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W700

Last post by Saucey « Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:51 pm
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by arty_harvy » Wed Oct 23, 2013 6:28 pm

Just got a W700. Cant wait to play with it!!!!! Anyone have any advice I need before Digging into it? It has the color calibrator, and tablet with...

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Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:51 pm
Just received new W530 here, HELP

Last post by Greg Gebhardt « Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:31 pm
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by Greg Gebhardt » Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:57 am

I have owned W530 units in the past and always had it set up to start the laptop and use my finger print ready to do the password, too.

With my...

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Last post by Greg Gebhardt
Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:31 pm
W520 170W AC Adapter / PSU Repair

Last post by BillMorrow « Tue Oct 29, 2013 3:00 am
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by malxces » Sat Oct 26, 2013 4:45 pm

Few days back my 170w AC adapter got fried due to high voltage (very bad smell). I dissembled it in hope to replace burned electronics component,...

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Tue Oct 29, 2013 3:00 am
Can't get Fire GL V5700 video driver installed

Last post by mackconsult « Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:11 pm
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by mackconsult » Fri Oct 25, 2013 5:05 pm

My Lenovo runs solidworks 2013 SP5.0. I tried installing autocad last night for some work at my job, it did not work right so I uninstalled all the...

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Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:11 pm
W510 Touchscreen and WIndows 8

Last post by dfgalletta « Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:02 pm
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by Peter-san » Wed Dec 26, 2012 1:05 pm

I upgraded the w510 to WIN 8, but cannot get the touchscreen to work - please let me know if anybody has an idea what can be done. Thanks.

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Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:02 pm
Splicing two Power Adapters

Last post by jcvjcvjcvjcv « Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:45 pm
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by sbddude » Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:39 pm

I recently purchased a W510 which I now realize should have come with a 135W power adapter.

I initially thought I would need to purchase one ($50+)....

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Last post by jcvjcvjcvjcv
Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:45 pm
improving W520 audio quality?

Last post by Adda « Tue Oct 22, 2013 5:53 am
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by npish » Mon May 21, 2012 7:00 am

in making the transition from my beloved T60p to the W520, I've been pretty astounded at the poor audio quality of the newer machine. I like to use...

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Last post by Adda
Tue Oct 22, 2013 5:53 am
Color Calibrator can't count to four?

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by hellosailor » Sun Oct 20, 2013 12:45 am

I'm using a W530 running Win7/64 and no matter how often I tell the color calibrator to nag me just once a month, it nags me every week. It just...

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Sun Oct 20, 2013 12:45 am
W500 color profile

Last post by 600X « Fri Oct 18, 2013 3:19 pm
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by 600X » Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:44 pm

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has a decent color profile for the Samsung WUXGA screen on the W500. On stock settings some colors are off and the...

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Last post by 600X
Fri Oct 18, 2013 3:19 pm
Advanced Dock - how think/deep can a graphic card be?

Last post by Big Kate « Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:15 am
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by Big Kate » Mon Oct 14, 2013 1:46 am

I cannot find anywhere in the instructions how deep or thick a graphic card can be when used in the advanced dock
The ThinkPad Advanced Dock...

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Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:15 am
W520 entering sleep mode but sleep disabled in power mgmt?

Last post by jcvjcvjcvjcv « Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:49 pm
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by mkhuebner » Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:55 am

I have a W520 running Windows 7 Professional. Just recently, my laptop has been going into sleep mode after being idle for about 2-4 minutes (the...

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Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:49 pm
W500 cooling questions

Last post by Adda « Thu Oct 10, 2013 5:25 pm
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by Tasurinchi » Sun Sep 29, 2013 4:21 pm

One of my W500 has a weird temperature issue.

First I notice the underside was extremely hot, after just having the TP in idle, it shutdown...

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Last post by Adda
Thu Oct 10, 2013 5:25 pm
W500 dim screen

Last post by 600X « Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:24 pm
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by mib404 » Sat Oct 13, 2012 7:44 am

I managed to put my hands an a w500, powerful machine, but bad screen. The LCD is a LTN154P3-L02, 1680 x 1050. Laptop came without hard drive, so I...

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Last post by 600X
Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:24 pm
W500 defective ATI cards?

