I did a totally fresh install of my own XP and the grabbed all the needed drivers from IBM. Its working well. However, I dont use bluetooth unless I am backing up my Motorola phone. Is there any easy way to disable this (to save power) ? Can I just go into device mangler and disable it like I do wit...

Now that I have my x61s and have been putting it through its paces I have noticed 1 issue that I was wonder if is normal? The keyboard will move up and down if you press on the FLAT black area right above the F6/F7/F8 keys. Like its not secured down or its bowed outward. Its not bad exactly, but com...

Thanks

Seems like the ATA-100 or ATA-133 theoretical speeds..


-JD

How can I find out if this machine supports and will work SATA-300 before I spend the extra money on a SATA-300 vs a SATA-150 drive? The chipset and specs from IBM appear to mean SATA-300 is available yet I see issues when people use SSD, but I am hoping thats the reason why. Does anyone know if a S...

Thanks! 8) Now, I need a suggestion for an external USB drive chassis or something. I have plenty of SATA 1.5 or 3.0 laptop drives and right now, I use my ultrabay drive adapter on the T60 along with either Acronis Migrate Easy or Acronis True Image to do backups. Since the X61 has no 2nd bay and I ...

Original description: L7500(1.6GHz), 1GB RAM, 120GB 5400rpm HD, 12.1in 1024x768 LCD, Intel X3100, Intel 802.11agn(n-disabled), Bluetooth, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, Secure chip, Fingerprint reader, 8c Li-Ion, WinXP Pro I just ordered this from CDW. I had a few questions, if anyone knows.. 1. What is the a...

so far the quietest drive I have is the 7K200 from Hitachi. The seagate has a nice high pitched whine. The Hitachi 7k320 has a rushing wind sound. The new WD Scorpio Black appears to be the top performer but I have a palm rest vibration that none of the Hitachi's have (although very slight...) But s...

I ordered the Scorpio Black. Should be here today. The newer Hitachi is definately louder than the 7K200 drive.. But once I get the WD, I can then compare the 3 of them. I have heard possible noise (clicking issues) and was told it was a firmware update that was needed. Anyone know about this and wh...

I work for Aurora...so hence the nickname. I have considered solid state drives. I can live with 64GB in size but not sure I want to spend that cash at this point. I likely will just sit on this for the time being...just like my efforts to replace the T60 with something else. I kinda gave up on that...

yea, I have opted to stay on the T60 for now.
There is nothing out there I really like I guess...



-JD

I have been using the Hitachi 7K200 200GB drive and got used to the 'wind' noise I seem to hear from it. It's not the fan on the T60 for sure... But this week I opted to upgrade to a 7K320 320GB drive and this has even more 'wind' noise than I really like. In both cases I have played with the acoust...

My T60 runs fine. I tried the TP Fan control and I had issues, so I left it at that. I need a new laptop, since my wife wants to start using one and the T60 would be a good choice for her, since its easy to use and has both style of mouse as well as a larger screen. So while it would be a hand-me-do...

I want to replace my T60 (1953-D6U) (3yrs old I believe) with a newer unit. I like the small size of the X series... Here are my concerns: 1. Same screen or better than the quality/style of whatever I have now. (ideally non-wide screen if possible) 2. Decent run time on batteries (4+hrs) 3. 802.11a ...

Is there any way I can tell if my laptop HAS bluetooth or not (built in?)

The BIOS has a ENABLE/HIDDEN value but when I enable it I dont see anything in device manager telling me something is there that needs a driver...

My laptop is a T60 1953-D6U.

Thanks guys-

-JD

I have 2 batteries and cant figure out what the difference is:

40Y6789 FRU 40Y6790
40Y6787 FRU 41U4890


Anyone know off hand?

I have successfully installed Vista Ultimate (not an upgrade..full fresh install). I am using the IBM a/b/g (not the n card) and I have noticed something I did not notice on XP. When I boot the machine up, the wifi seems to connect faster than XP (although close enough) and my weatherbug immediately...

So...does anyone have a source for a more up to date driver? The best driver I could come up with that would properly work with my 802.11a/b/g (not n) was version 5.3.0.35 PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_1014 seems to be the issue with install. The inf files for the current shipping driver do not include this devi...

So I dug. I found this file:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-52527

and it works......so I am puzzled why a driver for the wifi card that WORKS isnt in the page for the laptop itself?

-JD

Ok...so I ordered (and received) this card. IBM box labeled 40Y7026 machine boots fine. no bios complaints. XP SP2 sees the card and thats as far as I got. It is NOT permitting the driver to install...if I run the setup, it runs and exits and tells me to reboot (which I do) and still "new hardward f...

(on my T60 1953-D6U) IIRC, awhile back when the T60 came out...people were [censored] about intermittant wifi loss and stuff... I was not experiencing it at the time but lately I am. I have tried 3 different brand APs... And I am running the latest driver (11.1.1.16) and at times (all random) - I lo...

so I updated my T60 to the latest BIOS and latest Power Manager and latest video driver.... BIOS 2.14 PM Driver 1.15 and Video driver 6.14.10.4785 What I am seeing now (at times) is when I go on Battery, my screen starts to flash on/off rapidly...like 1x per 1/2 sec. Its not a flicker but on/off and...

I have 2 different access points that can go up to channel 14 but the Intel 3945abg card cant see them there (as expected)

Does anyone know how (if) I can get this card to see higher channels like that?

-JD

EXCELLENT!!

This worked. Yes, I had to reboot to make it effectively disabled.
I would have NEVER found this on my own.

Thanks so much !!!

-JD

I have all the sounds disabled in BIOS and I have the XP control panel set to NO SOUNDS/SCHEME. if I am typing and hit some keys are the same time or some FN key maybe, the laptop BEEPS if the sound has been up. I used to just leave the sound off, but with iTunes and stuff..now I cant. is there any ...

I noticed on the Hitachi feature tool - there is a setting for "Configure SATA interface" - does anyone know what thats for? - there is a huge warning stating not to change this if the motherboard doesnt support it: Max capable drive interface speed – 1.5Gb/s or 3.0Gb/s Spread Spectrum Clocking – En...

I have a T60 and I am using a Seagate ST980825AS
with no issues at all.

-JD

excellent - many thanks!

-JD

I am looking for the Part numbers and FRU numbers for the 2 different mPCIe cards that fit in the T60 laptop. Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter (NA) Part: 41A4068 FRU: 41W1027 ThinkPad a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter Part: 41A4071 FRU: ???????? If anyone has one of the ...

Well that didnt help.....But here is what I see on the AP:

Deauthenticated with station 00:13:02:xx:xx:xx (received invalid class-3 frame).

then the T60 goes back online.....

Grrrrrr



-JD

ok. I gave this a try...and I will post back the results. Thanks-
so far its working-

-JD