Lenovo it seems has dropped their driver support page for X series Thinkpads prior to X220 or X230. I need the Win7 driver for FRU 43Y6553 REALTEK RTL8191SE MINI-CARD

I have a bunch of thinkpads and my goal has been to have them all up and running with a hard drive be it a SSD or a spinner drive. These 64GB mSata drives work well for Linux or as test drives or temporary drives. I build my own desktops and I have a 500GB SSD and a 240GB SSD as well as a RAID 0 2TB...

You need to install a different driver. Either newer or older than the current driver you have installed. AMD has a driver uninstall tool for drivers.
http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-article ... ility.aspx

You are welcome in advance.

Pull the bios battery for 30 seconds and plug it back in. Reset the bios to factory default settings and maybe hold the power button down for 10 seconds 10 times for good measure with the battery disconnected.

At this point in the life of a Frankenpad. You either buy a Frankenpad or buy a T61 and mod it with Middleton bios add a nice wifi card, SSD and 8GB of ram with a T9300 or better CPU and call it a day. On a side note. I have a mint T61 that came with either a T8300 or T9300 CPU with perfect hinges a...

Vista was always mapping your HDD. I don't remember if they called it prefetch but it treated a computer as if it was some sort of network server. That is why it was brutal on SSD's. It was always reformatting HDD and everybody knows SSD's are not reformatted like a spinner drive.

Just a pro tip here. If you can get a ISO image of Windows Vista with SP2, you will like that version much better than anything prior to SP2. I think Vista being as bad as it was had SP3 but I could never find an ISO image with SP3. I had an original copy of Vista Ultimate and it was a disaster to i...

The only thing that would make an R500 with a Celeron processor seem or feel sporty is a Linux OS of any build or flavor.

I am running my T420s right now on a 64GB Hynix Msata SSD right now. I have a Samsung Msata 64GB SSD as well as a couple 128GB Msata's. Just testing out how the mini pci-e slot works. My next step is the T430 that is sporting a 7mm 120GB SSD at the moment. Below is the 64GB Msata SSD in the T420s. I...

From my limited testing the problem seems more to be the 9.5mm caddy vs the 7mm caddy. If I stack a standard HDD on top of a 7mm caddy, I think it may fit. Those Chinese ebay sellers are getting a premium for the hard red rubber rails. I plan to use the T430 as my file server machine mostly in the g...

My guess is the one on the left is an IPS panel vs a TN panel on the right.

The T500 has the 16X10 screen going for it. That is the selling point or should I say buying point. As far as CPU goes. I have the both the T9600 for T500 and T9900 for W500. At this stage of the T500 lifecycle, there really isn't much of a difference between the two CPU's considering it's 2017 and ...

Note that the T440 and later don't have an mSATA slot, but an M.2 (NGFF) slot. The M.2 standard is more complex than mSATA-- more infor can be found here: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/02/understanding-m-2-the-interface-that-will-speed-up-your-next-ssd/ The T440 has a 2242 size (22mmx42mm) M...

I have a i7 T430 and I have a 64GB mSata and a couple of 128GB Msata drives. With Windows 10 Pro is a 64GB drive good enough as a boot drive? I will be using a 750GB drive as my D drive. The Msata 64GB has read speeds mid to high 400's and around 150MB write speeds. I think the 128GB SSD is actually...

Try a 90w power supply. My educated guess is that you have Nvidia graphics which would require a 90w power supply for full performance.

So James Bond you are not? We Yankees often assume every male from the UK is Mi6 trained and skilled like Q. My guess is that you didn't properly seat some of your components while cleaning out your T410. Glad you are back up and running.

To me it's not worth it to seek or desire a 9 year old laptop to function well in these modern times of 2017. With that said, I completely understand why someone would want a fully loaded vintage thinkpad from the T500 era. The cost of a really nice LCD panel is not worth the price of admission in m...

I have the T9600 (2.8Ghz) in a a couple of T500's and a T9900 (3.06Ghz) in a couple of W500's. The T9600 is a good upgrade option for your T500. The biggest difference would be putting in a SSD as suggested by several members in this thread. I would suggest considering a T410 or T510 for a little ex...

If your signature is accurate. Your greatest loss was your 480GB SSD and 2TB HDD. If you considering a T500 with a 2.8ghz processor or a W500 with either the 2.8ghz or 3.06ghz processor you could have a nice backup to your L430. You do not necessarily need the 1920x1200 display. 1680x1050 is all you...

This is a regular topic on the desktop performance PC forums. They suggest using high speed sewing machine oil. The can costs $3-5.

I just pulled the optical bay storage out of both a T430s and a T410s. They are one in the same with the same part number (UJ8C2). On Ebay look for SATA ultrabay slim. They are universal between manufacturers. This one should work. [urlhttp://www.ebay.com/itm/Ultrabay-Slim-SATA-2nd-Hdd-Hard-Drive-Ca...

I still use Mint. I think I have an older version 17.1
I like Linux.

Thanks for the help. I will update you on the update process. I have a T420s battery that works and charges in a T430s. But generic backup batteries will not charge. This is all pre-mod of course. I have added a T430 to my collection. My T430s is still under warranty so I will see if Lenovo gives me...

Is there a ready made bios that removes the security chip requirement? I don't want to ruin a thinkpad by screwing up the bios trying to cut and paste the correct file. Similar to the Middleton bios on the T61 where it's the jack of all trades bios mod?

When did the batteries change in the T series with regard to the T430/T420/T410 lines? Are the batteries compatible across all 3 models? I have a T430 on the way and if the battery is no good, I have half a dozen T410 batteries. Will they work in the T430?

If it doesn't have discrete graphics card, 65w would be the correct charger. You can use either 65w or 90w. If you have a thinkpad that has discrete graphics and you use a 65w power supply. It will display a message saying your computer requires a 90w charger and that performance will be decreased w...

Does anybody have a link to the battery chip removal bios mod for the T430s? On a side note I got the first of my generic batteries in the battery lottery. The 1st contestant had a bulge under the battery and I thought that it was because it uses inferior lithium ion cells. The standard T430s batter...

I like the T430s but find myself having a hard time deciding between a T420s and a T430s. Basically the same performance but the T430s is better on battery and runs cooler than a T420s. Ah, I see. I took this to mean you were comparing them with a view to picking one. My bad. You are not the first ...

Perhaps some forum members have misunderstood this thread. I have both a T420s and a T430s. Those are my benchmarks of performance for both laptops. I use bluetooth headphones in lieu of the abysmal speakers for any laptop let alone a thinkpad. So please click on the links from my original post of t...

I was going to comment on another T430s thread but didn't want to hijack the other T430s thread. I just wanted to comment on the T430s with discrete graphics. I ran tests and sadly it seems the NVS 5200M is more gutless than the integrated Intel Graphics. Similar to the performance of the Nvidia NVS...