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booting from sd card? t410

Last post by nikki605 « Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:24 am
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by dux5 » Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:15 pm

is it possible to boot linux from the SD card reader? I can't select it in the boot menu?

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Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:24 am
where to buy t410 ac adapter

Last post by rjwilmsi « Thu Jul 18, 2013 5:35 pm
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by dux5 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:55 pm

my t410 came with the wrong ac adapter, i need a 90watt, I see them on ebay for $10 plus free shipping? are they real or fake knock offs??

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Thu Jul 18, 2013 5:35 pm
51c? temp?

Last post by Cigarguy « Wed Jul 17, 2013 2:09 pm
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by dux5 » Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:34 pm

KDE tenp wegets are saying the cpu is running at 51c is that normal?

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Wed Jul 17, 2013 2:09 pm
T500 LCD & Lighting upgrade (CCFL>LED possible?)

Last post by jdhurst « Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:08 pm
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by fastbiter » Sat Jul 13, 2013 8:41 am

Hey all!
I've got the poor little 1280x800 LED T500 and I've wanted to upgrade it for quite some time. A friend of mine at work donated his T61p that...

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Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:08 pm
contecting laptop to tv?

Last post by EOMtp « Sun Jul 14, 2013 4:32 pm
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by dux5 » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:32 pm

i have a sony 1080p tv with hdmi, I need a 15 foot hdmi cable and something to connect to the displayport

would this hdmi work?

I ordered a...

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Sun Jul 14, 2013 4:32 pm
T400 no heating issues last 5 years ... clean vents?

Last post by cotarelo2 « Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:44 pm
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by cotarelo2 » Sun Jul 14, 2013 12:36 pm

Hi there thinkpadders, :D first post

I have massively used my T400 for the last 5 years without any issues, (speakers, dvd and screen replaced due...

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Last post by cotarelo2
Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:44 pm
T500 overheating

Last post by emeraldgirl08 « Sun Jul 14, 2013 12:39 pm
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by ricard » Fri Jul 12, 2013 11:45 pm

My son has a T500 with a P8600 (2.67 GHz) CPU and switchable graphics in the discrete graphics mode (ATI 3650) which he uses for playing games....

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Sun Jul 14, 2013 12:39 pm
anyone used a 1.8''/mSATA adapter in a T400s/T410s?

Last post by jayton4 « Sat Jul 13, 2013 2:18 am
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by HFat » Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:55 pm

Hi,
I'm wondering if anyone has experience with fitting one of the generic adapters you find on eBay to a T400s and T410s.
The idea has been floated...

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Sat Jul 13, 2013 2:18 am
t410 switching graphics?

Last post by jayton4 « Sat Jul 13, 2013 2:16 am
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by dux5 » Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:51 pm

does the t410 support switching graphics in the bios? shut off the nvidia graphics and use Intel only?

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Sat Jul 13, 2013 2:16 am
ati graphics t400 linux?

Last post by ricard « Fri Jul 12, 2013 11:49 pm
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by dux5 » Sat Jun 22, 2013 2:43 am

i have a couple games, going to buy a t400, How are the ATI cards from the t400 on Linux? any major issues? are there ati drivers? or are they junk?

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Fri Jul 12, 2013 11:49 pm
Upgrading RAM on Thinkpad T410

Last post by jayton4 « Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:56 am
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by allbrad04 » Thu Jul 11, 2013 5:58 am

When I try to upgrade the RAM from 2 x 2GB (4GB total) to 2 x 4GB (8GB total), the boot up process stops at the starting windows screen. I have been...

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Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:56 am
repairing T500 lid

Last post by beickus « Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:40 pm
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by beickus » Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:57 am

has anyone tried to repair the ( magnesium alloy I think ) lid of a T500?
i mean this material has a feeling like iron - it is hard but can break...

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Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:40 pm
Upgrading T400 Screen

Last post by ajkula66 « Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:39 pm
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by alemeno214 » Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:53 pm

I bought a T400 recently for quite cheap, and so far it's been a great machine. I've upgraded the ram and hard drive, and now I'm wondering if I can...

