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- Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:23 am
- Forum: Windows 10/11/etc.
- Topic: X60 (Tablet) upgrade - not detecting NX?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3059
Re: Windows 10?
Probably not much help, but I was testing on my X60 tablet (L2500) up to build 10130, and it has always installed OK and run as well as W10 does. :roll: I was testing 32-bit on the X60T and 64-bit on an X201, but let the X60 sit in a cupboard after that build. I've now got it fired up and updating t...
- Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:08 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: External DVD drive 4X2176
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1878
Re: External DVD drive 4X2176
Thanks for that, especially the very useful pdf of usb specifications. Well, I've poked and flexed as much as I dare, and I haven't got beyond creaking noises. The usb 'B' socket does have a noticeable air gap between its front edge and the fairly thick plastic of the case, but it seems to be mounte...
- Mon Apr 06, 2015 1:30 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: External DVD drive 4X2176
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1878
External DVD drive 4X2176
I know this is probably the wrong place and this will probably be moved or get me shot, but... For use with my X201, I went on ebay and bought a DVD drive at a good price. It works well, but I have to hold the usb cable into the back of the casing to keep the connection solid. This is a problem I've...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 3:06 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Stereo mix - Lenovo x200 Conexant HD Audio
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4415
Re: Stereo mix - Lenovo x200 Conexant HD Audio
I have never found any way of patching the Stereo Mix feature back in, but one of the Microsoft developers published a simple workaround. I could never get it to work, but he has updated it, code and executables at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/matthew_van_eerde/archive/2014/11/05/draining-the-wasapi-capt...
- Thu Dec 25, 2014 3:53 pm
- Forum: Thinkpad X60/X61 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: Odd hard drive error
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5778
Re: Odd hard drive error
I think the crucial Microsoft update is to be found at http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/search.aspx?q=kb3021937 and you have to access it using Internet Explorer, which seems to have to install another program (or add-on). After that you can add either the 64 or 32-bit update to your "bas...
- Wed Dec 24, 2014 9:53 am
- Forum: Thinkpad X60/X61 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: Odd hard drive error
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5778
Re: Odd hard drive error
Yes. I had copied the W7 installation onto a brand new 1TB hard drive and set up dual booting with Windows 10. The next day the update to build 9879 installed itself automatically, rebooted and I had a "dead" brand new HD. I had reached the stage of filling out the RMA docs to return the drive, when...
- Tue Dec 23, 2014 2:32 pm
- Forum: Thinkpad X60/X61 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: Odd hard drive error
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5778
Re: Odd hard drive error
This is the Power Up In Standby (PUIS) problem with the recent W10 update. There has been a lot of discussion on the W 10 TP forum. Before I saw that, I had discovered that the HD "comes back" if installed in a different machine. Microsoft have issued KB3021937. You have to install that, possibly di...
- Sun Nov 30, 2014 9:43 am
- Forum: Thinkpad X60/X61 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: X61T resource conflict
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2803
Re: X61T resource conflict
Thanks to everyone for the replies. I have been getting a few X60T's working for friends and family members who have seen me using one and expressed an interest. I work with audio a lot and, for example, have been trying the Linux and Windows "Harrison Mixbus" DAW, but it needs either multiple monit...
- Sat Nov 29, 2014 1:29 pm
- Forum: Thinkpad X60/X61 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: X61T resource conflict
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2803
X61T resource conflict
I asked about this back in September, but have been forced to look at it again because she wants it off the table before Christmas! It's an X61T with 1400 x 1050 screen, and boots with 2 beeps saying resource conflict PCI bus 5,0,0. I've updated the bios and removed all the panels from above the mot...
- Tue Nov 04, 2014 3:28 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: A question about the soundcard in x200s
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4472
Re: A question about the soundcard in x200s
This might not be directly related to mp107's question but, to my understanding, capabilities of the audio devices in Thinkpads running Windows were once for all deliberately crippled by shipping drivers (=software!) limiting certain features of the audio hardware on behalf of recording industry in...
- Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:08 am
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: A question about the soundcard in x200s
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4472
Re: A question about the soundcard in x200s
I've just checked an X61s running W7 and using an Analog Devices sound chipset, and it does indeed list 192kHz sampling for the mic. My X60T, which I see has a slightly earlier version of the Analog Devices chipset, is running Windows 10 Preview. It only lists up to 48kHz. Interestingly, this latter...
