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T420s/T430s FHD/WQHD upgrade kits pre-order (paused)

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pre order will run at least until Jun.15th
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T4XX/T5XX Shipping Thread

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I just ordered a t400 - estimated ship date 8/26/08

If you are concerned about Wifi performance, the 5100 is said to perform a little less than the...
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T400 and T500 Tech Specs and tabook

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Fan error t420

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by polowsky » Fri Aug 17, 2018 1:49 pm

Hi guys!
Unfortunately I have faced problem with Fan error. I disassembly keyboard and generally fan won't start.. I was trying to touch the fan,...

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The 20€ T420 is home! But...

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by sestulak » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:24 pm

So as i mentioned earlier this week i got my hands on T420 for only 20€!

Was I surprised when I got not the 65W but 90W charger included so when I...

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T420s/T430s WQHD - Install/troubleshoot/Picture thread

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by mr.rhtuner » Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:01 am
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Hey guys, seeing as the thread started by RMSMajestic is a pre-order thread, I figured we could have a separate thread for installation...
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Thu Aug 16, 2018 11:48 am
What is the purpose of the light in the top bezel of the ThinkPad T400?

Last post by MikalE « Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:31 am
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by Paragraphogram » Wed Jun 13, 2018 2:52 am

I want to know what the purpose of the light in the top bezel is. My theories so far are that it's an early form of keyboard backlight for the dark...

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Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:31 am
MAX RAM in the T400/T500? 4GB or more?

Last post by kiterunner « Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:34 am
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by bradhs » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:26 pm

Does anyone know if we can put more than 4GB of RAM in the T400 laptop? I'll be running Vista 64bit.

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Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:34 am
Re: T420s to fanless server project - cooling sorted, I think

Last post by rogerdean « Sun Aug 12, 2018 3:39 am
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by rogerdean » Fri Jul 20, 2018 5:20 am

Hi everyone

I have finally retired my trusty (but heavy and noisy) T420s. My old Plex server is on its way out so I'm going to try to make a small...

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Sun Aug 12, 2018 3:39 am
New IPS FHD Upgrade Kit for thinkpad T420 T430 ,And T430S T420S

Last post by TPFanatic « Sat Aug 11, 2018 8:11 pm
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by EvanJoo » Mon May 28, 2018 5:23 am

Well, The new 1920X1080 IPS FHD Upgrade Kit for thinkpad T420 T430 , And T430S T420S is on sale now. No flickering issue , and Lower Power...

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Sat Aug 11, 2018 8:11 pm
want to replace faulty hinges on my t420 -- your advice appreciated

Last post by shawross « Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:50 pm
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by arooni » Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:01 pm

got the cheapest new set of hinges on ebay which apparently didn't come with new screws. i'm wondering if you think it'd be enough to simply replace...

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Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:50 pm
T420 Battery Options

Last post by Utwig « Wed Aug 08, 2018 1:02 pm
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by vivaelt42 » Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:23 am

Hey All,

I did a basic forum search and not much turned up so I'm making a new topic.

2 years ago For my T420 I bought a brand new 70++ battery...

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Wed Aug 08, 2018 1:02 pm
Install 16GB RAM on T510

Last post by TPFanatic « Wed Aug 08, 2018 8:23 am
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by ircfas133 » Thu Nov 15, 2012 1:32 am

So T510 only supports 8 GB RAM, potentially due to CPU limitation. I saw online there are people go ahead and install 16 GB RAM anyway. Did anybody...

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Wed Aug 08, 2018 8:23 am
Known good T500 RAM upgrade list

Last post by skx « Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:28 am
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by gvsa123 » Mon Aug 06, 2018 7:04 pm

Hi everyone! I'm having problems upgrading the RAM on my T500 2055 rz1, and after being referred to this thread, I decided to create one specific to...

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Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:28 am
Getting rid of the T500 1650 x 1080 laptop and going back to the T60, still hoping on the T520

Last post by TPFanatic « Mon Aug 06, 2018 1:20 pm
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by fefrie » Wed Aug 01, 2018 10:51 pm

Got a T500 with 8gb of Ram for $125 while I was waiting on a replacement CCFL.

Windows 7 was a bit meh for me.

It's like a clunky version of W8.1,...

