ThinkPad X61 Start from SSD(Intel X25-M)

[gamerboyjan]

There is a way to "unlock" the SATA II capability for this model. Google this

"lenovo x61 sata 2"

and then it is the result (should be the first one):

"T61/X61 SATA II 1.5 Gb/s cap - willing to pay for a solution - Page 8"

[Rundfunk90]

I can has 13 seconds boot plox, normal 7200 rpm hard drive.

check my profile for the video of it, windows is just bloated, that's the main problem

[LagginTimes]

The problem here, as far as I understand, is the Thinkpad X61's inability to support the full SATA-II 3.0Gbps (namely, the Santa Rosa CPU's don't support this). I believe it's capped at 1.5Gbps. A user with a X61 and X25-m found that sequential read speeds are capped at ~100-110MBps via HDTach . This is less than half of the X25-m drive's capability on a true 3.0Gbps SATA-II channel, where ~220-240MBps read speeds are the norm. Don't blame the SSD, blame the aged hardware support.

[NixKah]

@LagginTimes Is there any way to make the X61 (in my case I have a X60s) support SATA-II thru hardware upgrading or something?

[smicha7]

@LagginTimes The same is T61. That is why I changed it into T400 - you are 100% right.

[amerkert]

@LagginTimes

It is possible to simply patch the BIOS, my X61 no longer has this cap.

[kissmyfeetnab]

slow SSD. Not worth the price

[fdsaxxxx]

dude my old p3 laptop with 384m ram regular hd opens faster than that. around 30 secs.

[GimmeSomeRockNRoll]

@fdsaxxxx And what operating system does this p3 w/ 384mb have? If it's something like windows me and below, or windows nt4 and below, of course a hard disk drive would load those light operating systems faster.

[GimmeSomeRockNRoll]

@fdsaxxxx A follow-up on my last comment. Think of this, though: What if this laptop were loading windows 9x/nt4 with a solid state drive? I'd bet that it would load in what, like 10 seconds? Probably less then that.

[psycl0ptic]

How did you get the Thinkpad to work with the intel SSD. without IBM firmware update for the drive?

[thearchitectt]

fail. the macbook pro's with the x25-m boot in 10 seconds.

[blasko229]

26 secs judging from the actual macbook videos online. But this wasn't bad considering the processor is probably older.