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Found this little gem (picture link inside!)

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by ThinkPad » Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:46 pm

Found this in the old storage. It boots up but hangs at the windows 95 main screen.
I dont remember how this was configures but I believe there was...

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Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:02 pm
Swapping FRUs between 600 and 600E.

Last post by SAE140 « Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:31 am
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by SAE140 » Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:34 am

I had assumed (always a dangerous thing to do) that modules from a 600 and 600E would be interchangeable, and have just discovered the 2 types of CPU...

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Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:31 am
600E power supply issue

Last post by cqvenus « Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:30 pm
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by cqvenus » Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:04 pm

i found this forum b/c i was googling how to fix this thing...

my thinkpad 600E battery never did hold a charge. fine. i'm okay with that.

but the...

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Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:30 pm
mplayer not working with 600E

Last post by kocoman « Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:15 am
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by kocoman » Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:11 am

Can my neomagic play AVI files if I upgrade cpu to at least 500 mhz? I try mplayer but it says UpdateOverlay failed invalid parameters
and not...

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Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:15 am
I'm after a couple of covers for my 600x, UK resident.

Last post by paul*robertson « Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:34 am
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by paul*robertson » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:01 am

Hi,

Has anyone got a couple of spare covers off an old 600. Mine has two missing. The one on the right edge of the laptop (as if you are typing on...

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Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:34 am
400mhz TP240 with 320mb of ram, or 500mhz 240x w/256mb ram?

Last post by yskunto « Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:31 am
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by RageRover » Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:06 pm

so whats better, a cpu thats 100mhz faster but 70mb less ram?

or a 400mhz cpu with 256 ram.

I can't decide between the 240 or 240x. 240 easier and...

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Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:31 am
Windows XP on a 770Z 500mhz MMC-2 Cpu

Last post by pkiff « Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:03 pm
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by elportugues » Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:39 pm

Thanks to Sharedoc on 127 Error Message (

I would like to put Windows XP on this 770Z machine.
It has the following:
Genuine Intel...

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Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:03 pm
Memory upgrade problem on 600X

Last post by BillD « Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:27 am
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by mlwhiten » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:44 pm

Started looking through the message forum to see if this had already been dealt with, to no avail, so here we go..

I have a 600X 2645-4EU, with 1...

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Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:27 am
570 external CD ROM question

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by Wingnut » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:18 pm

I picked up a very clean looking 570 with a good battery today. Only problem is, no HD and no built in optical drive. I guess these things were...

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Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:25 pm
390x Motherboard

Last post by fisherm « Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:52 am
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by fisherm » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:32 pm

To anyone with a 390x and lots of experience:

Believe it or not, my TP390X self-generated a Power-On PW while installing Linux. I have tried to no...

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Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:52 am
Is there a way to boot from a trumbdrive in a 600X?

Last post by whizkid « Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:42 am
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by jamiphar » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:43 am

I've got Ubuntu 7.10 on a 2gb USB drive, and I'd like to be able to use it with my 600X. Is there a way to boot from the drive without first loading...

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Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:42 am
600X memory upgrade

Last post by cmarti « Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:27 pm
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by Bernt » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:14 am

I am thinking about adding some memory to my 600X. Presently I have 64 + 64 +128 = 256 MB, but I suppose I could increase the performance (running XP...

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Last post by cmarti
Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:27 pm
IBM Transnote "I really need some help"

Last post by whizkid « Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:32 pm
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by MGS79 » Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:31 pm

Hi,

I just got a TN here in Germany. The machine appears to be in perfect physical shape. No scratches or any other signs of use. Like out of the...

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Last post by whizkid
Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:32 pm
Z50 Alternative Web Browser?

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by virge » Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:20 pm

Okay, I know this might be a long shot.... I just picked up a Z50 (2608-1AU) to replace my Jornada 690. I wanted to use it for reading/writing and...

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Last post by virge
Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:20 pm
Making your own backup battery for the TransNote

Last post by TPCollector « Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:10 am
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by zern » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:37 am

The backup battery on my TransNote ran out recently. Buying a new one from Lenovo was ludicrously expensive (> AU$250).

I found some info on which...

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Last post by TPCollector
Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:10 am
310ED DOS PCMCIA card services and socket services

Last post by phool@round « Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:00 am
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by hrmcrm » Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:45 am

I'm trying to get a 310ED to boot into DOS and use Ghost to write to a USB flash drive in a PCMCIA adapter card. All work fine in Win98SE. In DOS, I...

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Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:00 am
Problems getting windows onto thinkpad 380ED

Last post by phool@round « Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:25 pm
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by Agent24 » Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:49 pm

after getting a new hard drive (as mentioned here

I found myself a toshiba 10GB drive - seems the BIOS is limited to 8GB but even if I can only use...

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Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:25 pm
600X Fan Noise

Last post by virge « Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:57 pm
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by virge » Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:42 am

I just picked up my first 600X and it seems like the fan is significantly noisier than on my 600E. It comes on and stays on even when surfing this...

