I'm not planning to argue. Just leave this up to the moderators.
Still I don't think that following manufacturer's procedure of removing a password is "defeating"

I was under the impression that removing an HDD password along with a secure erase is an official and legal procedure. Nothing is hacked, data is protected. I've posted my experience here once https://www.forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=128899&p=835304&hilit=victoria#p835304 Please correct ...

Indeed this sounds like BOD. There is another way of curing it, but no guarantees of course. But it still requires soldering (a resistor), but not too complicated. More details here (german) https://thinkwiki.de/BoD I consider doing this on my BoD-affected A21m. I understood that it's considered a ...

Indeed this sounds like BOD. There is another way of curing it, but no guarantees of course. But it still requires soldering (a resistor), but not too complicated. More details here (german) https://thinkwiki.de/BoD

Hi everyone, I just watched an intriguing demonstration of a brick in operation. I thought it would be fun to own one, maybe as an oversized toy. I thought they would be cheap, like an early T series, but apparently, they're not. I couldn't even find one on Ebay! Are they now museum pieces, or do p...

I appreciate the reply. Is there a way to bypass using the HDD or the enclosure at all? I'm hoping a spare I have on the way will work but in case it doesn't, is there a way to just, uh, not use the drive at all and go with something else, like a CF card? or am I going to have to use even the enclo...

Luciad71 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 13, 2020 12:15 am

I often buy used equipment so as not to ruin myself. In fact the IBM components are top quality.

Overall I'm happy with this seller. But the NOS LCD panel that I received was degraded due to age (and I suspect due to storage conditions). I got my refund right away.

Hi Chris, welcome to the forum.
Did you try to remove the main battery? I have a 755cd laptop that would not boot with a dead battery installed. I suspect that in your case the laptop works while the battery is charged to some extend. And stops working when it's completely discharged.

I'm not connected with this seller in any way, just got this picture from him

Recently acquired a 755CX in an absolutely perfect shape, barely used. Only had a leaked resume battery. Cleaned that up, and it booted right up. But, the keys near the TrackPoint as well as a few random keys are completely dead, same for the left TrackPoint button (the right one barely works). Can...

There are external 5.25" FDDs that connect to LPT port. Usually they are not cheap, but good deals sometimes pop up on ebay. I cannot think of any reasons why you cannot use it on a thinkpad. EDIT: found this on ebay for example https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cumulus-123501-External-360K-5-25-Floppy-Disk-...

Thanks for sharing this. PCMCIA CF is the moset convenient way to transfer big files to older PCs, but it sometimes requires running around to make it work. I recently faced a problem with PCMCIA-CF card in W98 - it just did not apperar as a drive, i.e. no additional drive letter showed up in My Com...

fatkatsupra1 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 07, 2019 11:44 am

Removing the mini-pci card allowed my A21M to boot consistently now.

It worked for me as well.

Sorry to bump this super old thread. It's been almost 15 years since the quiestion was asked, but there is still not much clarity. :) All I could find out is the following: - VGA-in on DOCK I works with Actionmedia II video card. This card is mentioned as an option for the dock in HMM. It comes with...

I've seen once a SL6WZ on ebay, and the price was around $90. These are quite expensive as they are rare. But if you want it because of performance, it's not really worth the money. I personally ended up buying a SL6P2.

Did you also try to boot from a diskette? is the drive detected by bios?
AFAIR it's possible to test HDD and Mobo in BIOS.
From what you tell, I assume it's indeed something wrong with the motherboard.

First thing to do is to clean the contacts.
Did you try to plug into 750c any other HDD assembly?

I was wondering if it was worth the shot hunting down the DVD player... It will play DVDs for sure if you also install a Margi Dvd-to-go Pcmcia card. I have one on my P233MMX laptop, and it works fine. And the optical drive is the one I pulled from iBook G4 :) These cards are available on ebay for ...

I've finally ordered what I wanted, and can reply my own question. The seller turned out to be absolutely reliable. It used to be a service company back in the day. And this explains the prices - guess they just kept the old prices, without having adjusted them to age. The prices are negotiable thou...

I've spent quite a lot of time looking for DOS drivres for my 330C. Eventually ended up trying drivers for other models. Will post my findings here for the history. Cardsoft drivers for 340/360/755 work perfectly also on 330 series. Filename is pctpx130.exe, available here http://greyghost.mooo.com/...

Here is another possible solution for BoD https://thinkwiki.de/BoD

Found one on yahoo auctios in Japan.
PS there is another one for sale right now, if anyone is interested.

LONG time lurker, first time poster. This dock is fairly unique, in that the sound volume is controlled by Fn+PgUp and Fn+PgDn on the laptop, NOT the hardware volume slider/knob above the keyboard. (I can confirm this applies to at least the 755CX and 760* laptops). Of course, there is also a hardw...

Is this the one you found? There are both 770 and 770x disk images.
https://archive.org/download/LegacyThin ... 0Recovery/

I've recently picked up two cd-roms for old thinkpads on ebay. Both were new/sealed and very cheap. The first one is Sigma Data 24x drive for 755/760 series. Apart from beeing fast, this drive is remarkable for it's standard internal connector. As I understood it's basically an adapter that can take...

Have you tried Music-go-round? Pawn shops might also have one somewhere. Try Chris's Guitars too. He has a lot of second hand gear. No luck here. But thank you anyways. That's not going to be an easy find. These things are ancient, and from little research that I've just done, the demand outweighs ...

I know these are quite rare, but still looking for one with or without a dongle.
Shipping to US or EU.

I saved once a passworded HDD with Victoria program (http://hdd.by/victoria/). But you need to know the master password. In my case it was 32 spaces (default for IBM and Hitachi HDDs). And the disk has to be connected directly as secondary HD, i.e. not via USB adapter. And yes, mine was IDE HDD.

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Well, twbook is not free of mistakes, unfortunately. You can also see the spreadsheet at german thinkwiki https://thinkwiki.de/365 to identify your model. Re the keyboard - see the HMM http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/tpvol3.pdf for the part number(FRU) of the keyboard. This wi...