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Maximum RAM? T510-4313

Last post by Mike02906 « Fri Aug 30, 2013 7:50 am
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by Mike02906 » Wed Aug 28, 2013 2:02 pm

I would like to increase the RAM in my T510. The max available originally was 8Gb (2 x 4Gb). Now larger modules are available -- can anyone tell me...

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Fri Aug 30, 2013 7:50 am
ThinkPad T500 CPU & RAM Questions

Last post by Adda « Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:22 am
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by HIMAN1998 » Thu Aug 15, 2013 7:59 pm

I'm upgrading the CPU and RAM in my T500 when I get the money. I currently have the Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz and I'm going to the Core 2 Duo T9600,...

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Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:22 am
Ultrabay for my T510 4384-4BG

Last post by Mike02906 « Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:59 pm
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by RastaFarlig » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:00 pm

Hey Guys.

I've tried to conctact lenovo because I want a original ultrabay for my T510, i've read that the 3rd party ultrabays might do damage to...

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Last post by Mike02906
Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:59 pm
Giving up my ThinkPad T500

Last post by HIMAN1998 « Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:51 pm
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by HIMAN1998 » Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:41 pm

I sadly have to give up my beloved ThinkPad T500 for a MacBook. A little info:

I am a well known computer person at my church. I have had many...

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Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:51 pm
T400 and mSATA SSD

Last post by JAJO « Wed Aug 28, 2013 5:32 am
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by bblumberg » Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:54 pm

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know whether the T400 can utilize an mSATA SSD in the mini-PCI-E slot? I have one slot open since this system does not have...

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Last post by JAJO
Wed Aug 28, 2013 5:32 am
Warranty upgrade doubt for T410 laptop

Last post by sco1984 « Wed Aug 28, 2013 4:03 am

by sco1984 » Wed Aug 28, 2013 4:03 am

Hello,

I recently bought ThinkPad T410 2522-DM1 from USA.
This laptop's 3 years IBM Ezee Serv warranty is about to get expired in 11 days.
I am...

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Last post by sco1984
Wed Aug 28, 2013 4:03 am
T410s (almost) dead

Last post by theremin « Tue Aug 27, 2013 3:26 pm
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by theremin » Mon Aug 26, 2013 4:30 pm

Hi. I have a T410s which has been working very well since i bought it a few months ago (apart from a somewhat glitchy screen connection).
Today it...

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Tue Aug 27, 2013 3:26 pm
Best SSD for T410i for 2013

Last post by Stevo « Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:40 am
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by TimJWatts » Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:46 am

It's an old question but times move on and the previous threads are likely not relevant now.

So - new SSD into ultrabay III adaptor - what would be...

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Last post by Stevo
Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:40 am
New to Thinkpads. Questions inside..

Last post by Stevo « Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:35 am
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by blkmk2gti » Tue Aug 20, 2013 1:18 am

Hey all. I'm headed back to school after an extended period of time and was in the market for a cheap laptop. I'll only be using it for a few online...

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Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:35 am
Skyrim on T500- Playable at low-medium with mods?

Last post by HIMAN1998 « Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:29 pm
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by HIMAN1998 » Fri Aug 23, 2013 4:05 pm

Can I play Skyrim on my T500 with the ATI Radeon HD 3650 with 4GB RAM, a 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo, running Windows 7 Pro x64? I'm trying to find out if I...

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Last post by HIMAN1998
Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:29 pm
T410 (2537) Shutting down intermittently

Last post by BillMorrow « Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:43 am
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by solstan » Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:45 am

My Lenovo ThinkPad T410(2537) just keeps shutting down intermittently sent it to warranty several times and never got a solution to it. this week my...

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Last post by BillMorrow
Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:43 am
ThinkPad T500 Value After Upgrades

Last post by HIMAN1998 « Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:07 am
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by HIMAN1998 » Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:36 am

I usually don't keep my laptops for long periods of time, I usually sell them or trade them up. So, I was wondering if anyone has an idea of what the...

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Last post by HIMAN1998
Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:07 am
Ultrabay DVD drive used externally

Last post by jayton4 « Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:10 pm
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by HIMAN1998 » Wed Aug 21, 2013 3:11 pm

is there a cable I can get to hook the Ultrabay DVD drive to the USB port on my ThinkPad? I'm putting a hard drive in the ultrabay slot, and I don't...

