Reagle, thank you very very much for the information. Kudos to you. You are truly an invaluable asset to this community.

Thank you very much.

Does anyone know until when the T42 was built? According to information I found on the net, it was launched sometime in mid-2004, but couldn't find out when IBM stopped the production.

I have exactly the same problem with my X31.

I would too be interested to know which capacitor you swapped out. A picture would be fantastic.

Applicant is Wistron Corporation. Model name is PU5-W701 Two configurations were tested. Configuration 1 (Dual Display) CPU : Intel 2.0Ghz (probably Core i7-920XM) LCD : LGD - 17" WXGA (Model: LP171WP9-TLB2)/ TMD - 10.6 WXGA (Model: LT106DEVDB00) HDD : Fujitsu 320GB * 2 Configuration 2 (Single Displ...

Last Friday (13rd), I sent an email to Lenovo Outlet Contact regarding the warranty extension for Outlet products. Here's the reply I got a few minutes ago: Dear Customer, Thank you for contacting Lenovo, the makers of ThinkPad and ThinkCentre products. You can purchase a one or two year maintenance...

I have upgraded from Office 2003 Pro to Office 2007 Pro recently. All software were upgraded except for Infopath 2003, which is not included in Office 2007 Pro. Today, I got a notification about available security patches and updates. There were 4 patches in total, one was the newest version of Wind...

They have a long way to go, but it is good to see that at least people are trying.

I hope they find enough funding for tech equipment and will place datacenters around the globe as Google did to reduce latency.

Hey Stuart, I don't have a specific brand to recommend, any brand will do the job these days. Get a DVD burner with DVD-RAM writing feature. This is especially nice, since you can format a DVD-RAM media and drag-and-drop files from the harddrive to the disc as if you would copy files between two har...

hey, you get a German keyboard for the higher price. This must be worth something to you :wink:. Hehe... I had ordered my X31 from the US back in 2003. Of course it came with US layout and I bought a german keyboard from a dealer here in Germany. You know, with the current exchange rate, I could fl...

So, it took Lenovo `only` 3 years to ruin a brand, which was once considered as creme de la creme of business laptops. Congratulations.

I don`t even want to call them Thinkpads anymore, really.

dietpepsiaddict , many people on this forum prefer 4:3 screens but I've never seen anyone as strongly against widescreens as you. Would you elaborate on why you hate widescreens so much? Have you tried getting used to them? I feel comfortable using both types of screens, although for desktop LCDs, ...

Today Euro hit the $1.60 mark, probably an all-time high. Some of you may already know, but Thinkpad prices are simply ridiculous in Germany. To give you an idea, just take the US prices, replace the $ sign with EUR and there you have the retail prices of a Thinkpad here. Yes, we are talking about a...

richk wrote:Up to 3GB was fine. Finally, after I figured out the problem, I gave up and went back to 32-bit.

Thanks for taking the time to test it and post here.

I was playing with the idea to go with 64-bit just for the 4GB RAM, but what you have posted above doesn't sound good at all.

Again, thanks.

Did you try it with less than 3gb RAM?

Those who are dissing the Taiwanese or Chinese ODMs, where do you think that Thinkpads should be produced so that they would qualify as "quality" products?

I am a happy owner of a 5 yrs old X31 and I still love it. After purchasing it, I replaced the HDD with a 7200rpm one and installed 2GB memory. Compared to the 4200rpm HDD that came on the machine, the new HDD made a huge difference. The only down side is the limited amount of VGA memory (16mb), I w...

Hardware Maintenance Manual A61

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Just came across this thread while I was searching internal photos of the S10. Thanks :) After my 6 yrs old no-name PC decided to retire, I was thinking of building a new PC, but suddenly I didn't feel like going through ordering the components from here and there. The price of the S10 looks just ab...

Thanks for the advice. I just went and installed the one for the X32 and it's working like a charm.

Thanks a lot!

Hey mgo!

thanks for the quick reply.

Um, on the X31 drivers page, the Power Manager software is unfortunately not listed for the X31 anymore (I know it used to be). A version for the X32 is available though. I am not sure if it would work on the X31 as well

Hmm, any idea where to get that from?

Hello, after upgrading from 1.41 to 1.43, my Power Manager application is gone :? (since installing the newer one required removing the old version, I can't roll back, because I don't have it anymore) I am talking about this http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/power-mngr.jpg I don't have this...

Hey Jon, welcome to the Thinkpads forums :) I have a very similar problem. Symptoms (on AC - battery is not plugged) 1) Fn+F4 - "Preparing to Standy" message appears, then system cuts power. Power button doesn't wake the computer up. After disconnecting and re-connecting power cord, pressing the pow...

Hi andyP, thanks for your feedback. I wouldn't be worried if it was a regular shut down procedure. But in my case, it just cuts the power. After pushing Fn+F4 and the "Preparing to Standby" message appears, the screen goes blank, the HDD light flashes for a short time and at the moment, where the mo...

Uh oh, that doesn't sound good

Update II Today, I have noticed another problem. It's similar to the one above, but somehow related. Here goes; When I shut down the computer via the regular way (i.e. Start - Shut Down - Shut down), it powers down without a complication. Here comes the weird part, when I want to power it up, I'm pr...

Update

From my older backup, I've managed to extract older versions of Power Management Driver. I have tried 1.33 and 1.41 so far, Standby still not working.

So, I'm guessing that it's not a driver related issue. But I have no idea what's causing this.

I gave up on using auto update feature since the introduction of System Update. Version 2.0 was buggy, required a bunch of hacks to make it work. And after connecting it was taking ages until it showed the updates.

I am using the website instead. It's just a click or two. It's more up-to-date too.

OK, here I am again. I wasn't able to find the 1.41 power management driver. Does anyone know where I can find this file online? wackydan, thanks for the heads up. I'll look into that CMOS battery. Actually, it's turning on again, but I have to disconnect the power plug for a couple of seconds and r...

Thanks mate. I'll let you know.