Thinkpad W510 First observations and testing (Embedded Pics)

[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."

[crashnburn]

Nice review. Wish I had seen this earlier.

[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

[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

[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

[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.

[crashnburn]

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..?