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Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:10 pm
How to attach 4 monitors

Last post by koden « Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:46 am
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by koden » Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:17 am

Hi

How do I attach 3 monitors to my T520 4240-5BG?

I have seen some have 3 monitors attached to the docking station and then the laptop screen as...

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Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:46 am
T530 - Motherboard and SSD question

Last post by kbosworth « Wed Aug 21, 2013 1:38 am
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by kbosworth » Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:41 pm

Hello,
I purchased a T530 in June 2009 and it is working well to this day, passed on to my husband in January 2010 who usually doesn't look after...

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Last post by kbosworth
Wed Aug 21, 2013 1:38 am
SSD+HDD in T500

Last post by HIMAN1998 « Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:40 pm
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by HIMAN1998 » Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:43 am

I'm getting an Ultrabay HDD adapter for my T500, and I'm putting an SSD in the main slot and moving my current hard drive to the adapter. If I do a...

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Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:40 pm
Trying to upgrade T400 to SSD, Recovery discs corrupted?

Last post by rjwilmsi « Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:06 am
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by gsl » Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:12 pm

I'm in a graduate program at a foreign university and don't have access to my original Recovery Discs that I first made when I bought my T400, but...

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Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:06 am
BIOS setting for, "Power on with AC attach" in T4xx or T5xx?

Last post by rjwilmsi « Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:27 pm
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by portsample » Thu Aug 15, 2013 3:07 pm

Could someone tell me if the T4xx or T5xx series have BIOS settings that boot the installed operating system when AC power is detected?
I'd like to...

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Last post by rjwilmsi
Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:27 pm
ThinkPad T500 Video Card Upgrade

Last post by HIMAN1998 « Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:55 pm
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by HIMAN1998 » Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:07 pm

I have a ThinkPad T500 with the ATI graphics. Is it possible to buy another card for this motherboard and put it in to replace the current ATI...

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Last post by HIMAN1998
Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:55 pm
T430 Power on password

Last post by rkawakami « Sat Aug 17, 2013 12:39 pm
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by Mohammedksr » Sat Aug 17, 2013 8:11 am

Hi all

I want to break harddisk password in my tinkpad t430 ( ) im trying to break after 3 months but no use :( . anyone have a method please tell...

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Last post by rkawakami
Sat Aug 17, 2013 12:39 pm
T420s Self Motherboard Upgrade: PRODUCT ID is 4170-CTO!?

Last post by skinnersbane « Sat Aug 17, 2013 1:22 am
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by skinnersbane » Fri Aug 16, 2013 1:47 pm

I was under the impression that on CTO machines the Machine Type might be XXXX-CTO, but that the PRODUCT ID would not be XXXX-CTO, but rather some...

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Sat Aug 17, 2013 1:22 am
T420s Motherboard from Ebay - Is it refurbished?

Last post by skinnersbane « Fri Aug 16, 2013 1:40 pm
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by skinnersbane » Thu Jun 06, 2013 6:00 pm

Howdy.

So, I bought a T420s motherboard on Ebay (to upgrade both the processor and video card as well as gain a virgin fan). It was sold as new, and...

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Last post by skinnersbane
Fri Aug 16, 2013 1:40 pm
ThinkPad T500 Palmrest Question

Last post by HIMAN1998 « Thu Aug 15, 2013 9:17 pm
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by HIMAN1998 » Fri Aug 09, 2013 2:59 pm

My T500 has a normal palmrest with no fingerprint reader. If I bought one with the reader and installed it, would the fingerprint reader work?

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Thu Aug 15, 2013 9:17 pm
T400 weird boot problem (blank screen)

Last post by Bruce1981 « Thu Aug 15, 2013 4:36 pm

by Bruce1981 » Thu Aug 15, 2013 4:36 pm

Hi guys (and girls :) )
I`ve been very satisfied user of IBM (and later Lenovo user) until now. On my almost 10 year history of using T series...

