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by Pantagruel » Thu May 14, 2015 2:31 pm

I am new to this forum so forgive me if I am posting this question in the wrong location. My computer is a ThinkPad T520. I cannot find a location on...

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Tue May 19, 2015 6:37 pm
T410si interesting specs

Last post by Hans Gruber « Sun May 17, 2015 5:16 pm
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by Hans Gruber » Sat May 16, 2015 6:03 pm

I got another T410s. I looked at the specs and saw the i at the the end of T410si. Look at the specs so you see what I mean. I have a 2094-HDU....

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Sun May 17, 2015 5:16 pm
Problems upgrading T420s i5 to i7 motherboard

Last post by BobA « Thu May 14, 2015 10:33 am
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by BobA » Tue May 12, 2015 3:52 pm

I purchased an i7 motherboard to replace the i5 motherboard that was shutting down when playing video games. After replacing the board I was getting...

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Thu May 14, 2015 10:33 am
T410 on ebay minus the OS and HDD.

Last post by Hans Gruber « Thu May 14, 2015 3:24 am
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by Hans Gruber » Thu Apr 16, 2015 1:34 am
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Has anybody taken a risk on a Thinkpad on ebay without a HDD and OS? I have a HDD and new copy of windows 7. My question is do these computers...
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Thu May 14, 2015 3:24 am
T420 ultrabay drive safe to remove after sleep

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by Wiking » Sat Apr 11, 2015 3:32 am

Installed ultrabay with second HDD few days ago and since then, every time I power the machine on from sleep in win7 , intel rapid writes that it...

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Thu May 14, 2015 2:00 am
T410S questions regarding model type

Last post by Hans Gruber « Tue May 12, 2015 9:07 am
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by Hans Gruber » Mon May 11, 2015 8:26 pm

I got another T410S. It was like Christmas in May because I found a 128GB SSD that was not supposed to be in the HDD drive bay. I bumped the ram up...

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Last post by Hans Gruber
Tue May 12, 2015 9:07 am
T410 - Speed Difference Wired vs. Wireless

Last post by Hans Gruber « Sun May 10, 2015 3:05 pm
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by nikki605 » Sun May 10, 2015 9:44 am

My T410 (Win7 x64 SP1) has an Intel Centrino Ultimate-N6300 AGN wireless card. I have Verizon FiOS 25/25Mbps internet using their provided Actiontec...

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Sun May 10, 2015 3:05 pm
t410si mainboard in t410

Last post by mike16889 « Sun May 10, 2015 1:56 am
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by mike16889 » Fri May 08, 2015 5:40 pm

Hello. Im new to the forum and thinkpads.

I ordered a t410 form ebay from a seller that buys them from schools and companys. According to what they...

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Sun May 10, 2015 1:56 am
Battery options and power configuration [T420]

Last post by Hans Gruber « Sun May 10, 2015 12:45 am
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by Quardah » Sat May 09, 2015 5:59 pm

Hello!

I am running a T420 ThinkPad using Arch linux. So far so good, i really appreciate the configuration and the stock 6 cells battery gives me a...

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Sun May 10, 2015 12:45 am
T410 Wifi Card Question

Last post by cookiesOuO « Fri May 08, 2015 8:36 am
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by Temetka » Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:43 pm

What's the best internal wifi card for the T410?

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Fri May 08, 2015 8:36 am
Ericsson F3607gw 3G WWAN MODULE FRU 60Y3237 problem

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Tue May 05, 2015 10:14 am
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by shavo » Tue May 05, 2015 8:07 am

I have a problem with my Ericsson F3607gw 3G WWAN MODULE FRU 60Y3237. It says wrong card and don't want to start until I remove it, I can't enter the...

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Tue May 05, 2015 10:14 am
Lenovo T400 - Start without power button

Last post by mihai.h « Tue May 05, 2015 3:14 am
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by mihai.h » Mon May 04, 2015 7:11 am

I have a Lenovo T400 and I am messing around with it. I have disassembled it and realized that there is no way I can start the laptop if the keyboard...

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Tue May 05, 2015 3:14 am
Tips for a new owner?

Last post by Temetka « Sun May 03, 2015 3:46 pm
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by VanZan » Sat May 02, 2015 10:49 am

I just got a T400 today and have owned a T410 since last September. I have a 250GB Crucial SSD and 8GB Crucial RAM in the T410. Is the smart move to...

