Did you change the BIOS to compatible mode for the SATA drive?

The problem is unlikely to be the active protection system -- it is closing the lid, with whatever action is associated with that in your configuration. All the active protection system does is unload the heads from the hard disk; it has nothing to do with screen resolution.

On models that are equiped for WLAN that space is, AFAIK used by a WLAN antenna. On other models, like mine, that space is just occupied by a blank piece of plastic. The WiFi antennas are actually behind the black plastic bezel that surrounds the screen. It's all enclosed. There is nothing to pull o...

The graphic memory is allocated automatically as needed. There is no user setting to control that.

Specs say read latency is <1ms. It would seem that write latency is much worse. But how much worse?
In any case, interesting first impressions. Thanks for sharing.[/b]

Maybe it's because the port replicator is not a dock? AFAIK the dock has extra slots, etc. whereas the port replicator just, er, replicates or brings out ports that already exist on the base machine. AFAIK a different configuration of USB devices doesn't qualify for a different hardware profile unle...

Never believe the "normal price" or the "reference price" cited in those kinds of promotions. It is often inflated to make the deal look better than it is.

I would definitely advise against going the superglue route. But good pointer about having the bottom of it touching anything, although this should not happen in a properly assembled keyboard unless there is a foreign body somewhere. When it happens I just let it go and wait for it to settle; small ...

If by "tone control" you mean bass/treble they are not operative on this chipset.

The writing is on the wall. LED based backlighgting is in the future: lower consumption, color gamut control, etc. and also no more need for a noisy high voltage inverter and delicate backlight high voltage lamp. But it will happen when it makes economic sense, not before. My guess is that high end ...

IMHO, if you go to any resolution finer than 1024x768 on a 14" you need to switch to the "large font" in Display Settings. Otherwise it is much too hard on the eyes (and if it is not today, it guarantees eye trouble in the future). The higher resolution gives you better formed characters and sharper...

I have a T60 Type 1953-D6U. It runs cooler than my old T42.

There is no standard definition for a line out, but generally speaking it would be an output that puts out around 100mV to 1V with an impedance low enough to match most devices that you would connect to it. In that sense, the T60 has a line out. It is low impedance because it is designed to drive he...

If you absolutely have to test in Safari, then you cannot escape the Mac hardware. On the other hand, you might get by with the cheapest Mac you can get your hands on and save the real money for a ThinkPad. Everything is so virtualized these days, even within the ThinkPad drivers, that distinctions ...

It's a planning compromise on the part of the Intel chipset designers. Not uncommon, and in fact a reasonable compromise at the time. Remember, every feature has a cost... and if a feature is premature the cost can never be recouped. But we remember also that someone famous once said "no one will ev...

The touchpad has automatic action zones that sometimes go haywire, or that you may be triggering without realizing it.

It is an Intel design issue but it can be exacerbated by individual mechanical tolerances in parts or in assembly (e.g. rigidity of the surface mounting of a component, microscopic variations in dimensions in inductor parts may result in very high pitch noise, the kind most of us don't hear unless w...

Compressed air just moves the dirt around and can actually push dirt in where there was none before. Use a gentle vacuum cleaner. A home vacuum cleaner with the round attachment for couches might be gentle enough--try it first on some other surfaces, the last thing you want is snag off a key from th...

Lenovo tech support will help you regardless of where you purchased your Lenovo computer (within the warranty service area at least) so don't hesitate to contact Lenovo tech support to help you through this. Right now no one can help you very effectively because it seems that you don't have all the ...

The stock screws are nylon coated. That, rather than friction of the head, keeps them from loosening if they are not screwed on too tightly. You should be safe with those screws not torqued to the max, as long as the nylon doesn't wear out (which is why in theory the screws should be replaced with f...

I think most people are quite satisfied. Greasy wheels are louder than those that run smoothly.

The audio files are a set that also includes the modem audio. If you can't install it I suggest you call tech support and have them help you through the process. There can be some tricks involved if you don't download exactly what you need and you don't do the operations in the specified order. But ...

My view of this is: Wait until SP1 at least, unless you really badly need a Vista feature. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

The speakers in my 14" T60 are not as good as those on my T42, but they are still very adequate for their main purpose (I use my machine for business, not for gaming or movies, so when I need presentation quality sound I use external speakers along with a projector, and the rest is mostly sound effe...

I swear by my Trager Executive Transporter ( http://tragerusa.com/catalog_laptops.html ) While it has pockets, I also use it occasionally as a sleeve because the pockets are basically "flat" and it has good all around protection. I've had that bag for 4 years, 3 laptops, and it has been all but inde...

IMHO SXGA on anything smaller than a 19 inch screen is a recipe for eyestrain and headaches, unless you increase the system font size to be about the same as on XGA. For example, 120dpi on a 17" screen. Note that YMMV. My eyes are not as young and reckless as they used to be. There are applications ...

I don't use a FlexView screen, but in my experience reflective screens tend to cause much worse eye strain and headaches mostly because we "tune out" reflections of bright objects in the screen. Rather than recognizing that they are there and doing something about them, our brain works overtime to t...

The gap should be too small for a fingernail to fit in. The palmrest must be hooked down on the front at an angle and then the back brought down, to where it aligns with the screw holes. If you try to push it straight down it won't hook properly, and if you push hard enough you can break or damage t...

The 2 conductor cable is a generic 2 conductor cable of the type used for boomboxes, camcorders, electric razors, etc. This is perfectly safe without a ground because the adapter is double-insulated (the international symbol for that is 2 nested squares) and, at least if you buy the genuine model fr...

Your IT administrator may have configured Access Connections so that you don't have access to those settings. Found this in Access Connections Help: Access Connections provides an administrator-only function which is enabled through a separately downloaded utility. Once this utility is run, the main...