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Recently, Lenovo has completed moving the old IBM Thinkpad Support site (usually at the www-307.ibm.com domain) onto the support.lenovo.com domain....

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Two questions about L420 / L520

Last post by Matthew_Greening « Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:25 am
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by tc35 » Thu May 26, 2011 9:04 pm

1)Does L520 / L420 exhibit the same fan pulsing problem as the T520 / T420 (fan goes on and off every 5 seconds or so)?

2) How does the 1600x900 for...

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Last post by Matthew_Greening
Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:25 am
L420 thinkpad camera poblem

Last post by subhesh_999 « Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:16 pm

by subhesh_999 » Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:16 pm

I have hotkeys driver installed on my system every other key except Fn+F6(camera) keys are working fine. whenever i presses Fn+F6 it says hot keys...

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Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:16 pm
Thinkpad L412 mSATA on PCI-E WWAN port Hack

Last post by LUC@X « Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:04 am

by LUC@X » Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:04 am

Hi, i'm wondering, has anyone tryed to install a mSATA SSD PCI-E mini card on the L412 WWAN PCI-E port?
I've been searching about it on the web but...

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Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:04 am
L512 + MiniDock3 => Monitor Display Resolution problem

Last post by rossmosis « Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:26 pm
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by jlbalder » Mon Feb 07, 2011 5:26 pm

I have a new L512 (PN: 4444CT) running Win7 Pro, and am trying to get it to work in a Mini Dock Series 3 (PN: 4337 10U).
I want the Laptop to use the...

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Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:26 pm
touchpad problem on new sl300

Last post by silsatykki « Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:14 pm
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by webrehm » Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:01 pm

My new sl300 touchpad does not always respond to my single or double taps. I have tried changing the sensitivity but it did not help. My wife tried a...

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Last post by silsatykki
Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:14 pm
Lenovo SL500c 1804 error with Gobi2000 wwan (FRU 60Y3183)

Last post by Peak2Peak « Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:33 am
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by milo_cz » Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:39 am

Hello
I have SL500c (4414 W6K) wwan ready and I bought Lenovo GOBI2000 wwan card (FRU 60Y3183)
Unfortunately I receive 1804 error... and I can't...

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Last post by Peak2Peak
Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:33 am
What WWAN cards are on the whitelist of sl500?

Last post by Peak2Peak « Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:21 am
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by Szymon_Zy » Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:57 am

Does any one know what wwan card i can put in sl500? I want to put F5521gw (however it is very expensive card without any reason to be so extremly...

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Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:21 am
SL510 ExpressCard not recognized

Last post by seaview « Sun Sep 25, 2011 3:09 am

by seaview » Sun Sep 25, 2011 3:09 am

ThinkPad SL510 laptops might have problem recognizing some express card devices. I bought a Ubiquiti SR71X wireless card a few months ago still I...

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Last post by seaview
Sun Sep 25, 2011 3:09 am
SL510 won't boot - 2 long, 4 short beeps

Last post by alphren « Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:32 pm

by alphren » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:32 pm

Any ideas? I can't find this post code anywhere online. The laptop is about 2 years old. Probably hardware failure of some kind that will require...

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Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:32 pm
Sl-510 english only win 7 , can i change language?

Last post by Szymon_Zy « Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:59 am
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by feu26 » Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:31 pm

SL-510 win 7 home prenium 64 english only. Is there a way to change the language ? need help
Thanks!

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Last post by Szymon_Zy
Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:59 am
TPad SL300-CL-Halp Plz

Last post by ZaZ « Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:55 am
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by varem » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:42 am

So I've recently sold my T61 and already I'm looking to come back to Lenovo. There's this SL300 on Craigslist, but I want to know if it's a fair...

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Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:55 am
What Is A Good SSD To Put Into My SL410?

Last post by lordpuffer « Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:41 am
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by lordpuffer » Fri Sep 09, 2011 1:13 pm

I recently put a Hybrid SSD in my SL410. It gave me a little increase in performance, although I am looking for more. Which SSD, around 250GB, would...

