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ThinkPad A30p GPU sensor??

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by kfzhu1229 » Sat Oct 07, 2017 3:08 pm

In this picture, can somebody tell me what the GPU reading is referring to? I am pretty sure it's not the GPU as I attached thermal sponge to direct...

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Sat Oct 07, 2017 3:08 pm
OS on USB 3.0 SSD via Expresscard ???

Last post by larrystotler « Mon Sep 25, 2017 8:56 pm
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by owen_r61 » Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:08 pm

I bought an Expresscard with USB 3.0 ports. The idea was to experiment first to see how an operating system would behave being piped through the USB...

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Mon Sep 25, 2017 8:56 pm
G555 screen on a G550?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sun Sep 17, 2017 6:00 am
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by skou » Sun Sep 17, 2017 4:27 am

I've got a broken G555, with a working screen.
(video chip is bad.)

Will the screen fit a G550, assuming sizes are the same?

There is a G550 on the...

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Sun Sep 17, 2017 6:00 am
2 - Thinkpad A30p - Swap LCD and backlight not working on 2nd???

Last post by kfzhu1229 « Fri Sep 01, 2017 9:08 pm
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by larrystotler » Thu Aug 31, 2017 4:53 pm

I have 2 Thinkpad A30p systems. the first was a complete unit that I've been having issues working properly with my dock. The 2nd was a base with a...

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Fri Sep 01, 2017 9:08 pm
Issue with Thinkpad A30p & Thinkpad Dock II(2877)

Last post by larrystotler « Thu Aug 31, 2017 2:37 pm
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by larrystotler » Wed Sep 21, 2016 1:02 pm

I have a Thinkpad A30p that I'm having some issues with the docking station. I actually have 2 of the docks. When I use my R52 on either, everything...

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Thu Aug 31, 2017 2:37 pm
Thinkpad R61 Upgrades Questions?

Last post by ajkula66 « Sun Aug 20, 2017 8:32 pm
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by owen_r61 » Mon Jul 24, 2017 5:48 pm

I used to be an active participator in the T41 section of this forum, but that laptop was not able to keep up in this ever changing world of internet...

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Sun Aug 20, 2017 8:32 pm
Z60m replacement screen

Last post by wujstefan « Sat Aug 12, 2017 3:20 am
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by wujstefan » Fri Aug 11, 2017 4:36 pm

Hello,

I've got a dirt cheap titanium Z60m ($6), but it has its screen smashed. What are the options for this one? Will a screen from R61 or T500...

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Sat Aug 12, 2017 3:20 am
Locating a G series laptop

Last post by Thinkpad4by3 « Mon Jul 24, 2017 8:23 am
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by NerdModeEngaged » Sun Jul 23, 2017 4:27 pm

Hi guys, I want to work on a rather cool project for my next laptop, I want to use one of intel's new Mini-SFX motherboards in a laptop, however i...

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Mon Jul 24, 2017 8:23 am
Why are the A and R series numbering screwed up?

Last post by ajkula66 « Mon Jul 17, 2017 5:31 pm
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by Thinkpad4by3 » Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:37 pm

1: Ok, so there is the T20,X20, and A20. Why is it the R30?

2: If the first digit updates then a new CPU comes out it. The second digit updates when...

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Mon Jul 17, 2017 5:31 pm
Does anyone have the elusive G50?

Last post by ac12 « Sun Jul 09, 2017 1:32 pm
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by Thinkpad4by3 » Sat Jul 01, 2017 10:11 am

Never seen one, but for who has it, is it a cool machine like the other G-series? How does it compare to a R60/T60?

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Last post by ac12
Sun Jul 09, 2017 1:32 pm
Can Windows Vista be installed on an IBM Thinkpad R50e?

Last post by ThinkDan2004 « Tue Jun 13, 2017 3:06 pm
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by ThinkDan2004 » Sat Jun 03, 2017 3:54 pm

Hey Thinkpadders!
I just wanted to ask whether Windows Vista can be installed on an IBM Thinkpad R50e?
Because I saw a YouTube video that suggested...

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Tue Jun 13, 2017 3:06 pm
R32 Old Driver needed

Last post by GigaG « Sun May 28, 2017 9:28 pm
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by GigaG » Fri May 26, 2017 11:06 pm

I installed Windows 98SE on an old R32 to use as a retro gaming machine. And everything works beautifully... except ACPI.

This site says he got...

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Sun May 28, 2017 9:28 pm
Trival: Running FinalFantasy on Z61t?

