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T23 Drive Compatibility

Last post by Majestic « Sat Aug 14, 2010 5:25 pm
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by Majestic » Sat Aug 14, 2010 11:14 am

I was wondering if a 40gb Hitachi hard drive FRU 39T2521 is compatible with the T23? The T-23 s documentation shows a 40gb FRU 08k9683 as the...

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Sat Aug 14, 2010 5:25 pm
[SOLVED!]Hard Drive no longer recognized.

Last post by newyorkpaulie « Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:13 pm

by newyorkpaulie » Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:13 pm

I use an Ultrabay hard drive holder (with a hard drive inserted) as an external storage drive. Now 2 of these drives are no longer recognized. I...

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Last post by newyorkpaulie
Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:13 pm
T22 woes

Last post by l.butler « Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:31 am
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by l.butler » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:00 am

Hi,
I have a T22 that appears to be dying rapidly. The symptoms:

1-The system locked a couple days ago after the screenblanker kicked in. It had
to...

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Last post by l.butler
Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:31 am
2.4Ghz Fans in T30, FRU 46P3132 and Ebay frustration!!!!!

Last post by madkat « Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:23 am
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by izod13 » Thu Apr 15, 2010 1:50 pm

So i am planning to replace my 1.8 CPU with a 2.4Ghz chip (yeah i know they run hot, but i want to fool around with this upgrade anyway). Having...

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Last post by madkat
Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:23 am
Adding wifi to T23 (2647-4MG)

Last post by ansible212 « Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:14 am
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by ansible212 » Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:47 pm

I'm sure this question has been asked before, but 'wifi' and 'wireless' aren't accepted as search terms. :(

I've just been given a nearly pristine...

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Last post by ansible212
Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:14 am
Can't seem to get Autorun working right

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:33 am
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by DrGrafix » Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:31 am

Did a fresh install of XP a few days ago, and thanks to HarryC I got the right driver for the wifi card. So that's working fine. I am trying to...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:33 am
My T23 won't boot up

Last post by Mike Blake « Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:35 am
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by pdknyc » Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:38 am

I was defraging my Hard drive and had to leave my apartment, when I returned my thinkpad was hibernating, I turned it off at the power button, but...

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Last post by Mike Blake
Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:35 am
Need Help with WiFi Card Driver

Last post by Harryc « Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:12 pm
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by DrGrafix » Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:37 am

Hey guys... as I mentioned some time back, I was giving my T30 to my son and I did. It was running sluggish to say the least so he reformatted it and...

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Last post by Harryc
Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:12 pm
T20 and Photoshop

Last post by jronald « Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:47 pm
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by cultofbyron » Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:40 pm

From a quick search through the forum, it seems that Photoshop 7 or at a stretch CS(1) would run smoothly on a T20 (fully upgraded to 512mb ram), has...

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Last post by jronald
Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:47 pm
T23 with 40GB show 33.8GB?

Last post by NorrisCell « Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:24 pm
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by garysblim » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:28 pm

Hi all:

I put an old 40GB in my new old T23 and it only shows 33.8GB. Am I missing something? Is there anything I should set? It's a IBM Fujitsu...

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Last post by NorrisCell
Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:24 pm
T30 motherboard problem

Last post by madrigal « Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:19 am

by madrigal » Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:19 am

Hi, guys!
Recently I bought IBM T30 with a dead mobo (mainly as a LCD donor). Nevermind, I tried to start it but the lights flashed for a moment and...

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Last post by madrigal
Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:19 am
Identify this part - T30 copper

Last post by XonOFF « Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:05 pm
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by XonOFF » Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:29 pm

I fixed my T30 which had a dead MB with a replacement from eBay.

BUT, when I took the keyboard bezel off the existing base, I found this piece...

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Last post by XonOFF
Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:05 pm
T30 Motherboard problem..Working strange...

Last post by givtechnicalhelp « Tue Jul 13, 2010 1:13 pm
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by givtechnicalhelp » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:05 am

Hey Friends.. I have a strange problem in my T30 laptop..Here is the problem..

It's booting only If I press very hard just near by left Alt...