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Sun May 03, 2015 3:46 pm
T530 motherboard in T520 chassis

Last post by LittleTinker « Sat May 02, 2015 11:58 am
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by LittleTinker » Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:08 pm

Hi,
Is the layout of T520 and T530 similar enough for T520 chassis to maybe accept a T530 motherboard? Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question...

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Last post by LittleTinker
Sat May 02, 2015 11:58 am
T400 no SPDIF via Minidock 2504

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by annalogg1 » Sat May 02, 2015 3:12 am

Can't get any output from the SPDIF connector on the RH side on my 2504 dock.

My T400 has Conexant 20561 shown as working with sound output set to...

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Sat May 02, 2015 3:12 am
T400 - WiFi Problem

Last post by rkawakami « Fri May 01, 2015 7:42 pm
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by archedjumpshot » Fri May 01, 2015 4:22 pm

Model #: 2764-CTO

Hello,

The wireless keeps disconnecting at random times. When it disconnects, Windows doesn't see the wireless card unless I...

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Fri May 01, 2015 7:42 pm
Will a T500 DisplayPort pass audio through an HDMI adapter?

Last post by jdrou « Thu Apr 30, 2015 4:57 pm
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by DenverBrian » Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:07 am

Hi all - no definitive answer on the web as far as I can see. If I get a DisplayPort - to - HDMI adapter for my T500, will it pass audio as well as...

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Thu Apr 30, 2015 4:57 pm
T430s Question

Last post by Temetka « Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:00 pm

by Temetka » Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:00 pm

Hello,

I am thinking about picking up a T430s.

I was wondering, does it support a backlit keyboard? That's a feature that I consider to be a must...

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Last post by Temetka
Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:00 pm
T400 LCD Replacement

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Wed Apr 29, 2015 6:03 am
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by Bruce Guttman » Thu Mar 26, 2015 12:56 pm

I tried a search and didn't find the answer so I ask the cognoscenti:

I have a T400 that had a broken LCD (2768-EK9). I put on another lid and the...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Wed Apr 29, 2015 6:03 am
At reboot, mouse works but unable to click to select

Last post by metalli « Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:10 pm
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by metalli » Mon Apr 27, 2015 5:15 am

Machine is T420, Type 4236-L23
Windows 7 Enterprise x64

After reboot, mouse works but unable to click to select anything.

Had always (couple years...

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Last post by metalli
Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:10 pm
T410s with Nvidia graphics vs. T410 with integrated graphics

Last post by Hans Gruber « Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:45 pm
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by Hans Gruber » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:26 am

Windows Experience index.
T410s T410
Processor 6.8 Processor 6.7
Memory (RAM) 6.8 Memory (RAM) 5.9
Graphics 4.9 Graphics 4.2
Gaming Graphics 5.9...

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Last post by Hans Gruber
Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:45 pm
Intel 6300 bad performance with high DPC latency

Last post by Hans Gruber « Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:07 am
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by hhhd1 » Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:59 pm

My Intel 6300 card performs horribly, about 60% of the performance of another broadcom card from the same location.

connecting to a N600 router...

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Last post by Hans Gruber
Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:07 am
T400 no screen light

Last post by rkawakami « Fri Apr 24, 2015 5:06 pm
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by ajg » Fri Apr 24, 2015 1:07 pm

I have a T400 with a CCFL backlight that used to stay dark occasionally, but closing and reopening the lid would cause it to come back on. Then the...

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Fri Apr 24, 2015 5:06 pm
T410s basic questions

Last post by Hans Gruber « Fri Apr 24, 2015 12:12 pm
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by Hans Gruber » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:02 am

I have two T410s right now. One has on the left side of the screen casing a separation that doesn't seem to stay clamped in place. It's not very...

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Last post by Hans Gruber
Fri Apr 24, 2015 12:12 pm
Bought a T410s on Ebay. That makes two T410's

Last post by Hans Gruber « Fri Apr 24, 2015 12:51 am
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by Hans Gruber » Sat Apr 18, 2015 9:57 am
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The T410s is a whole other can of worms. This one uses a 1.8 drive. I have to order a Hard drive cover. I need to order a 1.8 drive. Will a caseless...
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Last post by Hans Gruber
Fri Apr 24, 2015 12:51 am
short question on T500's mini PCI-E slot as msata?

