If at full charge the light is amber, that means the battery's full charge capacity is significantly depreciated. See: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/migr-62718 Your battery's full charge capacity is down to 5-20% of its original design capacity. You can run HWMonitor to check your batte...

R50 and T40 series boards are the same.

Only conflict arises if the R50 board has a firewire since there's no firewire hole in T40 chassis. Or if you put something else into an R50e, since R50e chassis is missing holes for certain ports (eg. S-Video, docking).

PC3L-12800s worked fine in my T520 but did not work in my T500. However normal PC3-12800s worked in my T500.

The X61 Reserve's pricetag was probably for the 24 hour support hotline.

As more and more content is created with widescreens in mind Have you noticed transition from dynamic-width web design to fixed-with one ? Most of current web sites are actually widescreen unfriendly (Amazon or this phpBB forum are few excpetions only). Winamp 's home page must be wider than 1055 p...

At least it would have a Trackpoint and the screen looks 3:2. The disappointment is that they won't build a 3:2 Thinkpad now. (or will they?)

The T420's connector might be dirty.

I think that T420 i-series is still around.

The *30 gen still has the Thinklight at least.

The normal T410's screen is too thick to fit in the slim lids of T420, T430, and their s suffix versions. T410s screen is probably thin enough but it's not a nice screen.

Try to check if the pinouts are the same. You might be able to plug it in, but the screw hole positions in the lid will be different. The T410s Toshiba screens are also pretty harsh looking, need calibration, and commonly develop vertical line defects. At least they are bright. The T420s HD+ screens...

Compared to T500,
R500's lower base plastics may be less resistant to impact damage, and where it's weakest is its lid. I would not lift the R500 by its lid, while the T500 is "safe" to lift that way.

For any sort of games I'd recommend a W520 or newer.

Awhile back I acquired the bottom case, frame, and planar of a T420. It had an i5-2520m in it and hooked up to a monitor I confirmed it working. I plugged in a keyboard, T410 LCD and a TV and had myself a home theater T420 halftop. The cyan tint problem was just the analog video being dumb. The T410...

I don't see the point in putting a 15" R61 board in a 15" R60 unless 15" R61 motherboards are, for some reason, easier to find than complete 15" R61s.

I'm just curious how different Thinkpadders have different ideals. 1: 1920x1080 IPS vs 800x600 TN 2: Trackpoint and new keyboard or T6x keyboard and trackpad (a good one) 3: 12" in 15" form factor but with magnesium rollcage or 12" with no border and ABS plastic. 4: i3 and 3lbs or i7 and 7lbs 5: Dv...

I upgraded from a T42p to a T500 since July 2015. I chose the T500 because, as others pointed out, the 16:10 screen. I also appreciate the classic ultrabay and keyboard. T500 replacement parts and system boards are also incredibly cheap. My laptop is nearing 8 years old and a W500 in my care just ki...

Are the Dell and HP "Trackpoints" also made by Synpatics? Perhaps you can install the Thinkpad Synpatics drivers on them, like some people in the past have installed HP Synaptics drivers on their Thinkpads (I tried it on my T500, it worked) as a means of gaining two-finger scrolling for the Touchpad...

I understood that the exploit is for certain versions of Intel ME. T410 and T420 use different versions. Montevina (T400,T500) uses an older version that I presume doesn't have the exploit.

My main issue with Vista now opposed to 7 is its update system is still gimped while 7's got fixed. Use an offline updater if you can get that to work.

1. Starting with the T61, Lenovo's T-series Thinkpads don't seem to fit so snug. The T40 design is one of the best in the regard of sealing shut. I noticed the same thing too moving from T42 to T500. 2. Up to you to decide. The non-backlit KB has the rough texture we know and love, granted it's not ...

Basically a T470 with a retro keyboard offers speed, new ports, better battery, and less weight over T420s and T430s.

R-series was built of different plastics to make it cheaper. I recall R60 series was all ABS, like the Z-series, unlike the T-series that's built of metal alloys. Also in the R50-T40 gen, T-series had some magnesium frame pieces in its base while R-series used plastic parts instead, for example in t...

Every Thinkpad with the classic keyboard also has the obscure "integrated-numpad".

The 900p screen is a very minor upgrade over 800p, just 100 more vertical pixels. People generally like higher resolution, so if you can get the 900p affordably you may as well aim for it. When picking a T410 screen in my opinion you should pick based on manufacturer. Stock LG and AUO are better loo...

It is pretty amazing. This forum has been invaluable to me. Now my 15 year Hitachi travelstar w/ Windows XP has finally kicked the bucket and won't boot past the Windows screen... at least I think it's the drive, not the computer, causing the problem. I'll try to save what I can from it, then I'll p...

nevermind I fixed it. Explanation here. /viewtopic.php?t=90116

Lesson learnt: Don't exchange RAM with Cmos battery removed.

Removed and replaced the security chip and still no dice.

RIP A31p. 2002-2017.

I got around to taking my two A31s in for service. Disassembled both, scientifically tested parts from each, put together a desirable model with a working GPU, screen, 2.0ghz P4M, 2GB Ram, built in wireless. One machine was losing its date and time so I pulled the CMOS battery and replaced it. Now o...

I believe Intel Speedstep can be further disabled in the Thinkpad BIOS. If you're using Windows you can also lock the processor's speed to maximum with Windows power options or Lenovo Power Manager.

Does the R60 have a uniquely positioned Firewire port, between the left vent and VGA port? Does this interfere with Frankenpadding?