Dr_st pretty much sums it up. Depending on who you talk to, everyone will give a different opinion. The facts are that Li-ion batteries degrade over time much less when they aren't stored at a full charge and are kept cool. Higher temperatures is more degrading than higher charge levels. There was a...

I know I have one, but I think it's my only spare so I'm reluctant to let it go... :( On a different note, the T4x and T6x CD/DVD drives are the same, with the exception of the bezel, which is straight on the T6x but slightly beveled along the bottom on the T4x units. I believe they can be swapped a...

I shipped something via FedEx once, and only once. Their up-front rate was slightly better than the others for my package (it was shipped domestically), maybe a dollar or two less than USPS or UPS. A week or so after delivery, they hit my account with a "fuel surcharge" that cost almost as much as t...

I thought they already killed Windows...

What happens if you pull the CMOS battery to reset everything?

That I can't say, as I don't own either model I haven't done nearly as much research about this issue on them. But I can't say it's not possible. I'd say it's more likely on the A30 than the T30 because the T30 uses the Pentium 4, whereas all the 20 series and the A30 used one of the Pentium III fla...

If all else fails, something to keep in mind is many of the 20 series (A2x, T2x, X2x and TransNote) have a fairly well known motherboard design flaw around the implementation of the power circuit. There isn't a fix that I know of, aside from a known working motherboard. Some have suggested the sourc...

Not sure what is going on here. Sent the OP a PM regarding the entire lot a few hours after his post; I see that it was read, but never received a response.

The originals were the 55+ (6 cell) and 55++. These will work in the T410/420 and T/W510/520. The later model, the 70+ and 70++ have a security chip which allows them to be used in the T430, T/W530. The 55+/++ doesn't work in the later model, the 70+/++ works in the earlier model.

In fact, the original set I got from Lenovo are merely DVD R discs that were burned, then had an ink label stamped on them...

I have the original recovery media. I will send a PM with a link to ISOs.

Whoever hosts it isn't affiliated with the site. You can always download the original excel database and look things up on your own, which I've done when the link goes down. Usually it comes back after a day or two though.

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I once sold a T420 on here to someone in India. My experience was one that ended successfully, but it was a little dicey at times. It took them a month to get it to the end user, and only because they started to harass their local post office for the package. It had been sitting there for three week...

The i7s have more cache and a higher clock, but otherwise don't offer anything over the i5 aside from bragging rights. There was never a quad core T420 of any flavor from the factory, so if you see one it was upgraded by a previous owner. I bought an i5 equipped T420 and upgraded its CPU to the i7 m...

I was there for a few days at the end of October into November as well, although we only dropped by Akihabara twice for a couple hours each time; we were staying in Roppongi. Didn't see much in the way of old computers of any kind, unfortunately. Most of what I saw (that wasn't anime/manga/modeling ...

File a claim against them with your credit card issuer?

RBS - I shipped the unit to him over the weekend.

If it's on in BIOS that's indicative of some sensor's reading being interpreted in such a way that the system thinks it needs to have the fan on. Aside from swapping out components with temperature sensors to see if the problem can be localized (only so much you can swap before you're left with the ...

I have a handful of Panasonic 9 cells I could install, should give you a 2-3 hour boost to runtime over the 6 cells (all the 6 cells are either Sanyo or LG - I would give you an LG). Or I could just send both a 6 and a 9 cell if you'd prefer the flexibility to have both. The factory Windows 7 Pro wi...

I have one in pretty nice shape, there's some wear on the touchpad though. MTM is 4236-NUU. Do you want the factory image installed, and do you need an AC adapter?

Does the fan start to run immediately after you power on the machine, or only after Windows boots? In TPFC, do any temperatures look abnormally high? What are the highest three temperatures and their corresponding sensor names in TPFC after you start it? What happens if you boot to, say, a Linux Liv...

From what I've seen the T530 and T540 have traditional removable batteries. The T550, 560 and 570 do have removable batteries, but there's also a second battery inside the system which is not deisigned to be removed (although it can be swapped out by disassembling the unit). I've not yet had my hand...

Hmmm, I could come pick it up next time you're up this way; Medina's about 40-45 minutes or so from here. I'm in no particular hurry.

Got a couple of T420 specimens for sale. Modest specs, nothing too special. MTM of both units is 4236-NUU and both include the original 65W AC adapter and have good LG batteries. Unit 1 I just listed on feebay; check the link below for photos. This model is worse off cosmetically than the other and ...

Based on what their sales team told me in a webinar last week, no. Question - Brandon Will the keyboard from the 25th anniversary model make its way to any of the mainstream models in the future? Answer - Adrienne Mueller We do not have any plans to do that at this time. Unfortunately just a limited...

What's the operating system (if any)? PC Wizard (Windows) from CPUID can tell you the model of the panel, which you can look up online to find out if LED/CCFL.

Nice observations and quantitative data. For my part, a small observation about the battery life/power section. :) The Watt hour (watts*hours) is an energy measurement of capacity, not drain (can theoretically deliver x Watts for 1 hour). Watts measure power, and amps measure current. Milli-Watts ar...

I've seen that before, most recently when trying to do a USB install on a barebones system I set up to do some hardware testing. I wrote the same ISO using Rufus instead of the Windows 7 USB tool and it worked after that. Worth a shot, anyway...

To my knowledge it was the generation immediately after the T61 - the T400/500 etc. Not all were equipped with it though - the ones I've seen that did were produced later in the model run.

Only the 4:3 14.1" T61 motherboard will work. There was no 4:3 15" T61, and the 16:10 14.1" motherboard doesn't fit.