3Diecast, Aug 14, 2014
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    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    Welcome to the forum!

    Your AirBag protection will work.

    With that said, a fine machine like T510 deserves a SSD.

    Happy shopping.
     
    ajkula66, Aug 14, 2014
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    3Diecast Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello ajkula66, and thanks about the info on Airbag protection. You're right, T510 definitely deserve an SSD upgrade, but I can't afford it right now. It is on my "to buy later" list.

    By the way, last night I run thru specs on my laptop and I saw that original hard drive is with "shock sensor". I suspect these "free fall sensor"(on Western Digital disk drives) and "shock sensor"(on Seagate disk drives) are exactly the same thing, but with different names?
     
    3Diecast, Aug 15, 2014
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    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    Yes.

    Do bear in mind one thing, though: if you drop a laptop (excluding ToughBooks and their clones) badly enough, none of the "airbag protection", "free fall/shock sensor" stuff will do anything for you...
     
    ajkula66, Aug 15, 2014
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