Tuesday, 13 May 2008
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| 4GB for "Sebring API" in a Thinkpad T42p??? Rmorguli 07:44:05 |
| | While doing something else in "Control Panel / Add or Remove Programs", I
noticed a listing under "Currently Installed Programs" something called
"Intel(R) Sebring API" using 4,095MB! That's no typo! This seems like
alot, and, though the machine works fine, I can't help wondering if
something's amiss. Searching for files/programs yields nothing much; same
with Internet search. Anyone know what's going on? - - - Rich M.
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Tuesday, 5 February 2008
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ThinkPad T23 - dvd UltraBay device problem  klisza 08:35:23 |
| | Hi all,
I have a problem with DVD UltraBay unit on T23.
It's not available through My Computer untill I remove it and insert again. Also during bios boot, It's unavailable.
I've changed the drive to another one and problem remains.
Any ideas how to make it work permanently?
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Thursday, 29 November 2007
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| Thinkpad T60P Expansion Rom problem Hound 21:28:06 |
| | Hello all, wondering if anybody has a simmilar problem with the Intel
Pro1000 Lan Card. I get an error messege at startup saying "Expansion
Rom not initialized - PCI on MotherBoard, BUS:00 Device:00 Function:00"
I can get rid of this messege by Disabling the bootRom in the bios. but
it seems either way the lan card won't work, it will sense the
connection but will neither get a dhcp address, neither is I put static
would it be able to communicate. I would appretiate any Input.
by the way tried it in both linux and windows.. still no good, and with
and without the Access Connection.
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Thursday, 15 November 2007
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| TP A31p hangs sudenly jrohlicek 13:49:27 |
| | Hi guys,
I have IBM Thinkpad A31p runnig Win XP Pro, it worked fine till now. A few days ago it started hanging suddenly.
It is always the same - all activity stops, it does respond not to mouse nor to the keyboard. The only thing I can do with it is to press On/Off switch for about 15 secs to switch it off. After that it boots OK but a bit longer than usually.
It hangs going to sleep mode to and even shutting the Windows down.
The only thing happend before this strange behaviour was that Java runtime update failed due to not enough space on disk.
(Java is uninstalled now).
Thank for any advice in advance.
Jiri
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Wednesday, 5 September 2007
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| IBM R31 RECOVERY CD Silver 00:10:21 |
| | hi just wanted to let you know if anybody need these cd email me
silver@silver.ee and i'll upload them so you get them !!
Silver
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Friday, 20 July 2007
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| Please tell me I didn't hose my system board (eeprom error) Mark Mitchell 04:59:32 |
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Today when I powered up my thinkpad T20, I got an error message 0189: Invalid
RFID Configuration Information Area.
According to the IBM website, that's an EEPROM checksum error.
Is there *any* solution short of replacing the MB?
If not, is MB replacement something I should think about doing myself
(never
done any serious disassembly of a laptop, but I'm comfortable with
desktops/printers)?
I've seen the warning on the linux-thinkpad website about lm-sensors, but I
never touched that. ВAll I've done with the machine since I got it a week
or
two ago is install win ME, slackware-current, bought and installed a new
battery, and I was working on getting linux working with my Linksys WPC54GS
cardbus wireless network card. ВIt was working fine, powered it down this
morning, powered it up a couple hours later and I get the error. ВWhat the
hell happened?!?!?!?
Thanks,
Mark--
Remove both wrongs to make the email address right.
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Tuesday, 17 April 2007
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| T41 specifications? Richie 22:11:32 |
| | Just purchased a T41 Model 2374QG6 thinking it has bluetooth and wifi.
Can't find anything relating to this in device manager. Can anyone tell me
the specs of this machine and if it has wifi and bluetooth integrated....Tia
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Monday, 2 April 2007
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| USB ports going south? Bruce 07:42:53 |
| | I have a Thinkpad T40p. The ports seem to be a little flakey. Is there a way
I can force the current, latest or WELL tested drivers for this machine? I
do not know if the ones I have are the proper ones or not.
Is there a way I can test the hardware?
Thanks
Bruce
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Friday, 30 March 2007
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| Activate Closed Captioning with DVDExpress Cat 09:29:36 |
| | I have a Thinkpad T23 (os: Win2000, sp3) with a DVD/CDRW combo. I use the
preloaded DVD player (Mediamatics DVDExpress v5.01.04.09) to play DVDs. The
problem? I can't seem to turn on closed captioning if there isn't any
subtitles on the DVD. I'm talking about the white-text-on-black-background
captions that you get when you activate closed-captioning on the tv set.
There is an option on the shortcut menu; it's just not active.
Doing some searching on the IBM site, I find the following item: Closed
caption option grayed out in DVD Express Windows NT and Windows 2000 (link:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-4K9UYK) However, I
can't get the web page, because the link points to a null pointer somewhere
on the website. From what I read in the little blurb, there is no fix. Is
it true? I'd even download the current version of the dvd player if it
helps.
Otherwise, what other software players support closed captioning in Windows
2000? The current versions of WinDVD and PowerDVD require a Pentium 4. The
affected computer is a 1.13ghz Pentium 3 with 256mb of ram. I'll take an
older version if it's still available. Thanks for reading.
