https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Daxelrod&feedformat=atomThinkWiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T05:36:19ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.31.12https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:ThinkWiki&diff=24706Talk:ThinkWiki2006-09-18T01:08:44Z<p>Daxelrod: /* Exploding Batteries on Thinkpads? */</p>
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<div>There are at least two different forms of date notation used on the main page. <br />
One way should be picked. I would suggest ISO standard YYYY-MM-DD<br />
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html<br />
-David Mattli <br />
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The main page of ThinkWiki is not protected, so feel free to edit it. But do it with caution - it's the primary connection to the all content of our '''ThinkWiki''' ;-)<br />
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--[[User:Akw|akw]] 00:11, 25 Sep 2004 (CEST)<br />
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I added to wikipedia-like templates. To edit them go to Template:ThinkWiki_Preamble and Template:ThinkWiki_News.<br />
Shall we put the other parts of the page in templates, too? If we do so, we could have that nice block design from wikipedia on our mainpage.<br />
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--[[User:Akw|akw]] 11:37, 25 Sep 2004 (CEST)<br />
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I think this is too much color. Makes it less readable, takes longer to orientate than the plain list style layout.<br />
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Liked it with only the two blocks in the beginning.<br />
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If we want to use blocks for everything, please stick to fewer colors. I think the yellow of the first block is not bad, and else i'd suggest light grey, maybe light blue.<br />
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However, if we stick to having all in blocks, how about [[User:Wyrfel/mainlayouttest | this color scheme]]?<br />
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[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 16:35, 25 Sep 2004 (CEST)<br />
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Made [[User:Wyrfel/mainlayouttest-LTP | another Mainpage layout sketch]]. This tries to resemble the Tux and IBM logo colors and therefor looks quite "fresh".<br />
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[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 18:59, 25 Sep 2004 (CEST)<br />
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: Too colorful for my taste, I think the other one is better --[[User:Nomeata|Nomeata]] 19:46, 28 Sep 2004 (CEST)<br />
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'''Important change:''' Moved Main_Page to ThinkWiki for cosmetical reasons..<br />
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--[[User:Akw|akw]] 16:54, 26 Sep 2004 (CEST)<br />
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== Needed: older ThinkPad specs... ==<br />
<br />
As you can tell by my userid here, I've got a 600E. There are a whole lot of them out there thanks to the fact it was the current model during the Dot-Com era. We should cover the older ThinkPads and their quirks as well as the later models. <br />
<br />
I also had a 365X, which is now living with a friend in the UK.<br />
<br />
Yes, the next ThinkPad I'll probably score is a T4x, they are really kewl machines and inspire technolust in this geek. But until then, I love my 600E and I'm looking forward to some upgrades this weekend. <br />
<br />
I will make copious notes on the upgrade process, which will include the installation of a 40GB hard drive and using the stock 10GB drive as extra Windows storage space. I have a hard drive bay module so the stock drive can be reused. The vast majority of the HD will be given over to an install of Debian Linux, with a 7GB Windows 2K partition because the University I will be attending a year from now demands it. (Yeah, I know, sucks, doesn't it.)<br />
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ThinkPad different,<br />
Michelle<br />
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I totally agree.<br />
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All specs of all models can be found on the IBM support pages, we just need volunteers to transfer the infos into internal pages.<br />
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Since this is not the most interesting thing to do and hence it would be best if people using older ThinkPads transfer the specs for their models themselves. The same goes for other articles as installation infos, problems or whatever. I had a 570 once and loved it even though T30s where available at the same time...and i'd like to see more about these machines here, which everyone of them had some special characteristics and ideas behind them. So please show up, proud owners of Thinkpad 730TEs. 701s, 360Ps, Transnotes etc. ... ! ;)<br />
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Owners of the newer machines should take care of writing their articles (especially when creating new pages or sections) in a way that they are open for older models as well...i.e. make clear in the page or section title that its a specific topic for newer models.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 00:45, 29 Sep 2004 (CEST)<br />
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I just inserted [[Special:Benchmarks|Benchmarks]] into the main menu.<br />
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--[[User:Akw|akw]] 14:07, 15 Oct 2004 (CEST)<br />
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I replaced the old logo with the great new one crafted by [[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]]<br />
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--[[User:Akw|akw]] 14:22, 1 Mar 2005 (CET)<br />
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:The new logo is too large to fit the sidebar. I can only see the yellow center with the ThinkWiki text and the left foot of Tux. I am using 1024x768 resolution and Opera. --[[User:137.226.40.2|137.226.40.2]] 14:37, 1 Mar 2005 (CET)<br />
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In Firefox the rest of the logo appears overlaid over the page frame. Interesting, that Opera doesn't do this.<br />
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However, we'll fix this soon.<br />
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[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 19:57, 1 Mar 2005 (CET)<br />
