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Workgroup grayed out

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by samjesse » Tue Aug 02, 2011 3:18 pm

Hi

A31 running xp sp3, logged in as admin. want to change the workgroup but it is grayed out. pls help.

thx

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Tue Aug 02, 2011 3:18 pm
Moire pattern on screen after reinstalling Windows XP

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by jean_taupe » Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:34 am

Hi, I experience this phenomena mainly on the laptop screen, but also on my digital Samsung screen. It basically occurs in evenly colored areas. I've...

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Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:11 am
ThinkPad R40 LAN Loose Connection Fix

Last post by Alex7 « Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:45 pm

by Alex7 » Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:45 pm

Hello ThinkPad friends

Maybe this is a useful info for someone with LAN connection problems:
My ThinkPad R40 had a loose connection with its LAN...

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Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:45 pm
R50e mobo (27K9969) vs. 14" SXGA+ ?

Last post by lukee « Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:53 am
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by lukee » Sat Jul 23, 2011 4:36 am

Hello, I've some spare parts from T42p, especially 14 shell, SXGA+ LCD, 1.8GHz CPU, RAM module, HDD 7200rpm etc... Because of broken mobo I just...

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Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:53 am
G40 / 41 backlight replacement

Last post by cliddell « Sat Jul 30, 2011 1:11 am
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by cliddell » Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:53 pm

Hello all

I have a G40 with a dead backlight. (I have replaced the inverter board with a new one but still no screen illumination.) ISTR seeing a...

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Sat Jul 30, 2011 1:11 am
Z60t and a 1920x1200 monitor?

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by critclimbs » Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:27 pm

Hello, I've been trying to get my Z60t (2511 series) to drive a widescreen monitor.
My system is XP, SP3. The monitor I'm trying to drive is a...

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Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:27 pm
HD Model incorrect

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:00 am
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by wyldkao » Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:01 am

Hi All
a few months ago,my R40 model(2682-CV0) could not boot up.I check and find the Hard Disk model is incorrect. the incorrect HD model add !!!...

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Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:00 am
Windows 7 on R51e 1.7 ghz Thinkpad

Last post by lorifix « Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:30 am
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by jdagis » Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:21 pm

I'm wanting to install Windows 7 on my R51e, but am unsure as to whether to buy the 32 or 64 bit version.
I'm currently running xp pro sp 3 on it....

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Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:30 am
R61i Expresscard

Last post by jsailorca « Thu Jul 28, 2011 3:10 am
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by jsailorca » Wed Jul 27, 2011 3:23 am

Note: I am posting in this forum since R61i is practically identical to T61.

I have a R61i (14.1 ) which does NOT have the PC Card/ExpressCard...

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Thu Jul 28, 2011 3:10 am
Pentium M 780 on Thinkpad R52 overheat problems

Last post by Vonfeffer « Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:56 pm
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by Vonfeffer » Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:39 pm

Hello,

I have a R52 which came with a Pentium M 750 1.86 Ghz processor and it was like a breeze, now that I have upgraded it to a Pentium M 780 2.26...

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Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:56 pm
normal R52/T43 max temp under max threshold

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by Vonfeffer » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:02 pm

Hi guys, could you tell me what's the normal maximum temperature for those machines under processor max load?

:?:

Regards

VonFeffer

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Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:02 pm
ThinkPad R61 mainboard replacement

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:49 am
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by Sliwiec » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:16 am

Hi everyone
I have a ThinkPad R61 (flooded with some energy drink...), with nVidia Quadro graphics onboard (notebook has 15,4 screen). Can I replace...

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Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:49 am
Backlight Fuse Diagram for z61t

Last post by sparta.rising « Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:59 pm

by sparta.rising » Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:59 pm

Anyone have the fuse diagram for the z61t motherboard? Looking for the fuse for the backlight. Having trouble with my backlight and I've replaced the...

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Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:59 pm
Fru: 92P6569 (Combo drive) will fit into R61?

Last post by Monck « Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:48 am
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by Monck » Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:15 am

Hi,

Like in subject. As i search into google it probably will work. I can got this drive very cheap. But i need this info;)

Thanks!

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Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:48 am
R52 Firewire issue

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:47 am
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by aditya_pm » Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:32 am

Hello everybody,.........my first post here.

I received a R52 from a friend.

First thing is that the model no. as printed is 1860 AB6, but in the...

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Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:47 am
R40 Cpu Swap Question

Last post by ajkula66 « Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:01 pm
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by jasew503 » Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:58 am

I noticed on thinkwiki that the R40 came with The Celeron-M, Pentium-M and Pentium 4 CPUs. Are these all interchangable with a Board that has a P-M...

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Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:01 pm
Urgent: SSD for A31p ?? Type, Size,

Last post by kf_tam « Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:37 am
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by frankie01 » Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:11 am

Hi

I use the A31p with 2x Travelstar 100GB, 7200 RPM (PATA, 2,5 /one in ultrabay) drives on stage and I need to get the most speed&reliability speed...

