Thinkpad

I am going to buy my first Laptop. Used. Lenovo Thinkpad W530. Is it good for Photo Editing and Video Editing specially? . And Did this laptop has any issues or anything that might be a drawback? . Thank you.

Dear Experts I want to change SSD for ThinkPad X1 carbon to a bigger size , I need to disable power for the internal battery first I tried to follow (pressing F1) : https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/au/en/solutions/pd025206 F1 didn't work for me, I pressed Enter then F1 then Ctrl + S But I...

Hello, My sister is needing a computer so I'm deciding to give her my college laptop and I get myself a Lenovo Thinkpad I know it's old but I don't have the money to buy a new laptop. All the stuff I do is mostly web browsing, little bit of game (not too demanding like American/Euro Truck...

I need a new laptop for school and my budget is sub €300. I'll be using the Office suite and doing web browsing. I'll also be doing some light gaming (Rocket League). I've researched a bit and I think the best options I have are the ThinkPad T440s or the HP 250 G6. The ThinkPad seems to have a...

Hello, yesterday, I bought a thinkpad t540p, it is a used one but it is in good state. the only problem with it is that when i start the Windows (win 10) the 2nd hard drive (HDD) plugged through a Caddy sometimes shows up and some other times doesn't want to shows up until I restart the...

My son wants a laptop to code and browse the web. I'm not sure whether to get a chromebook or not. Lots of people have suggested a business class laptop like the thinkpad t420 refurbished like: https://www.ebay.com/itm/311439017491 and to buy it a battery...

I just bought a new Thinkpad. But, I have trouble to connect to the internet and it asked for the network security key when I selected the network available. Please help.

I am looking to buy an e580 with this config: CORE I5-8250U SSD 256GB RAM 8GB I want to add an Hdd to have slow but big storage. I checked the Hardware Maintenance and it seems that i need a ribbon to connect the hdd Anyone knows if this ribbon is included on the version without the hdd...

I have an Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E530 with: - GT 635M 2GB -i5 3210M 2.5Ghz -8GB RAM DDR3 -1TB HDD 5400RPM Can I upgrade my dedicated gpu with a better one?is it possible ?

I currently bought the sims 4 and I was wondering if I could play it on a Lenovo ThinkPad X131. I was planning on getting that laptop. Would it work on there?

for a structural engineering analysis, which thinkpad series is best

My screen is freezing

Hi My brand new thinkpad T470 won't turn on after it goes to sleep mode and even when it was shutdown properly. Had to use the reset button at the back to turn it on. Please advise.

I recall that the letters on the keys of my Thinkpad got worn off overtime. How about those on the Lenovo Carbon X1 6th gen 2018 and the DELL XPS 13" 2018?

Anybody bought ThinkPad from Lenovo? How good is Lenovo in terms of services? In case the computers need repairing, given that they do not have stores, is it easy to get help from them? Are they helpful when issues occur?

Im considering to buy second hand T400/X240 vs New Ideapad 120s Bot have equal price Mainly for office use, not gaming ms office, web surf, thunderbird, also for coding netbean IDE and html i like multitasking, but hate a lot of heat The old thinkpad use i5 4300U, the new ideapad use...

Hi my Lenovo ThinkPad T61 is not working the following keys < and SHIFT+} what is the solution

I uncovered an old Thinkpad and took it apart a little bit. I put all the parts back, but I lost some of the screws. I recently found out it was still under a 3 year warranty. Is it still valid?

Like a well-oiled machine, if you maintain the laptop performing regular maintenance runs the laptop can see its useful lifespan increased as well as being a crucial hardware during a mission critical event. This tutorial will show you to replace the thermal grease in your Lenovo Thinkpad. 1...

I have an old ThinkPad computer, but it runs more and more slow. I have no budget to buy a new computer, I want to know whether there is some free methods to make my computer run more faster.

I seen the T420 around a lot, all over the web, but I am wondering if you can upgrade the graphics card to something better, I know it comes with Intel HD 3000 Graphics and an i5 processor, but no clue if those are integrated/on board graphics or dedicated graphics, if they are dedicated, what...

