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- Tue Apr 03, 2018 12:36 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
- Topic: Anyone know where I could find a CD-ROM drive like this?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5125
Re: Anyone know where I could find a CD-ROM drive like this?
You can try to scavenge/loot one from another machine, if you are lucky (right place, right time, right connections, right opportunity, access to e-waste). Subject connector is found in multiple models of early CD-ROM drives for portables. A particularly popular (perhaps the most numerous) contempor...
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 12:50 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T20-T23 & T30 Series. NOT for T25-Retro
- Topic: Thinkpad's floppy drive ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9915
What is inside IBM Ultrabay 2000 floppy drive ?
What is inside IBM T23 internal branded Thinkpad's floppy drive unit when I unscrew the plastic rails and such off ? - Is it one of those slim floppy drives that I need ? Yes, it is one of those slimline/micro drives , nominal thickness is 12.7 mm; it connects via 26-pin, 1mm pitch, 0.3mm thickness...
- Sat Nov 18, 2017 8:45 pm
- Forum: GENERAL ThinkPad News/Comments & Questions
- Topic: What is the function of these things? Inside a Lenovo charger
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2806
Re: What is the function of these things? Inside a power brick.
That metal shield might contribute to heat distribution. Not necessarily so in your power brick. It is a common sight, in such compact regulated DC power supplies, to find that metal foil/sheet shield indirectly contacting hot parts (power MOSFET, voltage regulator) via thermal pad. That white stuff...
- Sat Oct 21, 2017 10:59 pm
- Forum: Thinkpad T25 Anniversary/Retro
- Topic: Finally pictures of non-US T25-Retro keyboards
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16450
Re: you have keys with four glyphs!
you have keys with four characters on it ? My middle school calculator had four levels of keyboard function. (TI-36X Solar, has base/primary function, '2nd' shift (yellow), '3rd' shift (purple), 'CONST' shift (green).) Of course a personal computer has at least as many! (That is a sarcastic stateme...
- Mon Oct 16, 2017 1:16 pm
- Forum: OS-X Questions
- Topic: Mavericks on a Macbook with El Capitan?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7578
Re: Mavericks on a Macbook with El Capitan?
If said newer MacBook came (new) from factory with El Capitan loaded, then: no, Mavericks will not run on that MacBook, at least not without major motivated reverse engineering and modification of 'copyrighted code'. If 'newer MacBook' is an old model, if your friend got it second-hand or from a ref...
- Sat Sep 02, 2017 6:11 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
- Topic: Generic 4-pin AC adapter availability?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7918
Generic 4-pin AC adapter: relevance and notability?
I have been looking into the availability of any generic/aftermarket/universal AC adapters with the IBM 4-pin connector … This would be a much cleaner solution for those missing an original AC adapter … and that's a much more future-proof solution than hoping the original chargers last forever. Or,...
- Sat Aug 05, 2017 9:58 am
- Forum: GENERAL ThinkPad News/Comments & Questions
- Topic: 3 cell v 4 cell?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2540
Re: Fallacy.
Those (6, 8, 9) are not compound battery configurations. Those battery packs contain a single string of series-connected (3s or 4s) groupings (2p or 3p) of cells. Their battery connects to a circuit board, through protection devices, to both sets of contacts in "advanced" battery connector. Both con...
- Fri Aug 04, 2017 8:41 pm
- Forum: GENERAL ThinkPad News/Comments & Questions
- Topic: 3 cell v 4 cell?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2540
Fallacy.
They did not. IBM's ThinkPad Li-Ion batteries had three–serial XOR four–serial cell configuration. IIUC: Lenovo's ThinkPad's (since 2005/2006 α60 line) feature an "advanced" power system, which enables compound batteries. Compared to the "ThinkPad 2000" (α20–α50) battery connector, ThinkPad "advance...
- Fri Jul 28, 2017 10:51 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Stuff
- Topic: Today, Adobe announced that Flash will no longer be supported after 2020
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3562
Re: Ten years too late!
About 10 years too late! Amen! Ten years ago, I was using Flash in Ubuntu (Gnu + Linux) on 2.8 GHz Pentium 4. It was kinda miserable, but I was patient and determined to ditch Microsoft. Flash in Windows on 500 MHz Pentium III seemed better! After experiencing their product of such low quality (Lin...
- Wed Mar 29, 2017 2:55 pm
- Forum: Marketplace - Forum Members only
- Topic: IBM PC110 for auction
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1583
Re: IBM PC110 for auction
Thank you for alerting us. Will you please share some information about PC110's power connector:
What power connector does it have?
What is its power rating (printed on bottomside label)?
I hope: your auction ends well, and your PC110 (& accessories) are not damaged in shipping.
What power connector does it have?
What is its power rating (printed on bottomside label)?
I hope: your auction ends well, and your PC110 (& accessories) are not damaged in shipping.