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Mon Aug 06, 2018 1:20 pm
T400 HDD Swap

Last post by Art « Mon Aug 06, 2018 10:37 am
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by Art » Mon Aug 06, 2018 5:47 am

Hi Guys :)

I had so much fun upgrading my T400 for cheap. It recently accompanied me on a week long trip in the Australian outback, and I found that...

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Mon Aug 06, 2018 10:37 am
fixing T400 (screen band, upgrade to 1440x900)

Last post by Utwig « Thu Aug 02, 2018 6:29 pm
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by Utwig » Sun Jul 29, 2018 6:22 am

I want to bring the T400 in good condition as part of fixing my Thinkpad collection initiative. Here are it's problems:
- There is a pixel shifting...

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Thu Aug 02, 2018 6:29 pm
T500 suddenly died

Last post by TPFanatic « Thu Aug 02, 2018 9:16 am
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by sega_dude » Wed Aug 01, 2018 8:04 pm

My T500 (2242-CTO) seems to be dead all of a sudden. It wouldn't wake from sleep, so I held the power button until it shut off. I turned it back on...

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Thu Aug 02, 2018 9:16 am
T420s ~ as in "sleek" ???

Last post by Hans Gruber « Wed Aug 01, 2018 1:34 pm
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by Annecy » Wed Jul 04, 2018 3:21 pm

So ...
I just ... (in June ... 2018) bought a T420s ... off of eBay ...
This will be my first x64 OS (& 1st SSD) laptop ... 8)

I'm (atm / for...

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Wed Aug 01, 2018 1:34 pm
Anyone upgrade a T420 from 8 GB to 12 GB of RAM?

Last post by skx « Wed Aug 01, 2018 12:14 pm
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by eric99 » Tue May 29, 2018 9:53 am

I think I know the answer, but I ponder if it would be worth upgrading the RAM on my T420 to 12 GB. At present I have two 4 GB sticks---not a...

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Wed Aug 01, 2018 12:14 pm
T420 for 20€?!

Last post by axur-delmeria « Wed Aug 01, 2018 3:14 am
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by sestulak » Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:36 pm

So guys quick question. I found T420 with malfunctioning GPU (NVIDIA N12P-NS1) and the guy is asking 20€! (HDD not included but original adapter is)...

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Wed Aug 01, 2018 3:14 am
T400 / How to remove 1802 Error

Last post by T400Ever « Sat Jul 28, 2018 6:15 am
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by T400Ever » Fri Jul 27, 2018 12:44 pm

Hey all,
I get the 1802 error message by trying the Intel Wiereless AC 7260 card. Is there any BIOs patch for T400 to adjust the whitelist for WLAN...

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Sat Jul 28, 2018 6:15 am
T420 Running Slow & need 64bit Recovery

Last post by MikalE « Wed Jul 25, 2018 5:57 pm
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by Tweever » Thu Mar 22, 2018 5:10 am

Folks - I have a T420 running W7 32 bit. Running slow for first 5 mins then fine. Checked out all ususal suspects indexing / startup programs etc but...

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Wed Jul 25, 2018 5:57 pm
T420s/T430s WQHD kits pre-order

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I have opened a thread a few months back regarding the T420s/T430s WQHD kits. I wasn't really thinking of proceeding with this due to...
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Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:37 am
Are there and WQHD kits for the t420 non-s versions?

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by jlee » Sun Mar 18, 2018 1:57 am

Just wondering

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Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:25 pm
T420 bios v1.52 Spectre fix

Last post by TonyJZX « Fri Jul 13, 2018 12:45 am
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by skx » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:23 pm

UEFI: 1.52 / ECP: 1.20
- Security fix addresses LEN-22133 Speculative Execution Side Channel Variants 4 and 3a (CVE-2018-3639, CVE-2018-3640). Refer...

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Fri Jul 13, 2018 12:45 am
T410 randomly shuts down

Last post by rakirkp « Wed Jul 11, 2018 10:02 pm
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by rakirkp » Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:37 pm

Recently, I hear the death knell chime which may be the same as the low battery warning-- up to 3 times then the T410 shuts down. It restarts...

