fglrx works on kernel 2.6.20, there are a few steps for fglrx to work, use the same steps for 8.35.5, but if you download the new 8.36.5, you wont have to patch the file I am running fglrx fine, with V3200. My hardware info sez something like m24, but my fglrxinfo sez v3200, as does the new linux ca...

I just started using my t43p in class and I have not had any problems with it. I agree that the fan issue is subjective, but if your fan is really "loud," yous should have it checked out. I am never in a room, with an AC, water heater, refrigerator, someone talking ect. that is less noisy than the f...

I just got a Crumpler Beerback, and I love it! The whole thing is waterproof, and the sleeve for the laptop fits my t43p with a nine-cell like a glove. The backpack is very comfotable and stylish, there are many different colors to choose from. My second choice was a booq, but i just thought that th...

I was worried about the heat fan problems before I got my thinkpad, I was worried about the fan/heat problem, but now I think people who complain about it are crazy lunatics. I have niether problem, but I also have 15.0, and in my own observation, people with 14.1 have more of a problem with fan noi...

I hardly ever hear my fan. Even in a quiet room, ill hear the "whrrr" once every blue moon. I have my power settings set to "battery power optimized" in ibm's power configuration program.

The only real benifit would be the 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound, but where talking about a laptop here. Who's going to lug around a 7.1 speaker system everywhere they go? There is way more to do with it. You can hook them up to reciecers and soon you will be able to transfer data back and forth betwe...

Basker wrote:So, dukajoe, has your laptop blown up yet or fanned itself off the desk?

Not hardly. Ill post some more impressions in a week or so.

Jerry Garcia wrote:Every silver linning's got a touch of gray

Yes, I agree. Truly words we can all live by.

If you dont play games then dont worry about it, Unless you do photo editing, or just want to wow people with your awesome UXGA screen. UXGA is anoying if you dont increase your font size or use mozilla, in other words, you have to go a little out of your way to accomadate, but once I did that mysel...

by the way, im running bios 1.05, i havent updated yet, and I dont think im going to, just in case.

What can I say, see you in a week or so in this forum again... The first impressions are the most positives ones, unfortunately it doesn't last long... I doubt that. Like I said, I have gotten the whrr effect like once. If it started doing that all the time, it would be really f-ing random. When I ...

Oops, I have a dead pixel, just found it. Its so hard to see on UXGA

So, I cranked up my T43p today... The screen and resolution is great. I dont have any dead pixels, (or maybe I do and I just cant see them) The build quality, blah blah blah... Yes its badass, im not going to tell you anything you havent already heard. Im thinking about doing a wipe, but I just have...

I ordered my 2687 EJU on june 17, and It arives here tommaro. I know--everyone wants to be me

On an unrelated note, does anyone find it odd that IBM is running a "free 2nd battery with laptop purchase" deal right now for regular purchases? (Doesn't apply to EPP & Educational). I got that. My purchase was EPP, and they told me that their promotion was a free battery, and it will be here in a...

actually, you probably have a part on yours that they dont have yet, thats why you have to wait. If the come in early, they will probably ship your laptop out whenever they get them

WOW, ok, the ship date was 8/16, they moved it to 7/20, and now....it has shipped! totaly random. Its in hong kong right now. I ordered it on 6/15 or so, so im really pleased at this point

They didnt tell me anything. In fact, the guy I talked to after I saw the change on my order status from what my orignal representative said on the phone, and he said that my orignal rep that I ordered from gave me mis-information! (not the first time ive heard reps talk [censored] about eachother t...

Well, I just called ibm, and my ship date has been changed from 8-16 to 7-20. F yeah! Its a CTO and they said they got all the parts in, so that has a lot to do with it I suppose, yall might have changed dates to, who knows

Yeah, I ordered it last friday, 2687 - EJU The guy on the phone warned me, but I knew anyways and I just wanted it before school starts, although aug 16 is pushing I'll say this -- I probably would have gotten the laptop and never noticed the fan noise had I not read these forums, and I know its goi...

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... utside+box
My T43p gets here Aug 16, and if its too loud, im gonna get that nexus thing, iit looks like the best thing to me--

You'd be all over a 2687EJU

Plinkerton wrote:That "Chill Pak" is so ridiculous... I can't believe they actually make those...

Uh, I don't know if you have ever seen the X-files, but that guy is like a computer super-genius!

First of all, its not just a piece plastic or wierd plate-thingy, its a system of heat-pipes, created by teknology, like the wierd key thingies that make that make the magic letters on the wierd liquid crystal thingy. It weighs 1.6 lbs and is .085 inches thick-- Considering the amount that people gr...

http://www.nexustek.nl/Nexus_TDD3000.htm
http://www.chillpak.com/

Has anyone tried any of these out? I think im going to get that first one eventually after I get the 43p--

Yeah, the link doesnt work anymore it seems, and I cant find it any more. I'll try and host it somehow later when I get home if people want to try it--

The wireless test i am very interested in. If you think there is any difference, compare the contrast and color of the lcd screens between the models. Also, this might be way too time consuming, but I personally would be interested on different operating systems performances on the machines. Just a ...

mlykke wrote:I havent tried that but i will look at it and see what it does.

Yeah, that would be interesting. I love how the 42 and 43 battling eachother! keep it up--

Yeah, from everything I've heard, it seems like T43 noise is a bios problem, or something else thats ineffecient. If most things are turned off (like just word open), then something is wrong if the fan is *always* on. It should come on like a force of nature when playing doom, I understand. This may...

I have been reviewing the specs and reviews of all the T43 and T43ps out there, and it seems from what I have read that the 43p seems slightly more quiet than a regular t43. Please, disagree if you think otherwise based on experience. My question is has anyone noticed a diffenece in fan noise betwee...

No, its just available on their website now, as of may 10th, but I can tell it kinda sucks actually.