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The official 755 Upgrade and general information Topic

Last post by OhYou_ « Thu Aug 03, 2023 10:42 am
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by Thinkpad4by3 » Sun Mar 26, 2017 10:34 am
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I got a 755C with a factory image. I can get the image off the drive if anyone is interested in a stock W95 image.
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The official 770 Upgrade and general information Topic

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by ndoggfromhell » Sun May 16, 2004 2:50 pm
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I created this Topic for everyone to post there successes with upgrades to the various Thinkpad 770 series models. Please submit whatever you feel...
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Sun Jan 15, 2023 12:37 pm
" Legacy thinkpad resources...old IBM pccbbs mirror&

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by madmax » Sun Feb 05, 2006 6:27 pm

For those who still work on legacy thinkpads
a mirror of the old IBM BBS pccbbs...

This archive was made possible by the very kind and...

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The official 600 Upgrade and general information Topic

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by ndoggfromhell » Sat Oct 02, 2004 6:27 pm
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I created this Topic for everyone to post their successes with upgrades to the various Thinkpad 600 series models. Please submit whatever you feel...
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Tutorial for Replacing CCFL Backlight on Thinkpad 600s

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by JHEM » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:09 pm

Compliments of Dale, a poster on ibm.ibmpc.thinkpad:

Regards,

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Cheap 256MB PC133 RAM for the 600X?!?!?

Last post by ozzymud « Thu May 12, 2011 1:16 pm
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by JHEM » Fri May 12, 2006 1:44 pm

Crucial.com lists their PC133 256MB RAM as being compatible with the 600X series Thinkpad.

This is apparently due to the fact that Crucial/Micron...

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Thu May 12, 2011 1:16 pm
ThinkPad 500 on ebay UK

Last post by solidpro « Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:51 am
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by ThinkDan » Thu Sep 21, 2023 5:23 am

Nothing to do with me, just popped up in a saved search: clicky .

Key missing, no hdd, no charger, lid doesn't look to latch correctly, but it...

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Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:51 am
760ed win95 install problem

Last post by Walshe « Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:11 am

by Walshe » Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:11 am

Hi folks, I have a old thinkpad 760ed that was running win98se I removed the hdd (2gb) and ran hirens on another laptop to format and partition the...

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Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:11 am
UltraBay Zip Drive for 7xx series

Last post by nfraser01 « Wed Sep 20, 2023 1:50 pm
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by Bondi » Thu Aug 31, 2023 3:39 pm

Didn't know there existed Zip drives for old Thinkpads that fit into the ultrabay. IBM never stops surprising.
Briefly mentioned at Thinkwiki
And...

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Wed Sep 20, 2023 1:50 pm
Thinkpads-filter/MTM for legacy Thinkpads

Last post by Enig « Wed Sep 20, 2023 6:33 am
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by Enig » Fri Sep 01, 2023 7:43 am

I was searching since long ago for an equivalent to the 'thinkpads-filter.xlsx' (same as MTM search) - but for Legacy Thinkpads.
Have long since come...

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Wed Sep 20, 2023 6:33 am
Broken capacitor-looking thing on a 770 DC/DC board...

Last post by SMA « Tue Sep 19, 2023 1:29 pm
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by solidpro » Mon Sep 18, 2023 12:10 pm

Hi Everyone

I was repairing a 770 DC board and there are two electrolytic capacitors on there and for some unknown reason, IBM decided to dab some...

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Last post by SMA
Tue Sep 19, 2023 1:29 pm
What operatings systems are y'all using on your vintage ThinkPads?

Last post by linic « Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:19 am
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by goldeneagle » Thu Jan 05, 2017 4:00 pm

Just curious what OS y'all are running on your vintage ThinkPads?

To answer my own question, DOS, Windows NT 4, OS/2 Warp 4, Debian Linux, and...

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Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:19 am
Display flickering in and out

Last post by astral « Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:04 pm
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by Zombiekiller5072 » Thu Aug 17, 2023 5:42 pm

Hello! So I'm having a problem with my dad's old Thinkpad 600E. If I try to get the main display to turn on it'll flicker on and off for a while...