Last post by Adda « Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:16 pm
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by Lockheed » Sun Aug 04, 2013 6:05 am

I was about to get a W500, however, I just found on german Thinkwiki, that W500 develop some kind of issue with the ATI card.
- at the bottom.

I...

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Last post by Adda
Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:16 pm
W520 + Windows 7 x64 + Dock + KB2862330 = Blue Screen

Last post by bmacdonald « Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:00 am

by bmacdonald » Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:00 am

Just a heads-up. I applied the latest patches from Microsoft yesterday and the above mentioned one (a USB driver patch) caused my W520 to blue...

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Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:00 am
What screen to put in W500 ?

Last post by 600X « Wed Oct 09, 2013 1:02 pm
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by Lockheed » Fri Aug 02, 2013 1:21 pm

So I am about to buy W500 and as I read in almost every review, they have terribly dim screens.

I would like to replace the screen with another one,...

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Last post by 600X
Wed Oct 09, 2013 1:02 pm
Is W500 a good choice?

Last post by 600X « Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:18 pm
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by Sleepy664 » Mon Sep 16, 2013 1:30 am

Hello.

I'm looking for a laptop that would completely replace my aging desktop. As I don't play games anymore and I don't see a point in spending...

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Last post by 600X
Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:18 pm
Can thinkpad w510 format ssd to gpt?

Last post by Yong « Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:21 pm
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by Yong » Tue Oct 08, 2013 2:45 pm

I just got a new 120G ssd , and I tried to format it ,it asked me format to MBR or GPT ， Can I format it with GPT, mine is thinkpad w510 ,try to...

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Last post by Yong
Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:21 pm
W510 performance faster with external monitor?

Last post by MichaelHacker « Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:21 pm
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by MichaelHacker » Tue Oct 08, 2013 3:51 pm

Greetings,

I have a minor but vexing issue with my W510, NVidia FX 880M and 8 MB of RAM, 64 bit Windows 7 (Also I recently swapped out the 7400 rps...

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Last post by MichaelHacker
Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:21 pm
Upgrade thinkpad's w520 wifi card

Last post by ajkula66 « Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:51 pm
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by Chkon » Sat Sep 28, 2013 6:48 am

Hello! I've got Thinkpad w520 7460 modification notebook and I want to upgrade my wifi module to Intel Network 7260.HMW at Amazon . Is it compatible...

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Last post by ajkula66
Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:51 pm
How to troubleshoot LCD?

Last post by richk « Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:52 pm
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by Mike02906 » Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:35 am

I have a T510 about 3.5 years old. This has the 1440-res LCD and on-board Intel graphics. The internal display suddenly stopped working: the...

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Last post by richk
Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:52 pm
ibm thinkpad w701ds

Last post by schen « Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:00 am
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by ramdrcorp » Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:58 pm

I have replaced the lcd and lcd cable with OEM from IBM and now the unit will not boot.
If i unplug the cable, and thus the screen, then plug an...

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Last post by schen
Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:00 am
best video card for Advanced Dock?

Last post by QWERTY Andreas « Fri Sep 06, 2013 4:40 pm
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by precip9 » Fri Aug 30, 2013 4:43 pm

The advanced dock has a single pci-e slot with reduced space.

What is the most capable video card that will fit?

Windows 7 permits mixing makes of...

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Last post by QWERTY Andreas
Fri Sep 06, 2013 4:40 pm
W500/W510 compatibility

Last post by ajkula66 « Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:33 pm
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by chucklestheman » Wed Sep 04, 2013 8:30 pm

I am a long time user of my W500, and I absolutely love the 1920x1200 screen on this laptop. I do, however, really need to upgrade to something...

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Last post by ajkula66
Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:33 pm
W520 not charging battery while in docking station

Last post by criza « Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:38 pm

by criza » Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:38 pm

Hi

I've got a W520. When connected to the docking station it shows charging in the power manager, but the battery is unloading at the same time, so...

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Last post by criza
Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:38 pm
W701 overheating

Last post by Geophyte1 « Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:52 am
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by Pirx » Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:29 pm

Hi all.
My W701 is overheating. I am not doing anything too taxing - about ten tabs in Chrome (GMail, Facebook, some blogs), Photoshop CS 6, Dropbox,...

