Hi, new member here, nice to meet you all. I just got a great deal ($30) on a used IBM R51. It has a Pentium M 1.5ghz, 256mb of RAM, an ATI Radeon...

Hello, just wanted to share the experience of managing to successfully flash the EDID of a screen for the first time with no idea how to go about it....

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I need your help about some strange problem that I never had with SD Card reader. About few months I made clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate x86...

i patched my newest X220 ThinkPad with the patched BIOS form the McDonnell Tech guide now the audio rarely works. is there a way to undo this? i...

I thought I will share my experience what it was like to LED mod a Thinkpad T60 and a T601 Frankenpad. Both of these machines are 15 inch 4:3...

I have an i9 7-core P53. It uses a huge and expensive 230 Watt AC adapter. There is no car adapter for it. It is a great desk top replacement.

I...

Follows the current trend of removing useful ports, over-styling, and utterly bewildering material choice. Looks like my P53 will get replaced by a...

For sale is a used ThinkPad 600E laptop. This machine has a 400MHz CPU, 128MB of RAM, 30GB hard drive and comes with an AC adapter, Windows 98 CD and...

I have a new-to-me W530, and I'm getting an odd clicking/popping sound from the speakers when playing audio. I can even hear it in this test tone...

For sale are a matched pair of NVIDIA Quadro K4200 4GB PCI-E graphics cards. These were removed from a Dell Precision and stress tested with Furmark....

For sale is a used Intel Core i5-4590T 2.00GHz desktop CPU and an 8GB DDR3 RAM module. Both parts were pulled from an upgraded PC and are in...

by chance does anybody have a restore iso for the Windows 98 Thinkpad 600E? Thanks for any info. Good day and God Bless

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I have a T41p which had a blotchy LCD display. I sourced a new replacement - like for like. Removed the mains power and main battery, and...

Hello, I'm a proud X220 user, but seems 5 more year, my X220 with i7-2640m won't hold for work anymore. I can't left 7 row keyboard, and I don't see...

Very nice read:

solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/12/how-and-why-i-stopped-buying-new-laptops.html

Money quote (literally):

» For that price, you...

I've been looking forward to seeing a Thinkpad with a Snapdragon CPU.. i don't use very much processing power these days especially on the road and...

**UPDATE**

I did receive my laptop as of 11/11/21! Thanks Jacky, sorry for doubting you!!!

**UPDATE**

Hey all, I purchased another x210 from Jacky...

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When I got my X62, I was told it has USB 3.0, and I see it in device manager, but in each of the three USB ports, the OS tells me the...

P1G4 was only available with a 1TB drive. Wanted bigger but nothing in stock. Would the SN770 2TB be a good replacement? Can't see a system finder on...

Came across this mainframe article today, something that a few of us still (fondly ?) remember.
Retrotechtacular: The IBM System/360 Remembered .
In...

For sale is a used IBM PS/2 Model L40 SX 386 laptop computer. This machine has a 20MHz 386 CPU, 2MB of RAM, 80MB hard drive and includes an external...

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I have a couple of T4x machines - They're labelled T41p, T42 and T43p and all of them have a one piece plastic surround around the keyboard...

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Thank you in advance for all responses. I have an IBM ThinkPad R40 and the optical drive is recognized but does not spin up. I am looking...

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I have 2 x Thinkpad 235 machines - one pretty much factory fresh with Windows 98 and the other a bit more 'weathered' with a faulty HDD....

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This is my first time posting on this forum though I've been an avid reader of it for years. I'm stumped and would like to seek your...

Selling my Thinkpad P1 Gen 2. I have replaced both hinges (a common failure point on these P1 and X1 Extreme models is wobbly hinges, so this will be...

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Not sure if this has been covered, but what causes the rubberised coating on 60x, T2x, T3x, T4x and similar older thinkpads to go sticky?

I have...

Fn + PgUp is supposed to toggle on and off the ThinkLight.
But it doesn't, won't even turn it on.
X201 Tablet
Windows 10 Home

Any suggestions?

Got an 1802 mini card error when I installed an Intel AC 7260 (2.4GHz & 5GHhz) card.
Is there a whitelist removal tool?
If so, can someone provide a...

My L530 with WIN 10 PRO/64 bits only boots after entering BIOS, normal boot doesn't work (dark screen only)
Means I have to enter the BIOS (by...

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Does anyone know whether a P50 keyboard will fit and work correctly in a W541?

I currently use both machines (in different locations) and...

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I fail to see what full disk encryption brings to the table, having the option to simply put an ATA password on the drive. It seems to me that...

Hello everyone!
Some time ago I had a little incident with my X220 (i5 model).
My AC charger, already known to be a bit faulty, started making some...

I know this isn't a ThinkPad but I figure there must be a few Apple fans on this website. For sale is a vintage Apple iBook G3 late 2001 model. This...

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This past week I added an X200S to my little collection!

It's a bit rough and missing some bits, but appears to be working fine - like the...