It's been a while, but I wanted to set my T60 2007 up for possible sale. After installing a new copy of a purchased OEM Windows 7 64 bit, I tried to get System Update install he usual things like power management, fingerprint, etc. but lots of features just did not get installed. Has System Update b...

[quote="emeraldgirl08"]Glad to hear you found a happy medium :) I do not foresee certified drivers for our T/R/W/400/500 generation ThinkPads with switchable graphics. It seems that Lenovo, Microsoft, Intel, and AMD have moved on and are concentrating on the more recent chipsets and their accompanyi...

Based on some threads I've seen, the W500 switchable graphics feature is rather flaky and hard to manage. I've switched mine off, because the graphics card would crash on a lot of videos. With switchable graphics turned off, the crashes went away. I do not use high level video or photo editing softw...

Go for the UltraBay option as one can also set the power settings (Windows/Power) to have the drive spin down after 5 minutes or even less, if desired. This will take care of any noise from the drive. Since the drive will be used for backup/archives it will not be used very often, I assume. It only ...

Answering my own question....found on another forum. Turn off "Speed Step" in BIOS. No performance hit that I notice, and the annoying sound is gone, gone, gone!

It's a ThinkPad W500 4064A12, running Vista 64 bit on a SSD. I notice that there is a frequent high-pitched "chattering" at times when the machine is running. The chattering comes and goes. It is less pronounced when running Balanced vs. High Performance power settings. Balanced is quieter. Power Sa...

I "splurged" and bought a 256 gig SSD to run in my W500 UltraBay slot. I notice no such distortion or delays when playing music from there. I have not played music from my main drive which has the operating system on it. I do not run WinAmp, so cannot tell you if that is the problem. Yes, I do disab...

I have been running SSDs on my ThinkPads for about three years now. Intel (as you may have noticed) recommends disabling SuperFetch, and others also suggest clearing the "allow indexing" checkbox in the drive's properties menu, since the SSD does not need to index, thanks to its inherent speed. (but...

Have you checked Power Options/Advanced to see when the settings tell the drives to stop? One can set those the any number of time outs. My cooling fan spins up and and down, too. Sometimes it's hard to tell if the sound is the fan or the hard drive.

I just do Fn+Spacebar again to return the screen to normal size. Not necessary to reboot at all. Works on the native T60 screen as well as external screen using DVI output from dock. Also, sometimes the screen resolution can become "stuck" in a lower resolution setting, giving the impression that th...

I ran into similar partition error problems on an external USB drive, as well as a drive in the Ultra Bay on my W500 when running Windows 8 CP 64 bit. After some Microsoft Updates ran, that oddity "seemed" to stop. (I can offer no explanation for this behavior, but running chkdsk corrected the disk ...

Running Windows 8 on a T60 (64 bit frankenpad) with two gig of ram. Setup on a 80 gig SSD with separate partition for documents and other personal files. (that's how I always set up my computers) Using a dock, I can get nice digital video output to a HP 20" external monitor. To get the video output,...

I've had a couple of Seagate 250 gig hybrid drives since 2010 and they work well. Quiet and responsive. About 80% as fast as a solid state drive. The latest versions are probably even better.

Yep...Windows 8 running now on my W500 with a SSD. Faster than Windows 7 when run on the same SSD! Some confusion with new menu commands, but I'm gradually getting the hang of it. I discovered an old Vista ATI driver (7vd541ww.exe) that I use for the display port video output to my external monitor....

Just thought I would pass along some fun news. (well...fun for me, anyway!) I've installed Windows 8 Beta using a SSD, and ThinkPad Fan control runs just dandy on that OS. No hitches or glitches that I have detected! I even managed to track down a driver (7vd541ww.exe) for the display port on the W5...

robert213 is correct: Windows 7 disk management is a very good way to create that new partition. If your cd drive is currently listed as D, it will be bumped down to E during the process.

I have run into odd drive letter changes from time to time, also. It is an easy matter to go to Computer Management and change driver letter and path to the letter that you want. It will stay that way. I am guessing that Windows will sometimes rename the drives (or partitions) at the low level, and ...

PM headed your way for purchase.

(Out of curiosity - run the commands ver or winver. What do they report?) I cannot answer that because I have already removed Windows 8 from the ThinkPad I was using. I had other things to do with it. Another main reason to stop using Windows 8; it would not run with an external monitor, and my 72 y...

More observations as of sep 18 2011: - performance with an older 160 gig, 7200 rpm hard drive instead of a solid state drive is pretty good. About 80% as fast as the SSD. Boot up is around 25 seconds with the mechanical drive. -TPFancontrol runs very well on the T60 with Windows 8. The cooling fan s...

Hope you will excuse some elementary questions, but this sounds like a good unit for my "experimental" work with operating systems, etc. What is a "system planar"? Is that the same as a mother board? Does this machine NOT come with processor(s)? If not could they be installed, and how much? Does thi...

PM coming your way...

PM headed your way....

I would like to hear from members that have actually upgraded their T60's to SSD or Hybrids. I am considering Hybrid. How many manufacturer's make Hybrid drives? Any model recommendations? Hybrid, fast and more storage SSD fastest but not a lot storage if you need it when portable I am currently 80...

Have you tried going in the "front door" via Windows Explorer?

On my machine that is:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery

then right click rnr_simple.exe and run as admin.

Just an idea for what it may be worth...

I was very interested in a thread about controlling temps on a T60 machine. (*The T60 Fan Thread*) and wanted to save the thread for future reference. Thanks for the easy to do Print View which allowed me to copy and paste into a Word doc for later! Thanks for making this forum so useful!

PM inbound to you.... Max RAM = 8GB, More available? Yes, I believe I have enough RAM here for a total of 2 x 2GB sticks. W7 64bit support = Yes http://blog.augustoalvarez.com.ar/2009/01/20/experiencing-lenovo-w500-with-windows-7/ UB 2nd HDD Adapter, possibly included. I'd have to test the ones I ha...

I am just putting this W500 in very good condition out here to gauge if there's any interest... Product: ThinkPad W500 4064-A12 Original description: Based 4061-2HU: T9400(2.53GHz), 3GB RAM, 160GB 7200rpm HD, 15.4in 1920x1200 LCD, 512MB ATI FireGL V5700, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11agn, WWAN option, Bl...

Hi, I recently replaced my internal hard disk (80GB 5200rpm) with Western Digital 320GB 7200 hard disk. When I work on heavy applications, hard disk is going into sleep mode. Is there any way to stop hard disk going into sleep mode? I checked the power option and sleep mode is set to 'never'. My sy...

Kingston? Am thinking of going SSD but want to evaluate lower cost options. Any proven (you installed and are satisfied and its been reliable) options? I have been running Intel 80 gig SSDs on my T60 machines for about two years. Documents and tens of thousands of photos are saved and viewed there....