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Last post by Geophyte1
Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:52 am
Mouse and Keyboard must be unplugged and replugged to work

Last post by Geophyte1 « Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:30 am
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by Geophyte1 » Sat Jul 27, 2013 1:58 pm

Lately, I'be been having to unplug and plug back in my mouse and keyboard to get them to work at the log-in screen.

I've been using the same mouse...

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Last post by Geophyte1
Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:30 am
W500 compatible RAM (2x4GB) ?

Last post by precip9 « Fri Aug 30, 2013 6:56 pm
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by ctsir » Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:43 am

Hello,

I have a W500 working fine with 4GB of memory (2x2GB) that I tried to upgrade to 8GB (2x4GB), but I can't seem to find compatible DDR3 memory...

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Last post by precip9
Fri Aug 30, 2013 6:56 pm
W520 motherboard with UXGA flexview

Last post by Zak « Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:14 pm
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by Zak » Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:46 pm

Aside from the fact that it would require a custom chassis, are there any barriers to this combination? I'm trying to figure out the highest spec...

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Last post by Zak
Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:14 pm
No more workstation ThinkPads?

Last post by jcvjcvjcvjcv « Sat Aug 24, 2013 10:29 pm
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by SAD » Sun Aug 18, 2013 5:07 pm

Hi Folks,

Is there any truth to the rumor that Lenovo will no longer produce the W series ThinkPads? I do not mean are they going to rename the...

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Last post by jcvjcvjcvjcv
Sat Aug 24, 2013 10:29 pm
Clone w510 HD

Last post by Oglon3r « Sat Aug 24, 2013 12:50 am
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by Danny Davis » Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:13 pm

Is there a reliable way to clone the HD in my w510 by hooking up to an external USB 3.0 drive?

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Last post by Oglon3r
Sat Aug 24, 2013 12:50 am
Does GPU in W500 have a temperature sensor?

Last post by Zak « Fri Aug 16, 2013 1:56 pm
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by Lockheed » Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:53 pm

I am using Linux and after installing catalyst drivers, I cannot get any read of the GPU temperature.
$ aticonfig --odgt
ERROR - Get temperature...

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Last post by Zak
Fri Aug 16, 2013 1:56 pm
TV dongle for W500 with Windows 7?

Last post by precip9 « Thu Aug 15, 2013 9:36 pm

by precip9 » Thu Aug 15, 2013 9:36 pm

Can anyone recommend a TV dongle they are currently using with success on a W500, with Windows 7 ?

Please do not respond with general advice. If you...

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Last post by precip9
Thu Aug 15, 2013 9:36 pm
will mini series 3 dock 4337 with 135w, work with a w520

Last post by jcvjcvjcvjcv « Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:21 pm
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by jedisurfer1 » Sat Aug 10, 2013 7:15 pm

I know the power plug is different but I don't pull anywhere near 135w on my w520. Will it physically fit and work? I need the 2nd intel nic for my...

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Last post by jcvjcvjcvjcv
Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:21 pm
[W500] Battery suddenly died?

Last post by ajkula66 « Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:12 pm
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by Kogey » Wed Aug 07, 2013 10:42 am

Hey, I was sitting at a table while eating breakfast watching Top Gear when suddenly my laptop shut off, my battery meter said I had about 40% charge...

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Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:12 pm
W520 Webcam Green light

Last post by WeatherWatcher « Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:25 pm
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by liquid93 » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:02 pm

I have figured out how to record on my webcam(through windows movie maker),now i would like to get that green light off the recording.Is there a way...

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Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:25 pm
Need to connect to low # COM port to use a USB or BT device

Last post by bighank « Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:19 pm

by bighank » Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:19 pm

Have T61p and W500 with internal BT adapters and a T61 with a BT dongle. When I connect either a USB or BT scan tool device with a ELM327 chip to the...

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Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:19 pm
Using SSDs in W500, Active Protection System necessary?

Last post by Jason404 « Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:05 am
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by gpvillamil » Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:32 am

I am in the process of replacing the internal and UltraBay drives in my W500 with Corsair SSDs.

