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Hi guys and gals


I found a guy in my town, who's selling his W500 for 1000 DKK (150$), which is incredibly cheap.

"IBM / Lenovo W-500 Type 4061-2JG.
Windows 7 Professionel 64-bit (original Windows 7 CD included - OEM-version bound to this PC).
Display size: 15.4".
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 pixel.
Ports: USB / VGA / DisplayPort / FingerPrint reader / FireWire / cardreader.
Graphics card: 512MB FireGL V5700.
Processor: 2.53 GHz, Intel Centrino vPro 2.
Ram: 6 GB.
CDRW/DVDRW.
Bluetooth.
Harddisk: None."


He also describes the following issue:

Batteri: Only lasts for 5 mins, but a new unoriginal spare battery is included.
There is a crack in the frontpanel by the Touchpad. A replacement is included, but in the replacementpanel, the fingerprint scanner is broken.
The laptop hangs in the startup, I think it's a motherboard issue.


What do you think?
Should I go buy it?
Would I be able to fix it? What do you guys think the problem is?

Pictures can be seen here: http://www.dba.dk/lenovo-w500-defektibm ... illeder/1/


Thanks for helping me
Regards, Frederik

Quick update.

I googled around, found that if a USB port on a W500 isn't 100% fine, that should be the issue, there's been multiple reports of freezing W500's bcs. of a USB port shorting it. Fixing the port should do the trick.

I'll go have a look at it later.

Update again!:

I bought it for 900DKK (130$), including an original 90W charger, 2 original 4400mAh batteries, 3 original front panels with fingerprint scanners.

Now to solve the USB port problem.

Please let me know if ANY of you know anything about this, or have got any experience with it.



EDIT: Got it working perfectly now, put some silicone stuff in the USB port, so that I'm not gonna accidently jam a USB device in there.

Here's an update if anyone's interested.

Laptop still running beautifully.

Apologies for the language but all I can say is your lucky git!

That's a pretty bl00dy good deal you got there IMHO plus you can easily purchase a USB 2.0/3.0 ExpressCard to give you more USB ports if needed.

ScottyBoy wrote:Apologies for the language but all I can say is your lucky git!

That's a pretty bl00dy good deal you got there IMHO plus you can easily purchase a USB 2.0/3.0 ExpressCard to give you more USB ports if needed.

Hehe thanks dude


Really happy with it. But really, I would've never imagined that I'd get such a nice laptop for that kinda money. Next goal: 701ds