in Personalize, i can increase the font size to 150%. This seems like a decent workaround, although the font seems a bit tougher to read. i'll give it a try though and see how it works. if i select "Set custom text size DPI", i have "Use Windows XP style DPI scaling" checked on. turning off didn't s...

not sure how to do that. can you suggest where i look for DPI? i found a few spots, but not sure what i'm doing.

When i close the lid, or unplug my W510, the resolution always resets to the recommended setting of 1920x1080. Since this is too small for my eyes, I have to set it again. I contacted Lenovo support 2-3 months ago when i got the machine, but they have not responded. When I checked with them, they sa...

I bought a W510 with 300GB disk, and separately purchased an Intel SSD 160GB disk. I swapped in the SSD as the boot drive and put the SATA drive in the Ultrabay Drive Adapater as a second drive. I removed the disk caddy (metal tray and rubber boots) from the SATA drive to put it on the SSD, so the S...

I had contacted support initially, and they indicated they could not help with 'configuration' issues. When I contacted sales to return this unit, they had support call me back immediately, reinstalled drivers, tried a few things, and determined it was a hardware failure - either graphics card or LC...

By "lose half the screen", yes the picture is displayed in the center with empty black space around it. I have no problem viewing the higher resolution of 1920 x 1200, but when I scale it down, i can't read it (on half a display).

I will try the projector out that way.

Graham

Just received W500 today and have struggled with the screen resolution . It is recommended at 1920x1200, which I assumed could be easily dropped to 1280x1024 , which is what I need. I thought it would use all the real estate, but at lower quality. Not only do I lose half the screen when I do drop th...

I finally took it to a repair depot and they agreed that the ExpressCard slot is missing. I called Lenovo/IBM support, and at first they said i should have reported it missing within 2 days of receiving it - only had it 3 weeks. Then they called to say they would ship the part under warranty. Thanks...

It looks like the first one - 34mm form factor.

Hopefully this turns out to be a really dumb question!! I have a T61P model 6547-5KU which includes an ExpressCard slot (see spec below). I bought the Lexar 16GB ExpressCard, but it is too short to go into the slot. Is the ExpressCard slot INSIDE the PCMCIA slot, or separate? Do i need an adapter fo...

I am trying to set up my T61p as a dual boot with Vista Ultimate in main drive (C:), and Win XP in the Ultrabay Adapter with 7K200 (D:). I have tried several ways to get Win XP/Win 2000/Win 98 on D:, but cannot. The WinXP install option is not available from the CD, perhaps because it sees Vista on ...

I was about to go to the 'checkout' page on the Lenovo Canada site, and thought i'd check here first. Now I'm a bit concerned about what I'm getting in terms of the screen. The T61 I was about to buy is the 64634XU (T7300, 2000 MHz, 1GB, 15.4 WXGA TFT) for CDN$1,699. i currently have a T42P 2373KXU ...

My daughter returned her T20 to me to remove what she thought were virus problems (I found none), but turns out that the LCD appears to melt after usage. The screen turns into a psychadelic display of colour, creeping into the middle of the screen, then changes to vertical lines. Upon reboot, the sc...

My T42P just died this week because of 'Fan Error', and is now in the shop. They are replacing the fan, but I don't know if that is all that is wrong. Will update if I find out more.

Cheers

Do you guys have Windows Service Pack 2 installed. Microsoft has some new wireless connectivity software that supposedly an improvement over past MS products (but is worthless compared to the power of Access Connections!). I noticed problems like this when upgrading where AC can see the Access Poin...

I have a very similar problem. My 2373KXU is about 3 months old, and my Linksys wireless router about 1 year old. Up until last week all was fine, but now I lose my connection several times per day. Access Connections shows an Excellent association with the access point, AND I am able to access othe...