Hi, I need portable computer. What I like most is thinkpad either X or T model. Sometimes I use excel f.x for powerpivot. Both T and X model has resolution of 1900x1080. Is X model too small for excel? What is your opinion?

My Lenovo thinkpad has no way to remove battery so this isn’t an option. Any other ideas on how to turn my laptop on?

So this is my cyber school's laptop but I don't want to send it in because it will take forever to get back. I haven't backed up the files EVER so I cant get them back without it booting. I tried to go and boot up into the menu for Safe Mode but it won't show the menu. So what happens is, when I...

Hi Guys! So, I own a Lenovo Thinkpad R60e. It has not been used for a very long time and it is just sitting and collecting dust. I was just wondering whether I can use the body of that laptop and add new parts like the i7-7700HQ with a compatible motherboard and the required size (have not...

Hello guys. I recently got this weird response from my lenovo thinkpad l440. I updated the gpu drivers and after the restart I got a black screen right after the windows 10 logo. If I connect a monitor to the laptop it works just fine (if I put the laptop to sleep by pressing the power button...

thinkpad t570's backlit keyboard turns on when opening laptop then shuts off even in a dark room .f4+spacebar does nothing

Hello guys, Recently I was convinced to buy a laptop but I went into some sort of problems. One major problem was that I have used a ThinkPad in the past and I have loved the keyboard, but now I was introduced to the Xiaomi's laptops that are known to be well build and MacBook like. To be...

i have thinkpad lenovo L412 6gb ram intel hd graphics card... anyone can tell me which game can run with high setting .. such as call of duty, devil may cry ,

I'm tired of my abysmal performing HP laptop of four years and wanting to move on. I'm torn between the two laptops listed in the title ~~ the ASUS Zenbook Pro UX550 and the Lenovo Thinkpad T480. I'm mainly going to be writing and editing videos (YouTube). But I also want to game from time to...

Hi guys, I bought this laptop as per description, I bought it refurbished since I wanted a cheap and light laptop to carry around, I just love it. The laptop worked flawlessly for 8-9 month then suddenly it started to have problems. At the beginning it started to freeze when using it (screen...

How do I transfer pics from iPhone 7 to Lenovo thinkpad?

I am going to high school soon so I need a good laptop. I don't want to risk losing a expensive laptop so I am going used or refurbished. My requirements are a intel 3rd gen, ips display, 128gb ssd, 5 hours battery life, weight:under 3.6 pounds. These are my minimum requirements.

Hi I set a password so that when I switch on the laptop the lock sign comes on but now I have forgotten the password

I was browsing on my laptop and it suddenly went off without warning so I plugged in the charger and turned it on but it shows plugged in(not charging) and when I uplug it goes off immediately. Please I need help asap

Hello I recently did a fresh win10 pro installation and since then my webcam does not get detected by any app or the device manager. I changed the cable for it and still nothing. I searched for about 2hrs about this problem and I found nothing. Can someone please help me? The webcam was working...

Now one thing, I would love it if someone would outbid me because of the shiping, other then that is that a good deal, with shipping included? Yes this is kinda a beg for someone else to outbid me...

Hiya, I’m considering purchasing this Lenovo laptop off of eBay. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F192471097685 I’m going to be using this Laptop for College (in the UK) and for DJing as it’s my hobby. I’ll be running RekordBox as my software...

my lenovo thinkpad laptop was fine until last night when it said it had a problem and needed to restart itself, i have restarted it several times but i have an non removable battery so i can not reset it any other way. It turned black and now it is just showing white and pink vertical lines. i...

The screen is completely unresponsive to touch input; however, if light pressure (just enough to move the hinge) is applied a ton of "phantom touches" appear on the screen and don't leave until the screen is tilted at a different angle. I've updated all my drivers using Lenovo's auto detect...

Hello, I own two Thinkpad laptops: - W520, i7, 16GB Ram, SSD, Win7 - X220, i5, 4GB Ram, HDD, Win10. I've tried 8GB Ram without any noticeable improvements. X220 is too slow to work on, especially after coming from W520, but it's great for portability since it's lightweight. I am wondering if I...

