So to catch up... After my posting in late July 2018, I've put on about 13,000 miles. Most of it has been the commute to and from work (13 miles each way). Longest trip was a run down to Disneyland in October 2018. I also did a one-day trip up to Squaw Valley to ski on July 4th of this year. Used th...

Back from the "dead"!

I hope to be checking in here more often (than last October) .

And I'll be updating this thread with more recent information on my car in a little bit.

I have been keeping my eye out on any reports of people attempting to hack Teslas. Although I expect to see somebody trying to unlock features they haven't paid for, rather than any real malicious behavior. Yes, OTA updates can be considered a prime attack vector, but the Tesla app that you load int...

I'm not sure if there's any active attempt to hack the firmware in a Tesla. At least I've not run into it being discussed anywhere yet. My understanding is that the various options that can be added to the car after it has been sold by way of an over-the-air update (Enhanced AutoPilot, Full Self-Dri...

As somebody who has gone through more than his fair share of T23 systems from eBay (last count was 58 machines), let me chime in with this: 1) Back when I was seriously collecting T23 laptops (about 10 years ago), the cleanest and cheapest SXGA+ systems I bought was for around $80-$90. Some were goo...

@TonyJZX: The only other non-ICE car I've driven was a loaner BMW i3. Goofy looking, quiet, suicide doors, decent acceleration (nothing compared to the 3) but terrible on range. The one I had included the REx option; a tiny ICE motor in the back that generates electricity. Combined, the battery and ...

@RBS: AWD ≠ off roading. Or about the same reason why Porsche sells the Carrera 4. Or an Audi S4. Nobody in their right mind would ever consider taking those cars "off road". I originally wanted AWD as it is helpful for traction in the wet (we do occasionally get rain here in CA). It 'snows' about o...

I've mentioned elsewhere my recent purchase of a Tesla Model 3 . I've decided to start a new thread as further discussion about electric cars or SUVs would be off topic there. By a stretch of my logic, since the car is controlled by many (?) processors, it's more of a computer-on-wheels then a tradi...

Sad to say, but Thinkpads have taken a back seat in my life recently. Some of you may have noticed that I haven't been posting here that much in the last several months. I've been spending my time at another forum (heresy!). Relax, it has nothing to do with laptops. I'm still using TPs, having "grad...

I would say that about the only way memtest86+ could "kill" a laptop would be because the temperature of the system board and/or components got too hot. I will concede that running the memory diagnostic can cause the memory, and possibly some of the other subsystems in the laptop, to get warm. Indee...

Sorry for the late reply but the X60/X60s disk set that I have is WinXPP SP2. I do have an image for the WinXPP SP3 upgrade.

Sorry for the late reply meanie, but you have a PM!

Sorry for being late to the party... I've had an HP LaserJet 200 Color MFP for a couple of years. Works great. Takes a few seconds to warm up and is a little bit noisy (compared to an inkjet) but it's been fast and reliable. Like you, I had an inkjet (HP Business Inkjet 1100d) but with only occasion...

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BTW, any of you own a Bimmer or Merc?

2000 BMW E46 (323i). I use an ODB II USB interface cable; no serial port needed.

....Option 2 is doable for me and I may do it but I'm gonna get AT&T 5GB tiered plan $45 I believe with autopay and try out my M1 if my speeds are good enough I'll spring in for unlimited plus plan... Anything faster than my current DSL will be enough for me to switch to it permanently... Heck I do...

If you're stuck with using the AT&T network, then I'd suggest going to their web site or local store to find out what types of plans that they offer. I can tell you about my recent experiences since I use them for cell service and have had four different dedicated hotspots (none AT&T) in the past. I...

Swap out/re-seat the CPU?

Ann, I don't believe that the various models of T30 made over the years changed either the Intel chipset or the video controller on the motherboard. Those two hardware subsystems are the main sources of problems when transferring a hard drive from one model type to another. What you may end up chang...

All I'm finding on ebay is the 1600x900 version of the T440s. Strange. Maybe you are too restrictive in your search (i.e., setting price point too low). I was able to find a couple of systems using this search string: (thinkpad,lenovo) (t440p,t440s) (fhd,1920) Note that this search also finds the F...

Welcome to thinkpads.com! I don't know off the top of my head which is the oldest 14" FHD system, but you can do a Google search and come up with: - Thinkpad T460s (2016 model) You can also go to the PSREF (Personal Systems Reference) area at Lenovo and download a bunch of .PDFs and search yourself:...

I believe that one of the major problems with trying to connect an external hard drive via the Blu-ray player's USB port is that it may lack the necessary power (i.e., maximum current capability) for the HD. I suggest contacting Sony's technical support, reading your product's manual or posting the ...

Mixing memory sizes? You should be able to freely mix-and-match memory module capacity, up to any system/firmware maximum size limitation. I do not recall there being any requirement for "matched sets" in those days. In some cases you may need to use one socket before the other, or in other cases, p...

Sorry for wasting your time. I verified the disk drive and memory in my X31 but still am running into the "load disk 1" problem. If/when you get the retail copy of Windows XP installed, come back here and click on the Drivers link at the top of any page, navigate to the X31 and download what you need.

So I finally found one of my X31 systems and attempted to do a full recovery. Procedure appears to go correctly up until the sixth disk is loaded and a request to reboot the system is executed. The system then asks for a Supplemental disk, which I do not have so I click on "No", then the recovery op...

So this may not be pertinent to the OP's location, but I bit the bullet on my AT&T cell service and switched over from a plan with 1000 nationwide minutes a month (with rollover), unlimited texting and a jumbled assortment of data plans on five lines (two grandfathered iPhone unlimited data and 2GB ...

Unfortunately I have no experience attempting to execute the restore operation from a USB connected hard or flash drive with copies of the ISO files on it. All my recoveries are done by burning the ISOs onto blank optical disks and proceeding from there. For this X31 set, you should be booting the s...

As far as I know, you can't get a data plan (mobile hotspot, not smartphone) from anyone that's pay-as-you-use-it. As I mentioned earlier in this thread (2+ years ago) there is Internet-on-the-Go (http://www.internet-go.com/ ) which works similar to TracFone; you buy X GB of data for a fixed cost a...

@clarkey & theterminator93: PM from me!

Have used a W520 to create .ISO files from all six CDs. This time the R&R (41A4007) disk matches what I did for the X41 set a couple of years ago. I'm in the process of uploading them to my FTP site and will let you know when I've verified all of them. Was delayed a little bit today due to a lost of...

I've started creating the .ISO files and have run into a slight problem with the second Product Recovery CD. Each time that I read that disk and create the .ISO file, upon checking the file with WinMD5 it generates a different checksum value. This means that I'm not getting a consistent read from th...