Last post by axur-delmeria « Sat May 27, 2017 11:30 pm
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by jimwg » Sat May 27, 2017 10:49 pm

Greetings,

I know this is a trivial game issue, but since I'm able to run Final Fantasy XIV tolerably well on my T400, I'd like to push it by doing...

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Last post by axur-delmeria
Sat May 27, 2017 11:30 pm
G-series hard drive upgrade/replacement question

Last post by ac12 « Mon May 22, 2017 2:34 pm
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by aptivaboy » Sun Apr 16, 2017 1:39 am

Has anyone ever replaced the hard drive on a G40 or G41? I have a line on one (I can't tell which yet) and it seems to boot to bios and everything...

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Last post by ac12
Mon May 22, 2017 2:34 pm
Keyboard & Thinkpoint Inert On Bootup After Bad Malware Fighter DeInstall

Last post by Thinkpad4by3 « Tue May 16, 2017 4:09 pm
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by jimwg » Tue May 16, 2017 11:01 am

Greetings!

Here's my situation which I doubt is specific to my 32bit Windows 7 z61t Thinkpad and so is a general help call.

I recently installed...

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Last post by Thinkpad4by3
Tue May 16, 2017 4:09 pm
A31P white listed bios?

Last post by T3f4l « Tue May 16, 2017 2:56 pm
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by T3f4l » Tue May 16, 2017 12:21 pm

Hi all

I've recently rebuilt an old A31p because I needed an xp laptop with a DVD drive and a floppy drive, it currently has an ibm wifi card in...

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Tue May 16, 2017 2:56 pm
A31 no post - 4 4 beep codes point to Security Chip?

Last post by kfzhu1229 « Fri May 12, 2017 1:27 am
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by TPFanatic » Wed May 10, 2017 7:38 pm

I got around to taking my two A31s in for service. Disassembled both, scientifically tested parts from each, put together a desirable model with a...

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Fri May 12, 2017 1:27 am
Sound dead on A20m: options?

Last post by ajkula66 « Wed Apr 26, 2017 4:24 pm
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by bobclark86 » Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:59 am

Hi, all. I have an A20m I picked out of the trash (with another old Thinkpad that's 100 %), but the A20m doesn't have sound. I've tried installing...

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Last post by ajkula66
Wed Apr 26, 2017 4:24 pm
A31 screen problems

Last post by kfzhu1229 « Mon Apr 17, 2017 6:57 pm
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by Thinkpad4by3 » Mon Apr 17, 2017 1:54 pm

I have an A31 and if I don't get the screen position just right when I boot it up The screen turns into a bunch of colored lines. Once it boots it is...

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Last post by kfzhu1229
Mon Apr 17, 2017 6:57 pm
How Can I Tell If T400 is in "Dual Channel Mode"?

Last post by shawross « Sat Apr 15, 2017 8:08 pm
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by jimwg » Sat Apr 15, 2017 3:36 am

Greetings!

Happy Easter and a non-techie here with a T400 with 4gigs RAM would like to know whether there's an easy non-techie (if possible) way to...

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Last post by shawross
Sat Apr 15, 2017 8:08 pm
R60/R61 mobo replacement

Last post by wujstefan « Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:27 am
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by wujstefan » Wed Apr 12, 2017 3:26 pm

Hello,

I've got a nice R60 4:3 with bad mobo, and a R61 with bad everything but the mobo. Is the board swappable? If so, any hardware mod needed?...

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Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:27 am
Drivers for A21m

Last post by ajkula66 « Sun Mar 26, 2017 3:11 pm
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by grimmster » Sat Mar 25, 2017 9:35 am

Decided to spin up my A21m and make it OS original again (had Linux) so went and put Win 98 SE back on it. Now I cant find some of the drivers I need...

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Last post by ajkula66
Sun Mar 26, 2017 3:11 pm
Philips WDM Video Decoder & TV-in port on A30p/A31p

Last post by kfzhu1229 « Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:28 pm

by kfzhu1229 » Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:28 pm

Anyone knows how to use Philips WDM Video Decoder & TV-in port on A30p/A31p? What kind of software do you need to use that?

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Last post by kfzhu1229
Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:28 pm
All my A series ThinkPads have finally died!

Last post by kfzhu1229 « Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:24 pm
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by Neil » Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:21 pm
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Not too many years ago, I had four different A series machines. I think there were 2-A31p, an A31, 2-A22p and an A30p. I had either audio or video...
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Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:24 pm
Long time after: USB stick problems on W98

Last post by wujstefan « Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:32 pm
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by wujstefan » Sun Mar 05, 2017 2:29 pm

Hello,

I just can't make any of my usb sticks work with R30 I own... I've got one older stick (Kingston Data Traveller 2 512Mb), but no universal...

