In my quest to try and collect 'everything' IBM made which was portable, we have this strange curiosity - the IBM On-Line Note - model 5499-002. It's...

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I am trying to upgrade my thinkpad T420’s wireless nic from an Intel centrino Advanced-N 6205 (rev 34) to an Intel 7260HMW. When I try...

I bought the used X230T i7 as a result of changing to a used X201T i7 because the three or four X61 which I have collected over the years have fan...

Been looking up old ThinkPads and other used brand machines and everything is going for $200-$1500. Mid-Late 90s ThinkPads to T2x, R3x models even...

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I recently bought a complete Thinkpad 390X.
This model has a connector on the HDD.
I also have a Thinkpad iSeries 1200 but without HDD and...

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I've picked up a spares/repair 390e which I've got mostly working but it's missing the hard drive caddy and interposer board. There do not...

I just stripped down a rare Japanese visitor to Europe - the IBM Thinkpad 535X. This machine is rocking a Pentium 1 MMX processor @ 200Mhz, 64Mb RAM...

What's going on guys. I'm still using my W520 4270CTO in 2023. I want 2nd WiFi card in a slot where you put SSD under the keyboard.

Now, I have...

I have for sale a very clean and well equipped ThinkPad W510 workstation. This machine has the following specs:

Intel i7-Q720 CPU quad core
32GB of...

I'm looking for an X60s/X61s and any C2D. Thanks.

I'm hoping someone with similar experience could explain this situation:

A T601 Frankenpad uses SATA HDD scorpio black 320GB in the ultrabay....

Hello thinkpadsforum family,

As mentioned in the title I am looking to purchase a serial/parallel port adapter reference here.
I am located in...

So I'm planning on fixing up an old ThinkPad X41 that I've had in my collection for the longest time (all it needs is a new internal disk drive, and...

Hi, i have putted together a T61 with a T9300 and 8Gb of DDR2 ram with a brand new compatible battery. This battery died a few months after first...

Hi, I'm looking to purchase an external Lenovo keyboard - which connects via USB, Bluetooth, or other. I hate island/chiclet style keys and love the...

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Just curious if there's an X1 Carbon generation with an easily swappable CPU fan, i.e. w/o the need to disturb the heatsink attachment to...

I have had a X1 Carbon Gen 6 WQHD Matte. I use this mostly for surfing and YouTube, reading news, etc. Nothing major. I usually have a cord handy or...

:banana: Hi! I have a Lenovo x201 from ages, but must change the display (black tripe widening).
There are a few x300 on sale in Hungary, will the...

Just bought an L540 from a wholesaler on eBay. He said it had 1080 lcd, then he said it didn’t… but he’s sent me the serial/FRU/whatever label from...

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I've had to de-vinegarise a lot of LCDs now. Initially I was using polarizing film that did not have adhesive on either side, but...

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I just changed out a screen for a Lenovo T580 Thinkpad laptop. Of course, when it comes on, you can barely see anything on the screen....

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I have a T420S dual booting Linux and it has developed a 21 second delay in the splash screen which I cannot resolve, and want to change the M/B...

I've been putting this off since 2019, but after a surge of motivation I looked into a replacement screen for my 755CSE again. I saw that screen...

Hi everyone. I know it's a long shot...

I've got a 385XD I'm restoring. It's in great shape but missing the HDD cover. It's the same as on the 380Z...

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For my website's fledgling wiki, I've created a page for the SK-8835/SK-884x family UltraNav keyboards that I thought would be cool to share. I...

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looking for a way to have my backlit keyboard automatically turn on when starting my T470 (Model 20jns04t00) . I found that there should be...

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X1 Gen6 series is looking optimal for my needs. Are there any typical issues with it that I should be aware of? I had no complaints...

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My apologies in advance if this isn't the right forum for such questions.
I'm one of the weird ones who enjoys laptop keyboards with shallow...

Hello! My account is too new to access the massive archive of Thinkpad recovery media. Is there some way to get the T23 WinXP recovery media? I'd...

Looking for some advice on purchasing a new Thinkpad.

A model with these specifications is desired.

* use an internal 2.5 sata drive
* have at...

I have a 600e I'm trying to bring back to a more factory state.

Going to try to be active here to get that there recovery disc :)

That said it's...

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I got a 760EL to restore, to join my others which are stored.

Going through the HMM, I hadn't realised until now that the horrible green...

Looking for the newest Thinkpad with an actual RS232 Serial port on it.. no docks (unless it's not through USB) and must not be USB to Serial as I've...

Does anyone have a keyboard in good condition for T410/T420/X220/W510/W520/T510/T520 ?
If so, Pm me please.
As a secondary item I'm looking for a...

Go to this webpage
Do a Search/Find for demdex and read on about what an iPhone can do to you...

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My hunt for an X1C6 recently ended with winning an auctioned T480s with about the same specs at half the price and I'm familiarizing with...

Hello dear Thinkpad friends,

I need a lot of support to repair an IBM 701c.
Small foreword: I bought the laptop from someone who kept it in a laptop...

Hello. New member to the forums here.

I'm looking for Recovery Media for a ThinkPad T42 that shipped with Windows XP Profesional. It still has the...