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| Started by | "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> |
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| First post | 2011-08-10 20:51 +0100 |
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Hardware Maintenance Disk "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> - 2011-08-10 20:51 +0100
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> - 2011-08-10 17:15 -0500
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> - 2011-08-11 00:50 +0100
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> - 2011-08-10 19:17 -0500
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> - 2011-08-11 01:46 +0100
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> - 2011-08-10 21:47 -0500
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-08-11 06:31 +0000
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> - 2011-08-11 08:00 +0100
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-08-11 08:22 +0000
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> - 2011-08-11 12:37 +0100
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-08-11 14:57 +0000
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> - 2011-08-11 17:01 +0100
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-08-11 20:19 +0000
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> - 2011-08-12 10:17 +0100
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2011-08-12 21:58 +1200
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> - 2011-08-12 11:50 +0100
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2011-08-13 14:03 +1200
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-08-13 03:07 +0000
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2011-08-13 16:00 +1200
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-08-13 03:06 +0000
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-08-13 03:03 +0000
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> - 2011-08-13 08:20 +0100
Re: Hardware Maintenance Disk wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-08-16 01:59 +0000
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| From | "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-10 20:51 +0100 |
| Subject | Hardware Maintenance Disk |
| Message-ID | <0ao5471dcors8fm55mi4umnkhct4ge80vv@4ax.com> |
Does anyone know where to find a copy of a hardware maintenance disk for Thinkpad T60? I need to correct the model number in BIOS to solve System Update "Error 75".
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| From | Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> |
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| Date | 2011-08-10 17:15 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <3h0647hkae0st2p44ofe3pqrmupslrt4p2@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #490 |
On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:51:41 +0100, "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> wrote: >Does anyone know where to find a copy of a hardware maintenance disk for >Thinkpad T60? I need to correct the model number in BIOS to solve System >Update "Error 75". Well, not "disk" but most Thinkpad hardware maintenance manuals are on-line. You might try looking here: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/?sitestyle=ibm&lndocid=MIGR-46464 Which is actually the link for my model, but I think you can enter your model number.
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| From | "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-11 00:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <t76647d86kj51i2vmar1o29c6q81leqqtq@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #491 |
On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:15:34 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> wrote: > On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:51:41 +0100, "Anthony R. Gold" > <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> wrote: > >> Does anyone know where to find a copy of a hardware maintenance disk for >> Thinkpad T60? I need to correct the model number in BIOS to solve System >> Update "Error 75". > > Well, not "disk" but most Thinkpad hardware maintenance manuals are > on-line. You might try looking here: > > http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/?sitestyle=ibm&lndocid=MIGR-46464 > > Which is actually the link for my model, but I think you can enter > your model number. You reckon a manual can correct the model number in the BIOS? Nah!
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| From | Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> |
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| Date | 2011-08-10 19:17 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <ti7647lhjkgkr7topmild2mshjci270r3a@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #492 |
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:50:27 +0100, "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> wrote: >On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:15:34 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> >wrote: > >> On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:51:41 +0100, "Anthony R. Gold" >> <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Does anyone know where to find a copy of a hardware maintenance disk for >>> Thinkpad T60? I need to correct the model number in BIOS to solve System >>> Update "Error 75". >> >> Well, not "disk" but most Thinkpad hardware maintenance manuals are >> on-line. You might try looking here: >> >> http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/?sitestyle=ibm&lndocid=MIGR-46464 >> >> Which is actually the link for my model, but I think you can enter >> your model number. > >You reckon a manual can correct the model number in the BIOS? Nah! Well, probably not, but my manual (for the T42) does give the URL where the maintenance diskette and service diskette are posted.... I was hoping that the manual for your T60 might do the same. But then, I don't even know if that would be the right disk for what your are doing.... sorry I wasted your time.