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Last post by wujstefan
Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:32 pm
ThinkPad A30p adding thermal pad/sponge onto GPU

Last post by kfzhu1229 « Sat Mar 11, 2017 2:40 am
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by kfzhu1229 » Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:50 pm

As the title suggested, I took out the thermal sponge lying in the bottom of the ATI chip of a broken A31p motherboard (Southbridge short-circuit)...

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Sat Mar 11, 2017 2:40 am
R30 IRQ error

Last post by wujstefan « Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:54 pm
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by wujstefan » Fri Feb 24, 2017 3:25 pm

Hello,

Working on another vintage project.
I've got a nice R30 in stock - however, when trying to boot it I get two errors:

ERROR
Warning: IRQ not...

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Last post by wujstefan
Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:54 pm
I got an r61i 15''...

Last post by boodi « Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:06 am
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by boodi » Sat Jun 25, 2016 7:23 am
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My t43p which i've used on the go for my job , for running 1 java app and other few things , is showing signs of age , particularly the graphic card...
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Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:06 am
A22m wired internet connection

Last post by rkawakami « Mon Feb 13, 2017 11:38 pm
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by Sudevan » Sun Feb 12, 2017 3:48 pm

I have an A22m on which I have a light version of Linux Zorin running. Here are the vitals:

A22m 2628-P1U 15”XGA P3 800MHz 320 MB RAM 10GB HD OS:...

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Mon Feb 13, 2017 11:38 pm
Can not install windows 9x on A30

Last post by Whitieiii « Sat Feb 11, 2017 8:02 pm
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by Whitieiii » Thu Feb 09, 2017 7:22 pm

Trying to install windows on an A30 and can not seem to install anything but windows xp and that is too new for the machine and for my needs... I...

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Last post by Whitieiii
Sat Feb 11, 2017 8:02 pm
Z61m (9450-GDG) - shuts down after 15 sec

Last post by Pokrzept « Sat Feb 11, 2017 6:13 pm
Replies: 3
by Pokrzept » Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:13 pm

Hello,

I've got some serious problem with an newly acquired titanium-lid Z61m. Every time I do power it on it turns on, passes POST process and...

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Last post by Pokrzept
Sat Feb 11, 2017 6:13 pm
Addig bluetoth to non bluetooth R61i

Last post by yakuza « Sun Feb 05, 2017 2:39 pm
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by yakuza » Sun Feb 05, 2017 1:36 pm

Ive got everything setup (wifi card in place, antenna in monitor)
And my question is. Is this going to work? I mean, the cable is fine (connects),...

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Sun Feb 05, 2017 2:39 pm
A20M type 2628 Boot/Post Failure

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Feb 02, 2017 7:17 am
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by Comatose152 » Wed Feb 01, 2017 8:22 pm

Hi guys, first time posting but i have browsed through these forums time to time and can usually find some help, im very thankful there are still so...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Thu Feb 02, 2017 7:17 am
ThinkPad A31p 1080p DVI output

Last post by kfzhu1229 « Wed Feb 01, 2017 12:54 am
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by kfzhu1229 » Mon Jan 30, 2017 6:11 pm

Actually this sounds really crazy but I tried to hook my A31p to TV via DVI port on the Dock I (This TV does NOT have a VGA port and DVI to HDMI...

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Wed Feb 01, 2017 12:54 am
R52 Intel motherboard and power-on through LAN?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:03 am
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by lukee » Mon Jan 23, 2017 5:46 am

Good day!
I have an R52-mobo-based T41 laptop at home and I would like to use it as a server providing multiple services like OpenVPN to connect from...

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Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:03 am
Z60m - Recommended Windows version and some other stuff.

Last post by larsoverland « Thu Jan 19, 2017 11:22 pm
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by larsoverland » Wed Jan 18, 2017 9:47 am

Thank you for an amazing forum people :)
Sorry for my English (I'm Norwegian)...
(First post) In advance: I really appreciate your help :)...

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Thu Jan 19, 2017 11:22 pm
R61e fan error issue

Last post by wujstefan « Thu Jan 19, 2017 3:09 pm
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by wujstefan » Sun Jan 15, 2017 9:22 am

Hello,

I got quite a number of R61/i/e 15,4 units that I'm trying to reanimate (13 to be precise). However, I got stuck at lucky #7 - no matter what...

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Thu Jan 19, 2017 3:09 pm
Ultranav not working. Help.

