bought Seagate Momentus SATA 7200rmp Silent, but vibrates. Went back to using the factory HD (Hitachi, though it is starting to (that or i'm beginning to notice) read-write noises. I'd suggest sticking with 5400RPM drives. Noises are a annoying, but i find vibrations simply unbearable especially whe...

BIOs - the one before the latest fan - can't tell you how often it runs, though the fan's not necessary on when the palm rest is hot CPU - 2-3% when idling, used by task manager, firefox, and msn, running under 50 processes surface - ya, it's a wooden desk, which is unlikely to change though, especi...

Thanks! the model numbers will come in handy, i'm always a little unsure if i have the right model down (i'm assuming the model #s you have down will work with the x60s and not just x60) The extended battery i will hold off on. Lenovo shipped by 8-cell replacement. That and the old 8-cell will be mo...

Aive me an idea how much an ultrabay for the x60s cost? and it'd be greatly appreciated if you guys could give me advice as to where best to purchase a 100Gb travelstar (7200rmp). Won't have enough dough to get buy things other than food for the next two weeks, but can't hurt to dream right? turning...

- new driver for intel card - test it out on power save mode with and without batteries - check out process explorer - consider more RAM (though i'm not running any graphic-intensive programs save for the occational photoshoping {parking passes} so i think i'm ok in that front with 1GB {512 x 2}) ju...

Have you already tried setting power-save mode to maximum, on the intel card? no, since both at the basement lab in school and at home in the basement i have a poor enough connection as it is. That's also the other reason i'm looking into the Atheros card, since it gets a stronger signal than the i...

Access Connections lets you automate the setting of transmit power and power savings, so for example if at home you know that you're always close to the AP and the power save mode is compatible and you have WPA2 encyption, then it sets the appropriate settings, if the AP at starbucks is further awa...

I'm definately going for the Hitachi 7200rmp drive (TravelStar 100 GB 7K100) as it's consistant with the reviews i've seen in this forum. Thanks for the tips on partitioning. The reason i thought 3 would work is so that i only have to reformat/reinstall/rollback the partition used for windows should...

While on a month-long trip through as much of China as my bank account can allow this past summer, i blew most of what i had left on a x60s in Hong Kong ($2000 CAD [thanks to a good friend of mine for the lenient exchange rate} for my 1GB RAM, 80GB 5400rmp HD, 8-cell battery, xp home, intel Wifi, ex...