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The official 600 Upgrade and general information Topic

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by ndoggfromhell » Sat Oct 02, 2004 6:27 pm
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I created this Topic for everyone to post their successes with upgrades to the various Thinkpad 600 series models. Please submit whatever you feel...
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The official 770 Upgrade and general information Topic

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by ndoggfromhell » Sun May 16, 2004 2:50 pm
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The official 755 Upgrade and general information Topic

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by Thinkpad4by3 » Sun Mar 26, 2017 10:34 am
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I got a 755C with a factory image. I can get the image off the drive if anyone is interested in a stock W95 image.
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" Legacy thinkpad resources...old IBM pccbbs mirror&

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sun Feb 20, 2022 3:36 am
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by madmax » Sun Feb 05, 2006 6:27 pm

For those who still work on legacy thinkpads
a mirror of the old IBM BBS pccbbs...

This archive was made possible by the very kind and...

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Sun Feb 20, 2022 3:36 am
Tutorial for Replacing CCFL Backlight on Thinkpad 600s

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:21 am
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by JHEM » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:09 pm

Compliments of Dale, a poster on ibm.ibmpc.thinkpad:

Regards,

James

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Cheap 256MB PC133 RAM for the 600X?!?!?

Last post by ozzymud « Thu May 12, 2011 1:16 pm
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by JHEM » Fri May 12, 2006 1:44 pm

Crucial.com lists their PC133 256MB RAM as being compatible with the 600X series Thinkpad.

This is apparently due to the fact that Crucial/Micron...

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Thu May 12, 2011 1:16 pm
755CE no power

Last post by dabhidhuaghd « Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:32 am
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by rilliam » Sun Mar 02, 2025 12:08 am

Bought a 755CE off ebay, no hdd, no power adapter, shows as working in the pics from seller.

Rigged up a 20V lenovo adapter to positive and...

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Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:32 am
560 power jack problems?

Last post by dabhidhuaghd « Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:26 am
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by ThinkDan » Mon Apr 07, 2025 8:06 am

Hello all,

I have a couple of 560E's that are happily working, but for the fact that they seem very particular about how the power supply plug is...

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Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:26 am
600X 0B 301 Error

Last post by dabhidhuaghd « Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:16 am
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by Lexx_DMC » Fri May 16, 2025 10:15 am

Hi all,

My recently purchased 600X is not playing nice. I got the usual dead battery errors, which I quickly sorted, but I cannot get rid of error...

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Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:16 am
Thinkpad 600E no boot - Help

Last post by dabhidhuaghd « Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:13 am
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by GenkiMan » Thu Jul 31, 2025 1:16 am

Hello,

I have a Thinkpad 600E at 366 mhz as my daily windows 98 machine, essentially for gaming.
In the begining of the week after a playing...

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Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:13 am
Who can identify these IBM laptop？

Last post by solorist « Sun Sep 14, 2025 11:34 pm
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by solorist » Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:18 am

I'm an IBM laptop collector from China.
It's a small part of my IBM laptop collectibles.
I put some pics here to see how many people know these type...

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Sun Sep 14, 2025 11:34 pm
3D printable models for vintage thinkpad repairing

Last post by panips « Sun Sep 14, 2025 1:42 am
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by panips » Thu Sep 11, 2025 9:18 pm

As many of you know, these classic machines, like the ThinkPad 350, 240, and X20, often suffer from brittle plastics, cracked bezels, and missing...

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Sun Sep 14, 2025 1:42 am
Very weird thinkpad 600e error

Last post by Mr tom « Fri Sep 12, 2025 5:51 pm
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by evo.xex » Mon Sep 08, 2025 9:28 pm

Ive recently gotten a Thinkpad 600E from my grandmothers friend. Came with the original carrying case. Main lithium battery holds a good charge....

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Fri Sep 12, 2025 5:51 pm
ThinkPad 380XD: Boot issues

Last post by LevelUp_ErikJ « Sat Sep 06, 2025 1:44 pm

by LevelUp_ErikJ » Sat Sep 06, 2025 1:44 pm

I've been working on restoring a ThinkPad 380XD for use as a bridge machine, since it has a floppy drive, optical drive and USB port. I've installed...

