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Windows 7 Ultrabay HDD for storage - incorrectly disconnecting on sleep?

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by scottyw520 » Sat May 21, 2022 1:56 pm

Wasn't sure where best to post this, some-time lurker, first time poster here.

I've got a W520 running Windows 7, and recently I got an off-brand...

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Wed May 25, 2022 11:51 am
Trying to put back together my W500

Last post by cultOfThinkpad « Sat May 14, 2022 9:11 am
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by cultOfThinkpad » Sat May 14, 2022 3:48 am

Hello.

A couple of years ago, I bought a second-hand W500 Thinkpad and took it apart
to clean the dust out and remove a few components to make it...

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Last post by cultOfThinkpad
Sat May 14, 2022 9:11 am
Sorry for this stupid question on the W520 heat sink removal.

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sun Apr 17, 2022 11:08 am
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by rdchinoy » Sun Apr 17, 2022 9:08 am

Just got my old girl up and running Need to allocate time for this work.
(Need to change the thermal paste on the CPU.) Its 11 years old. And Im...

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Sun Apr 17, 2022 11:08 am
CPUZ Info for my W520 / Slow RAM

Last post by rdchinoy « Sun Apr 17, 2022 7:57 am
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by rdchinoy » Wed Apr 13, 2022 6:59 am

Hi
This is the info I got from my w520.
Questions.
1. Why is the ram speed so slow. What would be the fastest speed I can run on this system ?.
2....

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Sun Apr 17, 2022 7:57 am
New owner of w520

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Apr 14, 2022 1:35 am
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by Masi_K » Thu Mar 17, 2016 12:22 am
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Hello.
I'm probably shifting over from my current T61 to W520. I've having it here for test and I ran to two issues. Is either gma hd or quaddro...
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Thu Apr 14, 2022 1:35 am
Ebay classic Keyboard POS warning!

Last post by rdchinoy « Wed Apr 13, 2022 6:21 am
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by arishi0 » Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:11 pm

Hello,

I recently got my beautiful w530 and as with any noob thinkpad fanatic I started my own upgrade obsession path. I am pimping it out from...

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Wed Apr 13, 2022 6:21 am
Help fixing W520

Last post by rdchinoy « Tue Apr 12, 2022 8:07 am
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by rdchinoy » Tue Apr 05, 2022 12:16 pm

My laptop is not powering on.
History
I have been using it without a bat for 2 years never had any problems.
THe kyeboard was acting up. After...

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Tue Apr 12, 2022 8:07 am
Fan error

Last post by Ibm1024 « Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:39 am
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by Ibm1024 » Mon Apr 11, 2022 4:23 pm

Hi,

I have a W510 but a couple of days ago I was using it when I noticed the CPU was at 97 degrees C (yikes), the laptop then proceeded to...

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Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:39 am
possible CPU (i7 3770) upgrade for W530?

Last post by arishi0 « Tue Apr 12, 2022 12:12 am
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by arishi0 » Sun Apr 10, 2022 6:27 pm

Hello,

I recently bought a W530 (2436) with the I7-3520m processor, 4GB Ram, a 500gb HDD and a dead battery. Overall I got a good bargain for it and...

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Tue Apr 12, 2022 12:12 am
How to stress test a power brick ?

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by rdchinoy » Fri Apr 08, 2022 3:48 am

So I have a 170 Watt. 8.5 Amps 20 Volt Power brick.
Opened it up to see if there were any swolen caps. Or obvious problems with it. All looks ok....

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Fri Apr 08, 2022 10:18 am
Thinkpad W520 won't turn on [+pics]

Last post by rdchinoy « Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:34 am
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by jcvjcvjcvjcv » Fri Dec 16, 2016 6:21 pm
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Earlier this week, I dropped my W520 from about half a meter, it slipped from my fingers. Well, I picked it up; Thinkpad was fine and there was a...
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Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:34 am
W520 DIY add msata to WWAN for second internal disk

Last post by rezax « Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:55 am
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by AdaSch » Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:45 am

Hello, I can confirm successful adding MSATA disk to W520 as additional device over WWAN 3G modem
I just soldered wires directry to 3G modem...

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Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:55 am
Tracking down W701 recovery media

Last post by theterminator93 « Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:07 pm
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by fastbiter » Tue Feb 15, 2022 12:52 pm

Hello everyone,
While helping clean out my parents' house in preparation for a move, my father and I came across his old W701. He's a recently...

