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SL400 HDD removal tab broke

Last post by Brad « Wed Sep 23, 2015 2:01 am
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by praste » Tue Sep 22, 2015 8:42 pm

I am trying to remove the hard drive from SL400, but HDD removal tab broke off and HDD now stuck.
I need to be able remove HDD in order to replace...

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Last post by Brad
Wed Sep 23, 2015 2:01 am
SL400c: What's this?

Last post by Imperatrix « Thu Sep 10, 2015 10:26 pm
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by Imperatrix » Thu Sep 10, 2015 3:03 pm

I was cleaning my laptop and I just noticed this little latch next to the WWAN slot. Does this do anything?

(Also, excuse the dust)

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Last post by Imperatrix
Thu Sep 10, 2015 10:26 pm
L420 - no boot possible from second disk connected via ultrabay but works when connected via USB

Last post by framp « Wed Aug 26, 2015 5:25 pm
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by framp » Fri Aug 21, 2015 3:59 pm

I have a spare ssd and thought it's a good idea to plug in the ssd as the primary disk on my L420 and to move the current disk running multiple Linux...

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Last post by framp
Wed Aug 26, 2015 5:25 pm
SL410 replacement parts

Last post by Kelvini « Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:34 am
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by Kelvini » Sun Aug 16, 2015 1:26 pm

Hello, I had an accident. The top of my poor SL410 has some damage from a drop. It's okay for the most part but the area where the volume/ mute keys...

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Last post by Kelvini
Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:34 am
Sl400c Whitelist Removal

Last post by Imperatrix « Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:34 pm
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by Imperatrix » Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:24 pm

I know, it's an ancient laptop, but I'm digging around and most of the links seem to be dead from over time. Does anyone have a .zip file lying...

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Last post by Imperatrix
Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:34 pm
L420 No Post, Battery Flashes 3 times

Last post by ndoggfromhell « Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:45 pm

by ndoggfromhell » Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:45 pm

I have an L420 that won't post. When you attach the ac adapter the battery light illuminates three times and then nothing else. No fan spin, power of...

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Last post by ndoggfromhell
Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:45 pm
SL510 Finger Reader

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Wed Apr 22, 2015 9:17 am
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by djmichael24951 » Wed Apr 22, 2015 8:06 am

I had a T61 with a finger reader, a couple of years ago. I really enjoyed the finger reader. I now have an SL510 without a finger reader. Can I add a...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Wed Apr 22, 2015 9:17 am
Silly rough touch surface on the SL510... (Question!)

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Wed Apr 01, 2015 1:00 am
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by youwonder » Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:22 pm

I just picked up an SL510 for $100, pretty much ready to go except some of the dimpled touchpad material is worn off.

I was um...absentmindedly...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Wed Apr 01, 2015 1:00 am
keyboard mystery

Last post by rkawakami « Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:11 pm
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by r3dplanet » Wed Mar 11, 2015 11:06 pm

I have a very, very odd keyboard situation with my Thinkpad L412.

I run a computer repair outfit and this Thinkpad was handed over to me by a...

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Last post by rkawakami
Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:11 pm
SL400 - Worst laptop ever bought

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:38 am
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by TheTourist » Mon Aug 20, 2012 2:06 am

As reported last year too, the hinges of this SL400 keep breaking time and again. This is the third time now and I am fed up of buying new hinges. I...

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Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:38 am
HOTSPOT option in Access Connections no longer there

Last post by captainkirk « Tue Nov 04, 2014 1:17 pm

by captainkirk » Tue Nov 04, 2014 1:17 pm

I just restored my Thinkpad SL-510 to new from a recovery disk, and it installed access connections also , I was previously using access connections...

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Last post by captainkirk
Tue Nov 04, 2014 1:17 pm
HDD replacement for L412

Last post by ajkula66 « Fri Sep 19, 2014 8:17 am
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by binar » Fri Sep 19, 2014 5:15 am

Hi guys,
I want to replace storage for my L412 that came with 320GB HDD.
My choice is Western Digital 500GB Scorpio Black 7200 rpm 'cause I want to...

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Last post by ajkula66
Fri Sep 19, 2014 8:17 am
L412

Last post by kge420 « Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:41 pm
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by ju de tomate » Sun Jul 28, 2013 2:35 am

Hello,

I have a Thinkpad L412 (4403-4LG).
When I work on it or when it doing windows update, the laptop stop. It seems that power turns off.
I have...

