WLAN cards do not work in a WWAN slot. True. The T430 WWAN slot has SATA signals in lieu of PCIe in order to support mSATA SSDs. And the bluetooth part works off USB, which may have a (non-working) trace in the WWAN port. The WWAN slot definitely has USB signals, as the WWAN cards are USB-based. Ch...

I've never owned nor encountered the 770X, but its Thinkwiki page mentions that the CS4610 PCI audio chip is paired with the CS4239 ISA audio chip. This was done in order to have DOS audio capability (via Soundblaster emulation).

Since OP mentioned fungi, humidity.

The CPU may be fast enough, with the right software. I don't have anything that old or slow to test though.

If your current RAM setup is one 2GB stick, get one 4GB stick for 6GB total. IMO it's more than enough for most purposes. Even a WD Green 120GB SSD will make a difference in performance, regardless of the SATA bandwidth. I've used a 32GB SSD on an X60s with a Core Solo 1.06GHz. Everything about this...

I just did that with an early 128GB M.2 and am delighted. Even on a fossil like my 4GB RAM T61 without USB 3 it's reasonably fast and a great use for small SSDs. Good to hear. If you can find a 2.5" SATA to M.2 adapter, you can put that M.2 SSD into the HDD bay. I put mine in a USB enclosure for po...

For disassembly instructions, it's best to grab a copy of the T450s Hardware Maintenance Manual (HMM): https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/t450s_hmm_en_sp40g54937.pdf You can also look for disassembly videos to supplement the instructions found in the HMM. There's also an FRU listing avai...

No practical way to un-redflag it; IIRC a safety fuse inside the battery pack gets tripped when the voltage drops to 0v, which means you have to crack open the plastic shell, then have enough electronics skills to find said fuse and remove it. Oh, and there's also the matter of finding and purchasin...

One of the things you shouldn't do is keep a laptop on a shelf for months as a time.

The lithium-ion batteries inside self-discharge, and when the voltage gets too low, the BMS (battery management system) red-flags the entire battery pack as a safety precaution .

RBS, top of the mornin' to ya, Back to heatsink issue. I'm toying with the idea of fitting an external heatsink via a copper cable out of the ventilation holes at the back. Am I dreaming or do you think it's possible? I don't intend to move the T440p from this desk. Copper cable? In other high-powe...

It sounds like a battery that has a dead cell in the pack.

Windows 7 --> have you checked if audio works? IIRC Win 7 doesn't have drivers for AC97-based sound chips.

So, after successfully loading Windows 7 on my R61i hdd, I decided to upgrade to a ssd. I first tried to clone the drive using Acronis (free software for the Crucial ssd I bought) and again it was a no go. I actually never even got to use the software as again I could not get the R61i to boot from ...

From what I found on Thinkwiki, sounds like it's a 9.5-mm drive that's basically a rebadged Hitachi GSA-U10N - does that mean that in theory I can use any drive of that thickness? No. The connector on the Ultrabay Slim drives are proprietary. Comparison image: http://mcelroys.itprinciples.com/CIMG0...

If you don't need high-performance video output, you can use the ThinkPad USB 3.0 Dock. Since it connects via a USB 3.0 cable, it doesn't block the vents.

For newer models, USB-C docks are available too.

1. Regarding the SSD -- did you clone the HDD's contents into the SSD, or did you do a fresh install of the operating system? 2. 8GB will work on the stock BIOS. 3. The performance difference will be marginal. The temperatures are another matter. Usually, the T8100 runs cooler, and undervolts better...

and a MS Visual C++2005 Redistributable (x64) SP1 driver that is needed for the Rescue and Recovery software (BTW it has to be this exact driver, any subsequent (newer) MS Visual C++ driver will not work. That's expected, really. And it's not a driver but a set of software libraries, usually as DLL...

ajkula66 wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:49 am

I'm not a fan of cloning - especially from HDD to SSD - but when one must do it, Clonezilla is my weapon of choice.

Same here. I have a somewhat recent version of Clonezilla in my external SSD with Debian 9.0 installed. I used it the other day, but did the reverse: clone an SSD to HDD.

It's a laptop more than a decade old. I think it's understandable that the DVD drive is wonky.

The Vista driver should work. I'm not familiar with the Ideapad S9 and S10, but if the Ethernet hardware is the same, the Win 7 driver should work without issues.

Have your tried other cloning software?

I've done a bit of cloning, and IIRC I boot from a USB flash disk (I use Linux-based cloning software), put the SSD in the laptop, and the HDD in a USB 3.0 enclosure. Another method is to use a desktop PC and connect both HDD and SSD to SATA (instead of USB), and clone from there.

IMO better safe than sorry. One of my 65w chargers conked out recently, so I replaced it with a 90w.

Tablet mode? The W541 doesn't have a Yoga hinge, nor a twist hinge like the X220T, so I don't understand what you're talking about.

Maybe you're referring to the touchscreen? AFAIK most W541 units don't have it. You have to ask the seller for that.

If these new model names are any indication, the T490 successor will be the T15, then differentiated with a Generation number like the X1 Carbon.

I've read somewhere a few years back that there's a special USB HDD enclosure that allows one to boot different disk images stored in the HDD. I don't know the name of said product, or if it still exists.

You cannot just "blow the dust out". Here's why. Here is a sample image of the W541 heatsink: https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1dOXrfAomBKNjSZFqq6xtqVXab/Genuine-New-Laptop-CPU-Cooler-for-Lenovo-ThinkPad-W540-W541-SWG-Q3-Discrete-Graphics-Heatsink-Cooling.jpg_640x640.jpg The air is sucked in by the fan...

I think the suggestion about using the X230T battery is that it has those flat Li-Ion cells, which might be able to fit in the HDD bay. The big question is the size of the battery management board-- while I don't have and X230T, I have the much-older X61T and dismantled two of its battery packs. IIR...

You can install the Dynamic Drive Overlay, found in older versions of Ontrack Disk Manager to get the 20GB to work. I've done this in a non-Thinkpad laptop more than a decade ago.

onespeedbiker wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 25, 2019 9:48 am

Next issue, bios only accepts max 5gb hd (not 20gb I tried) .. bought a 2gb hd and will have to wait..

What happens when you turn on the laptop with a 20GB drive installed? Does it show the BIOS boot screen but doesn't detect the HDD, or does it power up, but the screen is just black?