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W510 Compatible with W520 motherboard?

Last post by Brad « Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:31 pm
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by LeetDonkey » Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:53 am

Hello

Has anyone tried putting a W520 motherboard in a W510?
The W510 currently has a FRU: 63Y1505 motherboard
I know I'll need to replace the CPU...

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Last post by Brad
Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:31 pm
Was the 520 + W520 + FDE issue ever fixed?

Last post by waterloo « Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:46 pm

by waterloo » Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:46 pm

Pain in the butt when I can't hibernate or reboot

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Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:46 pm
W520 HDD upgrade problems

Last post by liquid93 « Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:19 am
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by liquid93 » Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:39 pm

I have a W520 ,64bit,windows 7 with a 500GB HDD.I cloned a 1TB HDD with Apricorn EZ-Upgade.It said the clone was sucessful.I put the TB HDD in my...

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Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:19 am
Thinkpad W500 with Core 2 Duo T9400 Engineering Sample CPU

Last post by tudoranadi « Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:20 am
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by tudoranadi » Sun Sep 28, 2014 8:10 am

Hi folks!

Last month i bought a Thinkpad W500 from a unknown guy. The notebook has a Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 Engineering Sample CPU.
I read that this...

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Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:20 am
W520 and 3440x1440, near 4k resolution - will it work?

Last post by bit_twiddler « Wed Oct 01, 2014 12:23 pm
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by Phidelio » Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:31 pm

I am thinking of getting an LG 3440x1440 resolution monitor so I am wondering; will it work flawlessly with the 520? I know the w530 should be able...

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Last post by bit_twiddler
Wed Oct 01, 2014 12:23 pm
W510 stopped charging!

Last post by dr_st « Sat Sep 27, 2014 2:30 am
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by Machinus » Fri Sep 26, 2014 3:22 pm

Hello,

I leave my laptop plugged in at night to charge for work. This morning I unplugged it, put it in my briefcase, and took it to work. It was...

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Last post by dr_st
Sat Sep 27, 2014 2:30 am
W520 – anyone removed the ruberized coating? :)

Last post by schen « Thu Sep 25, 2014 1:27 pm
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by Sleepy664 » Wed Sep 24, 2014 2:32 am

Hi,
as my lid is starting to show some wear and tear, I wonder...how would a W520 look without the rubberized coating? Is there anyone who removed it...

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Last post by schen
Thu Sep 25, 2014 1:27 pm
T520 custom keycaps for FN and CTRL?

Last post by painiac « Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:06 am
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by painiac » Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:35 am

I'm sure this has been addressed many times in the past, but I'm late to the party because I just got my first ThinkPad, a T520. I love everything...

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Last post by painiac
Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:06 am
W520 Replaceable Compatibility

Last post by SkiBunny « Sun Sep 21, 2014 12:40 am
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by SAMy » Thu Sep 04, 2014 8:34 am

I'm going to replace failed MB W520 FRU 04W2028 48.4KE36.041 with other one which FRU number is the same but number is 48.4KE37.05

Does this one...

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Last post by SkiBunny
Sun Sep 21, 2014 12:40 am
Is there anything wrong with that screen (big pic inside)

Last post by Saucey « Fri Sep 19, 2014 7:04 pm
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by garnet » Wed Sep 17, 2014 5:30 am

Why the vertical bars? Is there anything wrong?

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Fri Sep 19, 2014 7:04 pm
W520 HD

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:41 pm
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by liquid93 » Wed Sep 10, 2014 6:44 pm

Will a 1TB HD work in my W520 64 bit windows 7 thinkpad,and will i have to use different rubber rail?

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Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:41 pm
Windows 8 on Thinkpad W500 [Does it worth?]

Last post by pianowizard « Wed Sep 10, 2014 12:25 pm
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by tudoranadi » Sun Sep 07, 2014 4:47 am

Hi people,

I wonder if does it worth it to install a Windows 8 on a Thinkpad W500. Does it work better than 7?

My Configuration is :

4062-3CG

CPU...

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Last post by pianowizard
Wed Sep 10, 2014 12:25 pm
w500 with modern catalyst drivers for FireGL 5700

Last post by tudoranadi « Sun Sep 07, 2014 10:25 am
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by meeotch » Sun Jun 22, 2014 7:07 pm

Is anyone using the newest Catalyst drivers with their W500 (or other FireGL 5700 machine)? The newest version on the Lenovo site is 8.792.5.2 from...

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Last post by tudoranadi
Sun Sep 07, 2014 10:25 am
Which BluRay Ultrabay Combo Writer Drive for a W500?