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Thursday, 29 March 2007
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| T20 heatsink fan Skou 12:04:01 |
| | Is there a way to manually (or through the OS) to control the fan? My
T20 is overheating, and locking up. I've had others that don't have
this issue, but this one locks up, every so often. I've already
removed the T20 stock fan, and the rubber pad, and replaced them with a
T22 fan and used AS5 thermal grease. (Which I always do, for better
cooling.)
steve
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Monday, 8 January 2007
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| t30 Western Digital WD800UE does not power up (spin) Guest 21:06:25 |
| | I have a T30. The original hard drive works fine, its just too small
so I bought a Western Digital WD800UE, slid it into the drive bay and
it does not
sound as if its spinning up. The BIOS does not recognize a drive in
the bay.
The WD800UE is a 5 vdc 0.50amp 80 gigbyte drive. jumpers set to
master.
I have updated the BIOS, CHIP SET SUPPORT, and run the hard drive
firmware utility and still nothing. In fact the hdfw software did not
see the drive either.
I look forward to hearing from someone with some ideas on this. Thanks
in advance.
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Tuesday, 24 October 2006
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| Thinkpad boot-block BIOS? Patrick Flaherty 10:26:39 |
| | Hi,
Does the Thinkpad (mine's a T43) have a BIOS boot-block for recovering from a
bad flash?
As in:
http://www.wimsbios.com/HTML1/faq.html#q9
I've extracted my BIOS and run phnxdebo on it. Among other things it says:
C:\BIOS\Phnxdeco>phnxdeco bios.bak -l
phnxdeco bios.bak -l
-=PhoenixDeco, version 0.31 (DOS)=-
Filelength: 100BEC (1051628 bytes)
Filename: bios.bak
PhoenixBIOS hook found at: EF260
System Information at: EF287
BootBlock: 10000 bytes
BankSize: 1024 KB
Version: 1YET59WW
Start: E83DD
Offset: F0000
BCP Modules: 102
BCPFCP: 1A01B
FCP 1st module: 6325 (16325)
Released: 07 November 2005 at 14:40:06
which would seem to indicate that there is a boot-block. But if that's the
case, and there's an associate recovery mechanism, documentation on such sure
isn't easy to find.
pat
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Monday, 14 August 2006
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| Should my Bluetooth headset be able to connect to my Thinkpad T60? Ship 20:24:44 |
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Hi
I can't get my bluetooth headset (Motorola 500) to talk to my Thinkpad
T60.
Any idea why?
My mobile phone (Sony Ericsson P910i) can see the headset...
...And my T60 can see the mobile phone!
So how can I get my headset to connect to my Thinkpad T60?
(I am wanting to set my PC up to do Skipe so that I can do VO I/P...)
Ship
Shiperton Henethe
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| Battery - What price should I ask? Jim 20:08:00 |
| | While I was out at sea several months ago, I asked my wife to order a
new battery for my R40 Thinkpad . Apparently for some reason or other
the wrong battery was ordered/shipped, and since it has been over 90
days since we received it, IBM won't take it back. The one they
shipped is:
FRU PN 92P0989 ASM PN 92P0990
I paid $145.00 for the thing, what would be a fair price to ask for it
say on Ebay or in a local ad? Any suggestions appreciated.
Funny part, the thing looks identical to the R40 battery, but in one
dimension it must be only 1 mm or so different in size, it just won't
quite fit in the slot.
Also, while on the subject of batteries, I see there is some company
in Hong Kong advertising cut rate batteries for Thinkpads, probably
1/3 or less than IBM asks for theirs. Has anyone tried one of these
chinese copies, and if so, what kind of service have you had from
them?
My original R40 battery when new got about 4.5+ hours runtime and has
now dropped down to about 2 hours, so figure it's time for a new
backup. My conscience says to buy from IBM direct but the cheapskate
in me is saying try one of the Hong Kong knockoffs. Any suggestions?
Jim
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| Adjust Fan Speed on T42? Joe Nortman 10:55:34 |
| | All,
Wondering if there is a program that allows me to adjust or view fan speed
and CPU temp for the T42. Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Joe
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| T40 Wireless connection keeps dropping, sometimes not even connecting Sophia Perl 09:49:06 |
| | Hi,
I have a T40, XP sp 2, Intel prof/wireless lan 2100 w/driver 1.2.4.41
using ThinkVantage V4.12.
Connection keeps dropping and connection. Any ideas?
Sophia
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| Thinkpad R32 Wireless Keyboard Switch Auchenblae 09:40:57 |
| | I have sent an IBM High rate wireless mini pci card to a friend to install
in his machine which has internal aerials.
Where is the switch on the keyboard to switch it on and off.
eddie
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| Bluetooth - how do I switch it on? (new T60) Ship 09:28:24 |
| | Hi
I cant get my Bluetooth working on my new T60/Windows XP
& all the latest patches.
The BlueTooth icon is there on my task bar - bottom right - the bit
that shows everything that is running....
