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    T40 Hibernate Error

    After owning my IBM T40 for 8 months, the hibernate mode seems to goof up. I press the hibernate button and it hibernates just fine, but then when i try and wake it from Hibernation, The screen looks like what you would see if you tried to play an old NES cartridge that needed to be dusted...
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    T41 theft alarm

    IBM t41's have hard drive protection... They can feel when the laptop is being moved... is there any way you can "lock" a laptop so that when soeone moves it the small speakers go off w/ an alarm, or "Stop stealing me!" this would be nice for those of us who put our laptops in public places...
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    using 2 batteries in a t41

    from what i understand it is bad to discharge a battery below 3%.... so how do u stop the second battery, in the ultrabay drive to save 3% and use the second battery (main one) to start drawing power? is there any way to arrange this because the ultrabay battery discharges to 0% any help would...
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    slim battery and LCD for t40

    how do u adjust the contrast for t41's, i can't see jack sitting in the sun.... also, the slim battery.... works pretty much the same way as standard battery? is there anything i need to know about it... any place to buy it for cheap? how do u clean u're LCD, it looks perfect indoors, but...
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    type of ram in thinkpads (t40/t41 and x40)

    i wanted to know if the t40/t41 and x40 both use the same type of ram? i want to know if it is interchangeable. I plan on buying a t40 and an x40, one for myself and the other for a family member. I would order both w/ 256, and then i'd buy a stick of 512. This would make it so both laptops...
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    t40/t41 screen resolution

    i was lookin into gettin a new t40/t41, and i had a question about the higher screen res? how big is the text on the higher res screen? and what can a higher res screen do better than a lower res cannot, i won't be playing game on it, but i will be surfing web/playing online card games.... so...
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    full size keyboard

    anyone know if any company does that anymore? i remember seeing comercials on tv, but i don't remember who did it, when i said full size, i didn't mean it, what i meant was a keyboard w/ the keys spaced out like a natural keyboard, i'm using a microsoft natural elite keyboard, and i love it, so...
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    PS2 Price Drop Rumors

    http://www.ultimategamez.com/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1065718031,8453, quote the whole message: Sony fights back and decides to drop the retail price of their PS2 to just $99.99, the price of a Nintendo GameCube. Now, this information isn't official yet, but we are not going to report it as...
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    noob HD question

    i have a 80 gigger in my dell dimensions 4400, i wana take that and put it in my xbox, i wana install a brand new 120-200 gigger in my PC, what would b the best way to setup the 2 drives at the same time so that i may transfer the info from one hd to the other, and then uninstall the 80 gigger...
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    HOT! XBOX 114+TAX YMMV on PM

    alright, it's a bit tricky but it should work... u go to BB and buy xbox, splinter cell, and mech assault, don't open anything... u get it pmed @ BB for walmart's xbox splinter cell and mech assault package... link here linky poo if u get it pmed, u get all 3 for 180-6 dolars for the 10 percent...
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    difference between these 3 converters

    i believe this is the correct forum to post this in, i wana play x-box or ps2 on my monitor, i know it is suposed to look good, but how good compared to my tv, and how much worse comared to my DC hooked up via vga adapter.... i'm lookin at these 3 converters, telll me what u think of 'em...
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    Rebates on Sony monitor

    sony's monitors are pretty expensive, but the image quality superb, i used to own the 17 trinitron, and then i bent the pins changing from one comp to another, so i went out a got a viewsonic a90f, and after using this for a couple of years, i realized that my old 17 trinitron has unbelievalbe...
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    installing optical drive (dru510a)

    hi, i'm taking out my old cdr-w drive and i'm putting in a dvdrw, how do i do this, ne1 got a good link? i've installed a cdrw b4 in my friends comp, but that was a tdk and it came w/ a vid so it was very easy... i'm very newb, so if somone could start me out by telling me how to uninstall my...
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    my "rig" and upgrades q's

    hi i'm new to these forums, but anyhoo let me get to the point... i'm wondering how much longer i can use this system and b able to play the newer games, Doom3 and HL2, at good settings, or i mean how well will i b able to play 'em it's a dell dimension 4500 got it a bit over a year ago, parents...