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Sat Sep 06, 2025 1:44 pm
Thinkpad 770 and Selectadock III GPU Issue

Last post by unlawfulsoup « Fri Sep 05, 2025 2:05 am
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by unlawfulsoup » Sat Jul 05, 2025 9:02 pm

Hopefully one of the few people who has a selectadock and/or familiarity with Windows 98 can help. So I got my crowning jewel Selectadock III setup...

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Fri Sep 05, 2025 2:05 am
PCMCIA/CF boot - legacy Thinkpads

Last post by solidpro « Mon Sep 01, 2025 4:28 am
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by SMA » Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:38 pm

I have been through my legacy Thinkpads to test which ones can boot
from a Compact Flash card attached to the Thinkpad through a PCcard
PCMCIA/CF...

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Mon Sep 01, 2025 4:28 am
PCMCIA Card Booting on IBM Thinkpad 360c

Last post by solidpro « Mon Sep 01, 2025 4:24 am
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by Firecharger » Fri Jul 11, 2025 6:08 pm

I currently have an ibm thinkpad 360c with a pcmcia Sony memory stick adapter, and have pc dos installed on a 16mb memory stick. Now the computer...

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Last post by solidpro
Mon Sep 01, 2025 4:24 am
Promising way to retain mobility on old machines

Last post by unlawfulsoup « Mon Sep 01, 2025 12:15 am
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by unlawfulsoup » Mon Aug 11, 2025 11:26 pm

I have a decent collection of vintage machines that I enjoy using, especially my favorite of all time the Thinkpad 770. Right now I have a few viable...

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Mon Sep 01, 2025 12:15 am
Classic ThinkPad Device Driver Matrix pages

Last post by solidpro « Sun Aug 31, 2025 3:35 am
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by ThinkDan » Sun Aug 03, 2025 7:30 pm

I've been playing :D

The 'drivers' snapshot linked above is missing much for the earlier machines, e.g. 360, 370, 700, 701, 720, 750, 755, since it...

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Sun Aug 31, 2025 3:35 am
770 bad inverter.....why?

Last post by Luizapper « Fri Aug 29, 2025 7:03 am
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by solidpro » Mon Nov 21, 2022 8:49 am

Hi All

I'm working on a 770. The display is totally dark (but you can see an image if you shine a torch). I don't know for certain if it's the CCFL...

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Fri Aug 29, 2025 7:03 am
IBM ThinkPad 770 13.3" LCD panel recovery - LED retrofit

Last post by Luizapper « Fri Aug 29, 2025 4:56 am
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by Luizapper » Thu Aug 28, 2025 10:03 am

I've had a new Thinkpad 770 since 1998, and during its most intensive use until the mid-2000s, I had to replace the LCD inverter due to a dark screen...

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Fri Aug 29, 2025 4:56 am
760XL bios password woes

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:00 am
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by solidpro » Sat Jan 25, 2025 3:28 pm

Right, I'm being a little bit lazy. I can't remember for the life of me what particular password symbol this is:

It's not the HDD password, as no...

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Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:00 am
Several backlight DEAD!

Last post by Luizapper « Tue Aug 26, 2025 5:47 pm
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by el_Capo » Sat Jul 06, 2024 6:05 pm

I have a problem with 3 of the older computers in my collection (T21, T22 and 700X) which have their backlight burned out.... (when I illuminate them...

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Tue Aug 26, 2025 5:47 pm
Backlight / display from 750c or 755c

Last post by Luizapper « Tue Aug 26, 2025 11:47 am
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by solidpro » Mon Aug 25, 2025 2:25 pm

Hi All

I am trying to bring a 750c back to life and all is well apart from the CCFL tubes have both blown. Before I set about trying to replace...

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Tue Aug 26, 2025 11:47 am
IBM ThinkPad 530Cs

Last post by panips « Thu Aug 21, 2025 3:28 pm
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by panips » Tue Aug 12, 2025 4:07 pm

Just some notes for your information. I highlighted only the tricky parts and some...capacitors which you may need.

Starting from the back side, the...

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Thu Aug 21, 2025 3:28 pm
Two 530Cs machines so close to working...

Last post by solidpro « Mon Aug 18, 2025 1:17 pm

by solidpro » Mon Aug 18, 2025 1:17 pm

When a reasonably cheap 530Cs turns up, I will often buy it, even though they have several age-related issues. I have loads of spares and mostly good...

