Thanks....
It's chilly up here. -10C here now. About 14F in your temp.
We will get it colder yet tho.

Great to see the forum is still going strong.
Been away for a while but still use thinkpads.
Just trying to catch up on all the new info.
I did just pick up a mint T500. I'll be looking for some cheap upgrades soon. (CPU and some ram mostly).
Bill
from way up north....

I went from the 5100 wi fi to the 5300 and that made a huge difference for me.Now my wi fi router is only a Apple airport express topping out at 300mbps. But i connect at this speed most places in the big house. My next thing is a HDD adapter in place of the dvd burner. Had mine for months now and o...

In my X301 , i have the 1.6Ghz cpu. Along with 128 gig SSD and 8gig ram. I have no complaints about the system. Well the CPU could be little faster BUT with the SSD its great. I find it much faster to use then my buddys loaded T60P with a 64gig ssd. It's not a gaming laptop.But handles everythig els...

My X301 had the intel 5100. Internet keep cutting out and within 10 feet of my Apple Express router, i was only getting 135 to 150(maybe 180 for few sec's). I went and got the intel 5300 from ebay.Was under 20.00 cdn,cheaper if bought from china. Now i'm getting full 300 all the time with solid conn...

That IBM in my sig is just left over from listing older thinkpad that have come and gone.
It's still says lenovo on my X301.
I still find myself saying IBM thinkpads when talking about newer lenovo laptops.
Even tho I know lenovo took over thinkpads some time ago. Back when T43 or T60's I think.

Nice system with a nice price. And with the 128 gig SSD , its a nice bonus......

My X301 came with the 250 gig disk drive.(5400 rpm) . Not fast but its better then a 4200 rpm drive. I now have a Lenovo Samsung 128 gig SSD. It is flashed to give me TRIM.Its like a new computer now.The thing is fast.Cold boot up in under 25 sec. If i never got the SSD i think i would have sold thi...

Were the 1333 chips KVR? I suspect the HyperX are tested for a wider range than KVR. I cant remember the number on them now.But it was the Kingston Value Ram. This is what is listed on their web page for the ram that did not work... Kingston 4GB SO-DIMM DDR3 RAM PC3-10600 This is the HyperX kit i u...

Got the 1.6Ghz X301 , 2776.
Just bought two Kingston DDR3-1333 4GB's.
Did not work at all.
Then i tryed Kingston HyperX 8 gig kit,2 x 4GB's at DDR3-1600.
Works great and runs fast.
I know the system is only running the ram at DDR3-8500 speed.
But strange that the 1333 did not work but the 1600 does.

My new to me X301... with Win 7 Pro 64 bit... Processor(SU9600,C2D 1.6Ghz,3meg cache) --- 4.8 Memory (8GB Kingston hyperX kit DDR3) --------------- 4.9 Graphics (Intel 4 Series ) --------------------- 4.1 Gaming Graphics ------------------------------ 3.4 Hard Disk (Toshiba 250Gig 5400RPM 1.8")-----...

Been away from Thinkpads for awhile....But yesterday i picked up a mint X301 for a steal. It has the 250 gig 5400rpm 1.8" drive.Its not bad but love to get a nice SSD for this system. I'm just looking through the forums now to get info on it. But it seems to me the best way to go is get a new mSATA ...

Finally got one ordered from eBay. 30.00 free shipping is not bad.

The 6300 and 6200 cards have the same hardware, while the 6300 supports an extra antenna (three in total). I see no reason why the 6200 card shouldn't have worked. The 6200 card from t410 gave the bios error in the t420s. I thought it would have worked also but I'm guessing the t420s needs a card f...

Looking for a wi if card for the T 420s.
The Intel 6300 card seems to be the best fit.
Befor I get one from eBay I like to check here first.

Note that I have tryed the intel 6200 card from my T410 and it won't work.needs to be newer....

I have a T410 with the intel 6200 wifi card. My buddy has a T420s with just the thinkpad wifi 1x1 card. I thought i would try my 6200 card in his laptop to show him the diffrence in a good wifi card. But after installing the 6200 in his T420 he gets the 1802 error. I always thought the T410 and T420...

