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Are all T400's with ATI cards switchable?

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:14 pm
by superfly676
Hi everyone. I finally found with the T400 I want.
2.8ghz processor
14.1inch WXGA+ with led backlight LED( LG spec), ATI GFX and all the various sundry bits as well.

Here is the question. The ATI card is not a "hybrid card" which I have seen on other models on the parts lookup. Will it still be switchable between onboard and descrete gfx use?

2764 L3B4153
Sorry I can't cut and paste from the lookup page. It isn't working for me at the moment.

Thanks in advance everyone. Without this board, I would never be able to find out anything on thinkpads as lenovo reps have no useful info. Half the people on here should be on commission from Lenovo.

Re: Are all T400's with ATI cards switchable?

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:43 pm
by superfly676
OK, I managed to cut and paste the parts lookup. Sorry in advance if this comes out formatted very badly. I am still on my T42 with 1/3 of a usable screen for now!


41R0601 43R1989 1GB MEMORY FRU YES
41R0602 43R1969 2GB MEMORY FRU YES
41V9757 41V9756 RUBBER SHEET FRU YES
41W4528 0000000 HDD BRACKET:BRACKETS/STIFFENERS NO
42T0497 42T0498 14.1 INCH LCD DISPLAY FRU YES
42T0803 0000000 SIM CARD:CUSTOM FUNCTION CARDS NO
42T0966 42T0965 INTEL WLAN/WIMAX COMBO ADAPTER CARD FRU YES
42T0968 42T0969 HELIKE BLUETOOTH 2.1 ADAPTER FRU YES
42T1058 42T1463 200GB HARD DRIVE ASSEMBLY FRU YES
42T1462 42T1463 200GB HARD DRIVE ASSEMBLY FRU YES
42T2544 42T2545 RAMBO-VI DRIVE FRU YES
42T3109 42T3143 KEYBOARD FRU YES
42T3637 0000000 TOUCHPAD C5/M3:PADS NO
42T5008 0000000 LINE CORD:LINE CORDS NO
42T5263 42T4677 SANYO 6 CELL BATTERY FRU YES
42W2427 0000000 LABELS; FCC LABEL FOR WLAN:LABELS NO
42W3824 0000000 SCREWS, METRIC; SECURITY SCREW:SCREWS, M NO
42X4525 0000000 LABELS; ENERGY STAR LOGO LABEL - SYSTEM NO
43Y3068 0000000 MALIBU 3 T400 PUB GROUP BM US ENGLISH:PU NO
43Y6462 43Y6463 FOXCONN UNI-ZION MODEM DAUGHTER CARD FRU YES
43Y6478 43Y6477 ARICSSON AT&T WIRELESS WAN ADAPTER FRU YES
43Y6761 0000000 WIMAX PN FLYER:PUBLICATIONS MISC NO
43Y7008 0000000 MALIBU-3 PLANAR, EXT M82 (CONFIG=EQABU, NO
44C0606 0000000 LABELS; PRODUCT LABEL2764 CTO:LABELS NO
44C0803 ... ... YES



44C1034 46V3088 VU32 RDVD US YES



44C1347 0000000 BOMS, NOT SHIPPABLE ACROSS BORDERS; 14.1 NO



45J5222 42W7988 MICROASSEMBLY FRU, MONTEVINA PENRYN 2.8G YES



45N3685 0000000 WANTED PUB KIT US:AT&T:PUBLICATIONS MISC NO



45N3819 42W8127 PLN AMDM82XT YES



45N4904 0000000 WIMAX COFFEE SLEEVE:LABELS NO



45N6069 0000000 MS WINDOWS VISTA PREMIUM LOGO (R):LABELS NO



45R6133 0000000 COA LABEL:LABELS NO



46V3123 0000000 XPPSHIPRDVDUS:PUBLICATIONS MISC NO



87H4706 0000000 RECOVERY CD:PUBLICATIONS MISC NO



91P8421 0000000 TRACKPOINT CAP KIT:MECHANICAL ASSEMBLIES NO



92P1105 42T5000 ASTEC 90W 20V ADAPTER 2PIN SECONDARY YES



93P8979 44W4800 IDATAPLEX 2.5 INCH PAPOOSE BACKPLANE CAR NO



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Re: Are all T400's with ATI cards switchable?

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:47 pm
by Marin85
My understanding is that all T400s with ATI graphics automatically have switchable graphics too. I am not aware of any T400 configuration, nor was I able to find any in the tabook that would confirm the opposite.

Hope this helps,

Marin

EDIT: Additionally, reading your first post, I see that the laptop is 2764 L3B4153 (?) . AFAIK, all 2764 units come with switchable graphics.

Re: Are all T400's with ATI cards switchable?

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:59 am
by superfly676
Thanks Marin

I haven't been able to find anything to the contrary myself, but I also couldn't find any info on why some ATI cards are hybrid and some aren't. I guess I will see soon enough!
S

Re: Are all T400's with ATI cards switchable?

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 9:44 pm
by superfly676
Hi All

Just wanted to follow up. I have the laptop and it is switchable, even though it does not say hybrid on the vid card FRU.
Cheers
S

Re: Are all T400's with ATI cards switchable?

Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 7:11 am
by 732
all ATIs in T400/T500 are switchable

Re: Are all T400's with ATI cards switchable?

Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 7:29 am
by ssd_thinkpad
Notice that dedicated T400 / T500 are not switchable using docking DVI mode. When docked, it is only possible to supply dvi with the dedicated gpu. The only way to use docking station dvi with integrated docking is to buy a integrated only gpu model.