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Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:39 pm
Thinkpad T440s Ultrabook up on Lenovo website?

Last post by Jakoob « Sat Mar 15, 2014 5:23 pm
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by emeraldgirl08 » Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:26 am
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Here is the link to the T440s Ultrabook and its features. Sure to draw either praise or criticism...or a bit of both 8)

UPDATE:

Looks like...
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Sat Mar 15, 2014 5:23 pm
ThinkPad T500 stops working with replacable battery after 1

Last post by masterxagent « Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:28 pm
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by masterxagent » Sun Jul 07, 2013 7:54 pm

Hello,

I'm new on this forum and I have a problem with my thinkpad T500.
I replaced battery a week ago with non-original. Today my laptop stopped...

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Last post by masterxagent
Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:28 pm
Which models have metal cage?

Last post by QWERTY Andreas « Mon Jul 08, 2013 3:22 pm
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by albo » Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:47 pm

Hi folks,

A friend is asking me for a recommendation for a laptop. I'd like to recommend a range of durable laptops. I've always liked thinkpads for...

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Mon Jul 08, 2013 3:22 pm
Ultrabay HDD not detected Lenovo Thinkpad t430

Last post by richk « Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:30 am
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by nimfosant » Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:28 am

Hello,

I bought ultrabay SILVERSTONE TS09 and HDD WESTERN DIGITAL HDD Mobile WD Blue, inserted in my Lenovo ThinkPad t430 and it is not recognized /...

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Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:30 am
Looking at a T420s, anything to be aware of?

Last post by jayton4 « Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:04 pm
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by Akilae » Sat Jul 06, 2013 4:04 am

Some of you may know my trials and tribulations with my T61P. It was a good machine that served me well, and for all of the GPU faults, lasted me 5...

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Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:04 pm
Very dark screen afterswap ( with battery plugged) Fuse help

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by juju_paris » Fri Jul 05, 2013 4:42 am

Hello, I swaped my screen with battery plugged and now old and new screen boot with very poor light, but works.
After searching on forums, I found...

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Last post by juju_paris
Fri Jul 05, 2013 4:42 am
T 500 vertical line on lcd

Last post by beickus « Thu Jul 04, 2013 1:02 am
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by beickus » Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:18 pm

After opening the lcd lid the other day to clean and also to enquire ( this was the first time i attempted that) I noticed a white line appearing...

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Thu Jul 04, 2013 1:02 am
Why is my T510 beeping randomly at me?

Last post by bls128 « Wed Jul 03, 2013 6:21 pm
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by lparsons » Sun May 26, 2013 9:23 pm

My 2+ year-old T510 beeps randomly at me (this is not the same as the random clicking sounds I mentioned in a different thread here). I am the...

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Last post by bls128
Wed Jul 03, 2013 6:21 pm
Problem with T410 port-replicator

Last post by oliversl « Wed Jul 03, 2013 4:54 pm
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by oliversl » Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:47 am

Hi,
we have 2 port-replicator for the T410, and they are starting to not hold tight the T410 and the dock disconnect itself easily.

Is this a know...

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Last post by oliversl
Wed Jul 03, 2013 4:54 pm
fully carbon fiber paint Plasti Dip

Last post by dux5 « Wed Jul 03, 2013 1:16 am

by dux5 » Wed Jul 03, 2013 1:16 am

anyone ever done that? painted a thinkpad to look like carbon fiber? using Plasti Dip, any photos?

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Wed Jul 03, 2013 1:16 am
thinking about buying t410 questions

Last post by ajkula66 « Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:32 pm
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by dux5 » Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:04 pm

thinking about buying a t410 with nVidia, do these have the switchable graphics? intel graphics/nVidia

any issues i should look out for? do the usb...

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Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:32 pm
T530 Keyboard

Last post by ajkula66 « Sun Jun 30, 2013 3:58 pm
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by X-Man » Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:14 am

(yes I know that model isn't strictly covered in this forum, but was hoping for some views)

I am looking for a new - and fairly high powered -...

