Questions tagged [thinkpad]
a brand of laptop, originally produced by IBM. The brand is now manufactured and sold by Lenovo.
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Restore a Lenovo Thinkpad to Factory Settings, the first few MB of the hard drive were overwritten by dd
I was trying to make a live USB of OpenSUSE on my new Thinkpad laptop, but none of the windows tools I was trying worked. I put in a Live CD of Ubuntu 12.04 and tried to used the "dd" command to write ...
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MBR: Restore Windows 7 bootloader on a Thinkpad
I previously uninstalled Fedora dual boot and now have the GNU Grub bootloader still hanging around. I have found instructions online on how to remove this but they all require the Windows 7 CD. I do ...
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Windows 7: black screen for a minute upon resume from standby
Does anyone have a possible fix to this problem? My thinkpad w520 has had this problem for over a year. It doesn't always occur, but usually when I leave the computer in standby from more than a few ...
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Using sim card slot in a Thinkpad x120e
I have a sim card slot in my ThinkPad x120e. Can I use this to connect to the internet? Do I have to install any hardware to make this work? There is a free expansion slot on the motherboard, too, so ...
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Stuck at the Thinkpad startup screen on first reboot after Wubi
I have just downloaded Wubi and Ubuntu and rebooted around 10 minutes ago. Oddly enough, I am stuck at the ThinkPad screen:
What should I do from here? I have tried clicking the ThinkVantage button, ...
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Where'd my wireless go?
Got an old Lenovo R60e running XP Home that I use for misc. wireless tasks around the house. I had need to print from a fixed workstation to a USB printer in another room. So, I turned on printer ...
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No video output from MiniDP laptop to DVI monitor via mDP hub
My Lenovo Thinkpad S430 has two ports: miniHDMI and miniDisplayPort/Thunderbolt
Now I purchased a miniDisplayPort hub 1-3 input is miniDP and output is HDMI, DisplayPort and DVI.
My external ...
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Headset Buzzing when laptop power plugged in
I have a Thinkpad Edge E535 Laptop and a Logitech G35 headet. When I use the microphone to record stuff there is a small humming/buzzing sound in the background when the laptop is plugged in to AC. ...
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Lenovo Thinkpad W500 - fruit pulp got in around docking socket, black screen
Banana pulp got into the laptop through the docking socket area. Already disassembled the laptop, and cleaned as much pulp as I can see from the bottom side of the motherboard, as well as surrounding ...
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Ethernet port on thinkpad doesn't connect but the one on the ultrabase (dock) does
I just recently bought a used Thinkpad X200s and installed Xubuntu 13.04 on it. I am have issues getting the ethernet port on the laptop to connect. I also have a Ultrabase dock for the laptop. ...
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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E520 Win8 64-bit Bluetooth Compatibility issues
When I try to install the Lenovo Official bluetooth driver on Win8 I get this
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Disable touchpad on Thinkpad
I have a refurbished Thinkpad with an UltraNav "pointing device" installed as touchpad. I've tried disabling it through "device manager" but the "disable" option is disabled. Is there any way to ...
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Reinstalling Windows on a Thinkpad X201
I have a Thinkpad X201 with a new HDD, so the original Windows installation has been lost. What is the easiest way to reinstall Windows on the new drive (and ideally reuse the Win 7 pro license - ...
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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E520 Wireless-adapter uncompatible with Windows8?
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad Egde E520 (1143) and I have trouble using my Wireless adapter under Win8 64-Bit. On Ubuntu 12.04. 64-bit I have no trouble. The problem is that I almost always only get a ...
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Installing a BMDC into an IBM Thinkpad T41 without one
I have an IBM T41 notebook that came with an MDC (modem daughter card) in its CDC slot. I see many BMDCs (bluetooth/modem daughter cards) for sale on eBay dirt cheap and was considering getting one. ...
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How to poweroff CD drive in Windows 7 [duplicate]
I am running Windows 7 64 bit on Lenovo W510, I wish to poweroff the CD drive. The power manager sometimes switches off the power when I am running on batteries. Is there a way I can do that myself.
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lenovo x1 carbon windows 8 frequent WiFi disconnect issue
I'm having frequent WiFi disconnects on my Lenovo X1 Carbon Touch laptop.