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| From | "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-11 01:46 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <2696471vfqlgu41e8htsv58s3a0rrks9f8@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #493 |
On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:17:48 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:50:27 +0100, "Anthony R. Gold" > <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> wrote: > >> On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:15:34 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:51:41 +0100, "Anthony R. Gold" >>> <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> Does anyone know where to find a copy of a hardware maintenance disk for >>>> Thinkpad T60? I need to correct the model number in BIOS to solve System >>>> Update "Error 75". >>> >>> Well, not "disk" but most Thinkpad hardware maintenance manuals are >>> on-line. You might try looking here: >>> >>> http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/?sitestyle=ibm&lndocid=MIGR-46464 >>> >>> Which is actually the link for my model, but I think you can enter >>> your model number. >> >> You reckon a manual can correct the model number in the BIOS? Nah! > > Well, probably not, but my manual (for the T42) does give the URL > where the maintenance diskette and service diskette are posted.... I > was hoping that the manual for your T60 might do the same. But then, I > don't even know if that would be the right disk for what your are > doing.... sorry I wasted your time. I'm very happy to try a T42 disk and test whether they are interchangeable. Does that URL in your manual really work and lead to something useful?
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| From | Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> |
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| Date | 2011-08-10 21:47 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <b0g647lncsdqanj0ddj7tl6jlu7l68dkqa@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #494 |
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:46:28 +0100, "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> wrote: >On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:17:48 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> >wrote: > >> On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:50:27 +0100, "Anthony R. Gold" >> <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:15:34 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:51:41 +0100, "Anthony R. Gold" >>>> <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Does anyone know where to find a copy of a hardware maintenance disk for >>>>> Thinkpad T60? I need to correct the model number in BIOS to solve System >>>>> Update "Error 75". >>>> >>>> Well, not "disk" but most Thinkpad hardware maintenance manuals are >>>> on-line. You might try looking here: >>>> >>>> http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/?sitestyle=ibm&lndocid=MIGR-46464 >>>> >>>> Which is actually the link for my model, but I think you can enter >>>> your model number. >>> >>> You reckon a manual can correct the model number in the BIOS? Nah! >> >> Well, probably not, but my manual (for the T42) does give the URL >> where the maintenance diskette and service diskette are posted.... I >> was hoping that the manual for your T60 might do the same. But then, I >> don't even know if that would be the right disk for what your are >> doing.... sorry I wasted your time. > >I'm very happy to try a T42 disk and test whether they are interchangeable. > >Does that URL in your manual really work and lead to something useful? You know, I've never tried it.... never had a reason to. So, I just tried it and no, I get a message that the page isn't redirecting properly. But it implies that at one time there was a link to download the disk.
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| From | wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) |
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| Date | 2011-08-11 06:31 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <j1vt06$mnu$1@reader1.panix.com> |
| In reply to | #495 |
In article <b0g647lncsdqanj0ddj7tl6jlu7l68dkqa@4ax.com>, Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> wrote: > >So, I just tried it and no, I get a message that the page isn't >redirecting properly. But it implies that at one time there was a link >to download the disk. The original poster probably didn't have the time to visit www.lenovo.com, where the complete BIOS support including bootable media, the Thinkvantage software maintenance images, recovery media and utilities, and software management tools are easily located and downloaded. For every thinkpad ever sold back to the 700 series. Lenovo nee' IBM support is second to none, but it's more fun to post questions to Usenet then play yes but with the responses. Anyway, someone concerned with exact byte values in BIOS should be capable of editing the file and reflashing the chip all by himself, hmmm?
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| From | "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-11 08:00 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <14v647tivo8jv5jt2gsgmakhr8i9ahbk3f@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #496 |
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:31:34 +0000 (UTC), wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) wrote: > In article <b0g647lncsdqanj0ddj7tl6jlu7l68dkqa@4ax.com>, > Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> wrote: >> >> So, I just tried it and no, I get a message that the page isn't >> redirecting properly. But it implies that at one time there was a link >> to download the disk. > > The original poster probably didn't have the time to visit > www.lenovo.com, where the complete BIOS support including bootable > media, the Thinkvantage software maintenance images, recovery media > and utilities, and software management tools are easily located and > downloaded. For every thinkpad ever sold back to the 700 series. I had enough time but only find broken links there.