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Last post by kge420
Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:41 pm
volume buttons not working on SL300

Last post by Alien241 « Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:37 pm
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by nmdial » Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:28 pm

Its not even been 15 days since I bought the laptop, the volume buttons on left side of the keyboard have stopped working. When I press those,...

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Last post by Alien241
Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:37 pm
SL410 BIOS Whitelist removal or Hacked/Upgraded this?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sun Jun 08, 2014 3:29 pm
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by miked1960 » Sat Sep 14, 2013 2:13 pm

Looking to remove all whitelists in the BIOS has anyone hacked it like others in the past? WIFI and WWLAN? I've read where it's actually an IDEA...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Sun Jun 08, 2014 3:29 pm
Trackpoint not working sl500

Last post by ilakast « Sun May 11, 2014 7:36 pm
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by yup » Wed May 07, 2014 1:58 pm

I had to replace the power jack and long story short i tore the wire for the touchpad and the finger print reader (has to do with me not really...

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Last post by ilakast
Sun May 11, 2014 7:36 pm
SL500 - no driver for Win7?

Last post by Bellzemos « Sun Jan 26, 2014 10:41 am
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by Bellzemos » Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:36 am

Hello!

I bought an used SL500, installed Windows 7 (x86) and managed to find and install all the missing drivers, the only one with question mark in...

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Last post by Bellzemos
Sun Jan 26, 2014 10:41 am
Re: testing an SL500 panel

Last post by emeraldgirl08 « Tue Dec 31, 2013 10:27 am
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by emeraldgirl08 » Mon Dec 30, 2013 9:26 pm

Hi all. I have an LCD panel that was originally from an SL500. It is an FRU 42T0534 and model LTN154AT07-002. Would anyone know off-hand if panels...

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Last post by emeraldgirl08
Tue Dec 31, 2013 10:27 am
Upgrade L420 Wireless lan adapter to a faster one

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Tue Dec 17, 2013 11:11 am
Replies: 3
by psstdk » Sun Dec 15, 2013 6:11 am

I would love to upgrade from Intel Wireless-N 1000 to a AC wireless standard like the Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 802.11ac, dual-band, 2x2...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Tue Dec 17, 2013 11:11 am
Setting up system ID for thinkpad SL500

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:47 pm
Replies: 5
by Vilkacis » Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:43 am

Hi, I just replaced the system board in a SL500, and I've got the HMD 1.75. But whenever I try to set the system ID i get the EEPROM is write...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:47 pm
SL500 video issue - help!

Last post by ZaZ « Tue Oct 29, 2013 3:18 am
Replies: 1
by cshuy » Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:47 am

this past weekend, prior to rebooting, the screen resolution was the highest possible.

I then rebooted because I needed to, and since then the...

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Last post by ZaZ
Tue Oct 29, 2013 3:18 am
[Solved] SL500 sound button drivers?

Last post by ipso « Fri Oct 25, 2013 12:08 pm
Replies: 4
by ipso » Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:40 pm

Hi,

I just received a used ThinkPad SL500 with a clean install of Windows 7. The volume and IBM blue Access buttons do not work. I've done a full...

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Last post by ipso
Fri Oct 25, 2013 12:08 pm
Create Recovery Media and reload system with Win 8 preloaded

Last post by miked1960 « Sat Sep 14, 2013 1:46 pm

by miked1960 » Sat Sep 14, 2013 1:46 pm

You: You want to create Recovery Media and reload system with Windows 8 preload
Lenovo: So far, you've told me that:

You want help with Rescue and...

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Last post by miked1960
Sat Sep 14, 2013 1:46 pm
SL410 1280х800 resolution instead of native 1366x768

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:25 am
Replies: 1
by pit___ » Thu Aug 01, 2013 3:11 am

Hi there,
ocassionally, my sl410 started to display in 1280х800 instead of 1366x768, so I see an image shifted to the left and down and black ribbons...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:25 am
SL510 convert to L512?

Last post by Khavvie « Sat Jul 13, 2013 11:01 am

by Khavvie » Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:26 am

I wonder if it was possible to do so, with various parts around ebay, I could convert the SL510 into a proper true ThinkPad as the design is the same...

