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Question re R51 vs R61

Last post by londonarnold « Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:39 pm
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by DonM » Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:51 pm

I currently own an R51 (1.6ghz, 512 mb, 30 gb HD) and I have the chance to chance to acquire a mint R61 Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz, RAM 1 GB
HD 60 GB (still...

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Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:39 pm
R52 started beeping

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by b1791 » Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:57 pm

I was using my R52 when it started beeping continuously so I tried to restart it and it got about 10 seconds into startup then it shut down and won't...

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Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:21 pm
how disable the sensor lid on a Z60m

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by MiroRIB » Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:48 am

how can you disable the sensor lid on a Z60m? In following of my previous question, this can be a solution...

So when I close the lid, the screen...

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Tue Jan 06, 2009 2:50 pm
LCD gone?? buhuuuu

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by malachont » Thu Jan 01, 2009 3:01 pm

Hi all and happy new year,
My A31p LCD suddenly has gone dark. After 4 years! looking closely I could still see a faint image of Windows working...

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Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:37 pm
2gb RAM in an R32?

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by lparsons » Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:58 pm

I know the official maximum ram for an R32 is listed as 1gb. However, I have seen some discussion before that it may be able to handle 2gb.

Can...

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Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:41 pm
R52 Rotated Screen

Last post by dr_st « Sat Jan 03, 2009 8:46 am
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by skiptay » Fri Dec 26, 2008 7:47 pm

I have a friend with an R52 Thinkpad and some how the screen has been rotated 90 degrees. Are there a series of keystrokes which may fix this?...

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Sat Jan 03, 2009 8:46 am
keyboard R51

Last post by Harryc « Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:11 am
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by Karl Moosdorf » Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:48 am

Hello and my best wishes for the new year!

I have a little hardware probleme and that is my missing N on the keyborad of my R51. When driving in the...

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Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:11 am
TP A31P systemboards and securitychips

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by friedrich-eugen » Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:30 am

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Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:37 am
burn iso to DVD

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by winslow » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:44 pm

When I loaded ths OS on my G41 it gave me the option of burning a set o recoverey DVD (i think 1 cd and 1 DVD). I immediately put them on my desktop...

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Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:52 am
G40 (?) motherboard with strange Part No.

Last post by cliddell « Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:26 pm
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by cliddell » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:41 am

Hi all

I have recently purchased off Ebay a motherboard purporting to come from a G40. It certainly looks like a G40 mobo but I cannot identify...

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Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:26 pm
r51 system update problem

Last post by Harryc « Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:26 am
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by tkandl » Thu Jan 01, 2009 8:30 pm

Have R51 1836-BBU running XP. Have reinstalled all original software from partition. I downloaded SystemUpdate 3 frome the IBM site and installed it....

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Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:26 am
A31p recovery partition

Last post by TomKroscavage « Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:11 am
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by tbartold » Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:44 pm

I purchased a R9U which turns out does not have the recovery partition. I'm not sure if that's bad or not. I don't think I've actually needed it on...

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Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:11 am
R51 modem/bluetooth fru's

Last post by powerdoc « Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:32 pm
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by powerdoc » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:01 pm

Have an R51 which didn't have bluetooth as standard equipment which keeps giving me the 1803 error with the modem I installed which has fru 39t0028....

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Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:32 pm
R40 mobo swap, different LCD sizes

Last post by bulletsneverlie « Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:53 pm
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by bulletsneverlie » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:31 pm

I recently bought an Ibm R40 for parts, to replace the bad fan in an R40 I already had. Both are Ibm R40, type 2681. Upon arrival, I tinkered with...

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Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:53 pm
How do I approach thermal pad removal, clean up?

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by bulletsneverlie » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:47 pm

Upon inspection, I see the fan has a lot of crusty silver stuff on the heat sink surface. I pulled on the silver stuff, and it came off in a square,...

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Last post by bulletsneverlie
Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:47 pm
A31 Backlight Problem

Last post by Harryc « Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:58 am
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by msnyder101 » Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:12 am

I have an A31 whose screen goes dark shortly after unplugging the AC adapter. I can still see the screen in certain lighting conditions.
I have read...

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Last post by Harryc
Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:58 am
External Link FS R32

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Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:09 am
R32 with intermittent display problem

Last post by msnyder101 « Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:56 am
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by rhz » Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:18 am

Hi.

I have an R32 which seems to suffer from an intermittent problem where, after power up, the display is simply blank. It seems like the computer...

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Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:56 am
A31p heat

Last post by Harryc « Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:16 am
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by tbartold » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:21 pm

Maybe I didn't do something right so I'm looking for advice.