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Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:07 pm
W500 RAM upgrade problem

Last post by jldr_2 « Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:11 am
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by Marto181 » Fri Feb 04, 2022 9:45 am

So Just buy two new ram blocks Corsair Mac memory 4gb 1066mhz.
When install both of them erorrs start to apear (binary modules which failed...

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Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:11 am
W510 gpu upgrade

Last post by ver1tas « Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:42 am
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by ver1tas » Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:12 am

Hi,

i want to upgrade my W510 from a Quadro FX 880M to a AMD FirePro M5100. Both MXM A 3.0.

I think it should be possible but im not sure.
Can you...

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Last post by ver1tas
Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:42 am
W500 display lid switch problem.

Last post by modmaster « Tue Jan 18, 2022 3:00 pm
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by ThinkpadW500 » Sat Aug 28, 2021 6:26 am

Hello,

I have a pretty much maxed out* W500 with a display problem.
What happens is whenever the lid/screen is open, the display blinks on and off...

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Last post by modmaster
Tue Jan 18, 2022 3:00 pm
W701DS TrackPoint and Buttons Not Working After Upgrade

Last post by FryPpy « Sat Jan 15, 2022 12:27 pm
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by jcdbm » Sat Dec 18, 2021 4:01 am

Hello,

I bought a W701DS recently and opened it open for a CPU and GPU upgrade.
The CPU and GPU upgrade went fairly well, although the machine...

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Last post by FryPpy
Sat Jan 15, 2022 12:27 pm
I installed a new keyboard in W700

Last post by fatkatsupra1 « Mon Dec 27, 2021 11:52 pm

by fatkatsupra1 » Mon Dec 27, 2021 11:52 pm

Hey I know this hardly counts as news but I just wanted to say - if you have an old keyboard - swap it out if you can! The feel of new keys is...

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Mon Dec 27, 2021 11:52 pm
w520 fhd screen good?

Last post by Masi_K « Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:46 am
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by euless » Tue Sep 14, 2021 9:43 am

hi,

i am thinking about getting a w520 with the TN FHD (1080p).
i read some really old review that said this TN FHD is as good as IPS.
Is this...

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Last post by Masi_K
Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:46 am
Dead W520 Display

Last post by nandor « Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:43 pm
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by nandor » Sat Oct 23, 2021 8:59 pm

The LCD display of my W520 finally died today. I'd like to keep using it with an external monitor, but when I connect a display - either built-in...

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Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:43 pm
ThinkPad W510 slow with charger 90W

Last post by PaulEasy « Sun Oct 03, 2021 11:55 am
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by jirka » Mon May 17, 2021 11:55 am

Hi,

I have W510,
configuration : i7, 1920x1080 Nvidia Quadro FX880M, SSD.

I installed Win10 and I found this problem :
- without power supply...

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Last post by PaulEasy
Sun Oct 03, 2021 11:55 am
W701/W701DS Whitelist Bios

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:50 am
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by TTA » Sat Feb 03, 2018 8:03 am

All the links I've found are dead.
I know there are a couple 1.3 BIOS out there with the whitelist removed but does anyone still have it?

Thanks
Jim

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Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:50 am
Can I make the 433810U dock work on my W520?

Last post by SozXD « Wed Sep 15, 2021 3:48 pm
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by SozXD » Wed Sep 15, 2021 3:30 pm

I bought the wrong dock and am wondering if I could make it work on my W520. It came with the 90w power adapter and all the 170w adapters I can find...

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Wed Sep 15, 2021 3:48 pm
Does the W500 use mSATA SSDs?

Last post by mikemex « Fri Sep 03, 2021 1:49 pm
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by TuXnSuits » Thu Sep 02, 2021 6:42 am

A while ago, I bought a W500 that's installed with a SATA SSD.
I took the laptop apart to clean it out and found a couple of spare slots that look...

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Last post by mikemex
Fri Sep 03, 2021 1:49 pm
W520 display is getting dimmed / dull - what to do?

Last post by atagunov « Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:20 am
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by Phidelio » Fri Aug 27, 2021 6:28 pm

Hey guys!

My W520 (WUXGA 1920x1080) display seems to get darker and darker. Do I need to get a new inverter (hardly know what that is), a new panel...