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Last post by astral
Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:04 pm
Dead IBM 701cs

Last post by BillMorrow « Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:37 am
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by rtreccani » Sat Aug 19, 2023 2:24 pm

Hi everyone,

I just purchased an IBM 701cs notebook, in non-working condition. The seller stated it had worked before being stored for many years....

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Last post by BillMorrow
Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:37 am
IBM's first Notebook?

Last post by solidpro « Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:29 am
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by solidpro » Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:57 am

In my quest to try and collect 'everything' IBM made which was portable, we have this strange curiosity - the IBM On-Line Note - model 5499-002. It's...

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Last post by solidpro
Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:29 am
Convert L40 SX keyboard to USB?

Last post by solidpro « Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:00 am

by solidpro » Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:00 am

Hi Everyone

I sold an L40 SX on ebay and either the screen got smashed in transit or the buyer screwed me over and switched their smashed screen to...

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Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:00 am
[SOLVED] 380XD PCI & PCI CardBus Bridge Drivers

Last post by Mps « Thu Sep 07, 2023 11:55 pm
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by beshad » Mon Dec 03, 2018 2:51 pm

hi all,

I have been getting great advises here helping me to finish set up all the WIN95b drivers on this laptop.the last 1-2 drivers that i can not...

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Thu Sep 07, 2023 11:55 pm
WINTUNE98 benchmark on 760EL/765L/770/770X

Last post by fatkatsupra1 « Tue Aug 29, 2023 8:16 am
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by fatkatsupra1 » Fri May 05, 2023 12:34 pm

WinTune 98
Offline Test Results
IBM 760EL - CPU (1) Intel Pentium@133 MHz
Video Board IBM ThinkPad(Cyber9320) PCI
Video Mode 800x600@16bits/pixel...

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Last post by fatkatsupra1
Tue Aug 29, 2023 8:16 am
Restored 'DIN Grey' German IBM Thinkpad 750c

Last post by fatkatsupra1 « Mon Aug 28, 2023 4:18 pm
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by solidpro » Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:47 am

HI Everyone

Some of you may be aware there were grey variants of early thinkpads. It seems there isn't one clear answer as to why but when you look...

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Last post by fatkatsupra1
Mon Aug 28, 2023 4:18 pm
Rebuilding a 600 battery

Last post by astral « Sun Aug 27, 2023 10:35 pm
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by wkw » Sat Dec 15, 2012 1:34 pm

So a while ago I tore apart three 600x batteries, they didn't work. I threw out the cells. I have noticed that, because one was broken horribly, and...

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Last post by astral
Sun Aug 27, 2023 10:35 pm
Questions about an old 760ed Thinkpad

Last post by goldeneagle « Wed Aug 23, 2023 2:29 am
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by Devynko » Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:57 pm

Hello, I am new to the forums. I have some questions about this old 760ed ThinkPad I got my hands on for free. I have no previous knowledge of these...

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Last post by goldeneagle
Wed Aug 23, 2023 2:29 am
Dead 360Cs - suggestions? [WARNING: PICS]

Last post by solidpro « Fri Aug 18, 2023 3:21 am
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by ThinkDan » Mon Jul 24, 2023 10:03 am

Hi all,

I have a 360Cs that does not power on. Power light comes on with adapter plugged in, when I flick the on switch the 4 right hand LEDs light...

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Last post by solidpro
Fri Aug 18, 2023 3:21 am
360P Screen Assembly

Last post by solidpro « Fri Aug 18, 2023 3:20 am
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by solidpro » Sat Jul 15, 2023 8:04 am

Hi

I'm about to embark on a disassembly of a 360P. It works on an external display but the internal display has succumed to Vinegar syndrome....

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Last post by solidpro
Fri Aug 18, 2023 3:20 am
ThinkPad 510CS battery rebuild

Last post by goldeneagle « Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:31 pm
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by goldeneagle » Tue Aug 08, 2023 2:28 am

At first, I was worried my 510CS went bad. Turned out it was a defective DRAM card. With that out of the way, I was planning on rebuilding the...

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Last post by goldeneagle
Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:31 pm
IBM (Zenith) Thinkpad 300

Last post by ThinkDan « Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:45 am
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by solidpro » Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:20 pm

Hi

I've got a 300 which won't power up. I do, amazingly have a companion Zenith Z Note 433 which is the same machine but in a different form factor...

