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- Tue Aug 17, 2021 9:52 am
- Forum: Thinkpad T25 Anniversary/Retro
- Topic: Thinkpad 25: 6 months and a 6 cell battery later (PICS)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15253
Re: Thinkpad 25: 6 months and a 6 cell battery later (PICS)
They really went through some lengths to fake that 61 battery!
- Mon Aug 16, 2021 10:30 am
- Forum: Forum Announcements
- Topic: Forum donations for upgrades
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1335737
Re: Forum donations for upgrades
Just donated $22 per agreement with another forum member (momstoy2).
- Sun Aug 15, 2021 8:27 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Replacement screw sets for T61 or any T-series from T30 series onward
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5203
Re: Replacement screw sets for T61 or any T-series from T30 series onward
I can try to help him get elected president.
Have you seen the disaster unfolding in Afghan the past couple of months???
Have you seen the disaster unfolding in Afghan the past couple of months???
- Sun Aug 15, 2021 5:04 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T430-T490 / T530-T590 Series
- Topic: DVD region change on Serial Ultrabay Enhanced DVD
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2562
Re: DVD region change on Serial Ultrabay Enhanced DVD
Yes, VLC is a nice application.
- Fri Aug 13, 2021 10:37 pm
- Forum: Marketplace - Forum Members only
- Topic: Found - WTB - T20/T21/T22/T23 hard disk caddy/cover
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4185
Re: Found - WTB - T20/T21/T22/T23 hard disk caddy/cover
Who's Bill ??
- Fri Aug 13, 2021 7:44 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Replacement screw sets for T61 or any T-series from T30 series onward
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5203
Replacement screw sets for T61 or any T-series from T30 series onward
Any recommendations for replacement screw sets for T-series? I need some mostly for some T61s but for anything for T30 thru T/W 530 would be useful. Are any of those replacement screw sets on amazon any good? are there any to steer clear of? Thanks. I do remember the HMMs always warning the service ...
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 9:34 pm
- Forum: Marketplace - Forum Members only
- Topic: FREE + shipping: T400, 760XD (functional and for parts)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3079
Re: FS: 15 complete, needing repair, or for-parts/partial TPs
PM'd on the remaining T61s and the T500. I'd definitely work on these bad boys.
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:26 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Bricked BIOS
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6804
Re: Bricked BIOS
I've never had a problem with the 4GB RAM modules for the T61, but I've only used then in 5 systems. The repeated insert / remove of modules should help with the RAM errors. Those contacts on the motherboards are not gold plated like the RAM modules are. Did you know that all the gold, silver, coppe...
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:20 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T430-T490 / T530-T590 Series
- Topic: DVD region change on Serial Ultrabay Enhanced DVD
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2562
Re: DVD region change on Serial Ultrabay Enhanced DVD
If I remember correctly, the region change affects the DVD drive itself. I remember getting one that was for zone 2 and I changed it to 1 and it showed a couple greyed out "available changes" so, yes you should be able to change to what you want, it changed the DVD drive itself and you only have lik...
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:17 pm
- Forum: Marketplace - Forum Members only
- Topic: Ultrabay Slim HDD adapter FRU p/n 62P4553
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1352
Re: Ultrabay Slim HDD adapter FRU p/n 62P4553
Do you still have the tray? I'll take it if so.
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:10 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad W500/W510/W520 and W700/W701 Series
- Topic: Incompatibility by design: 170W vs 135W vs 90W. Why?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 29119
Re: Incompatibility by design: 170W vs 135W vs 90W. Why?
I just said screw it and bought 2 extra 170W AC adapters. They stay with the series 3 docks and the original 170W goes where the W530 goes.
And I shaved off the protrusions inside all the connectors so they can all fit the T530 and all the T61s & W500s.
And I shaved off the protrusions inside all the connectors so they can all fit the T530 and all the T61s & W500s.
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 2:46 pm
- Forum: Marketplace - Forum Members only
- Topic: FOUND: T60, T61 Ultrabay Slim SATA HDD/SSD Adapter FRU 40Y8725
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4191
Re: WTB: T60, T61 Ultrabay Slim SATA HDD/SSD Adapter FRU 40Y8725
I have "aftermarket" HDD adapters that fit T61, T60, T40 series, x40, x50, x60 etc and take a SATA drive. They are like the original Lenovo ones but do not have the plastic tab that prevents one from putting them in a T40 series. I also have some Original IBM HDD adapter trays that take PATA drives ...
- Sun Jul 11, 2021 9:26 pm
- Forum: Thinkpad - General HARDWARE/SOFTWARE questions
- Topic: Identifying old IBM ThinkPad messenger bag/case
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6602
Re: Identifying old IBM ThinkPad messenger bag/case
I had a real nice all leather Targus briefcase style. I still have it, but I prefer a rolling one for trips nowadays. I have a rolling one (burgundy leather) for week or longer trips, otherwise I have a newer nice burgundy / coffee colored case for current daily use.
Strictly leather cases for me.
Strictly leather cases for me.
- Thu Jul 01, 2021 7:58 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
- Topic: ThinkPad 760LD with broken internal CD-ROM
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2688
Re: ThinkPad 760LD with broken internal CD-ROM
I think I have 1 or 2 CD ROMs for the 760 series.
- Thu Jul 01, 2021 7:40 pm
- Forum: Windows 10/11/etc.