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Last post by atagunov
Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:20 am
W701ds - adjust screen brightness of fold out screen

Last post by hoax32 « Wed Aug 25, 2021 12:30 pm
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by hoax32 » Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:05 pm

Hey guys,

How on earth do you adjust the screen brightness of the second fold-out screen of the W701ds?
Running Windows 10.
Mine is excessively...

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Last post by hoax32
Wed Aug 25, 2021 12:30 pm
[W520] W520, RAM slots and Dual/Quad CPU

Last post by mikemex « Sun Aug 22, 2021 4:19 pm
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by WarMachine » Fri Aug 13, 2021 4:05 pm

Hello,

I haven't seen any topic on the subject. It surely has been discussed and if it's the case, it's probably a good idea to concatenate this...

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Sun Aug 22, 2021 4:19 pm
Incompatibility by design: 170W vs 135W vs 90W. Why?

Last post by cadillacmike68 « Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:10 pm
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by volodyan » Sun May 22, 2011 12:43 pm

I have two questions to which I could not find the answers.

1. Why does Lenovo intentionally prevents plugging the 170W adapter to other machines?...

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Last post by cadillacmike68
Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:10 pm
Modded bios, overclocking W510 with i7-720QM

Last post by FryPpy « Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:14 am
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by Sunshine701c » Wed Aug 04, 2021 5:35 am

I recently received a W510 motherboard with a i7-720QM CPU. Using this thing is great, I like the freedom 4 dimm slots and 24 GB of ram gives, but...

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Last post by FryPpy
Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:14 am
[W520] Phosphorescent keyboard?!

Last post by TheForgottenKing « Tue Aug 03, 2021 9:40 pm
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by WarMachine » Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:26 am

Hello,

That's it! I received my W520 yesterday. The 36ᵗʰ laptop of my collection. Two little cracks on the display bezel, but otherwise, it's like...

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Last post by TheForgottenKing
Tue Aug 03, 2021 9:40 pm
Cannot install Win7 on W520 with new mobo and SSD

Last post by WarMachine « Sat Jul 24, 2021 11:57 pm
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by helicopter » Fri Jul 02, 2021 5:15 pm

I just replaced the motherboard on a W520 because the old GPU had failed- see here

I cannot install Windows 7 from scratch. I tried via two...

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Last post by WarMachine
Sat Jul 24, 2021 11:57 pm
802.11ax / ac Wifi Upgrade options for W520 ?

Last post by wsalomon « Fri Jul 23, 2021 7:55 pm
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by Supernova » Tue Jan 05, 2021 11:13 am

Hi,
Are there any 802.11ax (preferably) or 802.11ac Wifi cards compatible with W520 that I can upgrade to?

Thanks.

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Last post by wsalomon
Fri Jul 23, 2021 7:55 pm
W510 & the i7-940XM

Last post by Sunshine701c « Thu Jul 15, 2021 8:13 pm
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by Vicophine » Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:34 am

Hello all, new member here!

I recently acquired a ThinkPad W510, I have been in the process of maxing out the device and have one stumbling block...

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Last post by Sunshine701c
Thu Jul 15, 2021 8:13 pm
W520- Discrete graphics stopped working- diagnosis?

Last post by helicopter « Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:00 am
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by helicopter » Sun Jun 06, 2021 11:54 am

I haven't gotten any replies, so I'm going to simplify my post.

I have a W520: 4270-CTO, 2.2 GHz, BIOS 1.46, running Windows 7 64-bit.

Suddenly the...

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Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:00 am
Solution: BIOS directory cannot be found

Last post by vveigs « Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:13 pm
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by Rich H » Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:32 am

Solution: BIOS directory cannot be found. The utility process has not completed.

It took me a couple of years and lots of dead-ends to figure out...

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Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:13 pm
Fastest mini-PCIE Wifi Bluetooth Combo-card W500 Can Handle?

Last post by SaganAndroid « Sun Jun 20, 2021 10:33 am
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by SaganAndroid » Thu May 20, 2021 1:47 am

Note: I'm using Windows 7 Pro x64, and because I am in the majority who can't stand Win8.1, and can't get Win10 to work well on the W500, Win 7 is...

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Last post by SaganAndroid
Sun Jun 20, 2021 10:33 am
Whats my W701DS Worth? *WARNING: BIG PICS*

Last post by as.nielo « Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:41 am
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by acuriousowner » Mon Mar 22, 2021 5:56 pm

Hello Thinkpad enthusiasts, I have a question for you.

