My trusty Thinkpad T61 (6549-TCO) has developed a peculiar issue. When I power it on, the back light will be on, but no image on the LCD. No error codes at boot up. Once I see the HD light stop flashing, I can use terminal services and connect/use it. If I connect an external monitor, it stays blank...

Just wanted to follow up... I ended up getting a Lenovo battery from Amazon, from seller AlienFactory... It was on sale and had prime shipping, so I only paid about $12 more than the Anker battery. Checking Amazon now, clicking "by again" has it from different sellers, for a higher price and no prim...

Anker is refunding my money once I sent the battery back. I'll try and find a reasonably priced real Lenovo battery. This T61 does everything I *need* it to do, my desktop does the rest. And to be honest, I''m not sure what I would get to replace it. I love the track point setup, and the size and re...

Adjusting the thresholds is going to be my final step. With this latest go around with support, Anker replaced the 6600mAh 71Wh battery I purchased with a 7800mAh 84Wh. (I think they are trying to get me up to a 5 star review on their Amazon listing). So changing the thresholds, it will still last l...

I had a similar situation as you. I got a 9 cell Banker battery for my t61 and it would randomly power off. They sent me a 2nd one, which did the same, even in my t60. Will not be going back to anker. These Ankers have only cut out at 7%. never before. never randomly. In any case, what battery did ...

Reserve power is under Alarms in the power scheme. I thought of that possibly being it after posing, so I set reserver power to 0%. it still acted the same, power off at 7%. I also found out that while my Lenovo Power Manger driver is v1.67.09.03, which is current, the Power Manager app is now appar...

I needed a new battery for my aging T61. With the Lenovo batteries topping $100, I took a chance on a Anker battery for about half or even less than half of that I seen Lenovo batteries. I've had great luck with Anker in the past using their external battery packs for Cell Phones/USB devices, as wel...

Does this one work for the T410?

Did you try reversing the Main and Aux antenna wires on the card? No, I haven't. Do you think that could help? I did make sure the two were connected to the card. And because of how the wires are shaped, and their lengths, it appears they are connected to the "correct" terminals. I'm really wonderi...

hi, I have a T61 (6459-CT0) that was my late brother's. It has a built in Intel 3945ABG card from when it was purchased new. Unless I'm in the same room as the router, signal strength and connection speed are usually reported 1/2 of what my other laptops give me (T41 and T60, both with Intel cards t...

Thank you both for the information and suggestions... FredGarvin, it never even occured to me about NOT activating windows and trying it.. so that my KEY is still available if I didn't lilke it on the T61. archer6, I didn't know about that custom option.. for XP Pro, that does sound exactly like I w...

My brother passed away and I now have his Thinkpad T61 (6459-CTO, 2.5Ghz, 2gig ram, 160gig 7200 rpm, bluetooth, firewire, A/B/G wireless, Gigabit ethernet, etc). I don't want to touch his HD, I want to leave it intact... So I purchased a new 320gig WD Black sata drive and now need to load an OS. His...

gravesp wrote:I would say if you can get your T60 for "free" from work and you don't need more processing power, go with it!

The T41 was personal.. and I'm trying to replace my Personal laptop...

the T60 is and will remain property of my employer...

So I'd have to purchase something...

I currently have a T41 that is dying... and i need to replace it... But I'm not sure what to get as a replacement. Work has issued me a T60 (1951-A31), 1.6Ghz Core Solo with 11a/b/g wifi, bluetooth, 60gig hard drive, 1gig ram, 1400x1050 display, DVD-RW drive, etc.. and it works well... I do have a s...

Wow. Where the hell did this thread go?? Yeah wow, what a debate... Btw, so IF i read/digest correctly everything posted here... for "drag/drop" data recovery using Windows Explorer on a working laptop, with the "bad drive" as a 2nd drive... NOT imaging, etc... I can attach via desktop adapter, the...

I figured it wouldn't fit for "permanent mounting"

was more conserned with temporary for data recovery before we send the drive out for warranty replacement...

that other device you suggested looks good too!! Nice find!!

Thank you!!!

Sorry for such a noobie question... I know there is the ultrabay adapter to put a SATA drive into as a 2nd drive... But I'm looking for an alternate solution to recover data when necessary... Is the SATA connector on the 2.5" drives the same as on 3.5" Desktop SATA drives? In other words, would some...

T40 AC Adapter: DC OUTPUT 16V at 4.5A ... 72W (also in my R51, nearly hot) T60 AC Adapter: DC OUTPUT 20V at 4.5A ... 90W http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-61193 Ok, yeah, the adapters I've used with my T20 thru T41 are marked DC Output 16V at 4.5A.. But the one tha...

Thank you... you've answered my questions... and my New T60 is on the way... a 1951-A31.. should be here end of this week, beginning of next... I'll have to order the port rep/docking station for it.. but my manager said he'll approve the purchase for me :) the only thing I wont have is the ability ...

Work is upgrading my T41 to a T60... While they supply the laptop (and what comes in the box), accessories are up to me... I'm having a difficult time figuring out what, if any, of the stuff I have for my T23/T41 will work on the T60... Important... AC adapters? 72W (used with my T23, T30 and T40/T4...

Speaking of blast from the past, somewhere around here, I've got one of these things in a 40Mb version that came in a VERY neat little padded nylon case. I used to use it with my 701C. It was fun just to watch people's reaction to it! :lol: I have a 20meg "hard card" too... I can't find it at the m...

I know, weren't they nice? With PD ability too. :) Mind didn't do PD... mine was just the 4x portable CD... Type 1969-008 FRU 75H7515 P/N07H0632 (on the bottom of the drive...) Adapter P/N 07H0629 FRU 75H7522 Card P/N 46H5904 FRU 75H7523 Battery P/N 07H0637 fru 75H7519 Yeah, I went digging and foun...

I used to have one of those CD Rom drives.. worked via AC adapter or rechargable batteries... Had Audio CD player controls built to it along with headphone jack... I might still have it, card, cables, rechargeable batt, and a/c power cord... burried in the boxes I haven't unpacked from moving... :) ...

Just my $.02... I have multiple USB 2.0 hard drive enclosures... both 2.5 and 3.5"... but for this post I'll only talk about the 2.5" ones... Storix compact Drive USB 2.0 (came with 20gig Toshiba MK2018GAP +5V .7A HD in it.., I upgraded it to a 40 gig MHT2040AH) Buslink Disk-On-The-GO Lite Mod DL-40...