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W700 4GIG turbo memory

Last post by MTWIZARD « Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:16 pm
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by terianx » Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:21 pm

Hi, I was just wondering, will a 4GIG intel turbo memory work of the w700? plus does it work with raid on?

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Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:16 pm
How "future proof" is the W500?

Last post by Schwaby « Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:54 pm
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by Lenovoate » Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:44 am

Hi, I am looking to replace my t42 I've had for four great years with a w500.

I probably don't need all the power this machine provides, as I...

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Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:54 pm
Screen quality comparison at robgalbraith.com

Last post by Marin85 « Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:24 pm
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by sjh953 » Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:22 pm

Just wanted to pass along the link to a comparison between W700 and several other laptops at Rob Galbraith's site, which is geared towards pro...

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Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:24 pm
Questions on new W500

Last post by comptiger5000 « Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:21 pm
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by greg025 » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:52 pm

Hi Everyone,
I haven't posted for ages since I was stuck using a work supplied DULL 1710. (Good performance - HUGE).

So I bit the bullet and bought...

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Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:21 pm
Reclaim or delete Lenovo Q partition?

Last post by comptiger5000 « Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:20 pm
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by synapse » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:14 am

When I first made recovery CDs for my W500, it gave me the option of reclaiming the Lenovo Q partition. I also thought I could do that when I...

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Last post by comptiger5000
Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:20 pm
W500 Screen flickering - video available at youtube

Last post by vipervr « Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:03 am
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by vipervr » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:30 pm

Out of the sudden, my W500 with Vista Ultimate 32 boots up with screen flickering nonstop .

Boot in VGA mode won't work either, but screen seems to...

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Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:03 am
W700 owners - I have a few questions

Last post by erik « Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:56 pm
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by RonS » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:26 pm

I recently placed an order for a W700ds. I have a few questions that I haven't been able to find info on...

1. Is is possible to use two of the...

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Last post by erik
Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:56 pm
W700 - Very Disappointed

Last post by RogerBlake « Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:04 am
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by RogerBlake » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:44 pm

Well folks my new W700 has now arrived and my thoughts after only one day probably can't be repeated in polite company.

So what's the problems: well...

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Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:04 am
W700 with two displays?

Last post by comptiger5000 « Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:57 pm
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by megalosaurus » Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:58 pm

If you go to the Lenovo site and select W700 17 widescreen for Professionals, one of the options listed is:

17 WUXGA 400NIT TFT+10.6 WXGA+ TFT...

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Last post by comptiger5000
Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:57 pm
Moved back to my W500 after the X301

Last post by Greg Gebhardt « Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:54 am

by Greg Gebhardt » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:54 am

I loved the size of the X301 but the perfomance of the W500 With Vista 62bit is amazing.

No need for some of you to worry as I have tried the new...

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Last post by Greg Gebhardt
Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:54 am
Quad core W500 ?

Last post by kev009 « Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:52 am
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by Oaklodge » Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:38 pm

Do you think we are going to see a quad core W500 any time soon ?

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Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:52 am
W500 Shuts Off With No Warning - Vista 64bit

Last post by barrywohl « Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:20 pm
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by mdjtlj » Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:25 pm

Greetings,

I'm having this problem where my W500 shuts down unexpectedly (and I might add very quickly) in a matter of seconds, rather than the...

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Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:20 pm
W500 Finger Print Reader - Vista Business 64bit

Last post by Wiz « Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:52 pm
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by rscosworth » Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:26 pm

Guys,

Does anyone have the link for the finger print reader software for Vista Business 64bit.

I can only seem to find information on the 32bit...

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Last post by Wiz
Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:52 pm
Switchable Graphics Stuck

Last post by comptiger5000 « Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:10 pm
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by comptiger5000 » Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:59 pm

My switchable graphics on my W500 (Server 2008 x64) suddenly stopped working yesterday. The machine had been docked (Advanced dock) and on ATI...

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Last post by comptiger5000
Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:10 pm
New W500 keyboard.

Last post by erik « Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:45 pm
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by Greg Gebhardt » Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:49 pm

Jusr received a new W500 today nad noticed that there is a bow or crown in the center of the keyboard! Kinda bowed up!

Anyone else. Can I fix by...

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Last post by erik
Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:45 pm
W500 Ubuntu 8.10 Atheros Wireless Working

Last post by sixstyle « Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:01 am

by sixstyle » Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:01 am

Here are the steps that I used to get my atheros based wireless working.

I am basically a linux novice so I dont really know what I am doing....