I got this laptop 2 months back and it has been happening ever since about 3-5 times a day and 10 times a week on average. I'...
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Looking for audio device driver for a Thinkpad R51 running Windows 7 Embedded Standard / Windows Thin PC
I've looked all over the internet for a legacy device driver that will work with a Thinkpad R51 running Windows 7 Embedded Standard / Windows Thin PC and I haven't found anything that works yet.
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Debian doesn't find Bluetooth device on Lenovo x200
I can't make my Debian work with Lenovo x200's Bluetooth. According to specification, there is Bluetooth adapter, but I cant find it with lspci, lsusb and dmesg
root@altera-laptop:~# lspci
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Hardware reset of ThinkPad T520 BIOS for misconfiguration
Long story short, I fried up my nVIDIA video card on the Lenovo ThinkPad T520 and did a stupid setting in BIOS to force to use that video card. Without surprise the screen is black when I boot the ...
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Certain keys not working on a T40 thinkpad
I just got my friend's laptop that had a few problems. My friend didn't bother to get it repaired at the time and got himself a better machine.
As I've never been a "laptop" man I never even ...
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Thinkpad T60 Bad Battery or Bad Charger?
I have a Thinkpad T60 and this morning it started acting up. When I plug it into the AC adapter, the AC power light comes on for about four seconds, then goes off, then comes back on and simply ...
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Thinkpad speaker turns mute - Linux Codec issue?
At some point a few days ago the speakers on my Lenovo Thinkpad T410 (Model number: 2537A11) suddenly stopped working randomly. This error happens every time I watch a video or listen to a music file. ...
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Thinkpad T530 with Intel HD 4000 and Nvidia NVS 5400M Gamma adjust not working
Some process seems to have a deathgrip on my laptop's color settings, specifically the gamma adjust. I'm trying to adjust the gamma on my laptop because my outboard monitor is too dark for my taste, ...
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How to troubleshoot laggy Lenovo L520?
I have an 18-month old Lenovo L520 (model 7859). It is extremely laggy in Windows 7, sometimes lagging up to 10 seconds before responding to a click or keystroke. (There are times when it will go ...
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lenovo thinkpad t410 installing ssd [closed]
Hi: I want to replace my existing stock 320GB spinning hard drive with a 256GB SSD. What is the procedure for doing this? Is it something like make a Windows Image copy of the current HD on an ...
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Can I upgrade my Lenovo T-520 i3 to an i7? [closed]
I have a Lenovo T-520 Core i3, with 8 GB RAM and 500GB HDD. It's not very slow as it is, but having been spoiled at work with a 128GB SSD, I would very much like to upgrade to at least 128GB SSD, but ...
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How do I disable panning of windows on the edge of the screen?
When I move a window to the edge of the screen, any portion of it that remains off-screen is panned back on to the screen when I move my cursor "past" the edge.
This is a nice feature, but it's one I ...
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Alt+SysRq on a laptop
I have a Lenovo T410, and I would like to use the SysRq key, but whenever I press the Alt+SysRq+letter combination, I keep getting the print screen dialog in linux.
Is there a way around this? I ...
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Using trackpad on Lenovo Thinkpad X220 results in 'tab' presses
When I use the trackpad on my Thinkpad X220 (42984BU), it seems to result in Tab keypresses (i.e. it actually has the same effect as if I hit Tab repeatedly). The red TrackPoint (eraserhead) works ...
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How to set thermal throttling lowest CPU clock on Linux?
I am having huge problems with thermal throttling on my Thinkpad T420 with Core i7 and Nvidia Quadro. When the throttling starts I get the kernel message:
[42544.677294] [Hardware Error]: Machine ...
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Optimizing battery life for ThinkPad T430u in Xubuntu
I recently purchased a Lenovo ThinkPad T430u, and installed Xubuntu. I've noticed it has poor battery life.
How can I optimize the battery life? Is this a problem with the desktop environment, or ...
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How to detect and run custom scripts on docking / un-docking of ThinkPad?
I'd like to run custom scripts on docking or un-docking my ThinkPad X220.
