Hello, The T9400 is already a nice CPU in this machine (and the others of the same era). Probably the best bang for the buck. The T9900 is around 60 € (and your laptop doesn't cost much more these days). The T9400 is found around 15 €. But the T9900 isn't 4 times quicker. More or less 15 % better. N...

W530 can only take 32 GBs or RAM. But you can install 64 GBs if you like. Hello, It's not possible to install 64 GB in a W530. You can have a look here : https://www.techrepublic.com/article/16-gb-so-dimm-ram-modules-everything-you-need-to-know/ Processors compatible with 16 GB modules Any system u...

Hello, I had a T440 motherboard lying around and I thought it would be a nice idea to use it as a desktop computer. I bought the power cable and a power switch. Then I was able to boot, well, in fact, not a complete boot. I see electrical activity, the fan rotates for 5 seconds more or less, the LED...

Hello, I have received the french keyboard, new like advertised, exactly as I was imagining it, with soft keys and a LED logo on the space key. The feeling is very nice. I took my time, it was the first disassembly of the laptop and I have been extra careful. The most difficult was the trackpad cabl...

fatkatsupra1 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 08, 2023 12:40 pm

I am wholly surprised that with this group of cut-throats the most obvious suggestion has not been offered:

You need to sell a few Thinkpads to me!

HAHAH

That will help you get under that pesky character limit.

Hi, Thanks for the links. The Youtube video is the one I've just watched before seeing your reply ! :D But it was a bit blurry and I didn't see exactly how the guy was putting the cable. But the video on Lenovo : https://download.lenovo.com/lts/RTPW1200/FOF/RTPW1200-X240_REP_FRU_19_LCDPanel.mp4 Here...

Hello, The T420 is a more recent machine and performance-wise, it's way better than the T400. I've used the T400 (with a T9400) as a daily driver for years (with Windows 7) and today, it shows its age (it still runs perfectly, but you see that, when surfing on internet, for me, I can't load pages an...

Hello, In fact, I have always wanted to list them chronologically and by series. The logo with the capital L is used by Lenovo since 2015 and even if my X250 was manufactured in 2015 (october), the old logo (without the capital L) is still used : https://logos-marques.com/lenovo-logo/ If I have newe...

I love this kind of topic. :) Well, this one is a little old but it's always nice to learn about personal feelings, As noticed in the original post, it's not difficult to know the level of performance of a laptop as there are a lot of reviews, but to have actual user impressions is less easy. Thank...

Hello RBS,

Thanks for the answer (I'm not surprised about it and I understand). I slightly modified the signature according to what you said. Not prefectly accurate but I still have room to add machines as time goes by.



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Hello, I have tested JWM also, didn't left unforgettable memories, but it was also very light (it was in a distro named Slitaz, which was very cool, but it's very old). In the same spirit, I have also tested RatPoison and i3 but it's probably the same thing as you just said : too different compared ...

Hello, Today, my X61 (L7700, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB Crucial M4) runs Windows 7 and I also have installed the Middleton BIOS, the use is very pleasant.for light tasks (I avoid Internet with this OS as it's not supported anymore). But when I received it, I tried Debian. But I never install "all-in-one" syste...

Hello, I've searched the forum and seen nothing about that, so I open this topic. As you can see, I have plenty of machines listed in my signature and I'm at the point I can't even write it like I want because I'm blocked by the 300 signs limit. It becomes difficult to read without the spaces I coul...

Hello, I love this kind of topic. :) Well, this one is a little old but it's always nice to learn about personal feelings, As noticed in the original post, it's not difficult to know the level of performance of a laptop as there are a lot of reviews, but to have actual user impressions is less easy....

Hello, The *40 series are the last machines where you can easily upgrade things, I have the T440p in mind (if it wasn't for the keyboard or the max RAM quantity, I would have already bought one for my collection). The other laptops of this generation can also be interesting but not as upgradable as...

