Hard Drive Upgrade on a Thinkpad A20m 2628-11U

I've got a Thinkpad A20m 2628-11U that has an IBM Travelstar 10gig Drive in it. After using the laptop for about half an hour, the drive warms up and gets to the point of someone using a hammer and chisel to store data. So I decided to purchase a WD250BEVE (PATA) drive to replace it. Right off the bat, The laptop would not recognize the drive at all. I've tried updating the bios and such to no avail. I've even RMA'd the drive with western digital questioning them along the way as to the possibility of why their drive would not work in this unit. They show no record of complaint. When the new drive showed up, I got the same results. Can anybody tell me if IBM put a drive or Brand limit on this unit or have any idea why a WD would not be recognized at all?
Thanks for your time...
Gary

Welcome to the forum!
Have you properly inserted the drive, because that's the reason for drive not being "seen" by the machine 90% of the time, and that can be tricky on A2x and A3x unit...make sure it's sitting properly in its caddy and is pushed in all the way.
Even if your machine had a BIOS limit (137GB for older ThinkPads) the drive would still be recognized. There are no "brand restrictions" on ThinkPads of this generation.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
George
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