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Last post by ThinkDan
Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:45 am
IBM Thinkpad 700C

Last post by goldeneagle « Thu Aug 17, 2023 1:51 am
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by solidpro » Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:58 am

HI Everyone

I have had 3 of these on the shelf and 1 full size dock. When I say dock, it's not like your usual dock - it's more like a full blown...

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Last post by goldeneagle
Thu Aug 17, 2023 1:51 am
ThinkPad 730TE battery rebuild + refurbishment

Last post by goldeneagle « Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:28 pm
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by goldeneagle » Thu Aug 10, 2023 11:29 pm

I finally got two batteries and a 730T parts unit on the way. The parts unit has a fair bit of corrosion, so I'm worried what the batteries will look...

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Last post by goldeneagle
Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:28 pm
760L ram card question

Last post by goldeneagle « Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:22 pm
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by kocoman » Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:35 pm

Does anyone know what 760L use for ram? how to search on ebay ? Thanks
The ram adapter is different than the 760ED

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Last post by goldeneagle
Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:22 pm
755C keyboard 8611 error [WARNING: PICS]

Last post by solidpro « Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:46 am
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by ThinkDan » Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:33 am

Have cleaned and re-inserted the ribbon cable connectors, still the error persists. No obvious way to disassemble the keyboard assembly. Is there any...

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Last post by solidpro
Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:46 am
ThinkPad 750 TV Tuner Pack

Last post by goldeneagle « Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:45 am
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by Bondi » Tue Jun 07, 2022 12:19 pm

I've seen one of these for sale on a well known auction site, so decied to save it for the history. Is there a way to load pics on the forum, btw?...

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Last post by goldeneagle
Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:45 am
IBM Thinkpad 130

Last post by solidpro « Mon Aug 14, 2023 7:22 am

by solidpro » Mon Aug 14, 2023 7:22 am

For a long time, I had a list of Thinkpads to be acquired and at the top was '130', which I could barely find a reference to anywhere. What was a...

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Last post by solidpro
Mon Aug 14, 2023 7:22 am
Question on IBM 3545-001 Dock I

Last post by Bondi « Mon Aug 14, 2023 5:09 am
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by Bondi » Fri Apr 05, 2019 9:18 am

I'm supposed to receive this docking station soon, but It does not have a CD-ROM installed. Do you, guys, have any idea what drives are compatible...

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Last post by Bondi
Mon Aug 14, 2023 5:09 am
Why you shouldn't buy a iSeries 1200 (1161 / 1171)

Last post by astral « Sun Aug 13, 2023 10:43 am
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by solidpro » Sat Aug 12, 2023 2:32 pm

I'm thinking of doing a series of 'why you shouldn't buy' or 'never bother with' or something. So many thinkpads have developed horrible horrible...

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Last post by astral
Sun Aug 13, 2023 10:43 am
ThinkPad 380 560 600 770 poster [WARNING: PICTURES]

Last post by solidpro « Sun Aug 13, 2023 8:37 am
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by ThinkDan » Fri Aug 11, 2023 11:16 am

See what you find when you're looking for something else...? :wink:

I think originally I ordered several posters, but the IBM Servers one got...

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Last post by solidpro
Sun Aug 13, 2023 8:37 am
ThinkPad 360CE Battery Restoration

Last post by avigneault « Fri Aug 11, 2023 8:31 am
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by avigneault » Mon Jul 24, 2023 6:21 pm

I'm going to attempt to restore the main battery of a ThinkPad 360CE next week. Has anyone in the forums successfully done this yet?

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Fri Aug 11, 2023 8:31 am
365xd - but what bios do i have really??

Last post by my03 « Thu Aug 10, 2023 6:29 am
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by my03 » Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:31 pm

Hi,

I have this Pentium 120 TP365xd (model 2625) where i can't quite understand what bios version i am at. When i read about what bios is the latest...

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Thu Aug 10, 2023 6:29 am
760EL / 760 Series parasite battery warning

Last post by goldeneagle « Wed Aug 09, 2023 5:49 am
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by solidpro » Fri Mar 17, 2023 4:08 am

Hi All

I got a 760EL to restore, to join my others which are stored.

Going through the HMM, I hadn't realised until now that the horrible green...

