Recently had a similar issue with a W530. Like RBS said I disabled the trackpad in the BIOS and only used the trackpoint. There was no longer an issue. When I replaced the keyboard though for an issue with one or two of the keys then re-enabled the trackpad in the BIOS just for the heck of it there ...

I worked with Edward (OP on linked topic) back in 2010 to remove the wifi card in his X61 using this. Back in 2010 I paid $19.99. More today but worth it for this issue.

The screws are soft aluminum with a very shallow head that is very easy to strip as you found out.

Worked nicely.

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On a T430 holding the Fn button and tapping the space bar toggles backlight and then Thinklight.

Sorry to say it sounds like the motherboard has failed.

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Welcome!

If this X270 still has warranty remaining if it was me I would call for service.

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Sorry you are having trouble.

If you haven't already I would disconnect all USB connections then try again.

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Welcome to the forum!

This thread is nearly 2 years old.

Happy ThinkPadding...

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Well in the northeast at least there are quite a few forum members.
I hope to be available should a date be set.

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Sorry to hear of your trouble.

I agree with Tony. The motherboard has failed. Replacements are reasonable. Even another working T500 is fairly inexpensive. You could move your memory and hard drive to the replacement.

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14" or 15"?

The era doesn't have to end. Look for used manual transmission BMW's as your spare car. I just picked up a used E53 6MT.

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Thanks for sharing Ray. Many miles of smiles...who gets the 2000 BMW? My brother and sister in law placed deposits in March 2016 too. He ordered all the options and his delivery was delayed also. Once due to a defect. They couldn't find the gas tank. He finally took delivery about a month and a half...

Your ThinkPad 600 will work with any size hard drive.

I could have missed it in your posts but is your optical drive working?

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Wiha or Wera tools are excellent.

Here is one supplier.

https://www.kctoolco.com/

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Remove your SSD before sending or get another and recover the system and send in your P51 with that recovered drive.

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Of course its your data, your money and your call.

Just offering my thoughts on a successful data recovery.

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Sorry to hear you are having trouble. Depending on how much you want to recover the data is how far you want to go with moving platters. Attempting to move platters unless you have an idea of what you are doing could leave the data that still could be on the platters useless. If the data is that imp...

Welcome to the forum!

Good luck with your sale.

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Beautiful beast! Thanks for sharing your hard work. In April 1999 I picked up a used 770Z from a notebook fanatic on fleabay. It was as new as they said that they bought it for testing. It was a model 9549-8AU and after the S/N on the bottom label it said 02-99 which is the date of manufacturer. Thi...

Have you a budget in mind?

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Proceed with the Windows 7 recovery disks which will erase the drive then recover the Windows 7 OS.

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If you have another Ultrabay adapter I suggest to try it to see if that one has the same problem. Since this setup is working so well for another suggestion would be to find another like T430 and move all your memory and drives over. There are probably some T430's available on your favorite online a...

Carefully examine the USB ports.

They are known to fail and if some of the connector parts touch the outside metal that could cause the issue you are having.

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A drive Clone is a mirrored copy of the hard drive. A backup image is one big file of your drive stored. Since windows won't allow booting the clone from an external USB drive make a backup image stored on the external USB drive. Should you need to restore that backup to your existing SSD or another...

The SSD is easily upgraded.

The memory is probably more difficult.

Would this item ship to the US?

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You are welcome.

Any X1 Carbon Gen 2 with the suspect FRU can fail in the fashion described so if anyone is looking at a X1 Carbon Gen 2 it is something to consider.

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In my experience any part number that begins with 00HN is suspect. The 00UP motherboards appear to have fixed the issue.

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We missed you.

At least I did.

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PM sent.

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Well bought!

And Ray how many power supplies has the Gateway eaten in 17 years?

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