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Sun Jun 30, 2013 3:58 pm
T420 Broken Ultrabay Lock

Last post by bass1175 « Sun Jun 30, 2013 1:03 am
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by Vistance » Sun Jun 02, 2013 2:48 pm

My T420 has, since I bought it been completely missing the little plastic lock that should be next to the ultrabay. The only thing keeping the drive...

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Last post by bass1175
Sun Jun 30, 2013 1:03 am
Constant power USB not working

Last post by bass1175 « Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:52 am
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by bass1175 » Wed Jun 26, 2013 11:24 pm

I cant get this feature to work on 3 T420s, they do work in standby mode, but not off.

I had it working on a previous T410 with no issues.

I...

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Last post by bass1175
Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:52 am
T420s mobile broadband card problem

Last post by Puppy « Sat Jun 29, 2013 5:31 am
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by Blueice » Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:33 pm

Hi,

i have installed a Toshiba Ericsson F3607gw mobile broadband card bought on ebay on my T420s, but the pc keeps pluggin/unpluggin it. i wasn't...

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Last post by Puppy
Sat Jun 29, 2013 5:31 am
Resuming windows

Last post by dr_st « Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:56 am
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by koden » Fri Jun 21, 2013 2:34 pm

I have a problem with my laptop..

I have just got a T520.
before that I had T420 and before again T61

When I had the T61 bi could close the lid and...

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Last post by dr_st
Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:56 am
Lenovo Thinkpad T410-2516CTO Battery Replacement

Last post by richk « Mon Jun 24, 2013 2:23 pm
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by Calrich » Mon Jun 24, 2013 11:45 am

Hey guys,

I bought 2 Lenovo Thinkpad T410-2516CTO's with a Fan Error recently, but they didn't come with a battery. I replaced the Heatsink and fan...

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Last post by richk
Mon Jun 24, 2013 2:23 pm
thinkpad t420 - undocking internet stops have to release ip

Last post by ewalker3 « Sun Jun 23, 2013 2:49 pm

by ewalker3 » Sun Jun 23, 2013 2:49 pm

I have a t420 attached to a docking station.
When i first got the laptop and dock i had no issue when i would undock the laptop the internet would...

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Last post by ewalker3
Sun Jun 23, 2013 2:49 pm
T400 keyboard enter key is lifting up

Last post by MikeCL « Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:54 am

by MikeCL » Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:54 am

I'm not sure what happened but my enter key seems to be messed up and if it's not really fixable I think a T61 keyboard will work for me?

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Last post by MikeCL
Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:54 am
SD card reader in T420s does not work

Last post by schen « Sat Jun 22, 2013 4:42 pm
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by butron » Tue Jun 04, 2013 11:43 am

Can somebody help? I know that my Ricoh SD card reader in my T420s has worked in the past. All of a sudden Windows Explorer cannot see the card, no...

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Last post by schen
Sat Jun 22, 2013 4:42 pm
T400 Internal Wire Placement

Last post by ben.dan.coh « Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:13 pm
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by ben.dan.coh » Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:17 pm

Hi all!

I recently purchased an old T400 (type 2767-WSX, which, by the way, I can't seem to locate on the Lenovo support page), and I have a fairly...

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Last post by ben.dan.coh
Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:13 pm
r400 vs t400

Last post by emeraldgirl08 « Thu Jun 20, 2013 9:43 pm
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by dux5 » Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:43 pm

what the diffidence between the R400 and t400?

I found a R400 for $150, Should i hold out and wait for a t400? I seen them for around $150 too

i...

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Last post by emeraldgirl08
Thu Jun 20, 2013 9:43 pm
Bricked Bios T420

Last post by etronic « Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:20 am
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by bass1175 » Mon May 27, 2013 10:12 am

Messed around with the bios and now machine has no bios.

I downloaded the ISO from Lenovo and no go using the CD optical drive.

Any other ISO...

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Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:20 am
Cant Rid of HD password on startup.