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Last post by virge
Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:57 pm
600 Type 2645 (45U) Xp Pro CPU UPGRADE help please

Last post by BillD « Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:04 pm
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by drno » Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:36 pm

First Off I'm New Here, I have been reading lerking for several weeks. WHAT A GREAT SITE!!! On Ebay I Bought this board and chip
MMC-2 PENTIUM iii...

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Last post by BillD
Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:04 pm
Max HDD capacity for ThinkPad 380ED (2635-5AA)?

Last post by Agent24 « Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:46 pm
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by Agent24 » Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:20 pm

I just got said laptop for $10 -LOL- Figured I'd play with win95 or something on it, but problem is it didn't come with a hard drive

IBM site seems...

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Last post by Agent24
Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:46 pm
Help ! 600x screen blanks after an hour

Last post by barduck « Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:01 am
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by barduck » Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:50 am

Hello,

I have this problem with an old thinkpad 600x, I thought this was linux related issue but it may be something specific to the thinkpad so I...

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Last post by barduck
Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:01 am
Quirks of a 240x

Last post by istel « Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:12 pm
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by istel » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:11 am

Hi all,

I'm thinking of purchasing a 240x off someone.
The specs is P3 500, 128 ram & 5 GB hdd. The OS currently installed is win98.

I met up with...

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Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:12 pm
Go Gator's !!!!!!!!!!

Last post by gator « Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:32 pm
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by kingman99 » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:24 pm

Hi

I already have the 600x and it's a work horse for sure. Your right after l pick up a new hard drive for it l will treat it to a new battery.

Alan

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Last post by gator
Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:32 pm
One more question: Thinkpad 600E

Last post by titantiger « Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:31 am
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by titantiger » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:36 am

When I replaced that CMOS battery, it prompted me to do the date and time and such but somewhere in all of that, I set a password in the BIOS. I...

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Last post by titantiger
Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:31 am
Old transnote has CMOS password i can't remember..

Last post by pkiff « Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:28 pm
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by PanamaKevin » Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:37 pm

This is an older pc that belongs to my dad, i had stuck a password on it way back when i was just playing with it, and now i found it again and want...

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Last post by pkiff
Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:28 pm
701CS power supply question

Last post by whizkid « Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:15 am
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by trgrhappy » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:35 pm

I have an old 701CS I'm trying to resurrect. About 3 years ago I bought one of the p133 mainboard upgrades, about a week after that my power supply...

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Last post by whizkid
Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:15 am
600E Hardware failure issue

Last post by pkiff « Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:35 am
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by titantiger » Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:52 pm

I have an IBM Thinkpad 600E. Lately, it started giving me blue screens and restarting. On the occasion that it didn't restart, it said the BIOS had...

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Last post by pkiff
Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:35 am
Wireless & the Mini PCI Slot?

Last post by rkawakami « Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:56 pm
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by Sticky » Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:54 pm

Hi all...

I have a 600x that has a pcmcia card in one of the slots. I plug that into my home network. I'm looking to add wireless. After reading...

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Last post by rkawakami
Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:56 pm
600X Battery and Boot Problems

Last post by Wingnut « Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:26 pm
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by kingman99 » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:10 am

dev 001
err 91
fru 3610 dev 001 = systemboard
err 91 = ? unknown
fru 3610 = 36 (battery pack) or 10 (systemboard)

The details of which number match...

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Last post by Wingnut
Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:26 pm
600E RAM ?

Last post by rkawakami « Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:41 am
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by SUSIEJO » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:23 am

Will this work in a TP 600e?

Samsung 256 MB (32x64) PC-100 144-Pin Laptop SODIMM

General Features:
256 MB SDRAM
PC-100
32 x 64
144-Pin
CL3
SODIMM...

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Last post by rkawakami
Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:41 am
thinkpad 380z- 120 gig hard drive seen as 8 gig

Last post by thinkpad adrian « Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:40 am
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by thinkpad adrian » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:38 pm

i bought a new 120 gig fujitso hard drive for my thinkpad 380z, wanted to load a double boot of 98se and xp. made a 50% partition and formated the...

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Last post by thinkpad adrian
Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:40 am
Bios locked? How bad is that?

Last post by whizkid « Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:39 am
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by The Olde Man » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:27 am

All kinds of 600x's being sold here and there. Many from corporate sources. One wonders if they have locked bios.

If they do, what does that do to...

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Last post by whizkid
Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:39 am
System Configuration Editor - undocumented

Last post by SAE140 « Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:40 am

by SAE140 » Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:40 am

For anyone au fait with hardware settings and wanting to customise a ThinkPad, I've just discovered that to edit the system configuration (held in...

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Last post by SAE140
Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:40 am
Here's How When CD Won't

Last post by phool@round « Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:00 am
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by CornFlakes » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:04 am

I have a 760CD and recently picked up a 385ED from Ebay for ten bucks. Neither machine would boot from CD nor would Smart Boot Mgr work on them. I...

