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ThinkPads.com
aka Bill Morrow's web page

thinkpads.com - IBM Thinkpad source and open forum
is NOT part of IBM or LENOVO


If you own a ThinkPad, take time to join & participate in the
 New thinkpads.com Open Forum  - click
HERE


Active Military personnel are eligible for as much
of a discount as I can apply to anything I have for sale.
HOWEVER, due to recent events, the above discount
will be much less. Want to know why? Ask Lenovo!

To reach Bill:
bill@thinkpads.com
Telephone (noon to 7pm, Eastern Time) is:
772-781-0039

Click here for new ThinkPad listings
Last update: 27-may-2006
 Clearance SALE

The proposed new thinkpads.com web site is building just next door, HERE. Drop in and take a look around.
Then tell us what you like and do not like. Also what you WOULD like. This will be the super resource for all
ThinkPad owners.
Update, 20-sep-05:
Since Lenovo would rather see me go away quietly, this new web site will probably never be finished!
watch this space for future updates..
Update, 26-Sep-05:
Will finish when time permits!
May-06 update: All work on the new site has ceased for now..
More on this when I write the tale of thinkpads.com and ibm and then lenovo..

 

Windows Vista Beta is supposed to be shipping this week..

Are you expecting a copy..?
If so, read this sophisticated thinkpad users experiences installing Vista Beta-2 on his ThinkPad T60p..
OR, even if you do not have a copy coming, read this..

Click here
 
Here are some links of interest to thinkpad owners, gleaned from the open forum..
Notebook Hardware Control: http://www.pbus-167.com/chc.htm
more are coming..
no warranty of any kind is expressed or implied..
 

Need info on most ANY recent thinkpad..?
Click here for a PDF listing with specs

This file is on the IBM/Lenovo web site,
use your browsers back button to return here.
You will need PDF reader.

ThinkPads.com roving reporter reviews the X40
The above review is a bit dated, but i'll leave it for now.

BUT, since new ThinkPad models are now available with EvDO wireless, you should read the review below.
ThinkPads.com roving reporter wanders the streets
and reviews the new
EvDO 3G wireless data se
rvice

External monitors or How I learned to love, live with and use my external display


If you own a ThinkPad, take time to join & participate in the
new thinkpads.com Open Forum  - click
HERE

the old open forum
is still HERE
but will close down for posting mid may 2004
and remain for archival needs for sometime thereafter.


If you want to OWN a new ThinkPad, buy one from thinkpads.com
call 772-781-0039 (after noon, please) or email
bill@thinkpads.com

Please note: This web site has absolutely no connection with the old IBM or the new Lenovo.
 

  External monitors or How I learned to love, live with and use my external display   How did the Think.Pad get its name? Find out HERE
 
   FTP Page CLICK HERE  

   Today is: Sunday September 10, 2006      (StarDate 35)


 

 
 
 

 

     
       
 

 

     
       
 
Here are two images of the new finger print reader on the T42/T43 series. What about
this  Finger-
print reader
and the
security chip
??
click here to
learn more.
       
 
Typo's happen, there is no free lunch, likewise if a deal looks to be too good to be true,
it is most likely a typographic error and I am not responsible for them.
Subject to prior sale.
I have not updated this web site since last year, until just now.
There are a few good reasons for that.
I will soon write a dissertation on all that has occurred in the last 10 years that have led up to this current situation.
You might ask if I still resell new IBM ThinkPads.. Well, there are NO
new IBM ThinkPads. Only Lenovo ThinkPads.
Are these Lenovo ThinkPads as good as, better than or not up to, the old IBM
Produced ThinkPads..
Based on the new T60 and X60, they are about the same.
 
PARTS AND ACCESSORIES

Miscellaneous options, current and antique, that are currently available..

Hard Drive Caddys, Brackets & Shells

Trackpoint cap selection of 6 for $15 (cash or funded paypal) + postage

 

 SOME LINKS, HINTS and a DOWNLOAD

HPA?? PreDesktop Area?? what IS this stuff. Click here
to download a PDF file that explains what all this is.


600 Series Battery issues explained here

Undocumented key combinations in EZ setup

Instructions for Windows Logo Key on
A30 series and other thinkpad models

Troubleshooting memory issues on ThinkPads
This is a link to the IBM Web site

 

An open forum member posted this comment on a review of the desktop replacement
Dell Latitude D800, the Thinkpad T40 and ThinkPad T40p, an FIC notebook
and a desktop for comparison:

Got really nice photos showing inside and out of T40 and T40p.

T40p kicked ass in all 2-D and apps, and battery life. Its only weakness is in games, which it was never designed for. Besides, the comparable Dell to T40p in form factor is 600m, not D800 which is a A series competitor. The current 600m uses a similar ATI Radeon 9000 chip, 64MB.

Click on this link: http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.html?i=1801

then use your page back to return here and order a new ThinkPad T40
 

 
 

 Call or email to order any new IBM ThinkPad

Want a quote for 1 or 100 new ThinkPads?
GO to the IBM web site, get a price, then
call or e-mail Bill


call 772-781-0039 to order.