But I cant get it to pick up either mhy HP 460 printer, nor my mobile
phone, nor my mobile phone's headset!
If I click on the icon, all I get is
"Bluetooth device not found".
Is there some physical switch I need to switch (like there is for the
Wireless stuff...?
- Any thoughts?
With thanks
Ship
Shiperton Henethe
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| Thinkpad model numbers explained??? Scanner80 06:48:20 |
| | Hello,
I just got a T30 2367-RU7 . 2.0Ghz 512 ram , 40gig HD.
The Thinkpad web site says : it is based on the 2367-86U , I think. Anyway
,what is the difference between the 2366 and the 2367 and what do the
suffixes mean.
The RU7 does not appear on the web site very much.
Is the a web site I can find out what the model numbers mean?
Thank you very much!
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Sunday, 13 August 2006
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| My mouse keeps SELECTING THINGS things even when I dont want it to... Any ideas? Ship 23:20:05 |
| | Hi
My mouse keeps selecting things I dont want it to...!
Any suggestions?
I think it's when I leave it hovering over something.
When I say mouse I really mean the pointer arrow
thing that I am moving with that red rubber nipple
thing in the middle of the keyboard.
I THINK it's probably some mouse setting that I've
set by mistake.
Any ideas?
Ship
Shiperton Henethe
New T60 Thinkpad/WindowsXP Pro
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| Can't Install Sound Driver for T42 Nello Lucchesi 20:31:08 |
| | For some reason, the only sound I get on my IBM ThinkPad T42 running
WinXP SP 2 is the "beep." Sound was working fine for the last year
until a Windows Update about a month ago.
The Control Panel for "Sounds and Audio Devices" shows no playback
devices (under the Audio tab) and Device Manager lists only the
following under "Sound, video and game controllers":
Audio Codecs
Legacy Audio Drivers
Legacy Video Capture Devices
Media Control Devices
Video Codecs
So, I figured that all I need to do is re-install my sound card driver.
I went to IBM's support site:
http://www.ibm.com/products/finder/us/en/finders?pg=ddfinder
It auto-detected my system and referred me to:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-61604
I downloaded the driver and followed the installation instructions:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/license.do?filename=mobiles/1ga241ww.exe
However, when the installer finishes, I get the message:
"Driver Not Found! Reboot your system, and run this setup again."
Unfortunately, I get the same message after rebooting.
Apparently, I'm not the only person having problems installing SoundMAX
drivers:
http://www.techspot.com/vb/all/windows/t-14328-audio-drivers-not-found.html
http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/drivers/22991-cant-find-driver-2.html
http://forums.windrivers.com/printthread.php?t=73987
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=oplex_audio&message.id=4736
While it is comforting to find others having this problem, none of
their proposed solutions helped me get my sound working.
Things I've tried include:
Upgraded all drivers to their current versions using ThinkVantage
Software Installer;
Flashed BIOS with most recent version;
Re-set BIOS to default to make sure that audio hardware is detected;
Deleted one or more items listed in the Control Panel for "Sounds and
Audio Devices" (see list above) to get XP to autodetect the sound card
hardware; and
Manually installed driver using Device Manager.
I still have no sound other than, "beep"!
I tried the PC Doctor hardware check that came with the laptop and runs
in DOS7 (?). It says there is no audo hardware. But, it lets me play
any frequency on the speaker. Others who have had this problem (see
links above) have also reported that DOS diagnostics reported no audio
hardware but they subsequently were successful at installing the
SoundMAX driver and got their sound working again.
So, does anyone have any suggestions? Is there anyway that I can IBM
to diagnose/fix with this...even for a fee?
Thanks for reading my tale of woe. Any suggestions are appreciated.
- nello
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| T42 dead Tpp 20:17:34 |
| | My T42 died and I want to replace it with a similar thinkpad. I
thought it would be the T60 but that machine is bigger (footprint and
weight). What are my options? Is there a replacement out yet for th
eT43p?
thanks
tom
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| T23 Unknown PCI Device MyBad 17:04:13 |
| | Running W2K on a T23. I keep getting a Unknown PCI Device found. there is no
information that tells me what it is. It's location is PCI Bus 0 device 31
function3. It goes on to say there is no driver loaded for the device nor is
one needed. When I uninstall it or disable it, it shows up again the next
time I boot. Says manuf unknown..
Any Help? Thanks!
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| T23 video card Guest 07:32:13 |
| | I have a IBM Thinkpad T23 . The OS is windows XP Pro.
It just past warranty last month ( 3yr warranty was nice)
Suddenly, the video card could only do 640X480 at 16 colors . I checked
the video driver and BIOS setting. it seems OK to me.
Does anybody get any clue on it ? Please help.
Thanks in advance.
chen
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Saturday, 12 August 2006
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| T40 systemboard in a T41 ? Guest 16:59:46 |
| | Hi
My thinkpad t41 broke and I need a new systemboard. Would it be
possible to use a T40 systemboard instead ? (its cheaper)
I have a Pentium M Banias 1.6 Ghz CPU (not a Dothan like the T42s).
Any opinion on this ?
Thanks
/Michael
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