I can see why you would switch to T420. 8GB is a huge issue for me now. Anyway... today I was able to take a look at my T410 and I was able to confirm that no air is pushed through the back vent. I am unable to determine why, as the machine is up and running, but in a week or two I will be able to s...

Wolfman: yes, that little tower is the cause of all my problems with the dock. However, you've mentioned the backside vent. To be I've never felt any air going in that direction... hmm.. either I've missed it or it's blocked by something. When my t410 was disassembled, there were a lot of wires in t...

I'd be curious too, I use my Mini Dock Plus Series 3 for Mobile workstations every day with my T420 and previously with my T410... it seems to do exactly what it was supposed to do (I have an external wireless keyboard and mouse, external speakers and subwoofer, USB external drive for backups and a...

I've disassembled my thinkpad again, and to my surprise, I have found that the cooling plate, which is connected to the heat pipe and should nicely stick to the core is... bended. Somehow I didn't notice it before :( I did some bending and now it's more or less flat and sticks nicely to the gpu core...

Hello, I'm running into problems with my T410 with i7-620 and NV3100 gpu. My laptop started to shut itself down suddenly, without any notice. I've checked the cpu temp and it looks fine. I've uninstalled any think pad software responsible for throttling the cpu/fan and switched the fan to be always ...