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| From | wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) |
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| Date | 2011-08-11 08:22 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <j203gg$mb2$1@reader1.panix.com> |
| In reply to | #497 |
In article <14v647tivo8jv5jt2gsgmakhr8i9ahbk3f@4ax.com>, Anthony R. Gold <tgold@panix.com> wrote: > >I had enough time but only find broken links there. Well, gee, maybe instead of using the browser you wrote yourself in Ruby you could revert to firefox just this once? There's a price to genius, you know. Complete support for T60 thinkpads is available using this path. It's so complete that if you have your exact machine type you'll be offered the exact drivers for your hardware configuration. If you don't want to navigate there's an option to download an agent and have it take you directly to the correct page. www.lenovo.com->support->think-based products->browse products Laptops and netbooks->T series laptops->T60->all machine types->all os Download drivers and software The page is dynamic so a posted link won't work properly (your previous choices are recorded and used to construct the proper page) but it's easy to navigate there. BTW a posted link isn't broken but lacking the cookies will take you to the default page. The maintenance discs are under software update and/or system management. The full recovery discs aren't downloadable (the driver and utility recovery discs are) but the part numbers are listed in the hardware manual. That's under (surprise) the Manuals section. To get one you call Lenovo and use a credit card to place an order. Now, if you want a vendor that's a real PIA to get drivers from try finding stuff for old Toughbooks. "It was hard to build so it should be hard to maintain!"
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| From | "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-11 12:37 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <s6f747h78i1leuac46p5m7sgcgc940f1aq@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #498 |
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:22:40 +0000 (UTC), wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) wrote: > In article <14v647tivo8jv5jt2gsgmakhr8i9ahbk3f@4ax.com>, > Anthony R. Gold <tgold@panix.com> wrote: >> >> I had enough time but only find broken links there. > > Well, gee, maybe instead of using the browser you wrote yourself in > Ruby you could revert to firefox just this once? There's a price to genius, > you know. > > Complete support for T60 thinkpads is available using this path. It's > so complete that if you have your exact machine type you'll be offered the > exact drivers for your hardware configuration. If you don't want to navigate > there's an option to download an agent and have it take you directly to the > correct page. > > www.lenovo.com->support->think-based products->browse products > > Laptops and netbooks->T series laptops->T60->all machine types->all os > > Download drivers and software > > The page is dynamic so a posted link won't work properly (your > previous choices are recorded and used to construct the proper page) but > it's easy to navigate there. BTW a posted link isn't broken but lacking > the cookies will take you to the default page. > > The maintenance discs are under software update and/or system > management. The full recovery discs aren't downloadable (the driver and > utility recovery discs are) but the part numbers are listed in the hardware > manual. That's under (surprise) the Manuals section. To get one you call > Lenovo and use a credit card to place an order. > > Now, if you want a vendor that's a real PIA to get drivers from > try finding stuff for old Toughbooks. "It was hard to build so it should > be hard to maintain!" Thanks but I am not looking for a BIOS update or the tools to perform that, I am looking for a particular utility called Hardware Maintenance Diskette that is mentioned in all the Hardware Maintenance Manuals but at broken URLs. I believe that utility will allow one to make corrections to the model number stored in BIOS. Did you see something with that name? Normally a regular BIOS update offers the user an invitation to change the model number, but I tried that and apparently it does not work - perhaps because the existing values are invalid.
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| From | wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) |
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| Date | 2011-08-11 14:57 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <j20ql0$d0h$1@reader1.panix.com> |
| In reply to | #499 |
In article <s6f747h78i1leuac46p5m7sgcgc940f1aq@4ax.com>, Anthony R. Gold <tgold@panix.com> wrote: > >Thanks but I am not looking for a BIOS update or the tools to perform that, I >am looking for a particular utility called Hardware Maintenance Diskette that That's only available to authorized service providers. Is the eprom information invalid or just different then you want? IOW did you swap motherboards and get RFID errors, or do you have software that won't run? If you swapped boards why not just flash the correct bios and reinstall wnidows? AFAIK the only reason to care about all this is to migrate a serial number to a new motherboard, and I'm not sure why that mnatters to you.