Do I need to disable the Active Protection System,...

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Last post by Jason404
Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:05 am
W701 - Help with diagnosing a video prob

Last post by yert33 « Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:32 am

by yert33 » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:32 am

W710 4323-CTO, Q820m, NVidia Quadro FX 2800m. User reports that video will start to smear green and eventually the smear grows to an unviewable...

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Last post by yert33
Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:32 am
W520 LCD shuts off

Last post by wolfman « Sun Jul 14, 2013 7:48 am
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by wolfman » Fri Jul 12, 2013 3:05 pm

Good afternoon,

Odd occurrence twice today - while using my work laptop (Thinkpad w520) on a desk, plugged in, while typing(!), without an external...

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Last post by wolfman
Sun Jul 14, 2013 7:48 am
Two questions :)

Last post by emeraldgirl08 « Sat Jul 06, 2013 11:01 am
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by jbprewitt » Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:53 am

First of all, hi :) Finally a place with people suffering from lenovo like me. Maybe one of you could answer me the following questions, I've...

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Sat Jul 06, 2013 11:01 am
Rescue and Recovery stopped working!

Last post by cannongeorge « Tue Jul 02, 2013 7:18 pm
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by cannongeorge » Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:19 pm

W510, Windows 7 Professional 64 bit, works fine except scheduled backups started reporting Error 25014, there was an error installing the Rescue and...

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Tue Jul 02, 2013 7:18 pm
Upgrade W510 Screen to a Touch Screen

Last post by richk « Mon Jun 24, 2013 2:20 pm
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by djmobil2 » Mon Nov 05, 2012 10:29 am

Hello there,
I have a W510 with i7. When I bought this one I took all the available options except the touch screen and a SSD. Now with the Win 8 it...

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Mon Jun 24, 2013 2:20 pm
W700 + Q9200 = ?

Last post by FryPpy « Sat Jun 22, 2013 6:55 am
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by Medessec » Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:42 pm

I noticed the W700/W700ds CPU options were the Q9000, Q9100 and the QX9300, for the Core 2 Quad options. Out of curiosity, I googled the gap, Q9200...

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Last post by FryPpy
Sat Jun 22, 2013 6:55 am
Greyed Battery gauge on Task bar....any ideas ? *PIC*

Last post by kbacak « Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:12 pm
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by kbacak » Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:14 am

Hi!

A picture can tell a thousand words - and you'll see what is troubling me. Everything is working, except Lenovo Power Controls or Power...

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Last post by kbacak
Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:12 pm
W701 has bad NIC. Replace system board? What is TPM?

Last post by yert33 « Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:02 am
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by yert33 » Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:54 am

A friend's W701 (4323-CTO) will appear to make a connection via it's ethernet port but no traffic passes. I'm of the opinion that replacing the...

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Last post by yert33
Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:02 am
W520 modem installation?

Last post by jcvjcvjcvjcv « Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:02 pm
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by u666sa » Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:47 am

Hello,

My W520 wasn't configured from the get go to have a modem. I wonder if I can purchase parts and install a 56K modem? I need it to send and...

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Last post by jcvjcvjcvjcv
Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:02 pm
W700 Quadro FX2800 possibilities

Last post by ElbertR « Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:34 am
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by clotterfromp » Fri Apr 26, 2013 2:43 am

Hello, I'm new to this forum and have a question about my W700 (2758). It was supplied with a Quadro FX3700 graphics card, but that appears to have...

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Last post by ElbertR
Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:34 am
W520 FPR not working

Last post by Thinkpad Dude « Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:03 pm

by Thinkpad Dude » Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:03 pm

Hello Guys, New Member!

I have been having a problem with my FPR on my W520.
I am running windows 7 pro x64.
Everytime I start the ThinkVantage...

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Last post by Thinkpad Dude
Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:03 pm
SD card reader in T420s does not work

Last post by schen « Sat Jun 22, 2013 4:42 pm
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by butron » Tue Jun 04, 2013 11:43 am

Can somebody help? I know that my Ricoh SD card reader in my T420s has worked in the past. All of a sudden Windows Explorer cannot see the card, no...

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Sat Jun 22, 2013 4:42 pm

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