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Sorry but we dont need anymore spam...Points me to a web site "jesus only net org" but google says it's off line......

I have seen some laptops (Acer 5755-6699 is one that comes to mind) with i3-2330m and Intel HD 3000 that have WEI scores as high as 6.2 and 6.1 for graphics. I do not know if they were factory freaks or what, but it is amazing what Intel is getting out of those sandy bridge chips. That sounds reall...

OK i have another question. I never did many screen replacements. So for the above SL500 thinkpad , i found a 15.4" screen thats from Lenovo and FRU: 42t8694. Google is showing a LED backlight screen. Can you put a LED screen into a SL500? How can i find out if the SL500 did come with a LED or LCD s...

It should work no problem. My T410 has the COA for Win7Pro. It came with 32bit. I upgraded the ram to 8 gigs so i needed the Win 7 Pro 64bit cd. I just googled Win7 Pro 64 bit ISO and i think one of the first links came up with the 64bit ISO. Its jut the ISO of the install CD.Not hacked or not warez...

It only happened twice this morning.... It did do it with IE and Chrome. Tryed playing bunch of youtube videos since it happened this morning and nothing. My T410 has 8 gigs ram(2x4gig ddr3-1333 match pair) The wireless card is Intel 6300 and about 10 feet away from Dlink N router at full 300Mb/s. A...

T410 (2522-25U) Win7 Pro 64bit Processor: 6.9 (core i5-M540 @2.53Ghz) Memory:6.9 (8.0GB DDR3-1333) Graphics:4.4 (Intel HD Graphics 5700HD) Gaming Graphics:5.3 (1696 MB Graphics memory) Hard disk:5.9 (320GB 7200rpm) Overall , very happy with the speed.Next step is a Intel SSD hard drive.When the pric...

Have a T410 core i5 intel HD video. Few times now after a few mins of playing web video from say youtube , the video would get all blocky and messed up. But video played from the hard drive plays fine.I can play the messed up web video and the hard drive video same time on same screen . I reboot and...

I just picked up a used SL500(2746-EKU). The screen and hard drive was missing. So i put in a good 160gig 7200rpm drive and used the VGA to my 32" HDTV and booted up and installed windows.Everything works great on it. Question is , what screens from what laptops will work in this? It's a 15.4". I'm ...

WOW... After searching more about the hard drive prices because of the flooding,i see why there so much now... But after searching more i do find some good prices on 750/7200 drives and prices of SSD are drooping. Now i have to decide if i want a big 750gig drive or a much much faster SSD about 120/...

When did the price of 2.5" laptop hard drives go way up??? Just went online looking to upgrade the T410 i have. It have a 320/7200 drive now. Great fast drive but could use a bigger one. Prices of a 500 or 750 gig drive is now around the 150.00+ (give or take a bit from different sites). It wasn't t...

No problem Brad, thanks a lot for taking the time to test it. I'd have gladly purchased the sticks from you had you had success. :) But it would seem official that the T410 is, in fact, capped at 8gb sad to say. Thanks again. I have a question. Would there be much of a difference running 16 gig ins...

For what it's worth...
I have a T410 with Intel 6200.
Clean install of Win7 Pro with all newest drivers and updates.
Was connecting to my Dlink wi fi N router at 85 to 105 Mbps.

Went into the settings and changed it from "20 MHz only" to "Auto" and now it's connecting at the full 300MBps.....

Because the 6300 uses 3 antennas and the Realtek card only 1 I think you do get better signal. I'm not sure what other performance differences there are. My buddy just got the T420s with the lowest wi fi card, the realtek card. It does have 3 antennas on it with 3 wires connected to it. It's very p...

You'll be the first to know George if/when i sell it.Will be a great price to for the long time posters/mod's here on this board. The 1400x1050 on the 12" screen takes a bit to get use to.. I just bumped the ram up to 4 gig's(2x2gb's),it's feels snapper now. Now maybe a intel SSD if i find one for a...