I started running my 2.4 A31p on Boinc/Seti, and I was seeing really hot CPU temps,...

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Last post by Harryc
Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:16 am
recovering a G41

Last post by winslow « Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:50 am
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by winslow » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:16 am

Yesterday I tried installing silent hunter 4 on my G41, it reaked havok on my machine. As it was closing the installation I kept getting an error...

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Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:50 am
Who can install wireless on my A31?

Last post by proaudioguy « Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:47 am
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by ken3983 » Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:21 pm

I've seen the procedure and it looks nerve wrecking. I got a Linksys PC card, but I'd rather go internal for convienence. Is there anyone that does...

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Last post by proaudioguy
Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:47 am
TP A31 project

Last post by tbartold « Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:07 pm
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by Argonaught » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:35 am

I recently bought a TP A31 base on EBAY for $60.00 and have mated it with an A30 LCD, so far so good. I have added a Hitachi Travelstar 40 Gig HDD...

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Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:07 pm
TP A31P 2653

Last post by Harryc « Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:55 pm
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by Argonaught » Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:37 pm

I have the opportunity of getting an AMD AthlonX2 TL50 CPU for a Socket S1...

Is this compatible with the TP A31P type 2653?

Anyone?????????? :?:...

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Last post by Harryc
Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:55 pm
Rescue and Recovery-Same Restore Disks on various Thinkpads

Last post by TomKroscavage « Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:26 am
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by londonarnold » Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:53 am

Hello,

I have a set of restore Rescue & Recovery DVDs that I made from the rescue partition of my R60.

Does any one please know if the same set of...

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Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:26 am
R40e random power offs on battery power/ram issues

Last post by ajkula66 « Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:50 pm
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by IBreakThings » Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:11 am

A couple months ago I ordered a ThinkPadR40e (2.2GHz Celeron/14 screen/256mb ram/20gb hard drive) from a reseller that had gotten it off of a...

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Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:50 pm
Chirpping hard drive

Last post by johnny9fingers « Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:32 pm
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by johnny9fingers » Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:06 pm

Hello, My R51's hard drive chirps when plugged in. It's quiet as a church mouse until the battery is almost fully charged. How can I fix this....

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Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:32 pm
R40e battery won't charge. BIOS problem?

Last post by IBreakThings « Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:26 am
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by miamime » Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:30 am

I'm refurbishing a R40e for my kids to use, so I used the recovery partition to bring it back to factory specs. In the process of reconditioning the...

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Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:26 am
ibm system recover problem

Last post by broncus « Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:19 am
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by broncus » Tue Dec 23, 2008 4:11 pm

hi everyone my problem is i have a ibm thinkpad r32 a good old faithful machine but i use to press f11 on boot up to restore back to the original...

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Last post by broncus
Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:19 am
R61: Erasing Vista and installing XP... do I need drivers?

Last post by ZaZ « Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:38 pm
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by violagirl23 » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:24 pm

I mostly use Linux but occasionally boot into Vista to play MapleStory (yeah, that's pretty much about it... I can do most things I can't do on Linux...

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Last post by ZaZ
Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:38 pm
R60 in need of sxga+

Last post by ajkula66 « Fri Dec 26, 2008 6:46 pm
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by teladoy » Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:34 pm

Question :

Can I use other models of IBM notebook sxga+screen to change for mine R60 14.1 if yes what models?
Can I use other brands notebooks...

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Last post by ajkula66
Fri Dec 26, 2008 6:46 pm
My R32 has giving up the ghost. Please help.

Last post by TomKroscavage « Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:24 pm
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by TomKroscavage » Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:36 pm

Any movement at all will make my R32 freeze up. I have removed everything I can. Could it be a loose memory socket like the X30s? Please help, this...

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Last post by TomKroscavage
Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:24 pm
lcd from R50e to R60e possible???

Last post by frunze « Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:35 pm
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by frunze » Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:58 pm

Is it possible to put 15'' xga lcd from R50e (or R52) to 15'' xga R60e (Intel GMA 950; number on lcd panel is LP150X08 (TL) (A 8 )?
I'm looking into...

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Last post by frunze
Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:35 pm
R60 Random Crashes

Last post by bhurley « Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:25 am
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by bhurley » Thu Dec 25, 2008 3:49 pm

My girlfriend's R60 has been going haywire lately; can't tell if it's a Windows problem or a hardware problem.

At random moments, the computer...

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Last post by bhurley
Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:25 am
Agere AC97 modem and Windows 2000

Last post by sojourner « Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:50 am
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by ekdya » Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:05 am

Hi

could please some one tell me if my A31 has a CallerID enabled modem?
it is Agere AC97 softmodem version 2.1.4 AMR Intel MB.

and the other...

