What happened to the Lenovo training videos?

[Muse]

In my personal Lenovo documentation I saved some very useful URL's. I'm about to do some work on my T60 and tried to hit the first link and got this message:
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404 - File or directory not found.
The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
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My notes:

Lenovo Service Training videos i.e. How to take apart your T6x, replace, clean, etc. etc. -- 11/10/2010, 12/13/2012
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T60: http://www.lenovoservicetraining.com/io ... index.html

T61: http://www.lenovoservicetraining.com/io ... index.html


For parts removal and replacement, click on FRU Removals/Replacements, then the part you want to remove or replace, e.g. palmrest, keyboard, bezel, CPU, heatsink/fan, etc.
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Have these been removed? Found a new location? These really helped me in the past when doing things inside my T60s and T61.

[Muse]

With an Internet search I found a video that shows how to remove a DIMM from a T60. It will not run in Firefox, it does run in IE, however I can't run it full screen, only a tiny window. Better than nothing:

http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product ... MIGR-63769

[rkawakami]

There's a link under the "Additional information" section on that page named "ThinkPad movie index". It points to:

http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product ... PAD-MOVIES

And yes, the .SWF files do not seem to play under Firefox when you load the Lenovo Support page (see next paragraph). I'm using version 17 and have the latest Flash as of this writing (11.5.502.135).

If you really want to run the videos fullscreen, even using Firefox, you can try this trick:

- right-click anywhere in the whitespace of the left or right margin (i.e., not on any text or graphic)
- choose "View Page Source" (Firefox) or "View Source" (IE)
- search for ".SWF"
- copy the entire URL
- paste it into a new tab
- enjoy viewing the highly pixelated video

[Muse]

Thanks for the tips. I'm bookmarking this thread for when I need to get into my Thinkpads and do things (I have 3 of them).

Edit: I tried that trick and it works. In fact, I can use the links gained by searching the source to launch in Firefox and it results in not a full screen, but a much much bigger video, pixelated yes, but far better. For instance, I think this should launch the video for removing RAM from the T60:

http://download.lenovo.com/Removal_movi ... al_c09.swf

[rkawakami]

Follow-up:

I started poking around at the site where http://www.lenovoservicetraining.com now takes you: http://service.lenovo.partner-management.com/

If you click on the "ThinkPad Laptops" link below the "Tablets and Laptop" title, it takes you to a page where a list of the different series exists (L, X, T, W, etc.). Following the links, you can find the T60/T60p. Clicking the "Take Course" link launches a pop-up window where you can find some interesting information about the T60/T60p systems. Among the topics are "CRU Removals/Replacements" and "FRU Removals/Replacements". Here is where you find the videos. They appear to be quite detailed. There's also a link to an .ISO. It looks like you can download a DVD .ISO that contains all of the videos / information available in the pop-up. I did not download the one for the T60/T60p as it's 1.1GB in size.

[emeraldgirl08]

Follow-up:

I started poking around at the site where http://www.lenovoservicetraining.com now takes you: http://service.lenovo.partner-management.com/

If you click on the "ThinkPad Laptops" link below the "Tablets and Laptop" title, it takes you to a page where a list of the different series exists (L, X, T, W, etc.). Following the links, you can find the T60/T60p. Clicking the "Take Course" link launches a pop-up window where you can find some interesting information about the T60/T60p systems. Among the topics are "CRU Removals/Replacements" and "FRU Removals/Replacements". Here is where you find the videos. They appear to be quite detailed. There's also a link to an .ISO. It looks like you can download a DVD .ISO that contains all of the videos / information available in the pop-up. I did not download the one for the T60/T60p as it's 1.1GB in size.

That would be very nice if they are downloadable Ray. First time I have heard of this. Very nice!

[Radioguy]

I feel invisible.

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 89#p692489

The others I can forgive, but EG...I thought I had to go to a bar to have women ignore me.

[rkawakami]

I did search for previous mentions of the service.lenovo.partner-management site using Google, but came up empty. Otherwise, I would have pointed to your earlier post .

And despite what many may think, I can't / don't read every single post in these forums .

[emeraldgirl08]

I feel invisible.

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 89#p692489

The others I can forgive, but EG...I thought I had to go to a bar to have women ignore me.

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 44#p697044

[farmall]

Thanks for the .iso link! Downloading right now.

[Muse]

Thanks for the .iso link! Downloading right now.

I suppose you can burn this to a DVD+ or -R. Please let us know the result. Are the videos the same as what you would see in your browser or superior?

[farmall]

I just now extracted the .iso using 7zip and opened QuestExt. Same as the web videos.

[Muse]

I just now extracted the .iso using 7zip and opened QuestExt. Same as the web videos.

Thanks. Seems like a good idea, though. I'm going to do it.

Edit: Ok, the online version is here: http://service.lenovo.partner-managemen ... index.html. If seen this (and used it) before. Where can you access the download for the .iso?

Edit2: Oh, I see, there's a link to the .iso that you hit instead of clicking on Take Course.

[Muse]

I just now extracted the .iso using 7zip and opened QuestExt. Same as the web videos.

Could you please explain this? I managed to download the .iso files for both the T60 and T61, it was a difficult process because I believe my DSL line is screwed up (ATT is due out Tuesday morning to troubleshoot my line). I had to pause and restart the downloads around 100 times! Therefore I'm not sure the files are OK, but maybe they are.

The ISOs need to be extracted? What is QuestExt? I tried opening the ISOs with VLC, and nothing happens. I could, of course, burn the ISOs to DVD-Rs, and may do so but figured "why not just play them off a HD or flash drive?"

[RealBlackStuff]

An .ISO file is used for the CREATION of CDs/DVDs with the help of programs such as the [free] Imgburn from www.imgburn.com

[rkawakami]

@Muse:

To expand on RBS' explanation and to answer one of your questions...

An .ISO file is an image of how the data is arranged on a CD or DVD. It's essentially a byte-for-byte map of what's supposed to be on the disk. If you think of a disk that may have hundreds of individual files on it, the .ISO image is a single file that is used to re-create the entire disk structure of the original. You can't simply write the file to a blank; it needs to be written in a specific manner. Most burning programs are able to handle an .ISO. You may have to poke around the menus to find the particular option that writes image files.

Yes, you can "open" or "play" an .ISO file directly from the hard drive. There are several utility programs that are able to "mount" an .ISO as a virtual drive. I use the one called MagicDisc ( http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso- ... erview.htm ). When it's installed, the program runs from within the System Tray and your computer will have a new drive (the next available unused drive letter like D:, or you can specify whatever you want). You use the "Virtual CD/DVD-ROM" menu to select the Mount option. That opens up a file browser window that lets you navigate to where the .ISO is stored. Once mounted, that disk drive operates just as if you had the actual hardware drive and CD/DVD installed in your system.

[emeraldgirl08]

@Muse and others I have also used a program similar to what rkawakami suggests. My use for the 'Virtual Drives' involved the use of program disks that were needed to run to run programs stored on CDs or DVDs. Early in college I had taken a Geology course that issued a book with a CD program. I decided to convert the CD Program to an ISO file rather than carry the disc around and risk a broken or badly scratched CD. Textbooks are very expensive so having to buy another CD was something I wanted to prevent as the school sold the book and CD as a bundle. I did not need two copies of the same book. Long story short I used an ISO mounter/Virtual drive program to run any ISO files I might come across. This concept worked remarkably well also for games that required a physical CD or DVD to play. Instead of carrying the game disk all I had to do was create an ISO file and then put it on a flash drive or on the computers hard drive (personally I prefer the flash drive method) to play the game.

Great suggestions RBS and Ray!