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Last post by rakirkp
Wed Jul 11, 2018 10:02 pm
T400

Last post by Art « Wed Jul 11, 2018 6:39 pm
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by Art » Wed Jul 11, 2018 1:56 am

Greeting from Australia! It’s my first post :)

I thought it would be fun to get an old laptop to see what could be done with it, and I picked up a...

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Wed Jul 11, 2018 6:39 pm
T420 bluetooth upgrade to 4.0

Last post by Niknok « Tue Jul 10, 2018 8:36 pm
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by t420poklop » Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:45 am

Hi, I would like to upgrade bluetooth on my t420 and I found this one.

Do you think it will work? Will it work plug and play , with no BIOS mod?

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Last post by Niknok
Tue Jul 10, 2018 8:36 pm
Broke the connector from controller board to the monitor

Last post by TPFanatic « Sun Jul 01, 2018 5:17 am
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by Durr » Sat Jun 30, 2018 9:25 pm

I have a T420 and installed a controller board I purchased online to allow me to install a 1080p IPS screen. The kit looks identical to this product:...

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Last post by TPFanatic
Sun Jul 01, 2018 5:17 am
T420s custom Bios

Last post by TonyJZX « Sat Jun 30, 2018 4:59 am
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by positive » Wed Feb 21, 2018 12:08 am

Hi All,

Can someone please let me know the link to a recommended BIOS with whitelist removed, so that I can install an Intel 7260.

Thanks!

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Last post by TonyJZX
Sat Jun 30, 2018 4:59 am
unlikely: memtest86+ might have killed Thinkpad T500

Last post by axur-delmeria « Sat Jun 30, 2018 3:05 am
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by TPFanatic » Sat Jun 23, 2018 8:36 pm

I've always used a memtest 86 boot CD with no problems on my T500 and other Thinkpads, although I've never ran it for more than an hour as I am...

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Last post by axur-delmeria
Sat Jun 30, 2018 3:05 am
Help! My T420 is breaking keyboards.

Last post by TPFanatic « Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:01 am
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by andrewferguson » Wed Jun 27, 2018 5:21 pm

So this is a bit of an odd story, but bear with me...

Last November I bought a T420. It worked well for the first month but it had a sticky patch on...

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Last post by TPFanatic
Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:01 am
Replace T510 Keyboard with the island-style keyboard

Last post by TonyJZX « Tue Jun 26, 2018 10:50 pm
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by skateszone » Wed Jun 13, 2018 12:29 am

updating...

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Tue Jun 26, 2018 10:50 pm
T420s / Win10 - using center button for scrolling results in black screen

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sun Jun 24, 2018 5:43 am
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by michbona » Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:27 am

Hi,
I am using Windows 10 (64bit) Pro on a 420s. I know it's not officially supoorted, but it works quite well.

What drives me insane is the...

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Sun Jun 24, 2018 5:43 am
T420 -> always on USB -> sleep -> crash

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by hberg32 » Thu Jun 21, 2018 7:48 pm

Has anyone had problems with a t420 crashing when going into S3 sleep when the always-on usb power is enabled? I've had this machine for years (Win7...

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Sat Jun 23, 2018 4:21 pm
T420

Last post by grioghair « Fri Jun 22, 2018 7:46 pm
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by grioghair » Sun May 27, 2018 5:41 pm

I have a Thinkpad T420. It won’t detect my sandisk extreme flash drive in the bios.

Is there a fix for this?

Thank you

Steve

Update:

It is a...

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Last post by grioghair
Fri Jun 22, 2018 7:46 pm
Thinkpad T420 and I7 3840QM

Last post by jaspen-meyer « Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:03 am
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by Lean15 » Mon May 28, 2018 9:13 am

Hello! I'd like to know, if i mod the bios of my T420, will it be able to take the i7 3840QM Ivy Bridge CPU ? I can get it for pretty cheap if it...

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Last post by jaspen-meyer
Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:03 am
Help! The frequencies cpu do not change when the charge is connected.

Last post by jaspen-meyer « Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:54 am
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by miisha » Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:24 am

There is an arch on the laptop thinkpad t420s with cpu Intel (R) Core (TM) i5-2540M CPU.
Here's the conclusion:
cat...

