Thinkpads Forum

I was looking over Lenovo's site in view of buying a 510. It lists a power adapter as an option. I'm assuming that's if you want a SECOND power adapter? Surely the thing comes with a power adapter!

This question should merit a good laugh: Will the power adapter for my x41 run the 510?

Yeah, it ships with a 90W adapter stock (65W for integrated, I think), so the one on the accessories would be an extra adapter.

You can use the adapter from T60's and later; the 20V tips. If it doesn't fit, then you won't be able to use it.

the IBM Thinkpad power adapter from the T4x, X4x, R5x are not compatible with Lenovo Thinkpads (which started with T60, R60, Z60, X60).

As Colonel have said your T510 can use 90 w (suitable for both intel and nvidia equipped Thinkpads), 65 w adapter (if you have only intel GPU). The machine can also uses the 135 Watt adapter from the W510, but that is pretty heavy.

I'm fairly certain you can run a T510 with discrete graphics on the 65W adapter, but there's a high chance of being performance throttled if you don't have the battery installed while you use it.