Last post by fb1996 « Fri Apr 24, 2015 12:23 am
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by thinkpadcollection » Thu Apr 23, 2015 9:39 pm

Is either of long WWAN slot or the short slot besides the wifi slot can take msata storage card?

Cheers, thinkpadcollection

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Fri Apr 24, 2015 12:23 am
T410 Display is stuck in Full Screen mode

Last post by pillboxhunter « Thu Apr 23, 2015 2:56 pm
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by Mel222 » Mon Apr 06, 2015 3:56 am

Hello,

I fumbled while typing too fast and hit a key combo(s) that did two things at once: my display went from the external monitor to duo-monitors...

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Thu Apr 23, 2015 2:56 pm
Reasons not to move from T510 to T520 (or T530)

Last post by topshot « Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:51 am
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by topshot » Wed Aug 27, 2014 4:36 pm

I'm picking up a T520 tomorrow and wondered if I should swap my T510's FHD over to it. AFAIK, the only advantage to the T520 is the better processor...

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Last post by topshot
Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:51 am
Heads Up: Cheap T400 units on eBay UK

Last post by MrMaguire « Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:33 am

by MrMaguire » Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:33 am

I ran across these this afternoon and thought I'd share.

14 ThinkPad T400s, all that I've checked have the Intel P8400, 2GB of RAM, Bluetooth,...

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Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:33 am
T500 Win7 32bit to Win8.1 64bit

Last post by Tim-ANC « Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:23 am

by Tim-ANC » Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:23 am

I want to perform a clean install of Win8.1 64bit on my T500 delivered with Win7 32bit.

I know I need to perform a clean install but I have not done...

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Last post by Tim-ANC
Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:23 am
Upgraded my T420 SSD using a disk cloner, took about 15 minutes

Last post by trezaei « Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:25 pm

by trezaei » Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:25 pm

I bought a disk cloner from Amazon for $40 and a new 240GB SSD and within 15 minutes I was up and running. My old drive was a 128GB SSD and the new...

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Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:25 pm
T410s Screen Won't Turn Off When Lid Closed

Last post by PandorasThinkpad « Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:19 am
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by alferz » Thu Apr 24, 2014 12:18 am

Hi all - I got a used T410s on ebay that had a cracked palmrest, so I ordered one for $20 on eBay from China and got it installed. In the process I...

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Last post by PandorasThinkpad
Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:19 am
Dock with no external power

Last post by hhhd1 « Mon Apr 13, 2015 3:51 pm
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by hhhd1 » Mon Apr 13, 2015 2:58 pm

If the laptop is in the dock station, and the power to the dock got interrupted, I suppose the laptop should start running on battery, .. but, will...

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Mon Apr 13, 2015 3:51 pm
T420 throttling when dedicated graphics are active

Last post by dr_st « Thu Apr 09, 2015 2:00 am
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by fleming164 » Wed Apr 08, 2015 2:47 pm

I don't know if this has been covered (I can't seem to find anything in search).

I have a T420 with the NVidia GPU but when the GPU is active the...

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Thu Apr 09, 2015 2:00 am
Starting up a T400 motherboard without the laptop keyboard

Last post by Easy Wind « Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:46 am
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by zytrahus » Mon Mar 16, 2015 4:20 pm

Hi
I have for project to install some of my T400 hardware (mostly the motherboard/display) into a separate case/chassis without using the laptop...

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Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:46 am
Intel HD Graphics

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by I heart beer » Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:51 pm

Hello,
I did a reinstall of Win7(64bit) on my newly acquired T420 (4177-q5u). All went well except can't get the graphics adapter to push the stated...

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Fri Apr 03, 2015 11:48 pm
Looking for an HD+ Color Profile File (.icm or .icc)

Last post by smagus « Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:01 pm
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by SkiBunny » Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:40 pm

:help:
If you have obtained a good color profile or calibration for the LG 1600 x 900 panel in the T-Series or W-Series 510 or 520 (which I believe...

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Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:01 pm
Grpaphics Display update problem on a T420 4180-FB5

Last post by baertracks « Tue Mar 31, 2015 8:36 pm
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by baertracks » Fri Mar 06, 2015 5:32 pm

I am trying to refurbish a T420 laptop (model 4180-FB5) for a colleague in DR Congo. This laptop has a 14in 1600x900 LCD with Intel HD Graphics....