Obvious place is some udev rule, but what events or attributes should I use? Another option is acpi. Is it better option? ...
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How to get past Thinkpad T530 PXE prompt to BIOS setup?
How do I get to the Thinkpad T530 BIOS setup? As the laptop turns on I press ENTER when prompted, then press F1 when prompted, but that takes me to the Intel PXE prompt. If I hit CTRL-S I get into the ...
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"Use this device as the primary monitor" is now greyed out
I was using an external TV to watch DVDs using the S-Video output of my Thinkpad T41.
I checked the box "Extend my windows desktop onto this monitor." That worked, and the icons that don't fit on my ...
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Windows 8 freezes with high HDD activity
I have Window 8 (upgraded from Windows 7) installed on my Lenovo x201 and in general things are working very well.
However, periodically the machine completely freezes with high hard disk activity. ...
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Laptop keyboard repeats keystrokes/characters at random
My laptop keyboard occasionally interprets a single keystroke as three keystrokes. This happens anywhere from 10-100 times/day in all programs and I can't isolate any pattern or cause. It definitely ...
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Laptop screen changes contrast drastically when switching from a dark to light application
I have a ThinkPad W530 running Windows 8.
When I switch from any darker application to any lighter application the contrast is off and takes a second or two to adjust back.
I can very clearly notice ...
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How to change the location of backups in Think Vantage Rescue and Recovery?
With Think Vantage Rescue and Recovery, I could set an network location to save backup files. However, since I got a new NAS, R&R stopped working because it could not find the old file server ...
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Trouble with eSATAp cable on T420
I am looking for some help in finding the right cable to use with my eSATA USB hybrid port on Lenovo Thinkpad T420. I have already tried cables from 3 different sources, and none of them plug into the ...
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monitor "remembering" wrong resolution on multiple OSes on laptop
Apologies if the title doesn't quite make sense, I really have no idea what's going on here.
I have a 2-yr-old Lenovo X220 laptop with dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu which I often connect to a ~4-yr-...
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What type of hash is used to encrypt the Lenovo T61p hard-drive password? [closed]
My computer (Lenovo T61p) broke recently, and I need to recover the information off my hard-drive. The hard-drive is password protected, and I know the password, however I also selected the "Use ...
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T420 Camera Crashes when moving display
I have a Lenovo T420 and have some funky issue with my Integrated Camera. The camera seems to crash whenever I pull the display closer towards the keyboard. And if the display makes a 90 degree angle ...
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Can't turn on Intel 5300 Wifi on Lenovo T530
I have an Intel 5300 Wireless Card in my new Lenovo ThinkPad T530. Sometimes, when I use the Wireless switch on the side of the computer, when I turn it back on the computer still says that the Wifi ...
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Bluetooth headset for Lenovo Thinkpad T420
I want to buy a headset which could connect wirelessly with Lenovo Thinkpad T420. I want to know if any bluetooth headset is compatible with it, or whether there is some technical specification I ...
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Thinkpad Edge E535 freezing
I bought a new Thinkpad Edge E535. has 4GB of RAM and specs at the bottom of the post. It freezes randomly in Windows Explorer and sometimes it has problems shutting down. When I shut down the screen ...
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partitioning my laptop to dual boot Win7 & Debian
I just got a new laptop and want to add Debian to the already installed Windows 7. It came with 2 primary partitions, one for restore and one for Windows 7.
I shrunk the Windows 7 partition down ...
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External speakers make buzzing noise when laptop is plugged in
Any powered external speakers I connect to my laptop make a buzzing noise when my laptop is plugged in. I also have battery-powered noise-canceling headphones that make the buzzing if noise canceling ...
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Lenovo W510 won't resume from sleep with second hard drive installed
I have a 128GB SSD in place of the original hard drive and the old hard drive, a 160GB HDD in the Ultrabay with a third party adapter. Running Windows 7 Enterprise. This problem does not happen when I ...
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tune Lenovo ThinkPad L430 to higher resolution?
I'm using a Lenovo ThinkPad L430 notebook, its spec says, the 14 inches Screen's max resolution is 1366 x 768. the video card is Intel HD Graphics 3000.
I don't know, this 1366*768 limit, is due to ...
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