- Mon Nov 03, 2014 3:33 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: A question about the soundcard in x200s
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4472
Re: A question about the soundcard in x200s
I've just fired up an x200s running Windows 7 Pro and looked at the audio properties. It looks as though you can set audio playback to the speakers to 192kHz sampling rate at various bit depths, but the microphone input only lists sample rates up to 96kHz. There is no line input, although I haven't ...
- Tue Oct 07, 2014 1:39 pm
- Forum: Windows 10/11/etc.
- Topic: Windows 10 on Penryn X61
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14507
Re: Windows 10 on Penryn X61
My X60T with Intel 645 seems to work fine as a basic display. The resolution is 1024 x 768. I gather that lower resolutions will not work. The drivers are all as installed natively with W10 except for the fingerprint driver, so I didn't expect the osd to work, but Fn + Delete and Fn + Home show the ...
- Sun Oct 05, 2014 12:22 pm
- Forum: Windows 10/11/etc.
- Topic: Windows 10 on Penryn X61
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14507
Re: Windows 10 on Penryn X61
I've just got 2GB in the X60T, as it's only a 32-bit processor. It doesn't seem slow (I'm currently trying to track down the problem on a slow X201 that I just acquired). I seem to have one problem in that it doesn't remember tabs in either IE or PaleMoon (like Firefox) browsers or remember the mult...
- Sat Oct 04, 2014 1:53 pm
- Forum: Windows 10/11/etc.
- Topic: Windows 10 on Penryn X61
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14507
Re: Windows 10 on Penryn X61
I've fired up an X60T and put the W10 preview on it. Not had much time yet, but I've got the fingerprint reader working and the pen is fine. Not got to my interests in firewire audio yet.
I think it's worth a go, and potentially much better for me than 8.1.
I think it's worth a go, and potentially much better for me than 8.1.
- Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:37 am
- Forum: Thinkpad X60/X61 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: Failed screen replacement, now system won't power on
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6282
Re: Failed screen replacement, now system won't power on
If you do check the fuses, I'd be very interested to hear how you get on. Here, I've made up some probes by soldering wires to the top of a couple of sewing needles, then moulding a plastic disk across the top (using red and black "sugru") to give me some area to apply finger pressure. The wires the...
- Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:43 am
- Forum: Thinkpad X60/X61 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: X61T bios update for resource conflict
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5631
Re: X61T bios update for resource conflict
Yes, there is nothing in the WWAN slot, where the turbo memory card should go, if I've understood everything correctly.
- Sun Sep 14, 2014 6:30 am
- Forum: Thinkpad X60/X61 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: X61T bios update for resource conflict
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5631
Re: X61T bios update for resource conflict
Yes, thanks for this because, although I'd updated and reset the bios, I hadn't tried manually disabling everything in the new bios.Bibin wrote:Have you tried disabling every device possible from within the BIOS?
Unfortunately, it makes no difference.
- Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:38 am
- Forum: Thinkpad X60/X61 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: X61T bios update for resource conflict
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5631
Re: X61T bios update for resource conflict
Have you taken out and reseated your RAM? And a BIOS update works fine with the optical drive in the X6x ultrabase. Dont forget to initialize with F9. Yes, I have reseated the ram several times, tried it in the other slot (it says restart with the ram in slot 0), and tried another RAM module. I wil...
- Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:54 am
- Forum: Thinkpad X60/X61 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: X61T bios update for resource conflict
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5631
Re: X61T bios update for resource conflict
The Wacom digitiser works fine. An SD card doesn't. I haven't tried the firewire port as it means digging out an audio device that works with Linux.
I have tried with an external screen connected and selected via F7, but I haven't tried actually removing the feed to the local display.
I have tried with an external screen connected and selected via F7, but I haven't tried actually removing the feed to the local display.
- Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:50 am
- Forum: Thinkpad X60/X61 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: X61T bios update for resource conflict
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5631
Re: X61T bios update for resource conflict
Once i had the same problem with T20. I think it happend after i changed mPCI modem with 3Com networl/modem card. I have changed PCI IRQ settings (BIOS -> Config ->PCI). I have some tryes to get working configuration. If something goes wrong after reconfiguring IRQs -> reconnect yellow battery and ...