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Last post by Bruce1981
Thu Aug 15, 2013 4:36 pm
T400 Boot Loop issue {Video}

Last post by netzspannung « Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:12 am
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by martinlemaitre » Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:11 pm

Hello friends

So I have a T400 that's been working dandy for a few months. I was using it on battery life once and it died as normal, I went to plug...

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Last post by netzspannung
Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:12 am
T420 Keyboards - Why 3 FRUs per keyboard?

Last post by arlab « Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:15 am

by arlab » Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:15 am

Hi,

I'm looking to buy a new T420 keyboard. The FRUs are listed in this Keyboard service parts - ThinkPad T420, T420i page .

Why are there three...

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Last post by arlab
Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:15 am
Erreur 1802 card wifi

Last post by ajkula66 « Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:08 am
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by bekker » Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:40 am

hello
I have a pc Lenovo T410, I tried several wifi cards, every time I get the message no Authorised card ... error 1802, after several searches, I...

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Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:08 am
Lenovo T520 to a newer Lenovo T530

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:45 am
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by rbieringer » Sat Aug 10, 2013 11:56 am

I am upgrading from a Lenovo T520 Type 4240 4EU to a Lenovo T530. I have a Lenovo external hard drive which contains all my files, which I will use...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:45 am
T410 HDD replacement: SATA or MicroSATA?

Last post by Tsomi « Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:25 am
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by Tsomi » Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:12 am

Hello,

I have a Thinkpad 410 whose hard-drive is dying, so I'm looking for a replacement. The actual model is a 3Gb/s 7200RPM 2.5 160GB SATA drive....

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Last post by Tsomi
Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:25 am
Upgrade CPU on T500

Last post by Compgeke « Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:15 pm
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by nedenom » Fri Aug 09, 2013 6:15 am

Hello!

I have a T500 with an Intel Core Duo P8600 CPU (2.4 GHz). I called Lenovo support in my country and they told me it is impossible to upgrade...

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Last post by Compgeke
Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:15 pm
T500 General question and ask for advice

Last post by fje « Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:52 am
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by fje » Mon Aug 05, 2013 6:42 pm

Hi, I used to have a T42 for several years. Just today I had a severe problem with it and I have to look for as replacement.

Due to budget problems...

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Last post by fje
Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:52 am
Problem with switchable graphics

Last post by Jakoob « Fri Aug 09, 2013 4:40 pm
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by krosenstein » Sun Jun 02, 2013 6:18 pm

I have a T400 with switchable graphics and running Win7Pro x64. I've enabled switichable graphics in the BIOS and the both integrated and ATI...

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Last post by Jakoob
Fri Aug 09, 2013 4:40 pm
T400 BIOS update before installing SSD?

Last post by Jakoob « Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:12 pm
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by gsl » Tue Jul 16, 2013 4:45 am

I recently picked up a 128GB Crucial M4 for a really good deal, and am planning on installing it in place of the WD spinning platter drive currently...

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Last post by Jakoob
Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:12 pm
T400s rear LCD cover interchangeable with any other T4xx?

Last post by Brad « Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:52 am
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by brinstar117 » Mon Aug 05, 2013 11:23 am

According to the T400s Hardware Maintenance Manual the FRU is 45M2652. However, when looking on eBay it looks like some sellers are using different...

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Last post by Brad
Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:52 am
Best Power Consumption Laptop

Last post by jayton4 « Mon Aug 05, 2013 8:41 am
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by netcomrade » Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:09 pm

What's the most power efficient laptop Thinkpad offers?

Mine is an X220 and one of these , but I think it's drawing too much power in my off-grid...

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Mon Aug 05, 2013 8:41 am
(T410s) SD Card is recognized only after reboot

Last post by hellosailor « Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:06 pm
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by tim_s » Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:35 am

Hello,

i've got a problem with the internal sd-card-reader of the t410s. When i insert any of my 3 SD cards while the system is running, it will...

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Last post by hellosailor
Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:06 pm
Smart Card Reader not working

Last post by cmooney « Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:30 pm

by cmooney » Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:30 pm

Hi - I've searched Google about this issue - and did not find an answer. Here is the issue:

My SD Card slot has not worked for a while. I tried...