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| From | "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-11 17:01 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <3ht747durr7bt6ucudnsum9q4m5epv7blj@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #500 |
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:57:36 +0000 (UTC), wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) wrote: > In article <s6f747h78i1leuac46p5m7sgcgc940f1aq@4ax.com>, > Anthony R. Gold <tgold@panix.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks but I am not looking for a BIOS update or the tools to perform that, I >> am looking for a particular utility called Hardware Maintenance Diskette that > > That's only available to authorized service providers. > > Is the eprom information invalid or just different then you want? > IOW did you swap motherboards and get RFID errors, or do you have software > that won't run? > > If you swapped boards why not just flash the correct bios and reinstall > wnidows? AFAIK the only reason to care about all this is to migrate a serial > number to a new motherboard, and I'm not sure why that mnatters to you. I won't waste bytes explaining the history and I have no idea whether the system board was ever changed by anyone. The model number setting is not a different machine type but nonsense similar in format to the one discussed here: http://tinyurl.com/3fb6kd9. Maybe that is what comes from the factory on a replacement system board before installation. The only known problem it had caused so far is that System Update won't work and just errors because it is unable to send a recognizable machine model number to Lenovo's server. Someone finally did send me a link to exactly what I needed and that file is on http://download.lenovo.com/... but AFAICT it is now an orphan page with no links to it. I mailed a message to ask the person who sent me the URL how he learnt or discovered it. Thanks for your interest and I'm outta here.
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| From | wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) |
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| Date | 2011-08-11 20:19 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <j21dgi$a9j$1@reader1.panix.com> |
| In reply to | #501 |
In article <3ht747durr7bt6ucudnsum9q4m5epv7blj@4ax.com>, Anthony R. Gold <tgold@panix.com> wrote: > >Thanks for your interest and I'm outta here. Lol. "Guess my problem, then solve it! You can't? Well, what good are you anyway? Goodbye!" Gotta love it. "Some folks look for answers others look for fights..."
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| From | "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-12 10:17 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <u0q947t4l9jj9v0c65l2ltc6rdlq02oh4k@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #502 |
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:19:30 +0000 (UTC), wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) wrote: > In article <3ht747durr7bt6ucudnsum9q4m5epv7blj@4ax.com>, > Anthony R. Gold <tgold@panix.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks for your interest and I'm outta here. > > Lol. "Guess my problem, then solve it! You can't? Well, what > good are you anyway? Goodbye!" Hi "the warf rat", known in real life as Lou Marco. I have no idea what you are complaining about. This is my OP of this thread: > Does anyone know where to find a copy of a hardware maintenance disk for > Thinkpad T60? I need to correct the model number in BIOS to solve System > Update "Error 75". I thought I was asking a plain question that explained exactly what I needed and what problem it was intended to solve, but if it was unclear I would have answered any questions. In the eleventh post of this thread you asked me if there was some software that didn't run - the question that was answered in the OP, but you still claim I was asking subscribers to guess my problem.
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| From | "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> |
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| Date | 2011-08-12 21:58 +1200 |
| Message-ID | <j22tgs$p3e$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #503 |
Somewhere on teh intarwebs Anthony R. Gold wrote: > On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:19:30 +0000 (UTC), wrat@panix.com (the wharf > rat) wrote: > >> In article <3ht747durr7bt6ucudnsum9q4m5epv7blj@4ax.com>, >> Anthony R. Gold <tgold@panix.com> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for your interest and I'm outta here. >> >> Lol. "Guess my problem, then solve it! You can't? Well, what >> good are you anyway? Goodbye!" > > Hi "the warf rat", known in real life as Lou Marco. I have no idea > what you are complaining about. This is my OP of this thread: > >> Does anyone know where to find a copy of a hardware maintenance disk >> for Thinkpad T60? I need to correct the model number in BIOS to >> solve System Update "Error 75". > > I thought I was asking a plain question that explained exactly what I > needed and what problem it was intended to solve, but if it was > unclear I would have answered any questions. In the eleventh post of > this thread you asked me if there was some software that didn't run - > the question that was answered in the OP, but you still claim I was > asking subscribers to guess my problem. Lenovo are currently in the process of crippling the old IBM support system so that it only works on the system that you are using to browse the support pages. Pretty tough when/if, like me, you have 10+ ThinkPads but do your downloading from just the one. :-( Damn Lenovo, they're destroying what was a large part of the attraction of ThinkPads; The support. -- Shaun. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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| From | "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2011-08-12 11:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <5u0a47l8uj3id00ktvls55s15d3pph5tlu@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #504 |
On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:58:48 +1200, "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> wrote: > Lenovo are currently in the process of crippling the old IBM support system > so that it only works on the system that you are using to browse the support > pages. Pretty tough when/if, like me, you have 10+ ThinkPads but do your > downloading from just the one. :-( > > Damn Lenovo, they're destroying what was a large part of the attraction of > ThinkPads; The support. 100% Shaun, it's now not much more that mass of broken links. And I can meet your 10 and raise you another 10. Started on the TP600 and not yet gone past X60s and T61 because of my familiarity with XP and owning some veteran hardware that will never have Windows 7 support.