- Mon Sep 08, 2014 6:26 pm
- Forum: Thinkpad X60/X61 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: X61T bios update for resource conflict
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5631
Re: X61T bios update for resource conflict
No, there is nothing in the WWAN slot. I've tried without the modem (I think it is - the middle thing under the palmrest) and without the WAN pci card. I haven't tried removing the HD adapter, but the HD seems to work fine. I have reset the bios, but that didn't help. I also removed the small yellow...
- Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:03 pm
- Forum: Thinkpad X60/X61 Series incl. Tablets
- Topic: X61T bios update for resource conflict
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5631
X61T bios update for resource conflict
I have an X61T that gives 2 bleeps during boot and reports a resource conflict on pci Bus 5. I have tried all the obvious things such as disabling ports, usb etc. in the bios, and also booting with the wifi card unplugged, but there is no change. If I hit Esc after the beeps, it boots happily into L...
- Mon Aug 25, 2014 1:12 pm
- Forum: Linux Questions
- Topic: On Screen Keyboard in Mint 17
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2709
On Screen Keyboard in Mint 17
I'm trying to get an X60 tablet working sensibly in tablet mode with Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon. I am an eternal beginner with Linux. I activated the built in on-screen keyboard, but it doesn't seem very user friendly. Examples include: If I hit the menu button, I get the programs menu, but with the key...
- Tue Aug 19, 2014 5:29 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: X200T running Lenovo ShareIt
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2433
Re: X200T running Lenovo ShareIt
Just in case anyone else is interested in this, I contacted Lenovo who replied saying "The production versions of all the apps are ONLY on www.lenovo.com/shareit<http://www.lenovo.com/shareit> ". I had by then uninstalled and re-installed another copy from this main Lenovo site, and this copy was wo...
- Thu Aug 14, 2014 7:07 am
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: X200T running Lenovo ShareIt
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2433
Re: X200T running Lenovo ShareIt
The error message is "Failed create soft AP" followed by the statement that the wireless adapter is too old.
When trying to send to a tablet, the X200T says sending, but the receiving tablet says "Sender needs to click send". After this, networking on the tablet is broken.
When trying to send to a tablet, the X200T says sending, but the receiving tablet says "Sender needs to click send". After this, networking on the tablet is broken.
- Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:50 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: X200T running Lenovo ShareIt
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2433
X200T running Lenovo ShareIt
I have an X200T 7453-CTO that dual boots Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. I have been installing ShareIT on various machines, and have reached this one. In Windows 8.1, it works perfectly, transferring files to and from tablets and another Thinkpad with no error messages. In Windows 7, it brings up an err...
- Fri May 23, 2014 11:43 am
- Forum: Linux Questions
- Topic: Android-x86 KitKat build for ThinkPad Tablets
- Replies: 47
- Views: 46903
Re: Android-x86 KitKat build for ThinkPad Tablets
I got it going. Not sure what I was doing wrong, but deleted that VM and started again and now it's running well enough to have a good look. I haven't yet got the networking up and running via the VM. This is on the X61 non tablet model, so I'll try to find an X60T in the next few days and do a dual...
- Thu May 22, 2014 7:11 pm
- Forum: Linux Questions
- Topic: Android-x86 KitKat build for ThinkPad Tablets
- Replies: 47
- Views: 46903
Re: Android-x86 KitKat build for ThinkPad Tablets
I'm a relative newbie at this sort of thing, so would like a little help. How do you install this? Direct onto the X60T, or via a Virtual Machine? I've been trying VirtualBox VM's on an X61 running 64-bit Linux Mint. I have had success with W7, W8 and have struggled with earlier versions such as W9...
- Thu May 22, 2014 6:44 am
- Forum: Linux Questions
- Topic: Android-x86 KitKat build for ThinkPad Tablets
- Replies: 47
- Views: 46903
Re: Android-x86 KitKat build for ThinkPad Tablets
I'm a relative newbie at this sort of thing, so would like a little help. How do you install this? Direct onto the X60T, or via a Virtual Machine? I've been trying VirtualBox VM's on an X61 running 64-bit Linux Mint. I have had success with W7, W8 and have struggled with earlier versions such as W98...