T61P HDD Error 2100

Hey all, I have a T61P which I was running Windows 7 on. Two days ago my hard drive crashed. Following the boot screen there are two beeps and then I get an error 2100 message. I went out and bought a new hard drive and installed Windows 7 on it. As I was installing Windows updates and Thinkpad drivers the hard drive crashed and again goes from boot screen to an Error 2100 message. What can this be and how can I fix it? Any help would be appreciated.

Reseating sometimes helps, a while ago I was updating 6GB to 20GB on my IBM 240, I noticed that the ThinkPad sometimes threw HDD error, I reseated the drive and noticed that one of the HDD pins was little bit crooked, I straightened it out and never got any error ever since.
There is an HDD firmware update, see if your drive qualiifies:- http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-63685.html
From the txt file:-
This firmware update includes the fix for the case on a system with
Windows Vista, that the system may display the following error
message at each power on, and then cannot boot from the hard drive.
"2100: Initialization error on HDD0 (Main hard disk drive)"
Maliha (I don't work for lenovo)
ThinkPads:- T400[Win 7], T60[Win 7], IBM 240[Win XP]
IdeaPad: U350
Apple:- Macbook Air [Snow Leopard]
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Hi guys. I have recently purchased 2 SSD drives - 1x64gb & 1x128gb. I have the 64gb hooked up to the home pc and is running as the C:\ system drive. I wanted to hook up the 128gb drive to my notebook, but I keep getting an initialisation error (2100) - I have tried AHCI and Compatibility Mode, as well as look up various firmware upgrades and hdd firmware upgrade options via Lenovo.
I was just curious if anyone has had problems with this on there system, and if so, how did you overcome it. I have tried both drives on my notebook, both providing the same error, but both work on the desktop system.
I have a strong feeling it is to do with a firmware upgrade through Lenovo (ibm), as I have the most recent upgrade which is already a few months old... Hope to hear something good soon... Thnx guys in advance.

Hi haspac2,
Welcome to the forum!
Check out following links for ROM not initialized error:-
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=29472
http://digitalchunk.com/expansion-rom-not-initialized-pci-on-motherboard-t60.htm
As for HDD initialization error check following link:- http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-42321.html
To install Win XP, SATA AHCI needs to be changed to Compatibility mode in the BIOS for HDD. - Config - > SATA - > Compatibility.
Hope it helps.
Maliha (I don't work for lenovo)
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W520: PNY XLR8 240GB SSD with error "2100: Detection Error on HDD0 (Main HDD)"

When I try to boot my W520, I get a BIOS boot up error : "2100: Detection Error on HDD0 (Main HDD)". I am using PNY XLR8 240GB SSD.
It worked fine for a month.
I also have PGP installed and whole disc encrypted.
I installed an update of Intel Management Engine Firmware and Intel Chipset, both are the latest from lenovo site because I was experiencing expreme slowness from my harddrive. Programs would freeze. Webpages would take forever to load..
The next time I rebooted, I got the error. If I leave the SSD out for a bit, and put the SSD back in, the disk will work for some time... but on next reboot, it is again detection error..
TRIM is enabled on my system. I am not sure how the SSD died so quickly.
I am back to using my HDD but I am not happy. I want a solution... is this a intel chipset issue? Intel IMEI issue? Is the PNY SSD just a bad model?
I've googled plenty and dont really see a solution. Sometimes there is a firmware update.. PNY has no firmware updates for my drive.. I don't see anybody else using PNY on their W520, but plenty of people are experiencing Error 2100 with SSD on their W520.. somethings fishy..
help please! thanks in advance !

No go, the drive is in there pretty firmly, a tech support to PNY said they are going to replace my drive.
They came to the same conclusion I did - which is that the drive is toast..
Drive slow downs and eventually unable to detect points to this.. I was hoping for some firmware update. I am really surprised an SSD died because I thought the whole point of them - no spinning parts - would make them last longer.. but there is some sort of logic board and maybe the flash drive itself went kaput.. who knows.
They do have 3 year warranty on my mode and i'm happy to take it. Luckily my old HDD was still around and works.. so thats what i'll be using for the next few weeks while I ship this to them and have them send me a new one.
I asked about Advanced replacement, which is when they send me a new one before they recieve my current ssd. They said the Advanced replacemenet costs $30, and they would need credit card info to place a charge of the original amount for the drive incase I didnt send in the drive too. So it would cost me $30 plus temporary $100-150 or so... which I opted not to do... So I wait now for a few weeks. I dont know if I'll get another PNY drive in the future. OCZ has faired pretty well for me, I've had 3 of them work on desktops/laptops flawlessly.

Error 2100: HDD0 initializing error (1)

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I have W510 and change a standart HDD to SSD Corsair Force F240. And allready second time today have an error while power on:
error 2100: HDD0 initializing error (1)
how i can fix it? thanks
Stas.

This definitely appears to be a hard drive issue, possibly linked to the firmware or OS settings.
On a T410 and a refurbished Western Digital Scorpio Black 320 GB the system ran fine (Win 7 Pro), *but* at some times would get that error on boot. Either rebooting or switching from ACHI to Compatibility mode would correct the issue, but never permanently. That T410 never has any issue with other drives.
This seems to be a timing issue with the HD being recognized in time: sometimes just hitting the Thinkvantage blue button at startup is enough to get the drive to be recognized. This may also be why changing from ACHI to Compatibility helps.
So my take is to *just* try another hard drive first, possibly cloning it on another system where it is recognized. And WD refurbished no more for me. It was a poisoned gift.
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Lenoxo X200 con Error 2100

Hola!
tengo en mis manos un Lenovo X200, que hace una semana presenta al boot el error 2100 de HDD. probé reiniciarlo varias veces, quitar el Disco duro, revisar los pines, formatearlo y nada, ni el CD de instalación de windows 7 ni los live CD de linux que probé logran reconocer el disco duro. El Disco duro en cuestion es un Seagate Momentus 5400.3 de 80GB
¿Algun dato respecto a este error? ¿Soluciones Posibles? ¿Alguien logró repararlo?
P.D. Ya probe la actualización que se sugiere aquí para el modelo http://support.lenovo.com/cl/es/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x20...
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En mi experiencia un disco roto es casi imposible de reparar, a menos que lo lleves a un lugar especializado en esas cosas, que no creo sean baratos.
Tienes alguien que te preste un disco duro SATA de 2.5" para confirmar que la X200 funciona bien? Eventualmente podria ser que el conector del disco duro este defectuoso o mal conectado a la motherboard.
Como ultima alternativa puedes probar de quitar el teclado, el disco duro y probar que el conector de HDD este bien conectado a la motherboard. Fijate en la foto de abajo como ejemplo:
El conector esta debajo de la chapa de metal marcada con la flecha roja. Prueba si esta bien conectada.
Para remover el teclado sigue las instrucciones del capitulo 1040 de este manual: click aqui!
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I've bought "Toshiba Satellite U200-181" 2 weeks ago. Recently (2-3 days ago) Ive got problem with built-in HDD.
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Appendix: #1
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This report created by Active SMART
http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/
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S.M.A.R.T. status
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Firmware: MB4OC60R
Drive interface: IDE
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2 (02) Throughput Performance 40 100 100 0
3 (03) Spin Up Time 33 253 253 55834574849
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5 (05) Reallocated Sectors Count 5 100 100 0
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