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:Well, I am using Firefox and I only see half of Tux without any overlay. I guess I'll wait for the fix :-) --[[User:80.146.81.192|80.146.81.192]] 21:33, 1 Mar 2005 (CET)<br />
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Strange, it works with firefox and epiphany for me. I'll fix it.<br />
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Ok, now the smaller logo image is online. Looks nice for me :-)<br />
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--[[User:Akw|akw]] 22:15, 1 Mar 2005 (CET)<br />
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=== Main Page now protected ===<br />
I had to protect the mainpage from editing because of vandalism.<br />
Everyone who wants to add something to the mainpage is asked to post it here, the admins ([[User:Akw|akw]],<br />
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]]) will insert it into the mainpage. You can also [[ThinkWiki:Contact|contact us]] to make your suggestions!<br />
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We're sorry for inconvenience. :-(<br />
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--[[User:Akw|akw]] 10:20, 2 Mar 2005 (CET)<br />
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Hei Arno,<br />
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I tried to do some stuff with templates, but it seems like templates in this version of MediaWiki are lacking some features and also seem a bit buggy (or i want too much). Is it troublesome to update to 1.4rc1? Shell we wait for the stable?<br />
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 01:09, 14 Mar 2005 (CET)<br />
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Hi,<br />
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I'm a new user, so i don't know if it's a good place to write here. Is there any newsgroup/forum about Thinkwiki ? I'm looking for a place to find some advice before buying a Thinkpad. (sorry form my english)<br />
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Krs<br />
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=== Updates todo ===<br />
<br />
== MediaWiki Update ==<br />
<br />
I updated the thinkwiki software to version mediawiki 1.4.4. I hope this update will not be too painful.<br />
There is still a problem with URL rewriting, so I had to deactivate the .htaccess file. Because of this, we got this ugly URLS with this '''index.php''' before the entry. The problem seems to be with the wiki config file '''LocalSettings.php''' and/or the '''.htaccess''' file.<br />
I hope I get it fixed soon.<br />
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== Thinkpad and Apple Cinema 20' ==<br />
<br />
I have a thinkpad R50. I have det required docking station with DVI.<br />
If i try to boot my computer from the docking station nothing happends - it seems that it freezes up.<br />
The only way i can get the monitor to work is:<br />
1. boot the computer disconnected from the docking.<br />
2. when the computer has booted i place it on the docking station. Then i works!!!<br />
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Do you know how to solve the problem. <br />
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Hope to hear from you.<br />
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Try changing the bootup display settings in the BIOS. Are you talking about Linux or Windows?<br />
== Spelling: HOWTOs ==<br />
Could anyone be so kind to correct "Howto's" to "Howtos"?<br />
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Done. [[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 12:00, 2 Aug 2005 (CEST)<br />
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== ThinkPad Buyers guide ==<br />
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It would be cool is there was a buyer guide to 2nd hand think pads.<br />
- For people wishing to join in by gettine there own thingpad!!<br />
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This is a bit hard to accomplish. Remember that ThinkWiki is a site with international scope. What makes sense (in my opinion) is a page that has some notes and hints about what to care for, what are weak parts etc. . But it wouldn't make much sense to create a list of sites where to get them. Or maybe that's just what you meant. ;-) I'll look into creating some infrastructure for that on occasion.<br />
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[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 03:02, 11 Aug 2005 (CEST)<br />
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== T43 and Embedded Visual C++ ==<br />
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Hi<br />
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Has anyone successfully gotten T34 and Embedded Visual C++ to work?<br />
I could install the necessary softwares but when test is done using the 'Hello World!' program, the system just restarts itself.<br />
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regards,<br />
Ponce<br />
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== This is a great general resource for ANY Thinkpad user ==<br />
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The promoted Linux-centricity is a minus, IMO. Regardless of the density of Linux content currently extant, the Linux focus seems exclusionary and probably drives away a lot of thinkpad users with useful content to add.<br />
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IBM probably has the best support website in the industry (albeit somewhat difficult to navigate), therefore ANY ThinkPad user may find general information there. The good thing about ThinkWiki is that it caters to a specific need, namely the (often difficult) task of installing the linux operating system on ThinkPad notebooks.<br />
--[[User:MJK|MJK]] 14:54, 14 Sep 2005 (CEST)<br />
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I have to agree with MJK. ThinkWikis clear focus is Linux on ThinkPads. IBM provides pretty good support for Windows users, i.e. it wouldn't make sense to double driver listings and such here, since what IBM provides in this area is sufficient. What we can do, however, and what we are already doing here, is to provide additional information for Windows users as well. That's why we introduced Windows as one of our listed distributions and that's also why you find Windows related information scattered around the place. Linux users are searching Windows related ThinkPad sites for information that might be useful for their Linux installations. Let Windows users do the same the other way around. I'll add a little hint to the main page, but we won't change the primary focus. At least not now.<br />
