Okay, so I had pre-ordered a 14.1" T61 back before they came out, two summers ago, and I haven't had a _single_ problem until about a month ago, when I turned my laptop on, went to get breakfast, and came back to find the display completely distorted. Troubleshooted myself, realized it wasn't a grap...

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Does anybody else have the same problem with their T61? The bottom, under the touchpad, gets extremely hot, even when its not under much load. The top, however, gets slightly warm, but nothing more. Is this just how it is? Or could their be a problem?

I have kind of a weird question. I've been experiencing a good deal of heat coming from the underside of the laptop, directly below the touchpad. Now, I know the RAM is under there; however, is there something underneath the RAM that might be causing the heat? The rest of the laptop (GPU et al) is r...

Right. The newest RMClock beta supports the Santa Rosa platform and all the joys that it brings. So underclocking the 2.2Ghz chip to 800Mhz is a reality. Plus, it also supports the Ultra-Low Frequency, which lets you drop it down even lower.

Wow, that makes a lot of sense. I assumed it disabled it or something.

However, that takes away another feature I love... the ability to "scroll" as if I was using an actual mouse wheel. I don't suppose there's a way to have the best of both worlds?

Hey guys, I'm a big Linux user, but I occasionally have to do some things in Windows, and one of the tiny things that irritates the heck out of me is the inability to "click" with the scroll button on the trackpoint. I've explored the (rather sparse) drivers, but I'm pretty certain there's nothing t...

Basically, what it does is, in the case where you're using a virtual machine (i.e., running Windows from a Linux machine, etc.), you can use one of the cores for each operating system. Very cool and very effective! I use it running Ubuntu 7.10/XP, and I don't notice ANY slowdown between the two!

Harryc wrote:Is that a 14" T61 in the expander case? I heard that 15" and larger TP's do not fit right in it.

Yes, it is the 14.1" widescreen model; I highly doubt you could smash a 15.4" widescreen model in there... although I saw posts saying that some people managed to do it with the T60 version.

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Works perfectly for removing screen buildup... fingerprints especially.

My bad; I copied and pasted but only changed the text... pictures are correct now.

You can see how the T61 w/ the extended battery fits as well; rather nicely, I might add. Unfortunately, my pics are not that extensive, but if you'd like to see more of it, you need only say the word...

Just wanted to post some pictures of this brand new bag... I fell in love with it as soon as I unwrapped it and plopped my TP in it, and I felt like I just had to share it! The case is small and compact (the expander option is great, if you need more space), while still being stylish and compact. Th...

I'm just about to push the button to order a 14.1 SXGA+ T61. Dumb question: can someone lay out the basic pros and cons of the integrated vs discrete graphics? 1. I realize heat and battery life are an issue, but any idea about how much? ... My uses: mostly text (word processing, spreadsheets). Nev...

they are a little more pricey, but i think its definitely worth it. i know people will be touching my screen, and i remember occasionally wiping my old dell's screen for finger prints. so i think im going to go with the invisible shield. One important thing to note is, pressing on the screen and to...

I have an ALPS one on my T61, and I like it. The only issue I really have is one that the OP addressed, which was the big keys tend to be louder. The space bar is noticeably louder than the rest of the keys, although as usual, none of the keys are loud enough to be bothersome. Using my girlfriend's ...

This is only me second real laptop (or you can include my old 486-based laptop), but I didn't have any problems with my screen thus far. I've thus brought it across the East Coast (NY -> Florida and back, x2), so its been crammed in a small carry-on bag with my essentials. There's been no imprinting...

I went through the usual issues of removing Vista and installing XP (drivers, software, etc.), but I have had no problems whatsoever since. Using the "System Update" application updated all drivers and installed all my software without a hitch. The only problem I had was with CSS8 and the embedded m...

I ran into this same problem, and here is the general explanation that I have received:

With the dual cores, Intel has greatly restricted the ability to underclock the processors; only computer manufacturers have the ability to do so now.

Not sure of any specifics, but on the few distributions that I've tested, the big problems have all been similar: wireless (4965 mostly, Atheros sounds fine), video card (fixable via drivers), and the UltraNav shebang (also fixable via drivers).

Personally, I wish they were using a different material too, but the roll cage definitely makes up for it...

I find Atheros does consume more power than Intel's... when it can see a network an Intel card can't. Atheros has excellent power management. When it's in an environment where Intel and Atheros can see the network, the Atheros will consume less power. Have to agree with the above, bias and benchmar...

Yep, I recently tried getting my Wireless to work as well, and the driver is far from a finished state. In Windows, of course, it works like a charm... in fact, I have yet to have a problem with it--stable, powerful, and definitely receives a better signal versus my old 2915AGN card in my last lapto...

I'm not too worried about it, because I resolved to uninstall it, but just for the sake of completeness... I wouldn't mind trying.

Gave this another shot, and I still do not have the options to clear the chip, even with a complete reinstall/uninstall of CSS8. The options are still the same:

Enable/Disable/Inactivate Security Chip
Security Reporting Options

I don't know why that would be a problem...

Ditto. Mine is the same way... I think that this is largely due to the fact that the base is so light. The only significant weight is your battery, which is on the back--if it was on the front like some of the Asus notebooks, I doubt you would have this problem.

After some time on a 14"WS T61 w/Vista, 6. The system gets VERY VERY hot when in the BIOS setup utility. Once Vista boots and power management kicks in, it's nice and cool, except that the right palm rest gets pretty warm (it's over the hard drive). I made the mistake of using the system on my legs...

I get 3+ hours on a similar system with built-in power settings. This is with a 2.2ghz C2D, the nVidia card, and 14.1" WXGA+.

Where are you looking? IIRC it's used as 512 MB for ReadyBoost and 512 MB for ReadyDrive, so maybe that's what you are seeing? That is exactly it. The ReadyDrive feature allows you to boot up, resume from Hibernation, etc., faster, while ReadyBoost stores part of your page file in the built-in memo...

Unfortunately, that is where I fail... because Vista Home came pre-installed and I mistakingly dove head first into XP, without making recovery disks. So I don't have the option...

This may be deviating a bit from the original topic, but I think its all tied in. So I cannot access the partition from Windows--Partition Magic crashes, and Windows' built-in system won't display any information. Gparted reports that it is, indeed, a NTFS partition, and doesn't return any errors. F...