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by bass1175 » Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:58 am

I enabled the Hard Drive password for testing, and it worked well. After that I enabled the Bios Password and no problem. I came to disable them and...

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Last post by bass1175
Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:58 am
slow boot following display driver update on Optimus T410s

Last post by amardeep « Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:44 pm
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by amardeep » Sun Jun 09, 2013 8:45 am

Hi,

I don't like to update drivers as something usually goes wrong, but I'm stuck on IE9 for Win 7 64-bit - if I update to IE10 it starts and...

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Last post by amardeep
Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:44 pm
Random clicking sounds on T510

Last post by PilotDave « Sat Jun 15, 2013 11:31 am
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by lparsons » Wed May 15, 2013 4:53 pm

I've had my T510 for some time now, and lately I've noticed it making random clicking sounds. Sometimes I can go for several days without hearing it,...

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Last post by PilotDave
Sat Jun 15, 2013 11:31 am
"Anti-glare screen" ?

Last post by southof40 « Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:26 pm
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by southof40 » Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:44 pm

When the lenovo site specifies an anti-glare screen for the T-series machines is just plain old normal screens like I have on my T61P of about five...

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Last post by southof40
Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:26 pm
Big problem solved....

Last post by ajkula66 « Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:50 pm
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by edik » Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:13 am

Installed CentOS on my T500, after a BIOS reset, and it ran so hot that even touching the left metal hinge would almost burm my finger.

I could feel...

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Last post by ajkula66
Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:50 pm
t410s flakiness

Last post by jayton4 « Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:35 am
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by period3 » Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:02 am

Our t410s is crashing sporadically, and has a number of other issues.

1. Sometimes when booting, I get error 2100, HDD0 initialization error. I am...

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Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:35 am
T510 Replacement LCD

Last post by Brad « Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:43 pm
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by madhu » Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:00 am

Hi,

I managed to damage the LCD on my T510 (1600*900), Could you pls let me know if the following screen is compatible / Good . Searched based on...

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Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:43 pm
T510 Touch Screen

Last post by richk « Mon Jun 10, 2013 4:24 pm
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by richyboypalm » Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:01 am

Hi

I have just picked myself up a T510 and let me say I am very happy with it, I had a T60 what was perfect but I upgraded it as far as I could,...

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Last post by richk
Mon Jun 10, 2013 4:24 pm
SSD size for T400

Last post by sgtroian « Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:49 am
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by sgtroian » Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:16 am

Would a 9mm SSD fit if replacing main HD on T400? Or would I need a 7mm?

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Last post by sgtroian
Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:49 am
T500 - Keeps dropping wifi after 20 secs

Last post by shigs25 « Mon Jun 10, 2013 8:18 am
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by shigs25 » Sun Jun 09, 2013 12:37 pm

My T500, 2242-8QU for some reason now on both wifi networks that I use will connect just like normal but the wifi icon will only be green for a few...

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Last post by shigs25
Mon Jun 10, 2013 8:18 am
T500 wireless upgrade?

Last post by richyboypalm « Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:44 am
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by emeraldgirl08 » Wed May 22, 2013 11:46 am

Hi all. I currently have an Intel 5100 AGN in my T500. Is there any possibility of switching to a more power efficient series of Intel wireless? IIRC...

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Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:44 am
ATM AT chip and AT services

Last post by EOMtp « Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:40 pm
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by bass1175 » Sun May 26, 2013 6:16 am

I signed up with Mcafee Antitheft services and I recommend you stay away, poor everything and their reps have no clue on the product. Now I went with...

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Last post by EOMtp
Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:40 pm
Any fix yet for 1802 error for WAN card?

Last post by bass1175 « Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:37 am
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by bass1175 » Mon May 27, 2013 5:12 am

So I found out too late that just because the card is the same model number it wont be compatible with my T420. I got the Erricson F5521gw card and...

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Last post by bass1175
Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:37 am
MAX RAM in the T400/T500? 4GB or more?

Last post by ajkula66 « Thu May 30, 2013 7:33 pm
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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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Thu May 30, 2013 7:33 pm

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