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Last post by sixstyle
Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:01 am
Factory pre-installed software

Last post by triumph « Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:59 am

by triumph » Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:59 am

Hello,

I'm in the process of setting up my ThinkPad W500 and would like to know what pre-installed components I can remove.

E.g. The Microsoft...

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Last post by triumph
Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:59 am
Lenovo's dual-screen ThinkPad W700ds

Last post by Harryc « Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:46 am
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by BigWarpGuy » Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:52 am

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It is not often that one sees a notebook computer with two built in screens. 8)

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Last post by Harryc
Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:46 am
LED backlighting on the W500

Last post by Greg Gebhardt « Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:33 am

by Greg Gebhardt » Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:33 am

Has anyone got a date on when this feature will be available?

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Last post by Greg Gebhardt
Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:33 am
W500 docks and cdrom/extra drive

Last post by basketb « Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:09 am
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by Bashar » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:17 pm

i was wondering which of the docs that has builtin bay where i can fit a second drive or cdrom ?

and which is better use the disk internally and...

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Last post by basketb
Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:09 am
Difference between Photographer model and Regular model W700

Last post by truk « Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:42 am
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by DVS_WiNdz » Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:48 pm

I was wondering is there a difference in the Photographers model of the W700 and the regular one?

I see that the regular allows you to have more...

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Last post by truk
Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:42 am
how to know if battery is new or used? - W500

Last post by truk « Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:36 am
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by Bashar » Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:39 pm

I bought a 6 cells battery off ebay for my W500, it came with plastic bag inside a box, didn't seem lenovo's

i want to know if it was new or used?...

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Last post by truk
Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:36 am
any difference for disk in ultrabay or internal?

Last post by awolfe63 « Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:21 pm
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by Bashar » Fri Dec 26, 2008 5:22 am

for W500, I have two disks 64GB SSD and 160GB 7200RPM, i was wondering would any of the disks acts faster if i put it inside the internal disk place...

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Last post by awolfe63
Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:21 pm
Default W500 with SSD, the black shock rubbers

Last post by Bashar « Thu Dec 25, 2008 6:16 pm

by Bashar » Thu Dec 25, 2008 6:16 pm

Hello,
i recently bought samsung 64GB ssd for my W500 along with the serial hard drive bay adapter II , the plan is to get my 160GB disk into the bay...

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Thu Dec 25, 2008 6:16 pm
W500 VISTA 64 won't restart

Last post by bulu « Thu Dec 25, 2008 4:43 pm
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by bulu » Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:23 pm

Hi,

I just received my first thinkpad and a W500(T9400, 4GB Ram) with Vista Business 64. But when I select to restart from Windows, it shutsdown but...

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Last post by bulu
Thu Dec 25, 2008 4:43 pm
W700 With Secondary Monitor?

Last post by invictus « Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:56 am
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by invictus » Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:54 pm

According to the Engadget article Lenovo has a W700 with a secondary display.

Trying to get the actual Notebook Review site but I'm getting a 404...

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Last post by invictus
Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:56 am
Ultra Wide Band USB and WiMAX

Last post by tinkererguy « Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:21 am
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by Ryushin » Sun Oct 05, 2008 2:42 pm

I ordered a W500 about a week ago and it's scheduled to be shipped the 8th. However, after reading that UWB USB and WiMAX are going to be included...

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Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:21 am
My W700 has arrived, here's some initial observations

Last post by tinkererguy « Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:43 am
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by tinkererguy » Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:26 am
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My W700 just arrived this morning, ordered 2 months ago.

Everything looking good so far.

I just booted my WinPE 2.0 based CD, and it couldn't find...
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:43 am
Few questions about modding W700

Last post by DVS_WiNdz « Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:24 pm
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by DVS_WiNdz » Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:26 am

I want to buy a W700 but I don't have a lot of money to burn, so I want to buy the hard drives from somewhere else..

*Warning, I'm a complete newbie...

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Last post by DVS_WiNdz
Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:24 pm
Keyboard resolution - T400 / T500 / W500 ThinkPad customers

Last post by neenee « Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:46 pm
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by JaneL » Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:38 pm

Message from Tim Supples at Lenovo

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Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:46 pm
W700 dirt behind display glass

Last post by muol « Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:56 am
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by muol » Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:32 am

Hello,

I just got my W700 today with a WUXGA 400NIT screen. Unfortunately there are two dirt dots in the right display corner, which are two big for...

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Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:56 am
recommendations for future models

Last post by comptiger5000 « Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:14 pm
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by fr0zenmon » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:46 pm

If you have a idea, improvement or deduction that can improve the model then post your idea here.

