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SL300, SL400 and SL500 Tech Specs and slbook

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surprisingly "fun" makeover of SL500

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by popsmoke » Sat Jul 19, 2025 7:39 pm

My earlier posts were about the joy to be had from daily driving old T42s on XP. Alas, in the last year or so I have had to wean myself away from...

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The ultimate L520 Upgrades and Modifications thread

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by abjumpr » Fri Sep 21, 2018 7:48 pm

If there is already a thread like this my apologies. There seems to be little conclusive information available readily, and the L520 doesn't appear...

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SL510 upgrade to ssd

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From what I've read, the SL510 *can* be upgraded to an SSD. I just did a clean install of windows 7 64 bit, cloned the drive with macrium reflect to...

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Windows 11 on my ThinkPad L570

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I installed windows 11 Pro on my ThinkPad L570. 4GB RAM, 1TB M.2 and has an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7300U CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.70 GHz. Windows 11 Pro build...

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Unlock tool

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by PeterLinu » Mon Aug 07, 2023 6:57 pm

Hiyall,
I have the opportunity to purchase several older Thinkpads at a very cheap price. Trouble is, they're all 'locked' by a government department...

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L420 Modding questions

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by mad_man » Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:09 pm

hello all

i have started modding my L420.. absolutely love this machine it keeps up with my new l480 thinkpad that has a 8th gen intel cpu...

i...

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SL500 BIOS Update

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by LexiMajonezik » Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:58 am

Hi
Any chances somebody have a working link or file to Serg008 Modified BIOS without WLAN Whitelist and SLIC 2.1?
Sadly Links on MyDigitalLife Forums...

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SL500 Ram Change

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by LexiMajonezik » Fri Feb 04, 2022 10:42 am

So, i Found Out with Memtest86 that RAM in my SL500 is kinda dying soo
What is the fastet ram i can get for it?

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L512 Dispay replace FHD problem

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