Last post by dr_st « Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:15 am
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by Blender » Wed Jan 04, 2017 7:35 pm

Hey y'all

This is a Z61p

I decided to upgrade the memory today to 4GB. I had to take the palm rest off in order to perform the upgrade. After the...

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Last post by dr_st
Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:15 am
R61: Takes Two Tries to Start

Last post by jaspen-meyer « Sun Jan 08, 2017 3:15 am
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by ArtShapiro » Mon Jan 02, 2017 3:58 pm

A couple months ago my old T61, which I had given to a relative several years ago, was returned to me because it was allegedly stone dead. (This was...

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Last post by jaspen-meyer
Sun Jan 08, 2017 3:15 am
Price check: G41 in perfect condition

Last post by Saucey « Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:59 pm
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by wujstefan » Mon Nov 21, 2016 7:53 am

Hello,

More of a price check: I've got three units of G41 type 2881 in great shape; and so two of them are kinda overkill :) Just wanted to know how...

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Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:59 pm
Z60m, an underrated model?

Last post by TPFanatic « Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:59 pm
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by danikayser84 » Fri Aug 12, 2016 10:10 am

I've recently acquired two ThinkPad Z60ms in decent condition (one with Intel graphics and the other with the ATI Mobility Radeon X600), and I think...

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Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:59 pm
fan control for the R32

Last post by kfzhu1229 « Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:00 am
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by Mac Workin » Wed Nov 30, 2016 1:29 pm

is there a program that can perform such actions? i have tried IBM_ECW, TPFanControl and Notebook Hardware Control, but all they do is report odd...

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Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:00 am
a22m lcd screens compatable

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Wed Nov 23, 2016 12:13 pm
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by theunholy » Wed Nov 16, 2016 11:43 am

Hey guys i got a A22m with a busted lcd screen, i was wondering if this model takes different lcd screen from similar models, or does it only take...

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Wed Nov 23, 2016 12:13 pm
Is the G40 An IBM or a Lenovo?

Last post by ajkula66 « Tue Nov 22, 2016 7:55 pm
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by aptivaboy » Mon Nov 21, 2016 2:44 pm

Just curious. The G40 appears to have been released well before the 2005 takeover by Lenovo of the Thinkpad line, probably a full year earlier...

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Tue Nov 22, 2016 7:55 pm
A31p motherboard problems

Last post by kfzhu1229 « Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:01 pm
Replies: 42
by kfzhu1229 » Mon Nov 07, 2016 10:45 pm
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Hello,

I've got an old A31p that's going to kiss a trash bin soon, so maybe someone's interested in it.
Ripped of RAM, HDD, battery and PSU...
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Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:01 pm
ThinkPad A30, A31p + Original ThinkPad Dock + Radeon 9250 256mb --> not enough system resources

Last post by dr_st « Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:55 am
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by kfzhu1229 » Fri Nov 18, 2016 8:25 pm

I have this full size pci Radeon 9250 256mb (All-in-Wonder) lying around so I think it would be nice to have it as fail-safe to the death of GPU...

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Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:55 am
How to flash Middleton?

Last post by 600X « Fri Nov 11, 2016 8:54 pm
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by 600X » Thu Nov 10, 2016 9:16 pm

I am trying to flash the 2.24 R61 BIOS on my R61 in order to get Penryn CPU's to work. However, no matter if I use the CD or OS method, I keep...

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Fri Nov 11, 2016 8:54 pm
A31p screen retrofit?

Last post by wujstefan « Mon Nov 07, 2016 8:44 am
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by wujstefan » Sun Nov 06, 2016 6:23 am

Hello,

I wanted to revive LCD in my old pal, but find it inmpossible to get a decent genuine screen. Would SHARP UXGA LCD fit? They are way easier...

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Last post by wujstefan
Mon Nov 07, 2016 8:44 am
Max Hard-Drive size for R50e ultrabay ?

Last post by kfzhu1229 « Fri Nov 04, 2016 1:33 pm
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by btc1750ni » Sun Oct 23, 2016 3:54 pm

hi all
i am going to upgrade my old R50e
specs: pentium m 755, 2GB RAM, i855gm/gme chipset

will 1TB SATA3 HDD work?
if not, what is the highest...

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Last post by kfzhu1229
Fri Nov 04, 2016 1:33 pm
G41 Project - Finished! 1 Pic

Last post by ac12 « Wed Nov 02, 2016 12:32 am
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by Medessec » Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:34 pm
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Hello-I've had this parting out G41 with a dud motherboard for some time, and i've been wanting to replace the motherboard, but I've also decided as...
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Wed Nov 02, 2016 12:32 am

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