- Topic: The Great Windows 11 Computer Extinction Experiment
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14115
- Thu Jul 01, 2021 7:39 pm
- Forum: Thinkpad - General HARDWARE/SOFTWARE questions
- Topic: T500 Win7 Docking Issue with Dock 2503
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8097
Re: T500 Win7 Docking Issue with Dock 2503
Take your time to get better!
- Thu Jul 01, 2021 7:38 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Bricked BIOS
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6804
Re: Bricked BIOS
Also: NEVER run a BIOS update from within ANY version of windows.
- Thu Jul 01, 2021 6:02 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Stuff
- Topic: For all you car lovers in USA: EPA is out to screw you!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6618
Re: For all you car lovers in USA: EPA is out to screw you!
The epa can go straight to hell.
- Thu Jul 01, 2021 6:01 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Stuff
- Topic: Even stranger networking mystery
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5382
Re: Even stranger networking mystery
I have never even heard of "killer" Ethernet adapters - or is is just a SW add-on to an existing Ethernet card? I have three trendnet switches connected to all me to connect my NAS systems, printers computers, etc. Never an issue until a few months ago when one the NASs went wacko and tripped up a t...
- Thu Jul 01, 2021 2:17 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Stuff
- Topic: WD MyBook NAS global attack - wiped drives
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4968
Re: WD MyBook NAS global attack - wiped drives
Hi, I didn't lose any data or files. Yeah the MBL was wiped, but that was one of only 6 backups, so once I reset it and got one of my PWs back on. I was able to use it. But I took it off my LAN and powered it off because WD has not corrected the vulnerability (supposedly two lines of code can fix it...
- Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:35 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Stuff
- Topic: WD MyBook NAS global attack - wiped drives
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4968
WD MyBook NAS global attack - wiped drives
Anyone still using a WD MyBook Live NAS? Last week a global attack wiped thousands of the NAS drives and reset the password to whatever. I used one - and it got wiped and the PW changed. link: https://community.wd.com/c/wd-legacy-products/my-book-live/50 Over 970 posts on the main thread. The kicker...
- Sun Jun 13, 2021 11:35 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: T60 “Upgrade”
- Replies: 36
- Views: 10198
Re: T60 “Upgrade”
Just two words, class & refinement. Go ahead and walk into a board meeting with a backpack... I see what you mean, but I am not someone who walks into board meetings. Also I have never been good at following trends and expectations, especially when they don't make sense. Probably a major reason why...
- Sun Jun 13, 2021 1:57 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: T60 “Upgrade”
- Replies: 36
- Views: 10198
Re: T60 “Upgrade”
Just two words, class & refinement.
Go ahead and walk into a board meeting with a backpack...
Go ahead and walk into a board meeting with a backpack...
- Thu Jun 10, 2021 11:37 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: T60 “Upgrade”
- Replies: 36
- Views: 10198
Re: T60 “Upgrade”
backpacks = jr high
Real men use a briefcase or attache.
Real men use a briefcase or attache.
- Sat May 29, 2021 9:49 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Stuff
- Topic: SacrificingLiberty and "the fire of war in the middle East"
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7531
Re: So, who's ready to take the covid-19 vaccine ?
Apply some intelligence here. Any 1980s (or earlier) statement from the ruskies can be discounted 100%. This massacre was committed by the soviets, and it is only the tip of the iceberg with regards to what the soviets did to the Poles. It doesn't excuse the nazis from what they did, but stalin was...
- Sat May 29, 2021 2:11 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Stuff
- Topic: SacrificingLiberty and "the fire of war in the middle East"
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7531
Re: So, who's ready to take the covid-19 vaccine ?
The REAL fuse that lit the fire of war inn the middle east was the euro-meddling in the region in the aftermath of WW1 and the broken promises to the arabs. Either you know your history or you don't. It'a a funny thing is history... not static like some people think.... For example it was a fact ac...
- Fri May 28, 2021 1:22 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Stuff
- Topic: SacrificingLiberty and "the fire of war in the middle East"
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7531
Re: So, who's ready to take the covid-19 vaccine ?
The REAL fuse that lit the fire of war inn the middle east was the euro-meddling in the region in the aftermath of WW1 and the broken promises to the arabs. Either you know your history or you don't. You mean aftermath of WW 2 . So I guess you don't know your history. SORRY RBS, but bin laden himse...
- Thu May 27, 2021 10:06 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Stuff
- Topic: SacrificingLiberty and "the fire of war in the middle East"
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7531
Re: So, who's ready to take the covid-19 vaccine ?
The REAL fuse that lit the fire of war inn the middle east was the euro-meddling in the region in the aftermath of WW1 and the broken promises to the arabs.
Either you know your history or you don't.
Either you know your history or you don't.
- Thu May 27, 2021 9:43 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Stuff
- Topic: So, who's ready to take the covid-19 vaccine ?
- Replies: 313
- Views: 76444
Re: So, who's ready to take the covid-19 vaccine ?
I know that I was right 15 months ago. I feel like it's more important to be right somewhere closer to now. No, being right earlier is always better. That way you don't compound errors. And, when it comes to being right, you can rule out the cdc and faustian, who haven't been right from the beginni...
- Tue May 25, 2021 10:50 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Stuff
- Topic: So, who's ready to take the covid-19 vaccine ?
- Replies: 313
- Views: 76444
Re: So, who's ready to take the covid-19 vaccine ?
I know that I was right 15 months ago.