Will look for 4x-rated media, but you know how the box stores are - only like to carry the latest and greatest. Going to be picking up more RAM today (finally making the 1GB-4GB jump, even though I know 32-bit windows won't recognize the last GB). Strange that firmware won't help this - as I've said...

Harryc wrote:I don't think that drive supports 8X DL DVD media, regardless of the firmware. What is the FRU# on the drive?

Finally had a chance to pop the drive out and confirm the FRU # - 39T2829.

HL-DS Model GSA-U10N, Type C2, manufactured December 2007.

I don't think that drive supports 8X DL DVD media, regardless of the firmware. What is the FRU# on the drive? Don't know FRU offhand, will check it when I get home. I was under the impression that part of the firmware was a collection of media ID codes that allow the drive to properly "recognize" m...

Very frustrated right now: Tried to burn a DL DVD on my T61p (see below) over the weekend, ended up with three coasters because my drive (the LG GSA-U10N) probably is too old in firmware terms (reports v1.05) to recognize 8x-capable media. So, I start googling for new firmware. No joy. I check LG - ...

Reading this thread got me to thinking about when I pulled the 4.5GB drive out of my 600 (2645-45U) for a 60GB replacement. I had both drives in and out of the machine a couple of times (with the little bracket thingy on them) because I had some issues with it not recognizing the new drive on a BIOS...

I bought a 3rd party battery a few years ago for my 600, and get between 1.5-2 hours on a full charge, less if I do something strenuous (I'd barely make 45 mins if I was watching a DVD off the optical drive or even from an ISO on the hard drive). It doesn't seem like it's lost too much of its oomph,...

That Tsunami MF-1050 looks like an excellent piece of kit. IMHO, it certainly is - check out this comparison where it was stacked up against about 10 other compressors/inflators: http://www.parksoffroad.com/prodreview/inflatortest/inflatormain.htm (the "Master Flow MV-50" is the same compressor as ...

LIghter socket models are easy to use, but they're slow - I keep a Tsunami MF-1050 in my Jeep, and love it. It's 12V, but clamps directly onto the battery terminals because it's rated to draw up to 30A. Comes in a nice little carrier bag, too. A little more money, but well worth it. On the other han...

I'm running one of those in a 600, have been for a couple years.

I'm with Ajkula - something's very wrong here. What happens if you put the original drive back in this machine?

and of course the 755CDX which was made for removing the back of the top so an overhead projector could display the contents of the thinkpads see through display.. (how'ed they DO that? - i have one in my museum) [censored], I remember those from High School - a couple of overhead presentations in ...

Are we sure the third contact isn't an additional ground? Is there continuity between the known ground on the 90W plug and this third contact?

So how does the machine perform now that you have it installed?

Maybe I'll have a go with it on my old 600 (2645-45U with PII-400 and 288MB ram) - I have a spare partition on the drive in it that I can use for dual-booting between 7 and 98SE.

Rob

I'll be watching this to see if any more interesting solutions present themselves, but I have to agree with the O/P - the volume capacity on my T61p does seem inadequate.

My old 600 with top-mounted speakers was able to generate quite a lot more volume. Perhaps they used a more powerful speaker.

Last time I got those errors, the CMOS battery (tucked in by the RAM sticks) was dead. Those codes have to do with the time and date not persisting (because the battery hasn't the power to maintain them). Try a new battery (tape the wires on your old one to a new cell from Radio Shack) and see if th...

How about the Texas Instruments TI-99 home video game system/ computer from 1980? Voice synthesizer, gigantic coax converter, plus more pixelated games that you could ever possibly want. Hunt the Wumpus? Anyone? My dad brought home a 99/4A one night in 1980, and it's still in the basement to this d...

yep, sounds reasonable, those hoses aren't really cheap; they need to be made well. it could have been so much worse, good for you. Unless you think you can replace them yourself, then it would be a lot cheaper. Well, unless the o/p is experienced in burping all the air out of the system after refi...

The possible causes of external coolant leaks are: My estimate of relative costs involved. [I do all my own work, so this is just a guess.] * loose hose clamp(s) [generally more of a problem in cold weather] - $ * leaking radiator cap - $ * hose(s) in bad condition - $$ * leaking expansion tank - $...

sometime one can be just cruising along and be speeding unintentionally or entering a speed trap.. this is when a detector pays for itself.. Yep - as the saying goes, "when you fly the unfriendly skies, fly unsighted." As for Kunfuchopsticks: I think it's patently unfair to automatically assume tha...

That's some nice telescope he's got there, and the computer control is a nifty feature. Thanks for following up on that.

Glad to hear you got the problem resolved.

The analogy made in this thread--that of cell phone cameras--is perfect: camera phones are not up to the same photographic standards as regular cameras, but they're now so common that you can hardly get a phone without a camera, and it's well-integrated into the software, so you can assign picture ...

Well, I seem to have really poked a stick into a hornet's nest and caused a buzz... Actually, I wasn't necessarily trying to comment on Western science or any other science for that matter - I was attempting (fruitlessly, as it turned out) to lob a little humor into the exchange. It's just that when...

Well, if he isn't going to network it, he'd probably be ok with 98SE (I'd recommend 98SE over 98, simply because it's a bit more "mature" than original 98). While I agree $100 is high for XP, it still beats going to a retail store and paying upwards of $200 (assuming you can even find it at retail ...

Well, if he isn't going to network it, he'd probably be ok with 98SE (I'd recommend 98SE over 98, simply because it's a bit more "mature" than original 98) Of course, one possibility for the reason I had so much trouble with suspend and hibernate might have been that I have my TCP/IP settings set fo...

What do you have against vegetables? :D Nothing. In moral terms, I don't think it's very interesting to relate to vegetables as living beings that one can have something for or against. They just don't have interests. At the risk of injecting a bit of humor into this, I'd ask that we recall Arthur ...

Yeah, that doesn't work either. There's some stuff at the Lenovo web site about an update for installation of Win98 in APM mode. It's not real clear to me in reading it, but it appears the udate is applied at the time of the Win98 install. Before you go to a lot of trouble, I think I'll just start ...

Rob, what did Lenovo say? I too have this problem (on a new R61 with XP Pro) that the battery drains during hibernation (Fn+F12). Battery fine, according to thinkpad utilities. Anyway it certainly doesn't drain when I use the 'Turn off' option instead of 'Hibernation'. Haven't yet tried the trick o...

This happened to me again this weekend - the computer's been in hibernation for a week or so, and the pack is flat dead. This makes three times in the last couple of months. Now, I'm running XP, but I'm still concerned about this - the whole point of hibernation is to not use any power, so what the ...

With my 14.1 non-WS T61p, the 9-cell does have a little wobble when locked into place, but I'd not call it a lot. Certainly nothing I'd be inclined to lose any sleep over.

Has anyone physically laid a 6-cell and 9-cell side by side? Maybe there's a lip on the 6-cell that tightens things up?

o1001010 wrote:why do you possibly want firewire on your thinkpad? it is the biggest security risk there is

Gee, I don't know, maybe because most digital video cameras use a firewire interface?

How is firewire any more of a security risk than USB, RS232, parallel ports, etc.?

Interesting - Anyone try it on XP yet?