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Last post by lordpuffer
Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:41 am
Unable to turn off the display

Last post by thinktop « Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:27 am
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by thinktop » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:55 pm

I have an L412 bought around 10 months ago.
I have set the Fn+F3 option in the power manager to turn off the display.
But it doesn't work most of the...

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Last post by thinktop
Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:27 am
screen hinge loose/broken, layman fix?

Last post by Harryc « Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:58 pm
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by akorn » Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:11 pm

Hej!
I have had my SL500 for 2+ years now. The power jack got internally loose quite early on, luckily it still does what it should, so I have not...

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Last post by Harryc
Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:58 pm
ThinkPad sl500 - GPS -how establish to work?

Last post by aurorra « Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:01 pm

by aurorra » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:01 pm

I have ThinkPad sl500 (OS Win7). Modem MOBILE BROADBAND MODULE F3507g works, Internet connection established through the SIM, no problems here .. But...

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Last post by aurorra
Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:01 pm
Backlight confirmation

Last post by ritchie888 « Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:38 am
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by ritchie888 » Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:40 am

Hey guys,

I need some quick advice as I'm a bit against the clock on a problem I'm having.

I have two SL300 (slightly different specs from each...

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Last post by ritchie888
Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:38 am
Do L410, L510, or L421s exist?

Last post by Blzut3 « Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:03 pm

by Blzut3 » Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:03 pm

As I was going through the materials for documenting the L420/L520 on thinkwiki I noticed references to an L410, L510, and L421 in the hardware...

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Last post by Blzut3
Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:03 pm
How much is my ThinkPad L412 worth?

Last post by nicothink « Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:39 pm

by nicothink » Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:39 pm

Hi,

I want to sell my ThinkPad L412. Specs are:

Intel Core i3-380 2.53ghz
6GB RAM
320GB 7200 HD
4 cell battery
Standard graphics
Standard display...

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Last post by nicothink
Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:39 pm
SL510 won't connect to remote desktop

Last post by cherylrenee « Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:39 pm

by cherylrenee » Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:39 pm

I am beyond puzzled and frustrated - and my IT consultants are as well! I'm hoping for any guidance.

Over the past 6 months our small business...

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Last post by cherylrenee
Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:39 pm
L412 random sleep

Last post by TTY « Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:22 pm
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by kge420 » Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:21 am

My L412 has a problem where it goes to sleep randomly. I will be working or watching a video and it will just shut itself down. Upon resume it...

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Last post by TTY
Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:22 pm
L412 displayport no audio after sleep

Last post by Colonel O'Neill « Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:25 pm
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by kge420 » Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:22 pm

I have a L412 that is using displayport to an Asus 27 monitor. When started up from cold all is well but if the machine goes to sleep it returns...

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Last post by Colonel O'Neill
Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:25 pm
Installing Windows 7 on a SL400

Last post by downdog89 « Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:57 pm
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by downdog89 » Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:00 pm

When I place a new SATA NTFS formatted hard drive and boot off of my Windows 7 32-bit disc it cannot see my drive. My computer had Vista on the...

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Last post by downdog89
Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:57 pm
ThinkPad L420, is it worth it?

Last post by schen « Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:12 pm
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by gendruwo » Wed May 11, 2011 7:56 am

Hi, I'm new in this forum and I'm thinking of upgrading my old X41. I want bigger screen so I'm thinking upgrading to ThinkPad L420. But I heard some...

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Last post by schen
Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:12 pm
Fresh install of bundled Win7

Last post by ausmike « Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:47 pm
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by DiGiTY » Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:14 pm

I just bought a Lenovo ThinkPad SL410 with Win 7 Pro 64-bit installed. Of course it's crippled with bloatware and of course I wiped the hard drive...

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Last post by ausmike
Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:47 pm
L520 / L420 surface temperatures...

Last post by ozzymud « Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:09 am
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by tc35 » Tue May 31, 2011 7:28 pm

Under light use, does L520 / L420 get noticeably warm around the wrist rest area? Thank you!

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Last post by ozzymud
Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:09 am
SL400 Freezes Constantly

Last post by rkawakami « Sun May 29, 2011 2:38 am
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by Outatime1989 » Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:57 am

I recently received an SL400 (Type:2743-48U) without a hard drive, complete with Vista business 32-bit recovery Cds. I installed a new 250Gb Hard...