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Last post by cmooney
Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:30 pm
Upgrading to T400 from a T61 - questions

Last post by rjwilmsi « Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:00 am
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by pointyhat » Fri Aug 02, 2013 5:29 pm

I've got a T61 7661 that has done me well for a couple of years. It's had a Samsung 840 Pro chucked in it, jammed full of RAM, middleton BIOS and a...

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Last post by rjwilmsi
Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:00 am
t520 quad code + Nvidia + 90w adapter?

Last post by Lockheed « Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:55 am

by Lockheed » Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:55 am

I would like to use my old 90W travel adapter with T520 containing i7-2670QM (quad code), Nvidia optimus and ssd+hdd.

Would that work, or would the...

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Last post by Lockheed
Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:55 am
Dell PA-10 Adapters on a T410; will they work?

Last post by rsutoratosu « Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:12 pm
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by Compgeke » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:09 pm

After owning Latitudes forever, my last Latitude suffered a motherboard failure. I recently purchased a Thinkpad T410 as a replacement, which has a...

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Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:12 pm
t410 issues

Last post by Easy Wind « Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:59 am
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by dux5 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:22 pm

how do you set the brittleness in ubuntu? I have neivda graphics

how do i check if the system has optmus support? or if i can switch to Intel

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Last post by Easy Wind
Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:59 am
i am hating this laptop

Last post by Easy Wind « Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:24 am
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by dux5 » Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:52 pm

I have a t410, i am starting to hate this laptop the lid is cracking in half within the first dew days of owning it, the touchpad is wearing fast,...

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Last post by Easy Wind
Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:24 am
WWAN installation problems on T420 & T520

Last post by EOMtp « Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:30 am
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by baertracks » Tue Jul 30, 2013 1:26 pm

I'm trying to install an unlocked WWAN card on Thinkpad T420 and T520 laptops. I have tried, without success, two WWAN cards -- a Gobi3000 (PN...

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Last post by EOMtp
Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:30 am
disabling the webcam led on t410

Last post by rychuu « Mon Jul 29, 2013 1:10 pm
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by rychuu » Fri Jul 26, 2013 5:20 pm

Hello,

I would like to use my t410 as a survivelance station when needed, but I have to disable all possible signals of the webcam activity. Is it...

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Last post by rychuu
Mon Jul 29, 2013 1:10 pm
I think i blew a fuse...

Last post by richk « Sun Jul 28, 2013 11:02 am
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by Outatime1989 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:07 pm

When i replaced the LCD on my T410s, i forgot to remove the battery. It powers up just fine, for some reason the ThinkLight comes on every time, but...

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Last post by richk
Sun Jul 28, 2013 11:02 am
T400 (AT3) w/WWAN option?

Last post by videonerd « Sat Jul 27, 2013 2:38 am
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by videonerd » Fri Jul 26, 2013 9:44 pm

Hi everyone, I just bought this refurbed T400 for my parents from the IBM online store.

I'm looking everywhere to see if it has the WWAN option - I...

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Last post by videonerd
Sat Jul 27, 2013 2:38 am
T510's screen upgrade

Last post by ajkula66 « Fri Jul 26, 2013 4:30 am
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by john_denisov » Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:18 pm

Hi, I recently bought used t510 with 1600x900 screen.
Is it possible to upgrade screen from 1600x900 to 1920x1080?
If possible what are the best...

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Last post by ajkula66
Fri Jul 26, 2013 4:30 am
T410 - Latency issues

Last post by zz7 « Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:29 am

by zz7 » Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:29 am

Hi all, I am using the LatencyMon application to check latency issues. After a few minutes the top problematic drivers are hal.dll, ndis.sys and...

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Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:29 am
receving password error at startup

Last post by rkawakami « Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:36 pm
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by khatrimuzammil » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:53 am

hi.. i am muzzi from pakistan... i bought a lenovo thinkpad t500 2 months ago.. it was heating up too much.. so i bought heatsink and fan and...

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Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:36 pm
CSS Password Manager does not recognize fingerprint reader

Last post by fcampbel « Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:45 pm
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by Tim M » Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:49 pm

When I open Password Manager (installed with the latest version of the full CSS) in the system tray, I get the following error message: The requested...

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Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:45 pm

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