Our t410s is crashing sporadically, and has a number of other issues. 1. Sometimes when booting, I get error 2100, HDD0 initialization error. I am using an 80GB Intel SSD that came with the machine. 2. Sometimes when working, it will just crash - sometimes with a blue screen. This often (but not alw...

I have the W510 and am reasonably happy with it. However, I have the FHD screen and I definitely think this would be a worthwhile upgrade. - CPU Whine: yep, I have that. However, I had that on my T60 as well, and my T410s also has it. I've never owned another brand of laptop, so I have nothing to co...

ThinkPads are spill-resistant, not spill-proof. I dropped a 16oz glass of ice water on an X300 with no ill effects. http://blog.lenovo.com/perspectives/spi ... -420643808 What did you do to minimize the damage once the spill had happened? I unplugged it, wiped up the mess, then let it stand for a f...

I thought thinkpads were supposed to be spill proof. I spilled approx one half pint of beer on my w510 keyboard, and it promptly shut down and will not start... A bit disappointed that the drain holes on the bottom are apparently there just for show. I still have warranty, but doubt that it covers m...

I'm running a t42 with an intel 2100 wireless b card, and it's constantly dropping my wireless connection every two minutes or so. I've tried two routers - a dlink, and a linksys wrt54gl, and I have the same problem with both. I was thinking of just upgrading the wireless. Can anyone recommend a dec...

Looking for a replacement motherboard for my T42. I'm located in Toronto, Canada.

I have an ultrabay III adapter with a 320GB SATA drive. I'd like to put in the 1TB western digital drive, but it's 12.5mm high...

Does anyone know if it'll fit in the w510? If not, what's the biggest drive that would fit?

Don't count on it. I placed my order on March 1st. My expected ship date was pushed back twice -- now it's at April 6th. Meanwhile I see other people on this forum who placed their order after me have already received theirs. When I try to find what part is delaying the shipment, they dont' tell me....

I can force the ethernet to 100 megabit: ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off but this doesn't seem like a very good solution. It works for now until I figure out a proper fix. Yes, I'm having the same problem with brightness, which I noticed after more testing. I haven't really tried t...

I've installed xubuntu 9.10 on my w510. After installing the backports modules, my wireless works. Still two problems: - The brightness control does not work. It displays a brightness indicator that I can adjust up and down, but the actual screen brightness does not change. - Wired ethernet does not...

I ordered the SATA adapter III for my w510 (43N3412), as this is the only adapter listed in the TA book for this model. It doesn't fit properly: there's a huge gap at the top. It does work, but the gap is going to let in all kinds of dirt and dust... This is very disappointing. Is there another sata...

I've had a lot of problems with my T60. It's been in for repair at least 3 times since I purchased it 3 years ago: - Processor (T2500) overheating. Heatsink/fan replaced under warranty. - Optical drive bad. Replaced under warranty. - Second optical drive bad after a few months, didn't bother to repl...

I have a T60 with a 2GHz T2500 processor and 3GB of memory. I'm constantly running out of memory. As it stands, I don't think I can use more than 4GB of memory (3GB physical + 1GB virtual). Is there a way to get Linux to use more than 4GB of memory on this laptop (I realize only 3GB will be physical...

Now that I think about it, increasing my RAM won't help. If I'm running out of memory now, I will still run out with more RAM. (Since the addressable amount of RAM+Swap will remain a constant 4GB - or maybe 3GB - with my 32bit CPU) Time to go 64 bit I guess... Thanks for the link. Yes, the limitatio...

I have a T60 with a T2500 processor (core 1, 32 bit), running Ubuntu GNU/Linux, and I'm constantly running out of memory. If I upgrade to 4GB, I understand only about 3GB of memory will be available due to an annoying and unadvertised (at the time of purchase) chipset limitation. Is all 3GB of this ...

Bashar wrote:its all about Intel

i believe 2Q 2009 we could see W500 with quad core

Are these quad core processors for notebooks Socket P - or are they just desktop processors (S775) crammed into notebooks?

I could really use a quad core, as long as I can actually load all four cores without a meltdown.

How did you manage to use 4GB of memory in a T60p? I thought they only supported 3GB.

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I have a T60, Core 1 Duo (T2500), X1300, 2 gb memory, 1 SATA drive and 1 PATA drive via ultrabay. Running Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron). It suspends OK, but after it resumes I can only use the computer for about 30 seconds. After that, any application I open (eg. the terminal) draws a blank window and i...

Nope, they're socketed and should be upgradeable.

Mr Blek wrote:Its possible to upgrade the processor on a T60p? Are they not soldered in?

Hi all, I have a T60 C4U-2007 with 2 gigabytes of memory and a 2GHz T2500 processor. I would like to upgrade to 4 GB of memory, but my understanding is that T60's do not support 4GB of memory. Questions: - If I upgrade my processor to core 2, I will still not be able to use 4GB of memory, correct? -...

OK, I think I'll take it in for service. powertop is interesting and made some suggestions, but they all related to saving power when the cpu was idle or partially idle. My problems always occur under load, and my machine is pretty much always at 100% cpu. Maybe laptops just aren't reliable for that...

I have a t60, core 1 duo 2ghz (t2500), x1300, 2gb memory, and two hard drives installed (both 5400 rpm). Ubuntu 7.04. My CPU temperatures are very high (95C+ under full load). I was trying to run something yesterday that fully loaded both cores, and the entire system shut itself off - presumably bec...

Under full load (both cores @100% for several hours), my cpu temperature is around 75C. Is that normal? It seems very high...

I bought a T60 (from a reseller) and it was promptly delivered about 3 weeks ago. I was out of town at the time, so I actually only got it a week ago. The screen was terrible, and the fan never shut off. I called lenovo and they told me to take it to my local IBM service provider. I did that, and it...

These keys seem pretty useless. It isn't any harder to hit alt-leftarrow or alt-rightarrow to go backward and forward. They just clutter up the keyboard. Get rid of those, and the windows key... you know, the ones flanking the Up Arrow key. refer to this post for why this poll is up http://forum.thi...

Looks like it's a TMD... I only see the light leakage at certain angles... The viewing angles are generally poor actually, which was indicated elsewhere in the forum for TMD panels... Maybe I will try to send it back for a unit with a different panel manufacturer...

Just got a new t60. 2007-c4u (2Ghz core duo, x1300, 14.1" SXGA+)
My screen leaks quite a bit of light at the bottom. How can I find out who manufactured my panel?

Interesting. I checked the maintenance manuals for both the n100 and v100, and they both show diagrams of the CPU being socketed...

Does anyone know if the v100 has its CPU socketed or soldered? What about the n100?

I was wondering if they could be upgraded to core 2...