The SSD died about 10 minutes after I first turned on the computer. Complete drive failure. I tried to boot from USB, and couldn't do that. That's when I just decided to return it.Digitalhorizons wrote:The entire laptop won't even turn on, or did the SSD just die? The one that came with mine didn't even have anny name or numbers on the casing.
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Got a nice IPS x220t from ebay, realize I have Computrace woes now
Re: Got a nice IPS x220t from ebay, realize I have Computrace woes now
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Re: Got a nice IPS x220t from ebay, realize I have Computrace woes now
I wonder what prevented booting from USB, I know the bios UEFI settings are a pain if you've never navigated them before, let us know what your next thinkpad find is. Hopefully you'll have better luck.
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Re: Got a nice IPS x220t from ebay, realize I have Computrace woes now
OH, there was somethign important you should do, but it's up to you, you should tell ebay he's knowingly selling computrace activated laptops and only weasewording his way out of it by not looking in the bios to see if it's activated before sending it to you, that's why he said he wouldn't "knowingly" send me a computer with computrace on it, and then he doesn't warn newer buyers like you that it's on there, and neglects to check if it's activated, it's unethical and underhanded. And I'm sure everyone here would agree.devconk wrote:The SSD died about 10 minutes after I first turned on the computer. Complete drive failure. I tried to boot from USB, and couldn't do that. That's when I just decided to return it.Digitalhorizons wrote:The entire laptop won't even turn on, or did the SSD just die? The one that came with mine didn't even have anny name or numbers on the casing.
Re: Got a nice IPS x220t from ebay, realize I have Computrace woes now
Did Absolute ever remove computrace from your machine? I had a ghastly experience calling them about an X230, eventually they yelled at me to stop calling because they had "done all they could". The original owner (some big company in the US) does not give a d*mn.
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Re: Got a nice IPS x220t from ebay, realize I have Computrace woes now
I bought Thinkpad x220 (second hand) without hard disk drive, but with active Computrace logo on the screen when I boot up the laptop. When I do the factory defaults in BIOS it allows me to "disable" Computrace, but when I save the configuration and press restart it goes back to previous state. As far as I read I can install "changed" BIOS firmware or call Computrace guys to remove notification when I'm online. Is there any chance to contact them online or any specific BIOS firmware? I did upgrade into the latest (1.43) version.
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Re: Got a nice IPS x220t from ebay, realize I have Computrace woes now
You need to "Permanently disable" it.
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Re: Got a nice IPS x220t from ebay, realize I have Computrace woes now
I tried it before I install hard disk drive, save the conf. and turn off laptop. When I turn it on and press blue thinkpad button then F1, Computrace logo with phone number appear again. Any more solutions, please?
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Re: Got a nice IPS x220t from ebay, realize I have Computrace woes now
If you can wait till I move back to Ireland (in the foreseeable future) I can remove Computrace for you.
Re: Got a nice IPS x220t from ebay, realize I have Computrace woes now
Drop me PM with instructions how to do ?RealBlackStuff wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2017 1:44 pmIf you can wait till I move back to Ireland (in the foreseeable future) I can remove Computrace for you.
Does it help if I will install modded firmware (as far as I read it has been said it didn't), but it's worth to ask.
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Re: Got a nice IPS x220t from ebay, realize I have Computrace woes now
Any updates on my previous posts, please?
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