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Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:14 pm
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:29 pm
how to change discharge sequence of main/ultrabay battery

Last post by barrywohl « Sat Dec 06, 2008 3:17 pm
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by thomas565 » Sat Dec 06, 2008 5:29 am

I received my ultrabay battery today, and tried it out immediately, swapping it for the cd-rom. After charging, what I observed was, that th t61p...

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Last post by barrywohl
Sat Dec 06, 2008 3:17 pm
How To Restore S: Boot Partition ?

Last post by muol « Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:53 pm
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by RogerBlake » Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:49 pm

My new W700 should be arriving in a day or two :D so I'm looking at how it will differ from my old broken :cry: T42P - I'll be installing Linux...

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Last post by muol
Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:53 pm
Windows Server 2008 64 on W500

Last post by comptiger5000 « Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:14 pm
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by sixstyle » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:20 am
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Hey guys,

Thought I would share my success with installing Server 2008 on my W500.

I used this website as my guide, and it worked flawless.

I...
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Last post by comptiger5000
Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:14 pm
w500 with Vista Ultimate x64?

Last post by carl_lyn « Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:11 am
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by carl_lyn » Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:51 pm

Hi all,
does anyone know, why Lenovo dont offer Vista 64 for the w500 but only on w700 in the european market, (denmark)?

- in reference to that...

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Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:11 am
access connections (latest 5.02 for vista64) w5x,w7x

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by johnp126 » Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:50 pm

anyone having issues with it connecting then disconnecting. i even had the problem where it was trying to connect to the wrong profile which had the...

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Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:38 am
How do rate the digitzer?

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by fr0zenmon » Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:37 pm

I like the idea. How come they didnt integrate it into the trackpad? Imagine what they are going to do with left palm rest space? Is it better than a...

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Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:22 pm
W500 Power Consumption

Last post by comptiger5000 « Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:43 pm
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by comptiger5000 » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:06 pm

I moved my W500 from Server 2003 x86 to Server 2008 x64. I am running Windows Classic theme, some extra services, etc. turned off. CPU usage at idle...

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Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:43 pm
w700 with raid, turned it off and ?'s

Last post by johnp126 « Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:26 am
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by johnp126 » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:42 am

came with 2 320gb drives in raid 0. i used acronis to clone to a single drive. that only runs with bios sata in compatibility mode. if i put it into...

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Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:26 am
Problems caused by Lenovo system update?

Last post by sync « Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:46 am
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by sync » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:11 am

Only yesterday I became a proud owner of w500 (t9400)l. But i encountered quite a few problems with the end result being = shipping it back to the...

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Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:46 am
W700 raid question

Last post by johnp126 « Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:02 pm
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by terianx » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:06 pm

I was wondering, is it possible to convert a raid 0 to a raid 1 without formatting the hd

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Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:02 pm
W700 prices

Last post by awolfe63 « Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:55 pm
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by terianx » Sun Nov 23, 2008 5:33 pm

Is this a good price for W700? with the following specs

-Terianx-

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Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:54 am
Windows Login Screen Resolution

Last post by rlcarr « Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:16 pm
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by synapse » Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:28 pm

Just last night, my windows login screen switched to what looks like an 800x600 resolution. This is just where I enter my password in to get into...

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Last post by rlcarr
Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:16 pm
Linux Support?

Last post by w500+suse11 « Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:09 am
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by patton73 » Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:56 am

Hi all,

i am new here on this forum.
I would like to know if the thinkpad W500 series will have linux support (at least in hardware).
And more if...

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Last post by w500+suse11
Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:09 am
Idea for better Switchable Graphics

Last post by comptiger5000 « Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:08 pm
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by comptiger5000 » Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:19 am

On the W500, being a workstation class notebook, there should be a third graphics mode. This would activate both cards simultaneously, allowing 2...

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Last post by comptiger5000
Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:08 pm
Can't find driver for Bluetooth Peripheral Device?

Last post by Czechnology « Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:40 pm
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by gpvillamil » Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:54 pm

On a new W500 with Windows Vista, turning on the Bluetooth wireless kicks off a mad search for device drivers.

The first time, no drivers were...

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Last post by Czechnology
Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:40 pm
w700 with 2 320gb drives raid 0

Last post by QFoam « Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:09 am
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by johnp126 » Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:41 pm

Hi all.

anyone know how to build it without raid?
will you be able to Ghost or use Acronis on a raid drive to a non raid sata drive in the drawer to...

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