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Last post by givtechnicalhelp
Tue Jul 13, 2010 1:13 pm
T20 Blink Of Death Circuit Questions

Last post by Harryc « Mon Jul 05, 2010 2:46 pm
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by wireman » Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:13 pm
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Hi All ! ,
New to the forum having just obtained a T20 with the common BOD problem. Symptoms are :
If the battery is removed then after a while it...
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Last post by Harryc
Mon Jul 05, 2010 2:46 pm
slow flash video

Last post by cultofbyron « Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:40 pm
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by Masi_K » Sun Nov 02, 2008 2:44 pm

Hi, i'm just wondering is it possible to boost flash video on t20 ? Nowadays flash is at allmost every web page, so those pages are un usable slow....

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Last post by cultofbyron
Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:40 pm
802.11b sees my wireless account but won't connect

Last post by Buptink « Wed Jun 30, 2010 5:01 pm
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by Buptink » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:43 am

Hi all, long time no see. I used this wireless T23 for a year at another location and it worked fine. I moved into a new residence and the latest...

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Last post by Buptink
Wed Jun 30, 2010 5:01 pm
T21 and Intel 2200 b/g Mini PCI Card

Last post by George « Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:07 am
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by iann070 » Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:17 pm

I have a ThinkPad T21 and am thinking of removing the 3Com Modem/Ethernet Mini PCI card, and installing an Intel 2200 b/g Mini PCI card instead.
I...

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Last post by George
Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:07 am
T23 Ram

Last post by selvan777 « Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:41 pm
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by selvan777 » Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:20 am

Hi,

I've a T23 2647-NU8 and the docs say a total of 2 '512Mb 133Mhz DIMM cards' is the most I can take. Is there any trick that can be done to...

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Last post by selvan777
Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:41 pm
Intermittent display

Last post by RRHODY « Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:31 am
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by RRHODY » Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:05 pm

I have a T30 with a display that goes away and comes back if you twist the lid. Some times it comes back with a shimmering and other times it is fine...

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Last post by RRHODY
Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:31 am
T23 used as NAS

Last post by rkawakami « Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:17 pm
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by tmatheos » Fri Jun 25, 2010 11:50 am

Hi everyone, first time poster here.

I've had the same T23 forever, since around 2003 I think, and has been working great in a number of different...

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Last post by rkawakami
Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:17 pm
Booting a USB Device with a T23

Last post by BakedandPacked « Thu Jun 24, 2010 11:37 pm
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by BakedandPacked » Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:26 pm

I have no sentimental attachments to old operating systems, with
one huge exception. The small business I started with some friends
years ago used a...

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Last post by BakedandPacked
Thu Jun 24, 2010 11:37 pm
T21 upgrades

Last post by Moparram « Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:16 pm
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by Moparram » Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:14 pm

Hello! I just bought a T21, specs are 800MHZ, 256MB, 20GB HDD, DVD, and XP SP3. From what I read on the forums, some upgrades include memory and CPU....

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Last post by Moparram
Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:16 pm
Windows 7 Installation on T30

Last post by Brushy « Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:12 pm
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by Brushy » Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:56 am

Hi,
Have just installed W7 Ultimate on T30 2366 running with 2 GB ram.
Installation smooth but found that a few drivers needed and some of installed...

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Last post by Brushy
Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:12 pm
Wireless G+ 108Mbps MINI PCI Card 4 IBM T22 T23 T30 X30

Last post by Harryc « Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:54 pm
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by Brushy » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:52 pm

Atheros 108Mbps Wireless Lan Mini PCI card for IBM Laptops Atheros AR5213A chipset

Hi
Have just fitted one of these cards to my T30.It was...

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Last post by Harryc
Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:54 pm
T22 display too far to the right

Last post by babyboomer « Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:48 pm
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by babyboomer » Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:49 pm

I have a T22 type 2647 running Windows 2000. My screen has about a one-inch black border on the left, and the right part of the display is off the...

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Last post by babyboomer
Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:48 pm
Make T30 think my hard drive is legit?