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Last post by rkawakami
Sun May 29, 2011 2:38 am
Putting A New Hybrid SSD In My SL410...Need Help

Last post by emeraldgirl08 « Sat May 21, 2011 7:38 pm
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by lordpuffer » Sat May 21, 2011 6:37 pm

I purchased a Hybrid SSD that I'm going to put in my ThinkPad SL410. I have a new Windows 7 Pro 64 bit Disc (genuine), however, what is the best way...

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Last post by emeraldgirl08
Sat May 21, 2011 7:38 pm
can't turn on my SL400

Last post by chlsy8 « Fri May 13, 2011 1:47 pm

by chlsy8 » Fri May 13, 2011 1:47 pm

Everytime when I turn off my SL400 bought few years ago, it took forever to turn it back on - say like manually press the power on button 2 hours to...

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Last post by chlsy8
Fri May 13, 2011 1:47 pm
does SL410 touchpad support tapping?

Last post by dr_st « Wed May 04, 2011 3:43 pm
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by CTAKAH » Wed May 04, 2011 2:11 pm

Hi, the question is in the header.
I use debian and once had problems with tapping on an acer netbook, so i'm not absolutely sure
is this feature...

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Last post by dr_st
Wed May 04, 2011 3:43 pm
thinkpad l412 crashes when I download files or move files

Last post by mattias « Sun May 01, 2011 6:57 pm

by mattias » Sun May 01, 2011 6:57 pm

I have tried to download xubuntu, to run in virtual box, on my new Thinkpad L412 runing win 7 but it crashes during download with an usb modem. It...

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Last post by mattias
Sun May 01, 2011 6:57 pm
ThinkPad SL410 Seems Slow

Last post by lordpuffer « Mon Apr 18, 2011 2:26 pm
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by lordpuffer » Thu Apr 14, 2011 6:12 pm

I just recently purchased an SL410. I just reformatted it last night. It is running Win 7 Pro, x64, a Core 2 Duo, and 6 Gigs of Ram (I added 4 Gigs)....

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Last post by lordpuffer
Mon Apr 18, 2011 2:26 pm
Integrated Webcam

Last post by mr.k.cds « Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:54 pm

by mr.k.cds » Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:54 pm

Hello,

My job recently purchased a bunch of Lenovo Thinkpad SL510's as a mobile computer cart.

My question regards the integrated webcam and how...

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Last post by mr.k.cds
Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:54 pm
SL510 - without Windows 7 Pro COA on the bottom?

Last post by craigmontHunter « Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:04 am
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by tgrevers » Sat Jul 24, 2010 2:45 pm

I picked up an SL510. (2.1/2GB/250GB) It's a beautiful machine, with everything I need to drive my TV as the media center, web chat, online content...

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Last post by craigmontHunter
Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:04 am
L512 does not scroll on a web page using up/down arrow keys

Last post by jlbalder « Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:29 pm

by jlbalder » Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:29 pm

I have a newer L512 (PN: 4444CT) running Win7 Pro. It does not scroll on a web page using the up/down arrow keys .
I believe this is common paradigm...

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Last post by jlbalder
Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:29 pm
Hinge broken?

Last post by TheTourist « Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:00 am
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by TheTourist » Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:19 pm

I am posting a picture of the broken Thinkpad SL400. Someone please tell me what this part is called (a hinge or something else?) and the part number...

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Last post by TheTourist
Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:00 am
SL510 Network issues No internet

Last post by JmartinLGA « Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:41 pm

by JmartinLGA » Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:41 pm

I have several SL510's running as staff laptops on our server. I have one in particular that is able to access the server but not connect to the...

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Last post by JmartinLGA
Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:41 pm
SL 510 2847-3ZU plobems

Last post by gator96 « Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:31 pm

by gator96 » Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:31 pm

Hi, I was wondering if anyone else had problems with this model. This laptop screen wiil flicker and sometimes go black and the screen wont come back...

