I actually bought a 2GB turbo memory card for the half mini slot. It doesn't work. The BIOS seems to only allows specific cards to be in specific slots. And the only card that will work in the half mini slot is the wireless USB slot. You'd need a hacked BIOS to get it to work.

I read on the interwebs that if you have something plugged into the blue USB 3.0 ports, it won't boot and that Lenovo is fixing it.

First FHD without MultiTouch dissapeared, now FHD with MultiTouch dissapears. I sure as heck am not going to buy a W510 with 1600x900 resolution. I called Lenovo and they said the FHD LCDs are on backorder due to high demand and that they will be available again in 4.5 weeks.

I have a fully loaded T61P right now. While it is one of the best laptops i've ever owned, it does have some flaws. The screen being the main one. The W510 FHD LED backlit screen sounds very appealing to me, as does the quad core cpu and other newer features. Is it possible to get a W510 with the FH...

Every 30 seconds or so when I'm listening to music or watching a video, the speakers will emit a short popping, distortion, or crackle sound. I have Windows 7 64-bit and the latest drivers downloaded from Lenovo's website. I get this sound on my digital audio workstation when the CPUs are under an e...

I can barely make out what that says. From what I can tell, it looks like there's 3 Bluetooth functions that aren't working. Maybe they are BT2.1 features that aren't supported by the BT2.0 chip in the T60? Did you try connecting to the internet and having it search for drivers?

"However, if it does fail, Seagate is the parent company of i365 data recovery services. Instead of doing a warranty replacement like WD or Hitachi would, they can actually get your data back first." Except, the warranty covers simple replacement or repair, NOT data recovery. Sure, i365 can recover...

I'm running the 500GB 7200.4 in my T61p with no issues. It's very quiet and it's actually faster than the Seagate 250GB in my desktop computer. I've never had a Seagate drive fail on me. However, if it does fail, Seagate is the parent company of i365 data recovery services. Instead of doing a warran...

That would explain why I never saw it. There isn't a picture on the internet that shows the right side. Just the back and left.

I'm going to try and pick one up for $35 and use it to watch HD movies and music on my home theatre via S/PDIF and DVI.

I'm looking to buy one, and in the features it lists Mic In, Headphone Out, and S/PDIF... but I looked at the pictures and I don't see either a optical or coax connection on the back...

bill bolton wrote: More strong evidence that it is a FrankenPad

Cheers,

Bill B.

Yeah. I don't mind it having a new motherboard, and a bunch of stuff missing. I paid less and bought what I wanted. It's like a ghetto CTO system.

bill bolton wrote: You can't "partially replace" a plannar.

Cheers,

Bill

Haha, I meant that they put a new one in, but didn't finish putting it back together (i.e. missing PCMCIA slots, Heatsink bracket missing, missing screws, etc.)

Like I said, I bought it from a large company/liquidation center that's been in business for 10 years. I highly doubt they've been selling stolen goods. It's most likely just an out of warranty laptop that someone partially replaced the motherboard on.. and left it at that. If someone could tell me ...

I went through every configuration possible on Lenovo's driver lookup page, and none of them match. Then I went to the warranty information page, and typed the serial number from the sticker on the frame. I tried the serial number with each of the 8 different type #'s it could be. The only one that ...

I don't know of many sexually active WiFi cards. :lol: Just kidding. Any wireless card can support promiscuous monitoring mode. It's not a limitation of the card, but the drivers that the manufacturer supplies. The 4965AGN does support it. You need Intel's PROSet Drivers, and I believe it gives you ...

The 2GB and 4GB Turbo Memory modules support something called 'User Pinning'. With the Intel utility, you can select files to be copied to the memory. A lot of people put Windows boot files, MS Office, Photoshop, and stuff on there. From what I read, the original Turbo Memory cards were more like an...

I originally wanted WWAN, Wireless N, Bluetooth, and Wireless USB. But I realized that I could either have BT or WUSB, but not both because they share an LED indicator on the screen. However, I don't like unused slots. I noticed that the new generation (post 2008) Intel Turbo Memory cards come in a ...

The sticker that's on the magnesium chassis: It has a type and serial number. Is this referring to the computer as a whole? Or are those just part numbers for the chassis? The serial number number could be the correct one for the computer, but the type # isn't in the correct format and doesn't come ...

There's a metal frame under that piece. I wouldn't assume anything is damaged. You can buy a new palm rest for about $15 USD on eBay.

I found this on another forum. I'm not sure if it works or not. 1) Shut down your thinkpad 2) Turn on your thinkpad and keep hitting the 'ESC' key until you see the windows boot screen 3) Hold down the power button to turn off the thinkpad. NOTE: You MUST TURN THE MACHINE OFF....If you let it boot a...

When the laptop randomly shuts down, do you need to unplug it and plug it back in? I noticed when my T61 went into thermal protection mode, it would shut off and it wouldn't turn back on until I unplugged it. (The little a/c power LED on the screen would go out)

1. The 640GB WD hard drive, despite being 5400rpms, is only marginally slower than a 500GB 7200rpm drive. This is because both hard drives have 2 platters... The 500GB has (2) 250GB platters, and the 640GB has (2) 320GB platters. The data is more tightly 'packed' on the 640GB drive, which means less...

My T61p does this a little. I'm not sure whether it's normal, or if I'm missing a bracket/brace or something. The CPU fan is directly under that corner.

I think the palmrest may be from another T61. The FRU doesn't match any of them in my service manual. So maybe it did have a fingerprint scanner and Vista on it. When I take it apart completely, i'll be able to see the FRU # on the base cover. Assuming it hasn't been replaced, it should tell me what...

Newer conventional hard drives are very good on battery life. In fact, the Seagate 500GB 7200rpm hard drive I just bought has the same power consumption as my 250GB OCZ SSD. Other than the Intel drives, the OCZ Summit, OCZ Vertex, OCZ Agility, Corsair P Series, SuperTalent UltraDrive, Kingston SSDNo...

- SSDs usually maintain 80% of their speed ratings. A drive rated for 210MBp/s will slow down to about 180. This is normal. - It would be good to buy a drive that supports TRIM and use it with Windows 7. Normally when you delete a file, the blocks on the hard drive are marked as empty, and not actua...

If I called Lenovo, do you think they would be able to provide me with some kind of label kit?

Yeah, I have no idea. I verified that I do in fact have a real T61p. I downloaded some program on my USB Ubuntu OS that displayed the hardware specs. It listed a QuadroFX 570M. I'm just one of those people that like everything to be original as possible. When I go to the junkyard for car parts I pic...

It has: Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 2.4GHz 15.4' WSXGA+ Screen Atheros/IBM A/B/G/N Secure Chip Windows XP Pro That's all I know because that's all it came with. It has the cooler for discrete graphics, so I'm assuming it does in fact have a nVidia Quadro 256MB. I've gone through Lenovo's website, and so ...

I don't think it's stolen. I bought it from a reputable company on eBay. I believe it was some sort of liquidation company. I bought other things from them too, and they felt it was necessary to remove the labels. It's just annoying.