- Sat Mar 18, 2017 9:46 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Where can I get a good battery for my T60p?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5137
- Sat Mar 18, 2017 9:17 am
- Forum: ThinkPad X20/X30/X40 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: X4 Ultrabase USB Behaviour?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4479
Re: X4 UltraBase USB Behaviour?
It might be a Windows's problem. I once observed an inverse situation: a laptop had four USB receptacles, a particular device worked in three receptacles, but said device did not work in one particular port with Windows . All other USB devices worked, and that one not-working device did work with GN...
- Wed Mar 08, 2017 9:58 am
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Transcend Express Card Reader for SD/SDHC/SDXC/UHS-1 (TS-RDF1) ?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6546
Re: Transcend TS-RDF1 (SDIO 3 host controller ExpressCard)?
74? I saw 70.81 Hans-Jürgen Reggel's use of 'MB/s' means 'Mio/s'. 70.81 Mio/s × 1.048576 = 74.25 Mo/s. > write speeds are pretty poor. I don't if it's the cards, or the reader It's cards and year 2011. On The River, a 2011 review mentions ' 90MB/sec read ' and a 2012 review mentions ' writing at ab...
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 7:05 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Transcend Express Card Reader for SD/SDHC/SDXC/UHS-1 (TS-RDF1) ?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6546
Re: Transcend TS-RDF1 (SDIO 3 host controller ExpressCard)?
I don't recall any Thinkpad where the reader is connected to USB bus. ThinkPad X201, X201 Tablet, X201s : 0bda:0159 bcdDevice 58.88. SDXC is planned to support 2TB capacities eventually. SD 2 (marketed as 'SDHC') is "planned to support" 2 Tio "capacities". 'SDXC' is just a marketing word, means "ex...
- Wed Feb 08, 2017 11:10 am
- Forum: Thinkpad X60/X61 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: Low Intel X25-M G2 SSD read speed in X60s with AHCI
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9656
Set your expectation to 135 Mo/s.
Intel X25-M G2 SSD (80GB) in my X60s measures max sequential read speed ~137MB/s as per CDM5. Shouldn't it be closer to 150MB/s? … but shouldn't effective speed be closer to that cap anyway? Nope! If you were to consult published benchmark speed test results, put out by (established recognised trus...
- Sat Feb 04, 2017 5:11 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T40/T41/T42/T43 Series
- Topic: Successful upgrade of T42 with Crucial M4 128 GB mSATA SSD
- Replies: 67
- Views: 55666
Re: Now I also face the UDMA 33 issue.
Tag Mac-Chatter! That's what I have: - My Bios is original 3.05a with corresponding enabler (3.01?). Do me a favour, and help us all (You will be adding to public community knowledge!), by trialling intermediate BIOS revisions before you install 3.21 or newer. Install one or more revision from betwe...
- Thu Feb 02, 2017 3:10 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad X20/X30/X40 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: Need help with 2.5" HDD to ZIF adapter in an X30 (Pic Link)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7412
SDPA3AD 54-90-12947 connector's arrow points to pin forty
Hello xrated, also I got a SanDisk pSSD-P2. SanDisk seems to refer to it as alternately 'SanDisk® pSSD™ Gen2'. Mine has two differently marked flash pieces: model number SDPA3AD-016G SanDisk part number 54-90-12947-016G VER: SSD_5.20 HP label REV:3.00 SPS:507314-001 / HDD 16GB 2010/05/10 PCB mark Sa...
- Wed Feb 01, 2017 8:08 pm
- Forum: Marketplace - Forum Members only
- Topic: (USA) FS: Socket A mobo (gratis), WiebeTech DriveDocks, R51 SXGA+ Flexview
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3272
(USA) FS: Socket A mobo (gratis), WiebeTech DriveDocks, R51 SXGA+ Flexview
parts added 2017-10-21 "new old stock" AMD Socket A motherboard; gratis, just pay shipping EPoX 8KRAI PRO, or EP-8KRAI PRO, or EPOX 8KRAIPR; UPC 819366003361 This is new in open box, with original User's Manual, CD-ROM, and I/O shield. I imagine it works, but I do not have a processor nor heatsink ...
- Sun Jan 22, 2017 1:42 am
- Forum: GENERAL ThinkPad News/Comments & Questions
- Topic: Battery capacity charts - updated January 2017 (*PICS*)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 22330
seven years old NOS SANYO
Four months ago, someone near me got a new-condition old stock (NOS) battery for α60 (SANYO nine cell). Initial capacity of Battery2009-08-01 at break-in was between 86-87 Wh. Now, Battery2009-08-01 is up to 106 cycles, capacity is 76.54 Wh.
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 11:12 am
- Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
- Topic: yikes! Just got a thinkpad 365xd
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2934
Re: yikes! Just got a thinkpad 365xd
Contact eBay user ID bran3245 about eBay item number 132035727915. Ask seller about connector, ask seller to measure its length in millimetres. If seller tells you that it measures approximately twenty or twenty-one millimetres, then ask seller: to which of (one of these) (two photographs) does it m...