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Mon Aug 18, 2025 1:17 pm
s30 restauration project

Last post by solidpro « Thu Aug 14, 2025 4:56 am
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by nico75 » Sat Aug 09, 2025 4:07 pm

Hello,

I bought a nice and little bit beaten up thinkpad s30 from Japan.
I'm happily trying to restore it to working order.

At first, I will need...

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Last post by solidpro
Thu Aug 14, 2025 4:56 am
Printable 3D models for ThinkPad 500 repairing

Last post by solidpro « Wed Aug 13, 2025 11:40 am
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by panips » Fri Jul 25, 2025 4:46 pm

Got 2 ThinkPad 500 while both were damaged so I tried to fix them with 3d printing parts. I did see someone shared a 3d printable model of hinge...

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Wed Aug 13, 2025 11:40 am
ThinkPad 345C LCD Bezel

Last post by solidpro « Mon Aug 11, 2025 11:34 am
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by Amyy » Fri Aug 08, 2025 10:29 pm

Hi, this is my first post here so I apologize in advance if I'm doing anything wrong. Please let me know.

My friend has a (very cute!) ThinkPad 345C...

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Last post by solidpro
Mon Aug 11, 2025 11:34 am
770ED Recovery CD issues

Last post by GenkiMan « Wed Aug 06, 2025 7:03 pm
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by Lexx_DMC » Thu May 15, 2025 7:15 am

Hi all,

Looking for more help please, this time on a 770ED I have. I recently purchased this, but it came with Windows XP Pro installed. The poor...

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Last post by GenkiMan
Wed Aug 06, 2025 7:03 pm
0175: Bad CRC1, Stop POST task ERROR --> SOLVED

Last post by racecar56 « Fri Jul 25, 2025 10:05 pm
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by Franchute13 » Sat Dec 04, 2021 6:00 pm

Hello good.

Trying to fix problem 0175.
Searching in forums I found the following in Spanish:

The post says that by putting some cables in the...

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Last post by racecar56
Fri Jul 25, 2025 10:05 pm
Some software resources for (testing of) your vintage thinkpad

Last post by panips « Thu Jul 10, 2025 3:35 pm
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by panips » Mon Nov 11, 2024 3:19 pm

I was working on some really old laptops, and I got really tired of soldering work so I switched to the software part recently...

One topic that...

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Thu Jul 10, 2025 3:35 pm
[SOLVED] Thinkpad 380ED infamous "08611" trackpad issue - how to boot past this error

Last post by Luizapper « Tue Jul 08, 2025 12:51 pm
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by Artanis » Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:22 pm

Hello!
For the past two hours I have unsuccessfully tried to google around to solve the problem with an old Thinkpad 380ED , that I just acquired for...

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Tue Jul 08, 2025 12:51 pm
Lots of 360/370/750/755 keyboards with faulty trackpoints?

Last post by Luizapper « Tue Jul 08, 2025 12:47 pm
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by solidpro » Tue Sep 27, 2022 7:59 am

Hi

I've got 4 of these keyboards and they're all in fantastic condition - they all look like they have hardly any wear and I would love to use them...

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Last post by Luizapper
Tue Jul 08, 2025 12:47 pm
Issues Disabling Trackpoint on a 600x

Last post by Luizapper « Tue Jul 08, 2025 12:43 pm
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by kjellinux » Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:45 pm

I'm trying to give an IBM ThinkPad 600X a new life by installing a Linux distribution. Like many others i get the 08611 error. I found a post...

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Tue Jul 08, 2025 12:43 pm
90s Thinkpad Haul

Last post by Luizapper « Tue Jul 08, 2025 11:07 am
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by solidpro » Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:40 am

I picked up this bundle of rough 90s thinkpads today. I'd say about 70% look like honest, complete machines - about 20 in total, most of them I've...

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Last post by Luizapper
Tue Jul 08, 2025 11:07 am
Navigating the IBM Thinkpad 760 series to restore or repair

Last post by Luizapper « Tue Jul 08, 2025 11:05 am
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by solidpro » Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:51 am

Hi

This series has got to be one of the biggest minefields when it comes to model-naming and slight variations in build and specification making it...

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Tue Jul 08, 2025 11:05 am
Thinkpad 760XL - Does anyone have a bootable HDD Image?

Last post by oldoldold « Thu Jul 03, 2025 2:58 am
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by oldoldold » Wed Jul 02, 2025 4:34 am

Hi,

I just got a 760XL on my desk, with a failed Harddisk.