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Last post by gator96
Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:31 pm
Advice on replacing keys?

Last post by tonfagun « Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:14 am
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by tonfagun » Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:44 am

Hey.

One of the keys of my SL510 seems sticky, probably some combination of dust and liquid causing it. I wanted to take off the key, wash it and...

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Last post by tonfagun
Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:14 am
SL510 keyboard is partly not responsive

Last post by dr_st « Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:17 am
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by martind1 » Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:33 pm

I recently had a spill on my keyboard. It was gatorade so I removed the keyboard so that I could rinse it with distilled water. After it dried I...

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Last post by dr_st
Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:17 am
SL400 can't disable touch pad...

Last post by southpawOO7 « Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:15 pm

by southpawOO7 » Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:15 pm

hi, i was trying to thin out some of the start up programs on my computer to help it run a little faster. so i was disabling things i thought i...

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Last post by southpawOO7
Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:15 pm
SL410 Wireless - no "N" mode

Last post by Harryc « Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:27 pm
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by tpribors » Sat Jan 01, 2011 11:06 am

My wife's new laptop has the stock 11b/g/n card. It can connect to my router in G mode but nothing shows up in N mode at all. My W510 connects...

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Last post by Harryc
Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:27 pm
SL410 9 cell battery... same as T42?

Last post by ausmike « Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:12 pm
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by jsmit86 » Wed Dec 29, 2010 11:59 am

I just ordered a 9 cell battery for my SL410. After doing so, I noticed that Lenovo lists:
ThinkPad T/R/W/Z/SL Series 9 Cell Li-Ion Battery (45J7966)...

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Last post by ausmike
Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:12 pm
SL300/SL400/SL500 Whitelist Issue

Last post by TommyLau « Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:45 am
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by TommyLau » Fri Nov 19, 2010 5:00 am

I'm currently working on the whitelist removing work,
so far I had removed the whitelist check(hope so) from
the bios, but I don't have a SL400 by...

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Last post by TommyLau
Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:45 am
How to reduce the volumn of the AC/Battery switch sound

Last post by malachont « Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:37 am
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by malachont » Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:40 am

Hi, the sound our SL300 makes when switching from AC to battery is really loud (especially when working with speakers). Can we reduce it or disable...

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Last post by malachont
Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:37 am
SL300 plays movies (and all audio) at half speed

Last post by malachont « Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:01 am

by malachont » Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:01 am

Hi, I have a frequently recurring problem- our Thinkpad SL300 plays video audio and other audio at half speed sometimes (i.e. visually). Windows XP,...

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Last post by malachont
Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:01 am
L412 Special

Last post by ZaZ « Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:56 am
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by BruisedQuasar » Sat Nov 27, 2010 9:38 am

cowboom.com deal of the day. Lenovo 055335U L412 ,14 , i5 520M 2.4 GHz, 2GB (8GB Max) DDR3 mem,
$679.99

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Last post by ZaZ
Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:56 am
Transferring a T60 DC IN port to an SL500

Last post by sausage « Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:36 pm
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by sausage » Thu Nov 25, 2010 4:52 pm

so my T60 has become so damaged it's just plain annoying to fix, something breaks, you have to break something else to fix it, then fix what you...

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Last post by sausage
Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:36 pm
SL410 slowwww

Last post by ipyro24 « Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:46 pm
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by lynnja » Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:49 pm

I have a T42 that has seen better days so I bought myself a SL410 at Best Buy.

It is really slow and hangs up all the time. It hangs up on line and...

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Last post by ipyro24
Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:46 pm
How do I fix this?

Last post by killer « Sun Nov 14, 2010 3:20 pm
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by cshuy » Sun Nov 14, 2010 11:17 am

I have a Thinkpad SL500, but I think this would be the sort of general question that others might have too, so I am asking it here.

I did something...

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Last post by killer
Sun Nov 14, 2010 3:20 pm
SL500 2746P7G

Last post by shaiang « Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:10 pm
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by shaiang » Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:33 am

Hi everybody.
Im new at this forum,and i have a thinkpad SL500 2746P7G
My question's are about the memory.

1.I would like to know how many memory...

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Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:10 pm

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