I own/maintain 10+ T60s all of the same machine type (2007-72U) and OS (Win 7 Pro) . In the past whenever one of the T60s would fail I would just swap the HD over to a spare T60. This process worked well for me for years. I have recently started to replace some T60 HDs with SSDs all of the same type...

To answer my own question: the Intel 330 120 GB SSD works fine on a T60. I had no issues with a bare metal Win 7 Pro SP1 installation. I get a WEI "Primary hard disk" score of 6.8 (with disk compression). Regards.

I've never tried one of these drives so wasn't going to reply, but since no one else is offering an opinion, I will offer this question... Why would you want to pay a premium price to get a drive that supports SATA3 speeds on a computer that will only run it at SATA1? I recommend you get the 320 se...

Does anyone have one of the new Intel 330-series SSDs working on the T60? I've read some indications of a problem in a Newegg review but other than that I don't have much to go on. LMK. TIA. Regards.

YGPM.

I'm looking for a T60 (with a 15 in. 1400x1050 Flexview LCD and Bluetooth). Must be willing to ship USPS to Canada. TIA. Regards.

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Exactly. I've managed to image the hard drive using a PCMCIA 1394 card. The USB problem, however, is a puzzler. Thanks for your help.

I'm trying to revive an old 600X (Win 2K) and I've got everything working except for the USB port. A couple quick questions: a.) is the USB port enabled in BIOS (it's on 47WW but I'm afraid to update it - I suspect the hard disk is going to go at any minute and I want to get the data off first)? b.)...

How bad is the T500 1280 X 800 LCD? I've been spoiled the last few years using T60 SXGA IPS displays and I'm curious how the two compare. I realize that the T500 has other display options but this is the only one available to me. TIA.

Thanks everyone for the information, tips and recommendations.

Is the T500 a reliable TP? Any GPU (i.e., Intel vs. ATI) or other hardware "points of failure" that I should be aware of? I typically purchase 10+ laptops of the same type for my business/extended family - maintaining these TPs (i.e., reliability) is my overriding concern. TIA. Regards.

As the title indicates, I'm looking to purchase multiple T61ps with 15.4 in. WSXGA+ 1680x1050 LCDs and Bluetooth.

Thanks all for the sage advice - I've ordered the system board.

Harryc,

Thanks for the tips, I'm going to give it a shot.

I've had a GPU go on a T60 (2007-72U) that was "frozen" this past winter. How difficult, in general, is it to do a system board replacement on a T60? I've got the HMM procedure and I've done fan replacements on T4ns before but that's about it. LMK your thoughts: is this doable for the average Joe wi...

The question I'd ask about a DYI ViDock2 is why bother. The empty ViDock2 box is ~$200. Add in a favorite video card, and in under 10 minutes, you're up and running. Yeah, if I had unlimited time and my time was worth $.50/hour, maybe this'd be worth looking at. I can see where this might be intere...

The Vidock seems like a good product which has its uses. I was just picking up on the false statement of full X16 bandwidth. OK, sorry, now I understand what you were trying to say: end-to-end PCIe 2.0 X16. Nope, not via ExpressCard (X1) or any other mobile chipset PCIe interface. Nonetheless, I ha...

If you connect a 16 lane bridge to a 1 lane street you will have the throughput of one lane. Period. Agreed. The point that was being made previously is that ViDock-2's bridge seems to provide a proper PCIe 2.00 X1 implementation (i.e., 2.Gbps/500MB/s clear ). What concerned some of us was a repeat...

RonS wrote: ... But this seems to be a limitation of the ATI v5200 card itself, not the interface ...

RonS,

The ViDock 2's single lane pair (i.e., X1) and a PCIe v. 2.0 video card should give you 500MB/s on the bus (i.e., double the ATI v5200). Not bad. Thanks for your efforts.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but expresscards only have one lane, so its x1, not x16. With PCIe 2.0 that limits the throughput to about 500MB/s. Dummvogel, Unless, of course, this device provides " ... an extension of the PCI-Express bus ... " (i.e., bridging). Multiple Monitors on the W510 - a grea...

Dummvogel wrote:All Docks from Lenovo support Hot-docking. Because that means you can undock without shutting down.
It has nothing to do with the little undock-button.

The T41p + Dock II + third-party video card combination that I have doesn't support "hot docking".

Quick question: is "hot docking" supported on W5x0/W7x0 TPs? Is this support restricted to certain dock or video card types/combinations? TIA.

If the blinking cursor is your only outstanding issue, you may be able to use the MBR repair disk to fix it. I'll give this a shot. On the other hand, WHS can see Vista preload's service partition and back it up. What is the file system type used by your Vista preload's service partition? I'm guess...

Excuse me if I am confused, but what are those HP disks doing in this equation? RealBlackStuff, The HP disks (i.e., HP PC Restore v. 3. 0) are HP's version of Microsoft's WHS Restore CD (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=104683) and manage the client-server restore process on the client side (...

How about trying IBM/Lenovo CDs instead? Buy those in our Marketforum. I'm sure that what you are doing is not quite legal... RealBlackStuff, Sorry, I don't think I made myself clear. I bought a T60 on Marketplace from a well-known seller. It came with the original IBM_PRELOAD and hidden SERV parti...

What OS is on your ThinkPad? XP PRO + SP3 + all subsequent critical patches Make sure you have the latest restore disc from the link in your WHS Software\Home PC Restore CD\ReadMe.txt file. Hmmm, I'm using HP PC Restore Disc v. 3.0 which came with the EX490. I had assumed this was just the Microsof...

You need to set SATA in the BIOS to compatibility mode. When the installation is finished, change it back to AHCI mode. RealBlackStuff, Thanks very much for your reply. I tried that change in BIOS already: no joy. I'm not sure what's wrong - I'm just going to have to play around with this some more.

A quick question: has anyone successfully restored a T6n-series TP that has a hidden service partition? I've been able to successfully restore T4n-series TPs (with and without the hidden service partition) from an HP EX490 MediaSmart Server (v. 3.0.14.n) using PC Restore Disc (v. 3.0) but the T6n-se...

I want to use one common disk image (Acronis/Windows XP SP3) across multiple T60/1/p laptops. Is this possible? I do this currently across multiple T41/2/p-series FRUs without any problems. If anyone has any experience with this, I would like hear from you. TIA.

Bump.