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Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:37 am
disable wifi adapter

Last post by ajkula66 « Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:25 pm
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by samjesse » Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:23 pm

Hi

My Wifi adapter does not support WPA2 Personal AES. I happened to have a Belkin USB external wifi adapter. Can I disable the built in adapter and...

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Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:25 pm
motherboard chipset

Last post by Neil « Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:23 pm
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by samjesse » Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:41 am

Hi

How can I find what motherboard chipset on my A31?
unit serial: 2652P5M99xxxxx
System board serial: J1P9931DIKN
Intel Pentium 4-M 1.9GHz

thx...

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Last post by Neil
Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:23 pm
A30 screen latches

Last post by Unknown_K « Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:39 pm
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by Unknown_K » Sat Jul 16, 2011 2:15 pm

I got in an A30 the other day and both of the screen latches were broken (can't securely close the laptop lid). Are those parts Axx specific or can I...

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Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:39 pm
r50e part out

Last post by DropYoTop « Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:12 pm

by DropYoTop » Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:12 pm

i have everything besides the motherboard(have it but it freezes at the ibm logo sign) harddrive and its caddy(do have it but its broken) the battery...

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Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:12 pm
my r50e work laptop is not booting?

Last post by DropYoTop « Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:01 pm
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by DropYoTop » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:14 pm

ok soo i installed a secound speaker and after i connected it it dint boot up. and now it wont boot up im in deep if i dont get this fix please is...

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Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:01 pm
R51 cannot detect a hard disk

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:29 am
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by roguetrooper » Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:28 pm

Hi there

I have just purchased an R51, and the owner states the issue is the system does not detect hard disks .

I have researched this issue but...

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Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:29 am
R51 will run from battery for memtest, but not Windows/Linux

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:58 am
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by danohuiginn » Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:42 pm

I have a Thinkpad R51 1830, which is having an annoying issue with power. It is shutting when ac power is removed, even though the battery is...

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Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:58 am
R60 cursor freezing

Last post by pcengine92 « Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:45 am
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by pcengine92 » Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:45 pm

Hello again, all. I have an r60 that runs fine except for one thing: When I boot up and get to the screen to enter my password, the cursor freezes up...

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Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:45 am
a30p thinkpad wont turn on after holding off button.

Last post by ajkula66 « Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:14 pm
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by benny777 » Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:36 am

I closed my a30p thinkpad for a few minutes,when o reopened the screen was black with the mouse cursor showing so I turned off the machine by holding...

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Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:14 pm
ToSleep or not to ...

Last post by jfsmith « Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:12 pm
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by jfsmith » Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:03 am

After a hard drive catastrophe in my trusty old R50E (1842-SVU), i installed a new 320 Mb drive and loaded a fresh (non-IBM or Lenovo) Windows XP...

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Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:12 pm
Z61t keeps insisting on lower res on external panel

Last post by bradtem « Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:13 am

by bradtem » Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:13 am

Having a baffling problem with a z61t with intel graphics chip and WinXPSP3.

First hooked it up to a nice HP external monitor that is 1920x1200....

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Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:13 am
R51 driving me nutzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Last post by jronald « Sun Jul 10, 2011 9:26 am
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by jronald » Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:04 pm

Mind you that's not a real far trip for me.

R51 with the Intel 2200bg will not connect to a WPA router, no issues with WEP. Tried old IBM drivers...

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Sun Jul 10, 2011 9:26 am
A30p wireless card installation

Last post by flaco1801 « Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:45 pm
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by flaco1801 » Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:52 pm

just put a new hard drive and havin fun with this old new laptop.... i have been reading that a mini card can be installed so that a usb wireless...

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Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:45 pm
A30p please help

Last post by flaco1801 « Sat Jul 09, 2011 10:01 am
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by flaco1801 » Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:08 am

Good morning this is my first post to the Forum...my brother gave me a thinkpad A30p... it also came with 2 restore disks...he assured me it was...

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Last post by flaco1801
Sat Jul 09, 2011 10:01 am
z61t ultrabay

Last post by Crazycow « Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:28 pm
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by Crazycow » Sun Jul 03, 2011 12:28 pm

hello everyone :)

does anyone knows which ultrabay the z61t has?
i get totaly different things because it seems there is a confusion on the...

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Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:28 pm
t42 to r51e

Last post by Johan « Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:02 pm
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by Bigwizdom » Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:52 am

Will hardrive from t42 with windows 7 work in r51e running xp?

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Last post by Johan
Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:02 pm
A31 battery will not charge or power laptop.

Last post by photon_wrangler « Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:11 pm
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by photon_wrangler » Sat Jul 02, 2011 7:03 pm

My A31 laptop will not charge it's battery or run off battery power, however it runs fine when used with the power supply. I have reset the bios to...