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Last post by baertracks
Tue Mar 31, 2015 8:36 pm
T400 User's Manual?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:55 am
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by THXpad » Tue Jun 19, 2012 7:05 pm

I got myself a T400 and it didn't come with a user's manual. The only thing I could find online was the ThinkPad T400 and R400 Hardware Maintenance...

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Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:55 am
Best ATI driver for T400?

Last post by Trzyzet « Sun Mar 29, 2015 1:58 pm
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by ReCreate » Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:07 pm

I seem to be getting poor graphics performance on my switchable T400 no matter what I do. I have checked the power profiles and they are set...

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Sun Mar 29, 2015 1:58 pm
Legacy questions (I wish they weren't...)

Last post by ajkula66 « Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:01 pm
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by CeeBee » Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:29 am

The following questions relate to T-Series and to (13 to) 14 screens only:

1. Which was the last model with a 4:3 screen?
2. Which was the last...

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Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:01 pm
T420 upgrade to SSD - OCZ arc 100

Last post by Temetka « Sat Mar 28, 2015 1:26 pm
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by Wiking » Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:18 am

I want to replace my HDD with new ssd. Today it has i5 2520 and 4gb ram and the main slowness is from my 5 year WD Scorpio black 750gb by my opinion...

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Last post by Temetka
Sat Mar 28, 2015 1:26 pm
Refurb T410 coming in tomorrow... Suggestions?

Last post by JohnD. « Fri Mar 27, 2015 3:21 am
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by TexasReb54 » Wed Mar 25, 2015 9:28 pm

So my mid-2007 black MacBook is beginning to show it's age between it's 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo and it's (maxed out!) 3GB of 667MHz DDR2, and with the...

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Fri Mar 27, 2015 3:21 am
Buying advice on refurbed Thinkpad *PICS*

Last post by rkawakami « Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:09 am
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by McDonnell » Thu Mar 26, 2015 11:44 pm

Hi guys

So having used a Thinkpad T410 for a long time it seems its time for me to upgrade. However after reading on several forums that the display...

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Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:09 am
T500 Fan noisey

Last post by terry_mccann « Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:38 am
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by Tim-ANC » Thu Feb 26, 2015 2:19 pm

I have a pretty bad rattle on my 5 year old T500. Actually started long ago and I finally became annoyed with it. I bought a cheap fan only from...

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Last post by terry_mccann
Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:38 am
T500 4G SODIMM, RAM compatibility questions. "mac/apple"mem?

Last post by terry_mccann « Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:36 am
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by DiagonalArg » Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:00 am

Hi all! Just looking at picking up a pair of 4G SODIMMs for a new (old) T500, 8743-CTO (error: I meant 2242-CTO). I gather the specs are PC3-8500...

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Last post by terry_mccann
Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:36 am
t400 shut down randomly

Last post by zent « Fri Mar 20, 2015 11:16 pm

by zent » Fri Mar 20, 2015 11:16 pm

When my t400 shuts down unexpectedly, it does not show any warning or error, nor beep. It just turns to black screen and everything's off. I suspect...

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Last post by zent
Fri Mar 20, 2015 11:16 pm
Thinkpad T410s and windows 8.1 x64

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:13 am
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by pavanbabut » Wed Mar 18, 2015 10:36 pm

I recently upgraded from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 8.1 x64 pro (clean install). I have few issues though

1)I got all the drivers loaded in device...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:13 am
T520 display glitches with 16GB RAM

Last post by rjwilmsi « Wed Mar 18, 2015 6:33 am
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by FragrantHead » Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:02 pm

On the off-chance anyone else has seen this ... I upgraded my T520 (i5-2520M, integrated graphics) to 16GB RAM and started getting weird display...

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Last post by rjwilmsi
Wed Mar 18, 2015 6:33 am
T500 WSXGA+ <=> R61i WSXGA+ compatibility?

Last post by Norway Pad « Sat Mar 14, 2015 1:32 pm
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by Norway Pad » Wed Mar 11, 2015 1:19 am

I was recently offered some T500 parts, including the lid with the LCD. I wasn't interested, until I got to know it's a WSXGA+ panel, same as in my...

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Sat Mar 14, 2015 1:32 pm

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