My dad on 1/30/2011 bought a new Thinkpad W701DS and is only now finishing his time with it,...

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Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:41 am
[W520] W520 and RAID, what configuration do I need?

Last post by atagunov « Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:22 pm
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by WarMachine » Tue Jun 08, 2021 7:59 am

Hello,

I'm a bit lost… I would like to buy, in the upcoming months, a W520 on which I would like to have RAID. But I'm not sure to understand...

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Last post by atagunov
Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:22 pm
Bricked W700ds - Bluescreen mid Flash

Last post by TheForgottenKing « Sat May 29, 2021 12:01 am
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by hoax32 » Tue May 25, 2021 7:34 pm

I can't believe the *ss luck I am having lately.
My beautiful W700ds bluescreened on me mid flash during a BIOS update and is now refusing to boot....

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Last post by TheForgottenKing
Sat May 29, 2021 12:01 am
Thermal pad thickness - w700ds

Last post by SaganAndroid « Sat May 22, 2021 11:09 pm
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by as.nielo » Fri Dec 21, 2018 3:53 pm

I've opened my w700ds to the bone to check if shutdown problems sit in BIOS chip and took opportunity to replace the thermal compounds. There is...

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Last post by SaganAndroid
Sat May 22, 2021 11:09 pm
Please Help: Need thinkpad t500 thermal pad size

Last post by SaganAndroid « Thu May 20, 2021 12:30 am
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by depressedcoffees » Sat Dec 28, 2019 8:02 pm

Hi, I recently opened my used thinkpad t500 to clean up the thermal paste do to temperature issues to see that there are no thermal pads.
when...

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Last post by SaganAndroid
Thu May 20, 2021 12:30 am
Grey enter key on t500 keyboard

Last post by Hooloovoo « Tue May 11, 2021 3:54 pm
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by Hooloovoo » Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:17 pm

I bought a japanese keyboard for my w701 in around december. it arrived about a month ago and I installed it but I didn't look very closely at it...

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Last post by Hooloovoo
Tue May 11, 2021 3:54 pm
Maxed Out ThinkPad W500 Specifications?

Last post by kfzhu1229 « Mon May 10, 2021 5:35 pm
Replies: 27
by Commando303 » Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:00 pm

Hello, I am curious to the maximum specifications to which I can upgrade my Lenovo ThinkPad W500 laptop. At present, I have 8 GB of R.A.M., and an...

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Last post by kfzhu1229
Mon May 10, 2021 5:35 pm
Putting a W500 MOBO inside a W510?

Last post by DiagonalArg « Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:20 pm
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by lawgilbert95 » Thu Apr 02, 2020 4:23 am

I need some guidance here:

I have a ThinkPad W500 (TYPE: 4063-J51) in which the display is gone, but the motherboard is perfectly fine
I also have a...

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Last post by DiagonalArg
Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:20 pm
W500 screen brightness issue

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Tue Apr 06, 2021 11:39 am
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by TwigletZone » Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:18 am

First off; Happy Easter All!.

The problem I'm hoping some of you kind and knowledgable folks can help with is; I have recently aquired a W500, it...

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Tue Apr 06, 2021 11:39 am
Latest Modded BIOS for W-520 (and T-420 and T-520)

Last post by atagunov « Sat Mar 27, 2021 8:14 am
Replies: 7
by wsalomon » Sun Aug 16, 2020 12:22 am

i'm a previous user of modded BIOS for T-420 (1.51 (83UJ32US)) and T-520 (1.48 (8AUJ29US)) which had the white list removed and displayed the...

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Last post by atagunov
Sat Mar 27, 2021 8:14 am
USB 3.0 Card Reader "This device cannot start"

Last post by izela52 « Thu Mar 25, 2021 7:55 am
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by izela52 » Tue Mar 23, 2021 4:58 am

I have a vexing issue in the this device cannot start category.

My USB 3.0 Card Reader won't work anymore on my Lenovo W520 with Windows 7. It...

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Last post by izela52
Thu Mar 25, 2021 7:55 am
Cause of red/reddish W520 screen

Last post by helicopter « Sun Mar 14, 2021 8:32 am
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by helicopter » Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:52 pm

Another question, Thinkpadders:

What causes a slightly reddish screen in the grey/blue areas of windows menu bars and sometimes in B/W photos?...

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Sun Mar 14, 2021 8:32 am

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