Hi there, After 6+ years, the fan on my T60P (2007-93U) is finally dying and I need to get a replacement. Does anyone know whether the 41W6407 heatsink+fan can be used, or must it be 41V9932? I noted an earlier topic http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=89929 which seemed to imply that a ...

Can someone point me in the right direction to create a bootable DOS DVD so that I can try to flash the eeprom using the Intel utility? I've tried the first couple of links from Google, including "Bart's way to create bootable CD-Roms" without success. Would really like to get rid of this Checksum e...

Great advice - I was looking at those and at that price it's a bargain. I'll keep my eyes pealed for that third sale Cheers Chris!

Thanks f1reverb - they are indeed all original disks. It's more a problem of storage as I simply have too many of them and am moving overseas, so before I put them into storage I want to rip them to disk. Thanks Christopher - I'm using Gentoo, so I should be able to grab those packages and integrate...

Thanks Chris. Do you know/have any experience of playing back WMA Lossless on Linux? I think it will according to the document shown at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Audio I don't have an iPod device (no plans to get one yet) and having the ability to play/store the files on either Win...

Thanks tfflivemb2!! I didn't think the soundcard was important during the conversion process from CD....I'd just heard of audiophiles complaining about the quality of those fitted as standard to laptops. If it's only for playback that this becomes an issue, then that's OK for me for now. I was going...

Hi there, I have a whole heap of CD's that I want to store on a hard drive (both on the Thinkpad's drive and externally). I found a great comparison of the Codecs to use from http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Lossless_comparison My question is this: When I am ripping from CD to one of th...

3. Never made it to boot again on anything. When making up a partition from boot disk utilities (Hiren's Boot CD), the disk won't boot, the Windows XP won't reinstall as it does not find any hard drives installed. Shot in the dark - I don't know what "Hiren's Boot CD" is, but perhaps it does not ha...

Thanks Darrenf!! Great to confirm that the old tray works fine.

So we have:

40Y8725 T60 range SATA Adapter

62P4554 T40 range PATA Adapter

So, just to be sure, the drive bay adapter listed here is for an SATA drive and NOT for the old PATA drives??

Do IBM make a PATA Ultrabay adapter for the new T60 range (ie so you can slip in an old PATA drive?)

I got my 200793U this morning and my first impressions are very positive! Build quality is superb. Will be backing up and personalising my new baby this evening

I just called Levnov. The sales said none of the T60p had been shiped because of the shortage of graphic card. r1ych is so lucky. Hope I can be as lucky as you. I must admit it has taken me by surprise, although I did try and order it early as I could to be as near to front of the "line" as possibl...

jdebord - does your UPS tracking number come up on the Lenovo website? I just checked my T60P (200793U) order and it said it had shipped today. However, the tracking link doesn't work (only has "1Z" as the tracking number). Does this take a while to update on the website? Hey! Is this the first T60...

Thanks own6volvos - my sales rep just e-mailed me the shipping info before I had chance to call.

Can't wait for next week to get my new baby!

jdebord - does your UPS tracking number come up on the Lenovo website?

I just checked my T60P (200793U) order and it said it had shipped today. However, the tracking link doesn't work (only has "1Z" as the tracking number). Does this take a while to update on the website?

Hi everyone,

Now we're into March and a number of people have ordered their T60's, I just wondered what estimated ship dates people were having for their T60/T60P's to be delivered in North America?

I'm sure that when T-Mobile USA upgrades it's network, you'd be able to get a PCMCIA card to install into the T60. It would probably be similar to the following UK offerings: T Mobile UK 3G (UMTS) Card UK Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS data card If you really can't wait for the built-in Cingular of...

According to this press release:

Cingular-enabled ThinkPad notebooks are expected to be available beginning in the second quarter of this year.

So, expect to see them in April at the earliest.

I'm thinking of buying a Thinkpad so I called Lenovo for some general warranty information today. At the end of the chat I said I would have a think about placing an order and would do so online when I was ready. She suggested that I should call in the order rather than use the website, as it can ge...

donking!

You can use the TA book here to get a full list of all of the available Thinkpad models and then plug the IBM part number (eg 200767U ) into the website bibo mentions.

Hope that helps...

Richard.

The TA book has been updated too :) ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pcinstitute/psref/tabook.pdf I notice that the WWAN options are only for Verizon cards at present...is there any timeframe for when the GSM/Cingular ones might be available as an option? Update: Looks like they are slated for beginnin...

An interesting article at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/16/intel_core_duo_vt/ indicates that the T2300, T2400, T2500 and T2600 Dual Core chips won't necessarily support Intel's Virtualisation Technology (VT). The VT sounds interesting - I know there's plenty of options for running multiple Op...

Is UMTS the standard that the majority of "3G" providers are offering in the UK? ie, it's possible to use this Cingular card and use it on UK GSM Networks with full 3G speeds?

No UXGA screen available on the T60?

Display Choices:
14.1" TFT SXGA+/1400 x 1050
14.1" TFT XGA/1024 x 768
15" TFT SXGA+/1400 x 1050
15" TFT XGA/1024 x 768

Surprised they have ditched that option!

I have a spare battery for my T23 which hasn't been used much.

When I leave this spare out of the laptop, should I leave it charged or discharged?

Slightly related question - I'm potentially going to be moving a drive from a T20 to a T23. Last time I did this, I believe it blue screened straight away (different hardware) and I didn't try the safe mode option. Long story, but I don't want to re-build the O/S if I can help it - the goal is to si...

OK - I called up Lenovo, and it looks as though it's an error on their website, and indeed the discounts to the Thinkpads still apply. Phew!!

Hopefully they'll correct the site shortly....

Richard.

What do you use now, or is this a new machine that you'll be using on the road? If you're used to the XGA resolution, I think it'll be a great machine and personally I'd get the T42. I use an XGA on a T23, and whilst I'd like SXGA screen, I'm now so used to XGA that I have no regrets. And that price...

Is there another T42 model with a similar spec, but with SXGA?

Hi all, I used to use a URL similar to: http://www.ibm.com/shop/ibmdeals/xxxx To access an EPP plan for my company (xxxx being a 4 digit number for my company). I noticed today that when I try the number belonging to my company, it takes me to a page where the EPP looks to be in order, but there are...