Wow, ok thanks much for the reponses; I had a feeling it was not likely to be an easy mod... too bad.

I have a W520 with which I'm overall quite satisfied-- aside from the FHD display that I was hoping would be sufficient for color work, which it sadly is not. I'm seeing that the new W541 and W550s models come with a 3k IPS display option, which is making me highly envious-- and given that I'm very ...

After doing some further research, for anyone who might be interested, the following thread is immensely helpful: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/2983567?page=3 Using my i1display 2 with the dispcalgui software, the W520 panel is actually usable with respect to color; the built-in calibration ...

Thanks to some wonderfully helpful threads on this forum, I was made aware of the amazing calibration tool dispcalGUI. I have an i1Display2 that I'm using with the Argyll drivers and dispcalGUI. I'm curious for those out there who may have used this software with their W520, what did you select in t...

Thanks for the response, Temetka; we do indeed host the exchange server on site. I was wondering if in fact nothing would need to be done on the Exchange side, given that DNS will resolve "domain.com" and therefore Exchange would be unaffected by a move to a different web hosting provider and/or DNS...

thanks for the link RealBlackStuff-- was mostly wondering if someone had dealt with this issue before; my knowledge of dealing with mail servers is pretty minimal...

I would like to migrate my organization's primary website to a different hosting provider, which is a straight-forward process, however we also have an exchange server that handles mail for this domain. Our domain registrar is Network Solutions and our DNS appears to be handled by our current hostin...

Just to provide an update here-- fortunately, I was able to recover all data from the corrupted drives with the help of GDB-NTFS (needless to say, I have learned a hard lesson about playing "fast and loose" with something like DBAN, ha.) I'm on Windows 7 and using the disk management utility, as sug...

Thanks RealBlackStuff, that is extremely helpful-- and reassuring. Given that reconstructing the partition table seems like no simple task, I'll go forward with recovery via GDB. Another question though-- I opened up the disk management console, and I'm seeing the disk listed in black with the whole...

Here's another question though-- once I've recovered all my files, and I want to wipe & reformat the corrupted drive, what software can I use given that I can't actually see the drive in Windows (and thus it doesn't seem to have a drive letter)?

Thanks for the responses guys; something I should add is that I know the corruption in this case is my own fault-- I did something extraordinarily stupid while prepping my main drive for a fresh OS install, doing a wipe with DBAN that I put into "auto" mode, and saw to my horror that it began wiping...

I have a 2TB external USB drive that has been corrupted-- i.e. the drive is recognized by windows when attached as it shows in the device manager, but it does not show in "my computer" as an available drive. After doing some research, I found and purchased the program "GetDataBack for NTFS" which fo...

thanks for the great feedback guys. I'm particularly glad to hear that the missing start button isn't causing too much headache (I've read many conflicting accounts on that front.)

Tim-- how are you implementing the 2GB turbo memory?

I would consider myself highly adaptable when it comes to embracing software/OS/interface updates of all kinds; I've been with Windows since 3.1 and I've never hesitated in upgrading immediately with successive versions, even in the case of Vista (with which I never had a real problem btw). However,...

thanks for the response RealBlackStuff; I read a bit about email spoofing, and I'm assuming some kind of a worm got into my account. I guess I'm still confused about how this sort of thing originates, as I never clicked on any kind of suspicious link or opened a strange attachment, etc. as I'm prett...

I just realized that a Yahoo email account of mine was apparently hijacked and it appears that two different spam messages were sent to various addresses that seem to have been plucked from my inbox and contacts list. Fortunately, this is a generic "crap" account that I use to register with various ...

thanks! I'll give it a try.

I have Kingston D101 G2 16GB USB thumb drive that seems to have crapped out on me-- on my W520 Windows 7 machine, upon plugging in the thumb drive, explorer locks up for a bit and after a minute or so a dialog box appears saying that the drive needs to be formatted in order to be used; I then try to...

not sure if this is what you're experiencing, but I ordered a W520 w/ Bluetooth and it wasn't showing up at all until I did the following (taken from Lenovo support forums): Download the keyboard hotkey drivers and install them. It'll allow you to use the Functions at the top of your keyboard, then ...

I've replaced the optical drive in my W520 with an HDD, and I'm wondering if it's possible to adjust power management settings for this particular drive? I'm using the HDD pretty much exclusively as a data/backup drive, and would like it to spin down when idle; I see the "turn off hard disk after......

here's one final question on the topic of an ultrabay HDD-- how can I access power management settings for this particular device? i.e. to spin down the drive when idle after x minutes? Within the "advanced settings" of the power options, I see "turn off hard disk after..." for battery and ac, but i...

agreed-- the carrying case is a very nice, professional touch on the part of newmodeus (I have no connection to the company whatsoever btw.) pretty pathetic lenovo doesn't provide one, especially when they're charging $60; you'd think they could throw that in...

just to provide an update: I ended up going with the 750GB Scorpion Black HDD with a newmodeus adapter and I'm extremely pleased with the result. The Scorpion drive is extremely fast and quiet. I'm also quite impressed with the quality of the newmodeus caddy and the fact that they even provide a car...

good point on powering down the HDD via power management. think I will go for the ultrabay option with the scorpio black drive. as far as comparing the data transfer speeds between the two options-- i.e. external usb 3.0 drive and ultrabay HDD @7200RPM-- would there be a huge/noticeable difference?

davidhbrown wrote:Seems like the error message you quote pretty well downplays any risk

true... thanks for the confirmation; I guess manipulating thermal management just makes me a tad nervous

hey kenyee-- just out of curiosity, with what device(s) are you using the widi tech and how has your experience been? I hadn't even heard of it until I purchased my W520... it's definitely intriguing.

thanks for the responses guys; good point about the 5400 RPM option, and that WD Scorpio black is definitely enticing. akitaen: how significant is the feel of the additional weight with that HDD in the ultrabay? and do I understand correctly that one can also add an mSATA SSD in the WWAN slot? that'...

I'm currently debating whether I should just get a portable external usb 3.0 drive for added storage & backup to complement my Intel SSD in the main bay, or get the caddy and a 9.5mm SATA drive for the Ultrabay. I'm leaning towards the latter and just wondering if anyone can recommend a good HDD wit...

thanks for the responses guys; I probably will try the latest version of tpfancontrol to compare. I'm still wondering though, does that event log warning indicate the potential for damage to the system?

looks like it's actually "Realtek High Definition Audio"; wonder if it's an improvement over the crappy Conexant card on the W520...