Last post by Delmarco « Fri Sep 05, 2014 7:15 am
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by Delmarco » Wed Sep 03, 2014 5:53 pm

Trying to decide what to buy here. It seems the cheaper of the two drives,the UJ-260, is faster and better but may not work on the W500 since it is...

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Last post by Delmarco
Fri Sep 05, 2014 7:15 am
W520 – which battery? (eBay...)

Last post by Sleepy664 « Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:16 am
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by Sleepy664 » Tue Apr 29, 2014 9:46 am

Hello again :)

I'm looking for a new 9 cell battery and I want it cheap. Mine has 73.29 Wh remaining capacity after 57 cycles and 3 years (my...

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Last post by Sleepy664
Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:16 am
Can someone tell me if this WWAN card will work in a W500?

Last post by ajkula66 « Mon Aug 25, 2014 10:30 pm
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by Smokestoomuch » Mon Aug 25, 2014 9:26 pm

I was reading an article about the virtues of finding a card that does everything... 2G, 3G, 4G and LTE.
This one looks like it has it all. Anybody...

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Last post by ajkula66
Mon Aug 25, 2014 10:30 pm
W510 HW wlan switch broken - Any hope?

Last post by Tasurinchi « Mon Aug 25, 2014 4:49 pm
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by Tasurinchi » Mon Aug 25, 2014 4:55 am

To make a long story short:

When swapping my old faulty W510 planar idi@t me manages to break the wlan switch chip when fitting the mg frame. (It's...

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Last post by Tasurinchi
Mon Aug 25, 2014 4:49 pm
W520 Memory upgrade

Last post by jdrou « Wed Aug 20, 2014 3:09 pm
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by iago94010 » Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:55 am

I want to add 8GB memory to my W520. I found a good deal on the Kingston KAS-N3CL/8G 8GB 1X8GB DDR3 1600MHz. I know it is 1600Mhz and 1.35v. Will...

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Last post by jdrou
Wed Aug 20, 2014 3:09 pm
W510 web camera is not working.

Last post by _65536_kb_sec_ « Wed Aug 20, 2014 7:46 am
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by _65536_kb_sec_ » Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:17 pm

So the other day I've tried making a skype video call, and found out I had no camera present neither in Device manager, neither in BIOS (Security- >...

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Last post by _65536_kb_sec_
Wed Aug 20, 2014 7:46 am
W500 broken hinge

Last post by Delmarco « Sun Aug 17, 2014 4:18 pm
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by rpug » Fri May 23, 2014 4:10 pm

Hi all,

The left hinge of my W500 has broken. It looks like the metal piece that would usually go under the screw has flaked away and so now the...

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Last post by Delmarco
Sun Aug 17, 2014 4:18 pm
Which ssd should I use in my W700?

Last post by Saucey « Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:09 am
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by afgunst2000 » Mon Aug 11, 2014 2:59 pm

I have a W700. Which SSD should I choose?

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Last post by Saucey
Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:09 am
Programs seem to "start up" when booting from hibernate

Last post by AGuyAndAGun « Sun Aug 10, 2014 9:57 pm

by AGuyAndAGun » Sun Aug 10, 2014 9:57 pm

Okay, so first thing's first: I have a refurbished W520 with 8 GB RAM, a TB of memory, and a 2.8 Ghz processor along with the hard Thinkpad tech I've...

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Last post by AGuyAndAGun
Sun Aug 10, 2014 9:57 pm
Calibrating W520 panel w/ dispcalGUI

Last post by npish « Sun Aug 10, 2014 1:28 am
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by npish » Sat Aug 09, 2014 4:17 am

Thanks to some wonderfully helpful threads on this forum, I was made aware of the amazing calibration tool dispcalGUI. I have an i1Display2 that I'm...

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Sun Aug 10, 2014 1:28 am
Serious problems on diagnosing a W701ds *PIC*

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Aug 07, 2014 4:46 pm
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by RogerAndOut » Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:09 am

-- some long selfish intro :) --
All right, how to begin...
I had different laptops, and always loved the idea of a portable computer that is always...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Thu Aug 07, 2014 4:46 pm
Asking for a recommendation

Last post by Tasurinchi « Wed Aug 06, 2014 3:38 am
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by poliorcetes » Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:40 am

Hi people,

I am a satisfied user of a second hand W500. I installed a samsung SSD on it and it works like a charm. However, some weeks ago it...