IBM 5
12meg memory for A31p = $189

GoldenRam 512meg memory = $189

Windows XP on the A20p
Old stuff, kept for archival purpose
For TransNote Users
Click me for
TransNote Links

Meanwhile: Click ME for various notes on XP from various anonymous correspondents
Old stuff, kept for archival purposes
Transnote Owners.. Find out how to fill in the void in IBM's neat Transnote. Get cursive script recognised by your Transnote and into MS word..
Transnote owners hints
  Batteryless
bios update
use this
AT YOUR
OWN RISK
follow me
Loading WinXP on your transnote or any OTHER non WinXP Thinkpad..?
 Help is HERE

re. transnote: an A30p WinXP preload can be used to easily load XP on the transnote
ask Bill for more info on this procedure

To speed up your modem connection in WinXP click HERE

Internet Sales Tax Discussion
IPI personnel use ThinkPads, thus I am on their mailing list.
This e-mail update got my attention. I thought to share it by way of a link.
 

 

 ATTENTION, CRITICAL UPDATE for pre-march-2004 T41p and R50p
 click here

 
  Want to mount a HDD over the 6gig limitation on many thinkpads..?
Read what one user did for his 760X series..
CLICK HERE
 
Attention: ThinkPad 570 & 600 Owners..
an internal ultraslimbay  CDRW is available for your 570/600 ThinkPad
Price is now $email, military discount applies
Click here for more info and pictures
 


Please take time to join the thinkpads.com open forum
click HERE
Ask questions, answer questions and discuss most anything.

Freedom and responsibility,
liberty and duty: that's the deal
(who said that?)

click HERE

A Review of the TransNote Folio
carry case. Also perfect for the
A30p and A31p


click HERE

FAQ

DVD FAQ

Quick Review
of the X20 and
a new 8x CDR
Click me to read more...

Large HDD on
an older 560?!
Yes.. read this users account of how he did it.

Beginning of the
LONG Awaited
Frequently Asked
Questions
A nice "tutorial"
by a customer
on the "ins" and "outs" of DVD Region codes
TransNote Note:
When using MS OfficeXP on the transnote, the writing pad feature works and sends the output to MS Word...
Birger tested this on his machine.
TransNote
Links
Questions on DVD stuff...?

Check out this web site
T40/A31p Video Info..
T40/A31p - Video Capabilities or
How to use and
LOVE your
external monitor
Read about the IBM Fellows for 2001
IBM Names Seven Fellows, Company's Highest Technical Honor
Trackpoint Caps
Four for $10 cash,
including postage.
Email to order

In bed ThinkPad support..

LAID BACK WE ARE

Hard Drive Upgrade page
Updated
21-Aug-2002

Hard Drive Shells
for ThinkPads &
others

Need a CDRW for a ThinkPad 600 or 570?
Click ME!!

A TP Owners recent "review" of Windows ME
on his new A20p

770 Series
2nd HDD Adapter
Available from Bill

ThinkPad Owners
share hints & help

TODAY:
Zen and the Art of the Recovery CD

This window
intentionally left
BLANK

Make your own
Disaster Recovery
CD set

X20 Review
OK, so its late,
sorry, been busy

Bill's Gossip
Corner
or a look around the corner
new gossip as of
june-01


The bird has news.....

Hardware Maintenance Manuals for most ThinkPads

 

Some Useful IBM links

Hardware Maintenance
Manuals

right click here to download the Travelstar
Drive Fitness Test ver. 3.51b8

IBM
ThinkPad
Driver
Matrix

Hardware
Maintenance
Manual Matrix
for most ThinkPads


For memory for your thinkpad, please
email with machine type
For price, email:
bill@thinkpads.com

Click for an early review of the A21p

Accessories on hand.. Click me for the compatibility list

For info or to order, call Bill at 772-781-0039
(noon to 9pm, Florida time)
or order
by e-mail: bill@thinkpads.com




Whats this..??
Idle thinkpads arise! Join this effort!
Find out HERE

For those thinkpad users who have screwed up,
and lost or don't remember their hard disk
password, follow this link
http://www.nortek.on.ca/nortek/
These guys can help you..


 

 ATTENTION
 CRITICAL UPDATE
 for T41p and R50p made before Jan-30
 

IF you own an R50p or a T41p or any T41 and R50

 and have a 60gig 7200 RPM hard drive
 Please click here and apply this firmware update to
 your thinkpad hard drive..
 
BELOW IS A PART OF WHAT YOU WILL FIND
 (note: use HERE above to go to the IBM site to get these)

 TP R50/p, T41/P - Mandatory firmware upgrade for 60GB hard disk drives
 
This is a Mandatory hard disk drive (HDD) firmware update. This update will fix early reliability issues in some drives.

This firmware applies to the following IBM systems with 60GB hard disk drives:
- ThinkPad R50, R50p
- ThinkPad T41, T41p

Only one file is needed to update the firmware. Users with Microsoft Windows can download and apply the non-diskette release.

NOTE: Before running the update, you should save your work and close all open applications.


 


PC-VAR Location ID upon request
click me to see the copyright stuff