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Last post by Khavvie
Sat Jul 13, 2013 11:01 am
L412 0585 hard drive

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:26 pm
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by L4120585 » Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:48 am

What is the best solution if you want to add an additional hard drive to the Thinkpad L412 (0585-W8D) ?
I have a hard drive (OCZ Agility 3 20nm SATA...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:26 pm
Battery from L520 does not work on L530, why?

Last post by jayton4 « Sat Jun 08, 2013 3:08 am
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by Van GORRE » Fri Jun 07, 2013 3:14 pm

I have L520 (TYPE: 5017-AJ3) and 4 original batteries FRU: 42t4912, 2x 42t4765, 42t4791. I bought the L530 without the battery. However, the...

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Last post by jayton4
Sat Jun 08, 2013 3:08 am
L412 Freezes

Last post by Khavvie « Sat May 11, 2013 6:38 am
Replies: 7
by BarnBurner » Sun Nov 13, 2011 4:48 am

My faithful T40 served me well for many years, despite some rocky beginnings, but the old beast was just not cutting the mustard anymore in regards...

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Last post by Khavvie
Sat May 11, 2013 6:38 am
L520 Dispalyport to hdmi conv, video and sound problem on TV

Last post by Van GORRE « Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:30 pm

by Van GORRE » Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:30 pm

HI

I have L520 and this cabel , so i make it's write on instruction to get video and sound on TV; but i have only video, sound isn't work. In...

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Last post by Van GORRE
Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:30 pm
SL510: empty screen on startup, before any BIOS message

Last post by ZaZ « Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:44 pm
Replies: 1
by tonfagun » Tue Mar 05, 2013 12:28 pm

Hey everyone.

Just encountered my first real problem with my (about 2 years old) SL510. I can't find out the exact type of my SL510 right now, but...

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Last post by ZaZ
Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:44 pm
Does the SL410 have SATA II/3.0 Gbps?

Last post by DiGiTY « Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:48 pm
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by DiGiTY » Wed Jan 16, 2013 4:48 pm

I'm upgrading to SSD for my SL410 (2842-FBU, bought from Best Buy in 1/10) and when I pulled out the original hard drive I see there's a factory...

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Last post by DiGiTY
Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:48 pm
Thinkpad SL500 with 9-Cell battery, does it sit flush?

Last post by jak2rocks « Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:21 am
Replies: 4
by mr.rhtuner » Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:39 pm

Hey everybody.

I'm new to this forum and I am really looking at ordering the IBM SL500 but if I do I want to get the 9-cell battery. After searching...

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Last post by jak2rocks
Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:21 am
Thinkpad SL500 - external monitor resolution

Last post by dennisparrish « Wed Dec 12, 2012 5:41 am
Replies: 8
by dennisparrish » Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:39 am

My client has a 19 monitor connected directly to his Thinkpad SL500 laptop. The highest resolution setting is 1400 x 1050 which he would like to use,...

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Last post by dennisparrish
Wed Dec 12, 2012 5:41 am
SL410, problems after LCD replacement.

Last post by sl410_user « Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:52 am
Replies: 2
by sl410_user » Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:48 am

My LCD (lp140wh1-tla1) in SL410 was broken and i bought a generic one from ebay. But looks, like it have wrong/corrupted EDID, because in every OS...

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Last post by sl410_user
Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:52 am
8 GB RAM upgrade for my SL510 failed, no idea why!?

Last post by tonfagun « Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:50 pm
Replies: 4
by tonfagun » Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:36 pm

Hey everyone

I decided to upgrade the memory of my system, a Thinkpad SL510 (Windows 7 x64 SP1). Here's the RAM I ordered (on German amazon): 2x 4...

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Last post by tonfagun
Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:50 pm
jittering/flickerin screen on my SL500, but only after sleep

Last post by yup « Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:13 am

by yup » Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:13 am

Hi,
my SL500 is jittering. I seems to happen only after the computer has gone once into sleep mode (though I am not certain about that. It looks...

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Last post by yup
Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:13 am
Thinkpad SL510 screen wxga swap to wxga++

Last post by iThinkSL « Tue Nov 27, 2012 6:10 pm

by iThinkSL » Tue Nov 27, 2012 6:10 pm

Hello all. I have question does it ,works if I swap wxga to wxga++ screen. And what resolution should be with Intel 4500MHD graphic card.