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Last post by Tasurinchi
Wed Aug 06, 2014 3:38 am
W520 Palmrest spill

Last post by Q-Ball « Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:19 pm
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by unrealbot » Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:56 pm

hi fellow thinkers,

I recently spilled a small amount of tea on my w520 near the colour sensor (which has been blocked off as option was not...

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Last post by Q-Ball
Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:19 pm
Lenovo Solution Center Replacement for Thinkvantage on W510

Last post by hgluvers « Sat Jul 26, 2014 4:28 am
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by cannongeorge » Sun Jul 13, 2014 12:58 pm

I have a W510 (4318 CTO) running WIN 7 64 bit Professional Edition. Recently, when I tried to use ThinkVantage Tools to scan for updates I learned...

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Last post by hgluvers
Sat Jul 26, 2014 4:28 am
ctrl fn swap over w510

Last post by aldimeola81 « Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:40 pm
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by aldimeola81 » Thu Jul 10, 2014 2:45 pm

while surfing through items on the bios of my w510 I found the entry for swap ctrl over fn keythe same it could be done through the middletown modded...

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Last post by aldimeola81
Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:40 pm
W520 Coollaboratory Liquid for CPU and GPU?

Last post by Sleepy664 « Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:41 pm
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by Sleepy664 » Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:43 am

Hello,
Is there anyone who applied a Coollaboratory Liquid Pro/Ultra in W520? If so, how significant was the improvement over stock paste? My GPU...

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Last post by Sleepy664
Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:41 pm
Fingerprint power-on/wake from sleep not working..?

Last post by goji « Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:07 pm

by goji » Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:07 pm

Hello,

Just noticed now by sliding my finger on the fingerprint won't start the device when it's off or wake it while sleeping. After doing so, i...

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Last post by goji
Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:07 pm
Setup of mSATA drive in W520

Last post by edisonwu « Wed Jul 09, 2014 5:01 pm
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by Davidhs » Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:07 pm

I am about to install an Intel 80GB mSATA SSD on my brand new W520 and I intend to run Windows from there.

In the last couple of weeks I have read...

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Last post by edisonwu
Wed Jul 09, 2014 5:01 pm
Using Win7 Product Key When Moving to ThinkPad?

Last post by ducky2802 « Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:22 am
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by SaganGathering » Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:40 am

Recent Lenovo Thinkpad convert here. My Toshiba L645D (AMD dual core @ 2.2GHz, 1067MHz DDR3 RAM) running Win7 x64 Home Prem died.
So I got a used...

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Last post by ducky2802
Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:22 am
Brightening The Screen? Hacks / DIY

Last post by 600X « Tue Jul 08, 2014 7:34 am
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by SaganGathering » Tue Jul 08, 2014 4:03 am

The 1920x1200 screen is why I got this used W500. But the brightness and contrast were equally bad among the the W500s I had to pick from. Looking...

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Last post by 600X
Tue Jul 08, 2014 7:34 am
Intel Turbo Memory Questions IMD-0? Disk Queue Length

Last post by SaganGathering « Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:50 am

by SaganGathering » Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:50 am

Thinkpad noob here. As far as I can ascertain, Turbo Memory is Intel marketroid speak for a cache to R/W to/from the main drive.

I'm wondering if I...

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Last post by SaganGathering
Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:50 am
W500 1600MHz RAM

Last post by SaganGathering « Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:18 am
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by Fusion » Fri Mar 07, 2014 3:28 pm

Hey guys,
I knew the W500 doesn't support 12800 RAM, but I got a good deal on 2x4GB modules, originally from an unkown Lenovo Thinkpad.
I installed...

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Last post by SaganGathering
Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:18 am
W520 resumes from sleep by unplugging headphones

Last post by jcvjcvjcvjcv « Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:59 pm
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by jcvjcvjcvjcv » Fri Jul 04, 2014 6:54 pm

Whenever my W520 is standby it will wake up when I unplug my headphones. There are no devices with permission to wake the system. Meaning the...

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Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:59 pm
I hope it belongs here: nvidia updates cause issue(s)....

Last post by jcvjcvjcvjcv « Fri Jul 04, 2014 6:13 pm
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by raceannouncer » Tue Jun 10, 2014 10:29 am

My W510 keeps updating the FX880M video drivers and afterwards, the fonts become so small, they're barely readable.
Before the upgrade , there was...

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Last post by jcvjcvjcvjcv
Fri Jul 04, 2014 6:13 pm
W500 won't boot

Last post by precip9 « Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:17 pm
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by Kogey » Sun Jun 22, 2014 8:27 pm

Well here we go. It was working fine all day, powered it off, took a nap, woke up, plugged it in, now it doesn't boot. Lights come on, no HDD...

