Updating Bios via ThinkVantage System Update fixed the issue!

There were many bios updates I made since I bought the lap, but I'm sure I haven't done any for about ~6 months. Strange.

Thanks for the reply

I forgot to mention that my t430 is not equipped with dedicated graphic card (Intel HD only)
and I haven't changed my power supply adapter

My T430 is throttling cpu to 1,18GHZ max when connected to power supply no matter which power/performance plan I choose. Weird is that my cpu gets back to higher frequency when I run it on battery. I'm using a genuine 65W Lenovo power supply adapter. Not sure about when problem appeared.. but my com...

I have replaced the 40GB disk with a new 160GB. Then I used rescue & recovery cds to create a predesktop area - this worked fine. When trying to recover my system (selecting "erase c:\ partition only") from hdd it says that it's unable to use the rescue & recovery product module.. Searching the foru...

Hello, My T42 with readon 7500 has died (which is 99% caused by GPU problem). I would like to avoid reballing, which costs a lot here where I live or buy another mainboard. I can choose between 7500 9000 9600 chipsets... Can I just buy any other than 7500 and avoid the GPU reballing problem in the f...

6.X branch (6.2 RELEASE at the moment) seems to be more polished & mainained.

Hi, I've finally got my drive restored to factory state (and Yes, I've made 7 recovery cds) and now I see there is no rescue & recovery 3.1 installed. Also, I only have Ultra rapid restore 4.0 for backups. Should I upgrade to R&R 3.1? I've read many of you had problems after upgrade. How about funct...

Only for download as I'm in Poland and I need them fast

Support says they can send me the recovery cd set for 60 PLN (~20 USD) and that I should get it in 3 weeks.

I can't wait so long!, Lenovo/IBM - I hate you!

I've removed both partitions leaving hda1 (NTFS, winxp) &
hda3 (fat 32 Hidden predesktop area).

Still occuring error.

Are there hda1&hda3 on your t42 too ?
It' s 40GB disk.

Hi, IBM T42 Thanks to Pc-doctor 5.0 and my old company which deleted my backup I have to resinstall my windows. I've logged into predestkop area (access ibm) when booting, and tried both: restore my c:\partition only restore hard disk Both result with "restore failed" message There are 2 additional ...

When clicking the calendar in restore I can't switch to october ? Did you click on the little arrow on the top left corner of the calendar? Yes, I did. When I move the mouse over this arrow I get "Pokazuje poprzedni miesiąc" / displays the previous month. But when clicked nothing happens. Is there ...

Run System Restore in Safe Mode to complete going back to the proper restore point. 'In any event, you can still uninstall programs; alot of utility software, such as CCLeaner, have Uninstaller lists that are usually made with redundant functionality akin to the ARP CPL. Should the Add/Remove Progr...

Hi, Something strange happened to my T42 (win xp prof PL). 2 days ago, my firefox has been restored (I had to reconfigure all my extensions etc). Today I see that I am unable to uninstall most of my programs, please take a look at: http://rato.pl/t42.JPG For example System restore icon is black (not...

It works fine when I install a clean windows xp installation. Problem appears right after installing software installer & software it offers so I assume It's an IBM software problem. There was a similar problem with AC (fixed in 3.12) - that's why I treated AC as a problem here. Will try with AC uni...

Hello,

My T40 won't shutdown. When I click 'shutdown/restart' it does nothing.

I assume this problem relates to thinkvantage access connections which version is 4.12

Anyone experiencing the same problem ?

Thanks,

I don't know if it will help you, but click teh sticky at the top of the forum and read the 2nd page. I had a HUGE problem with Fn+F5 that I fixed by running that program. Hello, Tried this download: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/7avu23ww.exe ~4MB Didn't help. I'm confused as I'm new...

dunno if this will help or not... I had a h/d failure in my t42p, restored from media set, then ran the software installer to get all updates. At the end of that - same situation - Fn-F5 was unable to turn on the wireless radio. I fixed mine by manually downloading the latest wireless driver from t...

I have admin privileges. No limits.

When running AC with wifi disabled in control panel/connections
I can only manage bluetooth connections nor wifi.

Thanks

Hello, I have already read some posts, but I am not sure if this is the issue. IBM Wireless LAN Adapter Software (11a/b, 11b/g, 11a/b/g) v. 3.1.102.23 ThinkVantage Access Connections v. 4.12 I know there are some issues with Fn+f5 clicking. When wifi card enabled in windows (control panel-network co...

Thank you All ! I've decided to reinstall my laptop from scratch. My windows partition was 10GB and it was not enough. Now it's 4gb hidden partt, 4gb+1gb linux, and my windows xp partition got the rest. I hope not to see "low disk space" soon. I read your the first post to use fixboot as even I did ...

Hello, I've occured a problem with my T42 (with R &R hiddedn partition). Installed ThinkVantage Rescue & Recovery v. 3 which took lots of time and after install I am unable to boot my windows xp. I am using linux grub to boot either ubuntu or windows xp R & R destroyed my grub. After reinstalling gr...