Hello, The *40 series are the last machines where you can easily upgrade things, I have the T440p in mind (if it wasn't for the keyboard or the max RAM quantity, I would have already bought one for my collection). The other laptops of this generation can also be interesting but not as upgradable as ...

Hello,

Yes, then ca be nice on an old PC.
And that changes from the famous others like this one :
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Well it's pretty clear that the ThinkPad T23's S3 graphics was meant for 2D productivity workloads rather than 3D. If you got some other laptops of this calibre, you might end up with a Mobility Radeon like the one found on a ThinkPad A30 and that slots perfectly right inbetween the S3 graphics and...

Hello, You're right, I'll do the BIOS update when the soldering problem will be ancient history. An update with new pics ! :) I've bought a new keyboard. It was supposed to be refurbished, but in fact, it's new ! Absolutely immaculate and very comfortable. https://imgur.com/a/F6Jekg8 I just looked a...

Hello, Thanks for your replies and the share of your experiences ! :) It's certainly safest to wait for the BIOS update and only doing it when the graphics problem will be solved. I mentionned three problems. Well, just two more to solve. Indeed, I received this evening a new keyboard. And "new" is ...

Hello, I can understand. When you're afraid or disgusted by certain animals, it can be difficult. Sometimes, just the fact of speaking or thinking about them can awake the fear or make the person sick. Fortunately, I don't have too much problems with spiders, but I must admit it's not a joy when I s...

Hello, Thanks for the useful informations. My friend, if I remember, has a thermal gun (and an oven - I don't have one). I think we could try that next time we see each other (more difficult than before with the pandemic). I haven't thought about contact cleaner. I have some (I used if for an old Pe...

Hello, As I said in an earlier topic , I received a T30 yesterday and as I managed to access to the OS, despite the problems the laptop has, I share the original IBM wallpapers I found on the hard drive. If someone is interested : 1024x768 Leaves.bmp: https://www114.zippyshare.com/v/54H5Naez/file.ht...

Hello, I'm since yesterday the proud owner of a beaten up T30. I've put some photos at the end of the post so that you can see how I received it (and how it is, now). The seller announced that when he plugged the charger, there was only the battery LED that was blinking and nothing more. I tried too...

Hello RBS, Ah ah, nice comparison ! :D I thought about XP, but with the 256 MB of RAM, it would be sluggish (or I would not install the SP3). The disk is already sooo slow ! Well, everything goes fine this afternoon, W2K with SP4 is up and running, not totally up-to-date because I still haven't foun...

Aaaaah, well, some interesting news ! :) I was too lazy to find an IDE disk (hey, it's five in the morning ! :D), so I simply removed the 30GB one. I can now boot on the USB key, and I can boot too on the optical drive (but the one of my other T23), I think my native DVD drive must be fried, and the...

Hummm, it's early in the morning, I didn't sleep much. Or I'm perhaps dumb ! The more older, the more dumber (not a great omen for the years to come ! :(). :D I just had a look in the BIOS of my other T23 and if the BIOS version is not the same (more recent), I have the same options locked. I also h...

Hello, Grrrr, I lost all I have just wrote ! Well, I go again. So, I said that I had a trashed T23 in my hands, mint condition, but its behaviour is very strange. I can only boot from the hard disk. There is a recovery partition, so I tried to install a new image, but when I must enter the password ...

Hello, Sorry to hear that you have problems with your hard drive. Just a warning: even if the HDD is a 1.8" one, it can connect to a 2.5" connector. But don't do that. The voltages for the two kind of disks are not the same (3.3 V for the 1.8", and 5 V for the 2.5"). You'd most likely fry the X41 ha...

The fact that you don't know whether the screen is LED- or CCFL-backlit tells me that your preparations weren't enough. That said, LCD swaps between non-identical laptops is a nerve-wracking affair even for me, especially when it's a client's laptop as it's my reputation on the line and have to pay...