Hi, My original X31 (2673) 40gb hard drive (Hitachi) died last week :eek: , so I will be looking for a suitable replacement ASAP. Any recommendations would be appreciated :help: I've been told that Seagate and WD drives are particularly good, but I've no direct experience, only what others have told...

Hi folks. My X31's hard drive (Hitachi 40gb) developed the click of death yesterday! I think it may have been as a result of a large power surge we had in my neighbourhood. Eventually it gave up the ghost, along with my external hard drive (Due, I'm guessing, to the same power surge) on which I had ...

Hi there, I was just wondering if my X31 is experience a problem, or just behaving normally? I have noticed that when playing videos (YouTube, Google Video etc) my fan comes on and is quite loud, spinning furiously. This only lasts a few minutes, usually stopping shortly after shutting down said vid...

Hi there, I have an X31 type 2673/QG6. I'm very happy with it, although I have had a real pain with the wireless connection. I have used a couple of adaptor cards; one from Cisco, which was a complete non-starter, and a second from Netgear which, to be honest, has been a complete pain in the a***e d...

Thanks or all the prompt replies; most helpful. I will definitely go for dual -booting, as I don't wan't to lose the IBM tools, which I find really useful. I didn't think to ask before, but does the fact that I've only got a 40GB hdd (in reality 37.5GB) impact upon my dual-booting options? I have 23...

After much persuasion and running of the live CD I am going to install Mint KDE on my X31 2673. As I'm not that tech-savvy, I am getting some help from a friend. He is convinced I should get rid of Windows XP altogether, but I suggested a dual-boot, as I am not sure what happens to all the IBM softw...

Hi there, I have small, but also frustrating issue with my X31 2673. Just lately, and in particular when I'm in the middle of something, the cursor vanishes, the screen freezes and things go very quiet! I thought it might be a cooling issue the -base does get quite hot. So I changed the power settin...

Hi there, I have a couple of quick questions regarding battery use on the X31. 1). When I unplug the AC cable and go to battery use I always check the battery icon in the tray so that I can gauge how much time I've got. What I can't understand is why the figures given jump around and don't always ta...

I am considering installing a linux distro' on my X31, but I am unsure as to what is the best, even if there is a 'best'. I will be initially dual -booting it with Windows XP Pro SP3. My choices are Ubuntu, Xubuntu, and maybe Puppy Linux, but I think I get the impression that final option might be t...

Hello there. I have an annoying problem with the wireless adaptor card for my X31. Originally, I had a NETGEAR 54mbps card suppled with the laptop. This worked fine - as long as I was no more than 6 feet from the router, AND NOBODY ELSE IN THE HOUSE WAS LOGGED ON! And if I went into my bedroom - FOR...

Just got it to work at the fourth attempt! Phew! :-0. Any ideas why it happened and what I can do to stop it happening again? Can't thank you enough.

Hello there, after singing the praises of my X31, I predictably, have a problem! Last night as I was loading a new install of a laptop adaptor card onto XP I noted that the battery warning light was low, so I plugged into mains and carried on. However, I noticed that the warning symbol was still fla...

Hi, thanks for the very prompt response! Sorry if I appear a little uninformed, as I'm new to this Thinkpad thing, but where do I access these functions? Via Windows, or Access IBM?

Many thanks in advance for the useful info'

Hello all. I've recently purchased a used X31 (2672 / 1.6ghz) with 1GB RAM, 40GB HDD, X3 Ultrabase with CDRW, running Windows XP Pro SP3. I'm very happy with my little laptop, but I'm sure it could be even better?! Therefore, I have a few questions for the forum. 1. What is the procedure for undervo...