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Wed Aug 09, 2023 5:49 am
380Z cardbus wireless

Last post by thecobra « Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:06 am
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by thecobra » Mon Aug 07, 2023 3:01 pm

I have a D-Link DWA-642 wireless card, and I want to use it in my new 380Z. However, booting up a Gentoo minimal install CD and plugging it in, or...

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Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:06 am
PC110 docking station DS-110 [WARNING: PICS]

Last post by ThinkDan « Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:01 am
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by ThinkDan » Fri Jul 28, 2023 3:54 pm

There was even a 3rd party full docking station for the PC110, with IDE drive bay and CD-ROM, IIRC

Wow. Please don't mention these things. These...

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Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:01 am
Replacing 755CSE Screen with 755CX? Only 1 slider?

Last post by goldeneagle « Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:09 am
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by clamic235 » Wed Mar 01, 2023 6:18 am

I've been putting this off since 2019, but after a surge of motivation I looked into a replacement screen for my 755CSE again. I saw that screen...

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Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:09 am
Memory Stock storage in PCMIA slot on IBM 360c

Last post by goldeneagle « Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:04 am
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by Firecharger » Mon May 22, 2023 8:41 pm

I have an IBM 360c with Windows 3.1, and I was trying to use a PCMCIA memory card adapter to read and write to memory cards, but in easyplaying it...

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Last post by goldeneagle
Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:04 am
Thinkpad 360x Caddy Cable Connector

Last post by goldeneagle « Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:02 am
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by retinull » Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:43 am

I'm trying to find the cable connector that's installed in the caddy's for the 360x and other compatible series. Have they ever been reproduced?...

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Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:02 am
New Member and Recent Collector - Looking for some parts

Last post by goldeneagle « Mon Aug 07, 2023 11:49 pm
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by retinull » Mon May 29, 2023 1:50 pm

Hello everyone! Short time lurker long time learner, first time posting. Hope you all are having a great day!
I have recently started collecting old...

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Mon Aug 07, 2023 11:49 pm
Anyone know of a 34 pin, ribbon-powered FDD emulator?

Last post by goldeneagle « Mon Aug 07, 2023 11:34 pm
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by solidpro » Sat Jul 22, 2023 2:01 pm

Hi Everyone

I was recapping an entire L40 SX tonight which was successful, but I then discovered the the FDD didn't work. I then proceeded to...

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Mon Aug 07, 2023 11:34 pm
IBM Thinkpad 750ce worth anything?

Last post by goldeneagle « Mon Aug 07, 2023 10:55 pm
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by moosey420 » Thu Jul 08, 2021 10:19 am

So I found an old 750ce in crate of old laptops with no chargers, but I luckily had a tip for the charger. The machine is in pretty much perfect...

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Mon Aug 07, 2023 10:55 pm
Strange 701C Issue - Computer Keeps Shutting Down

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:27 am
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by jnnelson79 » Sat Aug 05, 2023 10:27 am

Hi everyone!
I just got a 701C from a friend who knows how much I love retro tech! Unfortunately, it has some issues. The right hinge plastic is...

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Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:27 am
IBM Thinkpad 240 - boot from USB or virtual drive via USB?

Last post by axur-delmeria « Thu Aug 03, 2023 10:49 am
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by thinkingpad11 » Sun Jul 23, 2023 1:09 am

I have found a nice 240 with a celeron 400, and it came without the drive; so I got a ide to sata and installed a 64 GB drive in it; but it seems...

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Thu Aug 03, 2023 10:49 am
A handful of Q's for an i1400 2611 restoration

Last post by BjornW « Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:13 pm
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by BjornW » Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:49 pm

I recently acquired an i Series 1400 type 2611. Even though it was made by Acer and was supposedly a budget machine, I think it's a nicer machine of...

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Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:13 pm
S30 Machines

Last post by solidpro « Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:15 pm
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by solidpro » Sat Jul 01, 2023 3:10 pm

I had 2 more S30/iSeries machines to restore today, one of them had all that weird white stuff inside (a bit like salt crystals) which seems to be...

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Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:15 pm
ps/note N45 SL power supply

Last post by solidpro « Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:12 pm
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by solidpro » Tue Sep 13, 2022 9:45 am

Hi

Just wanted to stick this here for future reference. I have 2 x N45 SL machines which I was unable to test without the original power supply made...

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Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:12 pm

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