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Re: Thinkpad W510 First observations and testing (Embedded Pics)
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:06 am
by dfgalletta
Sounds to me like there is a proprietary signal sent from the 135w supply that says "OK, he paid a hundred bucks to us for this, so let it work."
Re: Thinkpad W510 First observations and testing (Embedded Pics)
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 4:16 am
by crashnburn
Nice review. Wish I had seen this earlier.
Re: Thinkpad W510 First observations and testing (Embedded Pics)
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:05 pm
by Oliver26n
Sounds to me like there is a proprietary signal sent from the 135w supply that says "OK, he paid a hundred bucks to us for this, so let it work."
Dell has done this for ever
Re: Thinkpad W510 First observations and testing (Embedded Pics)
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:44 pm
by RonS
Lenovo posted a new BIOS (1.24-1.13) that adds an option to disable the warning for an unsupported AC adapter.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-74858
Re: Thinkpad W510 First observations and testing (Embedded Pics)
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:05 pm
by Aleq
Dfgalletta, can you test yours 120W adapter with the new BIOS?
I also would like to buy an adaptor, as small as possible... Is it significantly smaller and lighter then the original one? Thanks
Re: Thinkpad W510 First observations and testing (Embedded Pics)
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 12:36 pm
by Oliver26n
Dell BIOS have always had the option of disabling the warning. Your laptop will still run slowly. I see nothing to dispute this in the Lenovo release notes.
Re: Thinkpad W510 First observations and testing (Embedded Pics)
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:47 am
by crashnburn
Aleq wrote:Dfgalletta, can you test yours 120W adapter with the new BIOS?
I also would like to buy an adaptor, as small as possible... Is it significantly smaller and lighter then the original one? Thanks
120 W? I thought we had 65 / 90 & 135 (for W510)... ? Is there some kinda slim 120 W adapter that works better for a W510 vs the 90W travel adapter..?