(Apologies if asked before, have searched but to no avail) Hey guys, I am the proud owner of a used ThinkPad T440s. Everything is perfect apart from the worn battery (which is actually still pretty good after 4 years of use). However, there's one problem. One of the battery release latches...

I have this old IBM Thinkpad T42 and I'm looking to get rid of it for some money. Its pretty old so I'm not expecting much for it. Any ideas?

hello good ppl. i hv a Thinkpad E530 machine. Some time after reboot the external drive is lost. Have done the followings: checked the

I am looking for a basic laptop for light school work. And currently I am looking at the Thinkpad T410, Thinkpad X201, and the Thinkpad Edge E430. Which laptop would you recommend performance wise? Also I am open to other laptops other than just Thinkpads.

Hello, I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T460P that will no longer recognize the AC adapter after hooking up to a docking station when on low battery. While on the docking station an error message popped up saying the AC adapter was unknown. I shut the unit down, undocked, and plugged the AC adapter...

Hello, I currently have a Lenovo ThinkPad Helix 3702 and I was curious if I could run Sims 4 with it? I am planning to upgrade it to 8gb ram but that's all i can do, here are the specs: Product Line: ThinkPad Brand: Lenovo Model: Helix MPN: 37021H5 Type: Convertible 2-in-1...

Goodday. I asked this question on an othet website. Would really appreciate your help. Need to identify this IC.. https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/454532/No+backlight+with+blown+fuse+under+lvds+connector THANKS

The middle mouse button needs to be pressed down really hard on my Lenovo ThinkPad X220. I have removed the key cap to see if anything is stuck in there but it all looks clean. I also removed and put back in the little rubber membrane to see if that helped at all. would really appreciate some...

Hello, My Thinkpad W510 has a mysterious performance issue when it's on its original 90 W, 20 A charger (no matter if the battery is in or not). It's about 10 times slower than when it's on battery. Tested it with new charger, but still ran slow. What could be done, do you guys have an idea of...

Hello, I own a Thinkpad T440P and my battery is dying. Lenovo ones are very expensive and i wanted to know if generic ones would work. Thanks in advance :)

Help! Lenovo ThinkPad i-5 Windows 7 Pro goes to first start up page with logos then to blank black page with white cursor flashing in top left corner. Have tried crlaltdelete, restarting several times tapping F11. Also took out battery. But can't manage to get past this blank page to do factory...

Hi, I want to get myself a laptop, and I've searched the internet for quite a while. I stumbled upon this offer. The price is 3000 PLN which is around 860USD/720EUR/640GBP. Is this good enough? It has been used for half a year, and is still on warranty until May 2019. Here are the specs: CPU...

Sir, i have a problem with my Thinkpad T430s, i get BSOD error at random but only when i am plugged into power socket, i tried another power adapter but same results, plus i tried various operating system viz: win-7, win-10 and linux kali but again same results. the only way to get it going is...

My Lenovo Thinkpad is not charging the battery and shows a "plugged in, not charging" message. I have a pending Bios update that won't update since the batteries are not charged.

https://s7.postimg.org/p4bvsednv/P1450501_1920.jpg What's that? It can be pushed in and stuff but I'm scared to meddle with it. What's its purpose?

Well... I guess you already know what i'm looking for by the title...

I own a Lenovo Thinkpad E550 and I've had absolute misery with it since I got it 2-3 years back. My biggest annoyance is with the hybrid graphics garbage that came with the laptop. The second graphics card has never, ever worked correctly and has only caused unmeasurable pain and suffering on...

Bought a Lenovo Thinkpad P51 with an i7-7700HQ, Nvidia Quadro M1200, and 16GB RAM. The system has been running pretty smooth, but I've been monitoring it's CPU temps via Core Temp and at idle it sits at low 60C and jumps up to about 75C-80C occasionally. I haven't done any real stress tests...

Heya, so here's my problem. Basically, my laptop has been working fine this morning. Now that i'm trying to turn it on, it doesn't work anymore. Basically, when trying to turn it on by pressing the power button, the battery charge led flickers for a 2 seonds before it turns off. This same thing...