Are there any HDD Images I could just write to a different disk and have a startingpoint...

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Thu Jul 03, 2025 2:58 am
770Z on eBay

Last post by Edward Mendelson « Sat Jun 28, 2025 8:22 am
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by Edward Mendelson » Wed Jun 04, 2025 6:34 am

If I didn't have one already, I would jump for this, I think.

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Sat Jun 28, 2025 8:22 am
Thinkpad 300 and Zenith 325L

Last post by panips « Sun Jun 08, 2025 7:43 pm
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by panips » Tue Apr 08, 2025 4:31 pm

tl;dr They are NOT identical, but most of their parts are swappable

I believe my Thinkpad 300 was an NOS. It's sealed, but the screen is really bad...

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Sun Jun 08, 2025 7:43 pm
IBM 240 (1999 Pentium 3 machine) Boot from PCMCIA CF Card?

Last post by timbient « Tue Jun 03, 2025 3:12 am
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by timbient » Wed May 21, 2025 10:10 am

Hiya. I recently bought an IBM ThinkPad 240 to play with. I bought it because I have a very similar looking Windows CE IBM WorkPad z50 that I am...

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Tue Jun 03, 2025 3:12 am
PC110 Resurrection Project

Last post by timbient « Mon Jun 02, 2025 6:17 am
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by solidpro » Fri Apr 18, 2025 7:29 am

Hi All

I hope this is allowed - I've just supported a friend; Mike, who is steering a project to rebuild and improve the internals of the IBM PC110...

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Mon Jun 02, 2025 6:17 am
750C and 755C

Last post by solidpro « Tue May 27, 2025 6:06 pm
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by panips » Wed May 08, 2024 8:29 pm

tl;dr
LCDs of 750C and 755c are compatible...

I broke my 755C LCD and wanted to find a replacement. During the past month, I tried different 10' TFT...

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Tue May 27, 2025 6:06 pm
760ED Restore / Recovery (English!)

Last post by panips « Tue May 27, 2025 11:34 am
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by Lexx_DMC » Wed May 14, 2025 8:01 am

Hello all,

Hoping to get some advice from the experts here. I recently acquired a ThinkPad 760ED, which works perfectly, but I am struggling to find...

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Last post by panips
Tue May 27, 2025 11:34 am
Thinkpad 600X miniPCI wifi

Last post by unlawfulsoup « Sun May 18, 2025 3:13 pm
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by unlawfulsoup » Tue May 06, 2025 3:34 pm

I just finished restoring my 600X with some pretty good results. There is one thing I was considering, I noticed there is a modem card or something,...

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Sun May 18, 2025 3:13 pm
IBM Thinkpad 360CSE

Last post by Lexx_DMC « Sat May 17, 2025 9:51 am
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by tiho76 » Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:31 pm

Hello to all,

I have recently locally purchased IBM Thinkpad 360CSE in pristine condition. Previous owner was unfortunately formatted HD...

I...

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Sat May 17, 2025 9:51 am
ThinkPad G40 supervisor password locked

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu May 08, 2025 11:40 pm
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by beshad » Thu May 08, 2025 3:10 pm

Hi,

I came across an IBM ThinkPad G40 for sale on our local online marketplace. However, the listing says it is supervisor password locked. I’ve...

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Thu May 08, 2025 11:40 pm
750 (Mono) can take the 340 (Mono) LCD, with ribbon

Last post by solidpro « Thu May 08, 2025 8:02 am

by solidpro » Thu May 08, 2025 8:02 am

Just putting it out there, it seems all the 750 mono displays are dying with the centre 'blooming' out and failing. I was on a journey to see if the...

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Thu May 08, 2025 8:02 am
PS/Note N33 SX 12 / 16Mhz

Last post by solidpro « Wed May 07, 2025 5:53 am

by solidpro » Wed May 07, 2025 5:53 am

I spent a few days attempting to restore a few old N33 SX machines and will just do a quick summary of bits I found which are not mentioned...

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Wed May 07, 2025 5:53 am
IBM Thinkpad 500 and 510

Last post by solidpro « Fri May 02, 2025 2:45 am
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by solidpro » Tue Nov 07, 2023 4:14 pm

Hi Everyone

A couple of machines here you don't see many of. The 500 and the 510:

More pics and comparisons here:

I previously stripped down...

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Fri May 02, 2025 2:45 am

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