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Last post by precip9
Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:17 pm
Boot up with T61 SSD

Last post by jcvjcvjcvjcv « Sun Jun 22, 2014 4:08 pm
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by goldeneagle » Sat Jun 14, 2014 1:59 pm

Hello all,

I am wondering if it is possible to boot up with the SSD I have installed in a T61p in a W520. I don't know if it will work because of...

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Last post by jcvjcvjcvjcv
Sun Jun 22, 2014 4:08 pm
W520: Lenovo System Update – missing drivers.

Last post by Sleepy664 « Sat Jun 07, 2014 9:26 pm
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by Sleepy664 » Wed May 21, 2014 7:47 am

Hello,

I've reinstalled my machine with a clean Windows 7 DVD (I hate that bloatware) but Lenovo System Update is now missing some drivers – Access...

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Sat Jun 07, 2014 9:26 pm
Swapping W701 screen from 1440x900 to 1920x1200

Last post by steelhead « Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:18 pm
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by steelhead » Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:14 am

hi folks,
I have a W701 with the 1440x900 lcd, and I was hoping to see if it is possible to swap it out for a 1920x1200 screen ? I have tried...

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Last post by steelhead
Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:18 pm
W520 hard drive recommendation for 4276-38U?

Last post by jcvjcvjcvjcv « Tue Jun 03, 2014 11:03 am
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by PsychBiller » Fri May 30, 2014 11:10 am

The original 500GB drive is feeling cramped, and I'd like to move up to a 1TB drive. Recommendations, please?

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Last post by jcvjcvjcvjcv
Tue Jun 03, 2014 11:03 am
Fingerprint t510 palmrest on a w510

Last post by holoman5 « Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:32 am
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by Vonfeffer » Fri Apr 25, 2014 1:16 am

Hi,

I have searched the forum for this info but must be sure before I make the purchase. Is it possible to change the original non-fingerprint w510...

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Last post by holoman5
Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:32 am
Help-W510`s screen went black.

Last post by Adda « Thu May 22, 2014 12:09 pm
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by qrio » Wed May 21, 2014 2:38 pm

Hello Mates.

My W510`s screen went black today and I started to panic because the laptop is showing/working normally via VGA external...

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Last post by Adda
Thu May 22, 2014 12:09 pm
W510 Screen Upgrade (Replacement)

Last post by emtee3511 « Wed May 21, 2014 3:04 pm
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by evanski » Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:00 pm

Hi,

Im hoping you guys can help me. I just bought a refurb 510 from here:

I'm hoping to upgrade the screen to the maximum resolution...

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Last post by emtee3511
Wed May 21, 2014 3:04 pm
Can anyone post a color profile for a W510?

Last post by Sleepy664 « Wed May 21, 2014 11:46 am
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by mybellyisempty » Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:26 am

If you could, just toss it up on my FTP .

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Last post by Sleepy664
Wed May 21, 2014 11:46 am
Thinkpad W510 tempratures

Last post by bgalakazam « Wed May 21, 2014 7:47 am
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by makaveli559m » Thu Apr 17, 2014 4:35 pm

Hi I was curious to see what temps do users on here have? What did you do to achieve those temps.

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Last post by bgalakazam
Wed May 21, 2014 7:47 am
Anyone try Crucial m4 *mSATA* SSD in W520?

Last post by jdrou « Mon May 19, 2014 2:02 pm
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by davidhbrown » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:48 pm

Has anyone tried Crucial's mSATA SSD in a W520? I'd presume it would work, but their compatibility checker doesn't list it as compatible with any of...

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Last post by jdrou
Mon May 19, 2014 2:02 pm
W510 no power

Last post by hydragon « Wed May 14, 2014 8:18 am
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by hydragon » Tue May 13, 2014 12:13 pm

I have a lenovo w510 with no harddisk and 2x2gb memory,if I put the adaptor and press the power button nothing happens,no light nothing,does it...

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Last post by hydragon
Wed May 14, 2014 8:18 am
W520 Touch Screen?

Last post by Brad « Fri May 09, 2014 8:12 pm
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by Magyarman » Fri May 09, 2014 10:53 am

I am sorry if this question has been asked in the past, but here I go. I have a 1600x900 standard screen for a W520. Does IBM/aftermarket have a full...

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Fri May 09, 2014 8:12 pm

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