Hi My X200 has had a broken thinklight for a very long time now, it will work if I squeeze the bezel near the webcam. My microphone has recently stopped working and now my bluetooth is going down the drain, I know it must be a hardware issue because I kind of closed the laptop and physically rubbed ...

My X200 does that as well to varying degrees, sometimes a lot worse then that even, just want to throw the thing out! I believe it might be related to the LCD ribbon cable, my think light does not work either.
Any advice would be much appreciated.

Personally I don't care what people do on their computers, 2011, SSD all the way, the difference is definitely noticeable, even my wife (almost strictly a web browser based user) commented on how fast the computer was when I upgraded to one. Lenovo likely overcharges for them, when I bought my X200,...

My X200 with LED backlight has a really bad screen flickering problem, often the screen flickers terribly, breaks up shows weird grey checkered patterns, or lines. I believe related to the ribbon cable, as the thinklight is also kaput unless I squeeze on the bezel right underneath it. I have found a...

i picked up a 160gb intel x25-m second hand off craigslist for 180, a little risky and supposedly slower in some specs, but i have great luck with a few other intels as well. i highly recommend them.

Ended up getting Windows 7 Pro 64 bit spread over two discs, so that is ok....

Just wondering, if I were to buy another T400, would there be a technical problem using these discs again on a different machine?

No 100% sure on the accuracy of this but.... It would be very wise to always upgrade dual channel ram in pairs, ie take out the existing 2GB of ram and dispose of it however (ebay?). I would upgrade with two 4GB sticks of ram for a bump to 8GB. It does not matter if you get DDR3-1066 ram or DDR3-133...

Just recently bought a used T400 off craigslist, 6473-41U, not bad, it came loaded with Windows 7 Pro and had Office 2007 built in. I noticed the hard drive had been changed from the expected 320 down to an 80, seller apologized and knocked a few bucks off. Anyhow, I attempted to factory restore the...

[censored], would have taken your offer, month too late

why no shipping to canada bra?

Gonna grab 2x4GB sometime this week, 12 months later under $100.

AHHHHHUGH 30 bucks kills it. lol thanks though, I will keep a look out for this part, maybe one day in the future it will be really cheap. or i can get a deal on an as is x200 or something.

Hey I have a couple R32's lying around myself, I upgraded one of them to have 1.5GBs of ram and put in a 160GB 5200rpm. The other one is dead, I try to turn it on and the power and fans come on but the screen stays black.... I wonder if I hook it up to external monitor (new idea!!!)....... Anyhow th...

How much was the cable and who did you order it from???

just using a regular vga to monitor from my x200 dock with ubuntu 10.10, it is kicking butt.

No real buyers remorse on my X200, but I can't afford to upgrade for at least a couple more generations. Its still real good after a year, but how thin and flimsy the lid is, really really bothers me now. I want a ROCK SOLID Thinkpad in the future. I feel Lenovo really cheaped out on some aspects of...

LegendaryKA8: I think your right, would that loose cable cause crashes though? Also how do I file a warranty claim? My Thinkvantage toolbox has plenty of clear options to buy a warranty upgrade (just paid ~$50 for next business day on site) but i am not sure how I actually go about ordering the serv...

I'm not sure if mine is overheating, the only real significantly warm spot is where the RAM is on the bottom. But about a month ago, the thinklight malfunctioned, if I squeeze the lid it will come on, so loose connector..... Also I just started getting the sudden shutdowns, watching a youtube vid la...

My X200's thinklight does not work unless I apply a pinching pressure directly below it on the lid, I would really like to fix this (you don't miss it till its gone), but do not want to mess anything up in the process. Should I look into warranty service for this? still 150 days left in warranty... ...

Ok so done and done now, that create rescue media is a labour intensive process imo, the few bucks that lenovo saved, certainly wasn't equal to my time. Anyhow, grand total for "create recovery media" for my X200 running Windows Vista Basic 32-bit = 14 CD , way too many imo.

I'm creating rescue media right now for my X200, I ordered an x25-m 80gb, so I figure the media will be helpful. My ultrabase only has a CD burner, and I am currently on disc 12, babysitting on and off for a good 12+ hours now (each cd is taking a good 20 minutes to burn+verify), can anyone give me ...

personally im waiting for an Intel SSD with at least 100GB and be affordable, my 250GB 5400rpm is doing an ok job so far...

x200 owner, its not bad, i don't think i could handle any smaller though.

the ultrabase is a key accessory, i have one and its great, but it was also $170, a little over priced if you ask me.

bleh i got x200 p8600 4gb ram 9 cell, 6-8 hours outta the battery no problem i'd save your money and get that instead of x200s

my boots around 90 seconds with 100+ processes running, my workaround is called "sleep" 5 seconds from hitting the button to working. 5 seconds to "shutdown".

[quote="mbaha"]Back on topic, anyone have a lead on the best deal for x200 thinkpads?[/quote] Canadians get the shaft on this site for reporting deals, here's the link with the details i used to snipe mine: http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/lenovo-thinkpad-x-w-series-20-off-t-r-series-15-off-top-ep...

i'd get a refund on that bad boy, and order another x200s pronto!!! 10 days passed, problem solved!

heh, could be just initial indexing? my copy of vista did this for about the first week and finally chilled out on the thrashing.

[quote="gecko"]mint consumes like 19w of power even after i tried powertop, while it consumes 12w in windows vista/7. hope it'll improve soon. using a T61 btw.[/quote] this is the reason i am really weary of using any linux on my x200, im going to go with ubuntu 9.04 64 bit, just to have it, i figur...