- Sun Dec 11, 2016 5:25 pm
- Forum: Thinkpad - General HARDWARE/SOFTWARE questions
- Topic: Is the floppy drive inside the UltraBay FD interchangeable?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5346
Re: Is the floppy drive inside the UltraBay FD interchangeable?
I'd say it is, well worth experimenting, for fun. I have never seen 2880 Kio (ED) floppy stuff. I have merely read of them. It might be possible for O.S. to override/bypass BIOS/CMOS floppy drive description information. Then, you might get your ED drive to work in newer ThinkPads. For Linux, it oug...
- Sat Dec 10, 2016 7:17 pm
- Forum: Thinkpad - General HARDWARE/SOFTWARE questions
- Topic: Is the floppy drive inside the UltraBay FD interchangeable?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5346
Re: Is the floppy drive inside the UltraBay FD interchangeable?
are they interchangeable? (are PC laptop floppy drives standardized to begin with?) Pretty much, yes. They are different to Apple's drives. Most-all IBM-PC-compatible floppy drives are usually interchangeable; this truth follows for slimline formfactor. Here is a pinout , and here is a datasheet (T...
- Mon Nov 21, 2016 2:49 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T400/T410/T420 and T500/T510/T520 Series
- Topic: How to properly add a second HDD to my T410s?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4474
Option 'ThinkPad Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter III'
Look for authentic Lenovo accessory 43N3412, 'ThinkPad Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter III'. Other part numbers, which might increase search results, are: (ASM 43N3414, FRU 43N3415), (ASM 43N3428, FRU 43N3429).
- Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:30 am
- Forum: Marketplace - Forum Members only
- Topic: Positive feedback for FAIR Traders
- Replies: 3074
- Views: 941206
Positive feedback from a TARDY Trader
I might set a forum record "latest to leave feedback". This is to reciprocate a positive point for me four pages back . Positive point for you, theterminator93 . Warning to all: I am really disorganised in all of my communications (paper, e-mail, forum P.M.s, phone tag, and anything else which can b...
- Sat Oct 22, 2016 9:23 am
- Forum: Thinkpad X60/X61 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: x6 Ultrabase read speeds with x60s
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3951
Re: x6 Ultrabase read speeds with x60s
Almost any problem which one can imagine, is believable when a ATA to ATA translator bridge is involved. I suggest booting X60s with a true PATA device in bay, then hot swap your SATA (bridged) bay module. If performance improves (when booted with PATA present), then your ThinkPad might exhibit firm...
- Wed Oct 12, 2016 11:14 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Stuff
- Topic: Want 2560x1600 or 2560x1440 via VGA output? These two monitors are for you
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3762
Re: Want 2560x1600 or 2560x1440 via VGA output? These two monitors are for you
That is nice to know. Thank you for sharing your discovery. And you too, Puppy! I appreciate your every update about leNOvo faults, especially LCD flicker. Niche computer displays and Lenovo's mediocrity are two subjects which I find interesting. You two people are good contributors to this communit...
- Mon Oct 10, 2016 9:30 am
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: ThinkPad x201s display issue
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2286
malfunction is in display screen panel
I do not know what causes such picture artefact anomaly. Maybe it was physical shock, maybe storage temperature gradually damaged flexible printed circuits (FPC), maybe a burst of electro-magnetic emission fried screen circuitry (either main formatter board, or row driving chip, or both). If you wan...
- Sun Sep 18, 2016 1:32 pm
- Forum: Thinkpad X60/X61 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: X61 SXGA+ Glue bubbles
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8279
Re: X61 SXGA+ Glue bubbles
I think what I use is called petroleum ether in english. Did you use same product as el-sahef? That looks like lighter fluid. Does the "braided steel wire" method not scratch top/front surface of LCD display? (I want to thank you, wileE, for contributing in both ThinkPad forums. And thank you, for ...
- Sat Sep 03, 2016 9:04 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Stuff
- Topic: Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread
- Replies: 195
- Views: 322556
NOS six cell α60 and X40 batteries, $10 plus shipping
I did not know, my recommendation carried so much weight! :lol: Just kidding. elysseinteriors has also NOS ThinkPad X40 Series 8 Cell Li-Ion Battery and ThinkPad X60 Series 8 Cell High Capacity Battery , listed at same price $10 plus shipping. I think, this deal is very hard to beat. Any of you Thin...
- Sat Sep 03, 2016 12:10 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Stuff
- Topic: Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread
- Replies: 195
- Views: 322556
good NOS six and nine cell α60 batteries, $10 plus shipping
Someone in my sphere of influence wanted a replacement battery for eir R60F, asked me what to get. So I picked what looked like most trustworthy item in fleaBay, and ey bought two batteries. It was a good pick! Some members here favour Panasonic cells. Maybe Panasonics are more stable than SANYO sto...