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| From | "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> |
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| Date | 2011-08-13 14:03 +1200 |
| Message-ID | <j24m1t$d3k$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #505 |
Somewhere on teh intarwebs Anthony R. Gold wrote: > On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:58:48 +1200, "~misfit~" > <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> wrote: > >> Lenovo are currently in the process of crippling the old IBM support >> system so that it only works on the system that you are using to >> browse the support pages. Pretty tough when/if, like me, you have >> 10+ ThinkPads but do your downloading from just the one. :-( >> >> Damn Lenovo, they're destroying what was a large part of the >> attraction of ThinkPads; The support. > > 100% Shaun, it's now not much more that mass of broken links. And I > can meet your 10 and raise you another 10. Started on the TP600 and > not yet gone past X60s and T61 because of my familiarity with XP and > owning some veteran hardware that will never have Windows 7 support. Yep, I stopped at the T60 (three thereof) as I have a big fondness for FlexViews and I also seriously dislike the short screens that most T61s and later have. Most of my current stable of working TPs are Pentium M / Core / Core2 (which are all USB2 / DDR or DDR2 RAM as well) although I do have a couple earlier machines, an X24 and an X30 (both PIII 1.13GHz, a fine CPU). I do have W7 Ultimate on one of my 'ultimate' T60s (C2D 64-bit, FlexView) but I stopped using it after a few weeks, now I only fire it up to keep the moisture out and update the OS. I must buy another HDD and put XP back on it. At least it'll get some use then. Cheers, time to cut the lawn.... -- Shaun. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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| From | wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) |
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| Date | 2011-08-13 03:07 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <j24ppv$jef$3@reader1.panix.com> |
| In reply to | #507 |
In article <j24m1t$d3k$1@dont-email.me>, ~misfit~ <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> wrote: > >"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a >monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also >into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Careful you don't turn into a T60! Lol :-)
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| From | "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> |
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| Date | 2011-08-13 16:00 +1200 |
| Message-ID | <j24sst$gu3$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #510 |
Somewhere on teh intarwebs the wharf rat wrote: > In article <j24m1t$d3k$1@dont-email.me>, > ~misfit~ <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> wrote: >> >> "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a >> monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also >> into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche > > Careful you don't turn into a T60! Lol :-) <grin> The T60 is far from a monster. IMHO it's the best laptop ever made and in fact it could improve my personality. ;-) -- Shaun. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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| From | wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) |
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| Date | 2011-08-13 03:06 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <j24pn8$jef$2@reader1.panix.com> |
| In reply to | #505 |
In article <5u0a47l8uj3id00ktvls55s15d3pph5tlu@4ax.com>, Anthony R. Gold <tgold@panix.com> wrote: >100% Shaun, it's now not much more that mass of broken links. And I can meet Oh, horseshit. I'm over there twice a day at least. Works fine. Some of the support for really old stuff is gone, though. You used to be able to get drivers for a 365 if you needed them, not now sigh. Lenovo may not do as good a job as IBM, but there's a whole lot worse. Try some of the Japanese vendors. Or Winbook. :-)
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