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Last post by jaspen-meyer
Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:54 am
Two external monitors with a non-Nvidia T420

Last post by dr_st « Wed Jun 13, 2018 11:50 pm
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by andrewferguson » Wed Jun 13, 2018 5:01 pm

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I have a T420, and I am reorganizing my work space and one thing I would like to do is get two 1080p monitors running with the T420. From reading...

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Last post by dr_st
Wed Jun 13, 2018 11:50 pm
SSD optimization for a T420?

Last post by TonyJZX « Mon Jun 11, 2018 5:22 am
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by eric99 » Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:36 pm

Hi all. I just ordered a 128 GB mSATA SSD as part of my ongoing T420 upgrades. i plan to use it as an OS drive, and keep data on the hdd that came...

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Mon Jun 11, 2018 5:22 am
Suitable replacement for T420

Last post by jaspen-meyer « Sat Jun 09, 2018 4:39 am
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by TimeCoder » Sat Jun 02, 2018 10:56 am

Hi folks,
I have ThinkPad T420 and I'm happy. This is the best laptop ever... First of all, I like keyboard and design.

Unfortunately, this laptop...

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Last post by jaspen-meyer
Sat Jun 09, 2018 4:39 am
IPS display for the older T500 and W500 series

Last post by kfzhu1229 « Fri Jun 01, 2018 9:34 pm
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by VarnTedra » Wed Jan 10, 2018 9:21 pm

Hi everyone!

I was wondering if anyone on Earth (or even beyond) was or is working on a kit to put an IPS 1080p display into an old W or T 500, 510,...

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Last post by kfzhu1229
Fri Jun 01, 2018 9:34 pm
T500 display/screen pink and flickering

Last post by miasma « Thu May 31, 2018 12:07 pm
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by miasma » Thu May 31, 2018 3:44 am

As above. Would appreciate advice on :

1. How to identify faulty part.
2. Options for replacing or repairing faulty part.

This is a T500 type...

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Last post by miasma
Thu May 31, 2018 12:07 pm
Doing MVA mod on T400 (G141C1-L01)

Last post by toni-kfj « Wed May 30, 2018 1:25 pm
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by toni-kfj » Sat May 28, 2016 4:01 am

Hello everyone :)

This is my first post here. I'm coming from the german thinkpad-forum, as I get no responses for my (somewhat outdated) questions...

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Last post by toni-kfj
Wed May 30, 2018 1:25 pm
Way to get a T420 HDD clone to run in a T430?

Last post by thinkpadcollection « Mon May 28, 2018 10:04 pm
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by matis » Sat May 12, 2018 4:28 pm

I tried it and it wouldn't boot. Was told this was because the T420 drivers would have to be deleted and T430 drivers installed.

Is this true? And...

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Last post by thinkpadcollection
Mon May 28, 2018 10:04 pm
SSD not recognized in ultrabay on t420s win 7

Last post by t420poklop « Sat May 26, 2018 5:53 am
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by t420poklop » Fri May 25, 2018 6:24 pm

Hi, I bought new Samsung SSD 860 EVO for my t420s, but I can not see the disk in windows explorer. But when I first booted system with disk in the...

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Last post by t420poklop
Sat May 26, 2018 5:53 am
New to the T500 AND W7 game and having trouble configuring "normal" middle mouse actions.

Last post by fefrie « Fri May 25, 2018 4:30 pm
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by fefrie » Fri May 25, 2018 3:32 pm

Typical 'middle mouse button' action in a webbrowser when you click is:

On a blank space in the web page -> scrolling mode

On a link -> Open link...

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Fri May 25, 2018 4:30 pm
Wireless USB and Turbo Memory?

Last post by shawross « Wed May 23, 2018 6:09 pm
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by MikalE » Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:42 am

Would someone explain to me what each of these items are in the T500?

I know that wireless USB is not the same as using say, a wireless keyboard or...

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Last post by shawross
Wed May 23, 2018 6:09 pm
transfer slic

Last post by bayou self « Mon May 21, 2018 6:16 pm
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by bayou self » Mon May 21, 2018 10:08 am

Is there a way to transfer Slic2.1 from my Dell Latitude to my Thinkpad T500? I have purchased Recovery Disks for W7 from a Thinkpadder. The toolkit...

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Mon May 21, 2018 6:16 pm

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