Last post by titanicmusic14 « Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:48 pm
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by titanicmusic14 » Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:50 pm

I have 2 new hard drives. One is a 60gb toshiba and the other is a 160 Samsung. Both are IDE. Neither of them work inside my T30 thinkpad. I am...

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Last post by titanicmusic14
Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:48 pm
T22 Fan Assembly

Last post by automobus « Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:06 am
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by whizzer » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:53 pm

Need to replace this item. Confused?

I find two different part numbers

26P9317

&

08k7315

I need the one without wire connection.

Anyone have...

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Last post by automobus
Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:06 am
XP Install hang-up

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:16 am
Replies: 3
by kengeo » Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:38 am

I have a T21 with XP Pro. When I first installed it, I upped the memory & the bios, its ran no probs for about 5 years, but lately it started...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:16 am
T22 Bios Battery has bent pins

Last post by babyboomer « Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:34 pm
Replies: 4
by babyboomer » Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:42 pm

I have an IBM T22 Thinkpad,

I would like to find out how to easily get to the receptacle with the pins the bios (backup) battery plugs into because...

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Last post by babyboomer
Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:34 pm
T30 with a dead type problem

Last post by XonOFF « Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:34 pm
Replies: 10
by XonOFF » Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:56 pm

I've a recently purchased T30 (from eBay) which has worked perfectly for several months.

The other day, while plugging up a USB HDD, it kind of went...

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Last post by XonOFF
Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:34 pm
T21 upgrade/mod

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:39 pm
Replies: 20
by NautTboy » Mon May 03, 2010 5:19 pm

Hi, I just got me a T21. I check IBM's manual and it said the cpu range from 750, 800, and 850 with max of only 512mb of ram.

Searching this site...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:39 pm
T30: What Does POST Code A4 Mean?

Last post by singbad « Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:19 am

by singbad » Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:19 am

Hi,
what does POST code 4A mean?

I've connected a POST card to my non booting T30 and it outputs code that code. There are many different POST-code...

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Last post by singbad
Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:19 am
T30 no video on LCD or external monitor

Last post by singbad « Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:20 am
Replies: 5
by singbad » Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:19 am

Hi,
I've bought a bad T30 on Ebay that showed no image but the fan is working. 256MB RAM installed, no startup beep or POST beeps.

I replaced the...

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Last post by singbad
Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:20 am
AC brick repair !!!

Last post by Berny « Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:24 am

by Berny » Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:24 am

Hello,
just want to share my experience in repairing the AC power brick of my T23.

When I plugged the AC brick in, i noticed on my T23 that it would...

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Last post by Berny
Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:24 am
Problem booting up T20, please help

Last post by ThinkpadT20User « Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:17 pm
Replies: 14
by ThinkpadT20User » Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:54 pm

Hi guys...

I have a T20. It runs XP3, has 512MB Ram and plenty of HDD.

It is set so that when I close the lid, it goes to 'suspend' and then after...

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Last post by ThinkpadT20User
Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:17 pm
Added 512 of ram to T30 - BIOS won't pick it up

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:34 pm
Replies: 2
by canflyboy » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:11 pm

I removed a 512 SO-DIMM from a dead T42 that I had and added it to the extra space on my T30 hoping to go from 256 mB of ram to 768.

When I check to...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:34 pm
USB Numeric keypad question

Last post by jronald « Fri Jun 11, 2010 4:19 am
Replies: 2
by chrisp9au » Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:51 pm

I have a need to enter a fair amount of numeric data in Excel spreadsheets so i have acquired a USB numeric keypad.

I find that I still need to...

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Last post by jronald
Fri Jun 11, 2010 4:19 am
T23 won't boot on battery alone

Last post by rkawakami « Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:44 pm
Replies: 10
by Insomniac1971 » Tue May 11, 2010 4:24 am

ThinkPad T23 (type 2647-4MG)

Hello to all,

This is a very strange problem:

On battery alone (power supply is not connected) the laptop will not...

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Last post by rkawakami
Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:44 pm
Memory slot problem on a T23

Last post by rkawakami « Wed Jun 09, 2010 2:10 am
Replies: 6
by Zaph » Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:31 am

Hi!

I have this problem on my T23. When i do a boot of the system, about 80% of the time the 'front most' slot (the one that is nearest to me when...