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Last post by iThinkSL
Tue Nov 27, 2012 6:10 pm
cleaning my SL500, now 105°C

Last post by hannes7 « Tue Nov 27, 2012 8:32 am

by hannes7 » Tue Nov 27, 2012 8:32 am

hi all,

i cleaned my SL500 yesterday.
for this i opened the cover on the backside. got the heatpipes with the fan out. cleaned everything, put some...

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Tue Nov 27, 2012 8:32 am
SL510 temperature? Ok or not ok?

Last post by iThinkSL « Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:12 pm
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by rerq » Thu Aug 30, 2012 6:11 am

Hi,

I have Lenovo SL510 with
CPU: Intel Core Duo T6570, 2.1 GHz and
HDD: Fujitsu MJA2320BH (5 400 RPM).

I´d like to ask what typical temperatures...

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Last post by iThinkSL
Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:12 pm
aUDIO oUTPUT - 5.1 and the L520

Last post by parispat « Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:32 pm

by parispat » Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:32 pm

Dear forum members,
Hello Bill M!

Is there anyway to get 5.1 audio output from the L520?

I've looked in the Realtek audio applet and the...

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Last post by parispat
Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:32 pm
BIOS Recovery

Last post by BlueBoy19 « Wed Nov 07, 2012 5:12 am
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by BlueBoy19 » Sat Nov 03, 2012 12:07 pm

I have a SL510 2847 54G laptop, I tried updating the BIOS with 6juj28us.exe update utililty, but it hung the laptop half way through. Now all I get...

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Last post by BlueBoy19
Wed Nov 07, 2012 5:12 am
No power into the inverter board (no backlight) *PIC*

Last post by sampath bandara « Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:54 pm
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by The Tim » Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:32 pm

I've got an SL500 that one day just decided to stop lighting up the backlight. I tried replacing the inverter board, no change. I tried replacing the...

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Last post by sampath bandara
Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:54 pm
SL500, LED backlight -> CCFL backlight ?

Last post by sampath bandara « Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:05 pm
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by eee3 » Tue May 08, 2012 9:15 am

I want to replace my WXGA (1280x800) Matte LED to WSXGA+ (1680x1050) Matte CCFL.
But my inverter card has jack for ribbon cable (LED) and I need for...

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Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:05 pm
SL400 versus SL400c

Last post by clasys « Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:35 am

by clasys » Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:35 am

Recently an SL400 crossed my worktable and long story short, Lenovo sent a replacement top bezel with SL400c on it.

The owner has issues as to...

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Last post by clasys
Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:35 am
Low Volume on Thinkpad SL500

Last post by rwatson « Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:56 pm

by rwatson » Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:56 pm

Many times, even cranked to full volume I am stuck with sound levels that are barely audible. This is a problem with about 75% of the material I try,...

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Last post by rwatson
Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:56 pm
BIOS update crash resulted in dead drive and black screen

Last post by TTY « Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:02 am
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by Shane » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:13 pm

Hi,

While installing a BIOS update. the update crashed my SL400. Windows 7 hung during step 17 of 32. I waited for approx. 20 minutes and had to...

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Last post by TTY
Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:02 am
PC Doctor for Thinkpad SL510?

Last post by djgillery « Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:20 am
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by djgillery » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:27 am

Anybody got a link to download 6jt105ww.iso the Pc Doctor v2.0.1781 dos cd for a Thinkpad Sl510, thanks

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Last post by djgillery
Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:20 am
SL400 Hinge FRUs

Last post by WageSlaveEscapist « Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:10 am
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by chubbyfatazn » Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:58 am

Searched for 'hinge' in the search field, nothing relevant came up so...

One of the hinges on my SL400 broke (big surprise). Looking at the HMM,...

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Last post by WageSlaveEscapist
Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:10 am
Sl500 Broken hinge, causes black screen sometimes

Last post by WageSlaveEscapist « Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:08 am

by WageSlaveEscapist » Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:08 am

Hi, I have a Thinkpad SL500 that's seen some better days. I broke the left hinge. I hear there is a magnetic switch in the volume control panel, well...

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Last post by WageSlaveEscapist
Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:08 am
Thinkpad SL500 sometimes won't charge

Last post by WageSlaveEscapist « Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:05 am

by WageSlaveEscapist » Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:05 am

Hi, I have an old SL500 that's been through some battles. The issue happens once a month or so, usually when I let it run fully out of battery power....

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Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:05 am

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