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Last post by photon_wrangler
Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:11 pm
A31p freezes if screen top is moved

Last post by ajkula66 « Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:58 am
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by mtnman » Sat Jul 02, 2011 6:58 pm

This problem is beginning to get old. My venerable A31p began booting to a dark screen. After connecting an external monitor, I found that the VGA...

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Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:58 am
laptop to tv

Last post by retired « Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:19 pm
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by retired » Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:44 pm

I have an r52 with intel900 graphics. I would like to connect the laptop to the tv using an S video cable. Right now I have a direct tv receiver...

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Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:19 pm
Getting an A31P

Last post by ajkula66 « Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:43 am
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by ryanhe » Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:11 pm

Late last week, a guy I know offered me his Thinkpad A31P. I took a look at it and its in great shape, very clean, upgraded to 1gig of RAM and a...

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Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:43 am
R61i (8932-CTO) CPU upgrade

Last post by NerdPope « Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:01 am
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by scranch287 » Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:54 pm

Im looking to upgrade my T5450 or T5500 (depends where u look)to something higher up on the totem pole... ive gotten to the point where i need to...

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Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:01 am
CPU upgrade on Z61m (T2500)

Last post by Rommul « Sun Jun 26, 2011 12:57 pm
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by teetee » Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:56 pm

Is it possible to upgrade CPU on Z61m? I know I can get the compatible CPUs that support pBGA479/478 from the charts below:

But I don't know if...

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Sun Jun 26, 2011 12:57 pm
PENTIUM M CPU 1.8GHz/2M/400 vs 1.6/1M/400--Much difference?

Last post by Oortism « Fri Jun 24, 2011 5:41 pm
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by Oortism » Thu Jun 23, 2011 4:46 pm

Is there much of a difference in speed if I was to upgrade from a 1.6 /1M cache to a 1.8 /2m cache cpu? Is it worth the cpu upgrade?

Thank...

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Fri Jun 24, 2011 5:41 pm
A21e freezing with BIOS time and date reset on reboot

Last post by bravo3 « Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:02 pm
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by bravo3 » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:11 am

Hi guys,

I've been around for some time now just browsing through the forums helping myself with the posted discussions and learning a lot in the...

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Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:02 pm
Thinkpad R51 Hard Drive over & Caddy Screws, troubles; HOWTO

Last post by qao « Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:08 pm
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by jerry12 » Thu May 05, 2011 8:45 pm

I have an IBM Thinkpad R51 1831Au2...

I recently replaced the hard disk drive with a new Western Digital PATA drive

The drive above is the one I...

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Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:08 pm
R40 Hard Drive?

Last post by MikaelD « Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:46 pm
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by MikaelD » Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:27 pm

Hello, first time poster.

I recently got hold of a R40 (2681-HSG). While old, it will suffice for my current needs, assuming I'll manage to put in a...

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Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:46 pm
R52 hangs, if you tilt it or move the screen it comes back!!

Last post by rkawakami « Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:40 pm
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by niftypixel » Sun Jun 19, 2011 1:07 am

I'm sorry for thread-digging, but this is happening to my R52 now. I've removed the hdd entirely, and it's still doing it (in Bios menu, at password...

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Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:40 pm
taping disable pin in r32 mini pcie slot

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:36 pm
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by compsavvy » Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:37 pm

I was looking at installing a 3rd party wifi card. I looked at the page with the the zender bioses but it mentions about taping pin. Can anybody...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:36 pm
A31 and USB2

Last post by dr_st « Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:57 am
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by cptvideo » Sun May 22, 2011 11:50 pm

Why is this so hard? I've bought two PCMCIA USB2 adapters in the last two days. The SIIG was dead on arrival. Took it back to Frys and got a no-name...

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Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:57 am
my r50e work laptop is not booting up???HELP

Last post by DropYoTop « Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:57 am
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by DropYoTop » Fri Jun 17, 2011 2:34 am

this morning my laptop died n when i pluged it in the operating system was not found. i unpluged the cmos for 15 mins i repeatedly changed hard drive...

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Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:57 am
Just got an R51--some questions etc.

Last post by DropYoTop « Fri Jun 17, 2011 2:24 am
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by sysiphus » Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:35 pm

Hello all,

I just picked up an R51 (15 XGA with Intel graphics) as compensation for helping someone with their computer...

It looks like a used...

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Last post by DropYoTop
Fri Jun 17, 2011 2:24 am
R60e Cel 1.46 - upgrade to a dual core t2400/2500 cpu?

Last post by ZaZ « Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:52 am
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by Phidelio » Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:07 pm

Hi guys!

I just picked up an r60e with a slow 1.46ghz celeron cpu for next to nothing and wonder; do you know if its possible to get a dual core cpu...

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Last post by ZaZ
Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:52 am
ThinkPad R51 HDD fail

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:02 am
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by riprex » Fri Jun 10, 2011 2:32 pm

Hi, i have problem with my ThinkPad, it see HDD in BIOS, bootmenu, but i can't boot from it. When i try to boot Ubuntu from pendrive it was OK, but...

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Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:02 am

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