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Wed Jun 09, 2010 2:10 am
Booting from a DVD, T30

Last post by jronald « Mon Jun 07, 2010 4:21 am
Replies: 4
by konstantin.neo2 » Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:54 pm

This T30 has a CD-RW/DVD Drive fru 08K9868 and I can boot fine from a CDRom disk but not so by using a DVD disk.
Is this normal for my drive?

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Last post by jronald
Mon Jun 07, 2010 4:21 am
Easiest way to see what is on a T23 hard drive

Last post by burns334 « Sun Jun 06, 2010 7:24 pm
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by burns334 » Sat Jun 05, 2010 12:15 pm

My T23 is still down for motherboard issues and I would like to get some information off of that drive, is there any way to do this without another...

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Last post by burns334
Sun Jun 06, 2010 7:24 pm
T22 - will not read DVD+R

Last post by lemonstar « Sun Jun 06, 2010 2:14 am
Replies: 4
by lemonstar » Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:32 pm

I bought a DVD drive (Matshita SR-8175) for my T22 (originally it just had a CD). Seems to be no problem with the drive reading free DVD's from...

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Last post by lemonstar
Sun Jun 06, 2010 2:14 am
T30 HD 40Gb ATA death and upgrading

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:17 am
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by kluge » Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:06 pm

Hello everybody,

I have a T30 2367 up and running since 2005 but I feel for the HD (Hitachi HGST HTS5480xxM9AT00 - 40Gb ATA/IDE) is time to pass by....

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Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:17 am
T30. Motherboard and display compatibility

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:15 am
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by Recently_got_T30 » Thu May 27, 2010 4:49 am

Hi,

i recently got a broken T30 (2366-qg7).
Seems that motherboard is busted. Local spare part seller has a motherboard for T30, but he said that it...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:15 am
Disk caddy compatibility

Last post by Bruce Guttman « Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:28 am
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by JBUK » Fri May 28, 2010 2:46 pm

I need a disk caddy tray for my T23s. I have plenty of covers.
Does anyone know if a T30 or X30 caddy tray will work ?

The reason I ask is that all...

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Last post by Bruce Guttman
Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:28 am
ThinkPad T30 Power Up issue

Last post by madrigal « Wed Jun 02, 2010 5:06 pm
Replies: 10
by ssflyer » Tue May 18, 2010 10:13 pm

My son's school just had several IBM T30's donated to them, but several refused to power up. I looked them over and noticed that if I quickly tap the...

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Last post by madrigal
Wed Jun 02, 2010 5:06 pm
ThinkPad T20 fan stops at during the boot

Last post by ophiothrix « Tue Jun 01, 2010 5:39 am
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by ophiothrix » Wed May 26, 2010 7:03 pm

Hello.

I would like first to thank you guys for all your help!

A bit of history. I bought my T20 second hand some 5 years ago. Since then I had to...

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Last post by ophiothrix
Tue Jun 01, 2010 5:39 am
ThinkPad T22 Access Password protection

Last post by rkawakami « Mon May 31, 2010 11:41 am
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by Stilicho » Mon May 31, 2010 11:12 am

Hi all

I hope there is someone around here that could give me a hand on this one:

Yesterday I was given the possibility of buying an IBM ThinkPad...

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Last post by rkawakami
Mon May 31, 2010 11:41 am
Fn x F7 and Win7

Last post by Tony.Yarwood « Mon May 24, 2010 8:01 am
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by Tony.Yarwood » Sun May 23, 2010 12:49 pm

Hi all

Sorry to bother you all with this but I'm a bit flummoxed.

Can't get Fn x F7 to work on my T30 running Win7 no matter how I press them I end...

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Last post by Tony.Yarwood
Mon May 24, 2010 8:01 am
T30 with problems

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sat May 22, 2010 7:48 am
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by adishor_2005 » Thu May 20, 2010 12:24 pm

I received a T30 with some problems, maybe you can help me to repair it...
To power-up i have push power on, all the Leds light up for a second and...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Sat May 22, 2010 7:48 am

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