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Last post by sojourner
Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:50 am
Bestbuy hard drive for R60 (sata)

Last post by teladoy « Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:32 am
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by teladoy » Tue Dec 23, 2008 6:37 pm

in my last post about my r60 I have this answer:

Current SATA max is 500GB. But it will most likely increase in the near future.

So I wander if...

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Last post by teladoy
Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:32 am
My Z60m has a new sibling!

Last post by doog « Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:15 pm
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by invictus » Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:48 pm

Couple weeks ago I purchased a refurbished Z61t laptop off of eBay, and have received it a few days ago. While not quite as powerful as my Z60m, the...

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Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:15 pm
I got myself a R60 in ebay tonigth

Last post by teladoy « Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:12 pm
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by teladoy » Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:40 am

Congratulation to Me I am a new owner of a R60 .
No more shopping around, hello YouTube, LiveStation, CS3 o CS4, XSI and external monitor.
What I...

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Last post by teladoy
Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:12 pm
Correct Monitor for A22m

Last post by JJDetroit « Tue Dec 23, 2008 5:30 am
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by JJDetroit » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:35 pm

Got an A22m that is currently set at 800 x 600, and won't go higher. In Display|Advanced, there are 3 different monitors shown: Plug and Play,...

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Tue Dec 23, 2008 5:30 am
Questions about A3x-series

Last post by Tim82 « Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:47 pm
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by Tim82 » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:59 am

Good day to You all!

I'm new here, but I read the forum for some time. It proved to me really useful for some occasions related to Thinkpads.

In...

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Last post by Tim82
Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:47 pm
Optimizing a R31

Last post by vixgold « Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:07 pm
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by vixgold » Sun Dec 21, 2008 2:52 pm

Hello, I`ve just got my own thinpad R31 PIII 1.13GHz to have some fun with :D .

And I was wondering if anyone could help me to optimize It's...

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Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:07 pm
R52 Broadcom LAN Speed Problem

Last post by robo47 « Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:20 am
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by robo47 » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:34 am

I currentry have a problem with my R52 using a Gigabit-Connection with the onboard Broadcom Netextreme Gigabit LAN-Card, i don't get a really...

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Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:20 am
Cursor problem with R61 - 8934A7U

Last post by andyP « Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:35 pm
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by atwood » Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:20 am

I have an issue with the cursor on my thinkpad that has been ongoing now for a while.

I 'll try to describe it as best I can....

It seems that the...

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Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:35 pm
BSOD for my ATI driver Bad RAM or new System board?

Last post by ajkula66 « Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:21 pm
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by kermani » Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:20 pm

Hey guys I am having an issue with my r40. All the signs are pointing to a bad graphics card but since it's integrated I was wondering if it could be...

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Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:21 pm
Thinkvantage System Update error 75 on thinkpad G40

Last post by consultjdm « Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:03 pm

by consultjdm » Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:03 pm

When i click Next to get the new updates, it stops at 21% stating that Error 75 recieved from the System Update Server. Please contact the Support...

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Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:03 pm
R61: is my fan dying?

Last post by Harryc « Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:29 pm
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by slname » Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:58 am

A week ago, something strange happened to my laptop. I almost never move it from my desk, but this time I used it in another room (also on a desk),...

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Last post by Harryc
Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:29 pm
A31p Inverter FRU

Last post by kenmosher « Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:06 pm
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by kenmosher » Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:22 pm

I've done a bunch of searching here and I haven't been able to ferret out whether the inverter FRU 26P8133 is the same or equivalent to the 26P8132?...

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Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:06 pm
R50p UXGA display on another model

Last post by Harryc « Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:49 pm
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by FragZero » Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:00 pm

Recently i acquired a R50p display for almost nothing ( complete, housing, inverter, display-cable ,antenna's, everything ..) and i really like the...

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Last post by Harryc
Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:49 pm
160GB ATA drive in A21m?

Last post by Ianski « Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:11 pm
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by Ianski » Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:34 pm

Has anyone tried installing a 160GB drive in a Thinkpad A21m (or any A2xx machine from the same family)? If so, did it work? I'm planning to load...

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Last post by Ianski
Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:11 pm
PCI WIFI cards with IRQ issues

Last post by proaudioguy « Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:08 pm
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by proaudioguy » Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:04 am

I have a specific A31 that will seemingly install either of 2 different WIFI cards (internal), but after a few days or hours, it stops working and...

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Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:08 pm
R52 turns off when plugged in

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:13 pm
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by mikesbiken » Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:47 pm

I have an R52 that shuts off when plugged in. Here are my symptoms:

- Boots up and runs fine on battery only
- Shows no signs of life when plugged...

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Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:13 pm

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