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Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:00 am
Replacement cd/dvd need TP770

Last post by rkawakami « Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:36 pm
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by Nedgus » Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:24 pm

TP770E/770ED type 9548
Hello everyone.
Can anyone tell me where I can get the correct CD/DVD for my TP770 or an alternative that will get me going...

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Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:36 pm
390x boot issues

Last post by phool@round « Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:52 pm
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by fisherm » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:24 pm

I have a 390X (2626-FOU) that I bought used. I installed Puppy Linux on it just fine but didn't like the way it felt so I was going to change OS's....

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Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:52 pm
Keyboard and startup problems TP 760XL

Last post by phool@round « Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:46 pm
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by mjleon » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:38 pm

My old TP 760 XL started to showed problems couple months ago first i loose 3 letters on the keyboard then a couple more one of the internal...

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Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:46 pm
Help! Error on 600E on boot - O or I

Last post by 07rmrcd « Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:48 pm
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by ThinkpadAddict » Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:12 pm

I just purchased a used 600E off of Ebay. When the system boots, it stops at a screen from the CMOS that says:

O or I
and below the O it says off...

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Last post by 07rmrcd
Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:48 pm
Short of buying a new keyboard...

Last post by BillD « Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:16 pm
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by BillD » Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:47 pm

I'm just throwing this out there because I'm pretty sure I'll have to buy a new keyboard but I want advice from the experts here..

I have a 600e...

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Last post by BillD
Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:16 pm
Mediamatics DVD Express skin

Last post by Wingnut « Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:03 pm
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by Wingnut » Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:29 pm

This may sound like a trivial question, but how do I choose the skin for DVD Express? I did a fresh install of both W2K and XP on 2 different...

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Last post by Wingnut
Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:03 pm
Is the 240X PCMCIA slot 32-bit cardbus compatible?

Last post by phool@round « Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:43 pm
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by catback » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:28 am

Hi,

I haven't been able to find an answer to this after some searching on the net. I do know it's Type-II compatible though I don't think that...

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Last post by phool@round
Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:43 pm
Colours washed-out on a TP600.

Last post by SAE140 « Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:39 am
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by SAE140 » Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:49 am

This is a case of Sod's Law (aka Murphy's Law).

The sole purpose of acquiring a ThinkPad 600 was to run Tsunami '99: an electronic charting/...

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Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:39 am
600X for parts or to part out?

Last post by BillD « Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:01 pm
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by RRHODY » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:40 am

Would welcome opinions and advice.
Have a 600X TYPE 2645-9EU in below average cosmetic condition. My granddaughter dropped it on the headphone jack...

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Last post by BillD
Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:01 pm
Overclocking IBM 240 Laptop?

Last post by whizkid « Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:20 pm
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by amdaman » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:32 am

Hi, recently got one of these as it was cheap and really liked the small size. It came with a load of spare parts.

A 300mhz celeron board
A 400mhz...

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Last post by whizkid
Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:20 pm
Mouse scroll wheel not working on a 365x (Windows 98SE)

Last post by phool@round « Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:05 pm
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by Jawadali » Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:00 pm

Hi everyone,

I've finally had a chance to put my 365x to good, full-time use; I know many forum members here were very helpful in helping me to get...

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Last post by phool@round
Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:05 pm
Help with Troubleshooting TP600x 2645-4EU

Last post by dbarnwell « Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:01 pm
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by dbarnwell » Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:11 pm

I just picked up a TP600x 2645-4EU. Has no HD, has two sticks of RAM don't know the mb but looks like PC133 and not PC100. Has a CD-ROM don't know if...

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Last post by dbarnwell
Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:01 pm
Anyone interested in seeing new flush external antenna mod?

Last post by rkawakami « Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:14 pm
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by Mannersxxx » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:33 pm

After ripping my 600x apart for the hundreth time to fiddle with something I decided to get rid of the bulky modem port once and for all because I...

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Last post by rkawakami
Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:14 pm
380Z processor

Last post by cmarti « Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:03 pm
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by cmarti » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:48 am

Question...

Can the prossesor in a 380Z be upgraded?

I'm not sure if it's soldered.

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Last post by cmarti
Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:03 pm
Which SO-DIMM SD-RAM for the TP 600E

Last post by Pixelmonster « Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:08 pm
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by Pixelmonster » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:04 pm

Hello everybody,

at first, pleaso don't be afraid if you read my english text, I'm just a german pupil ;)

At the moment ich own a Thinkpad 600E...

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Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:08 pm
Understanding the IBM 755CV

Last post by klkoehler « Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:11 am
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by losmeme » Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:43 am

Hey All;

Just picked up a virtually mint 755CV (9545-CVX) off Craigslist here in Raleigh. Finding info on this model has proven difficult, though....

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Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:11 am

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