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[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 19:24, 15 Sep 2005 (CEST)<br />
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== TODO and FIXME templates? ==<br />
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Could a special way to add TODOs and FIXMEs to pages (maybe a template or whatever - I'm not to familiair with Wiki technologies) be considered? I'd like to add some TODOs and FIXMEs but would like to do that in a standardized way ...<br />
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[[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 22:42, 29 Sep 2005 (CEST)<br />
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Good point, i'll create templates. [[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 00:25, 30 Sep 2005 (CEST)<br />
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Ok, did some of it. There are Stub, Todo and Fixme templates now. Also, pages tagged with these templates will be categorized in [[:Category:NeedsEditing]]. Todo and Fixme should be used within sections and take one parameter, which should be a job description. Stub should only be used at the very beginning of a page.<br />
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[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 01:52, 30 Sep 2005 (CEST)<br />
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== Nitpicking ==<br />
Navigation bar: please s/\(Think\)p\(ad\)/\1P\2/g<br />
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Search bar: either drop Go or drop Search (they are equal, aren't they?)<br />
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How to read ThinkWiki seems to be better of as a normal entry in the first (upper left) table (and not as a "minor" item in the HOWTOs table).<br />
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I would suggest to make ThinkPad models (now a "minor" item in Hardware) the first entry in Hardware.<br />
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[[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 21:13, 8 Oct 2005 (CEST)<br />
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Hi, I am looking for some t series users for our beta program. Plese contact mtippett@ati.com.<br />
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==A Forum?==<br />
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I'm just curious if the idea of a public forum (using phpBB, SMF, whatever) has ever been considered. I think this would be excellent add-on to complement the Wiki. It'd make asking questions for guests and member's alike easier, and possibly afterwards the answers could be contributed into the article. Just an idea. --[[User:DuffDudeX1|DuffDudeX1]] 20:45, 31 Oct 2005 (CET)<br />
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There are ThinkPad Forums already, i.e. look at the [[Links]] page.<br />
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Moreover, there's the linux-thinkpad [[Mailinglists|mailinglist]] that serves this purpose. ThinkWiki's role is rather to complement that mailing list with a more static way of gathering information and to be found more easily.<br />
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[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 23:54, 31 Oct 2005 (CET)<br />
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Oh, thanks for pointing that out, I didn't even notice the links page, I'll have to take a look.<br />
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--[[User:DuffDudeX1|DuffDudeX1]] 00:04, 1 Nov 2005 (CET)<br />
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== Nice skin, folks... ==<br />
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We'd like to steal it, for our geographically local wiki, if no one minds. What pieces would we need for that?<br>--baylink@wp, etc; jra@baylink.com<br />
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Just customize your main.css in your monobook folder.<br />
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--[[User:Akw|akw]] 10:00, 28 Dec 2005 (CET)<br />
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== Wiki ToDo List ==<br />
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Hi, I just setup a [[User:Akw/ToDo|ToDo List]] regarding the wiki for me on [[User:Akw/ToDo]].<br />
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This is for server admininstration tasks. Feel free to add some points if I forgot something more or less important.<br />
I am going to work on the topic in the beginning of next year. I am offline now until 2006/01/06, so I wish a happy good year to all of you (except for the spammers and vandals, of course) ;-)<br />
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--[[User:Akw|akw]] 10:31, 29 Dec 2005 (CET)<br />
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== Anti Spam Policy ==<br />
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I decided to activate some anti spam / vandalism features. Now only logged in users can edit pages.<br />
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--[[User:Akw|akw]] 16:11, 17 January 2006 (CET)<br />
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== Non-ThinkPad Lenovo laptops ==<br />
<br />
Are the new non-ThinkPad C-series Lenovo laptops within scope of this site?<br />
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--[[User:Thinker|Thinker]] 14:18, 27 February 2006 (CET)<br />
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== Difference between UT983UK and UT083UK ==<br />
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Does anyone know the difference between the UT083UK (aka ThinkPad T60p 2007) and the UT983UK (aka ThinkPad T60p 2008) besides price?<br />
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I have asked support@ibm but they said that the can't help me unless I provided a serial number. When I tried to explain that I was a potential customer looking for information on model numbers they replied that support was only for existing customers. Nice customer service.<br />
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Has anyone else had bad customer service with their Thinkpads?<br />
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--[[User:Stoby-one|Stoby-one]] 15:27, 29 March 2006 (CEST)<br />
== Spam Protection ==<br />
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Hi, could we include a [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Captcha_extensions CAPTCHA extension] to stop these spam posts.<br />
<br />
--[[User:Whoopie|Whoopie]] 19:50, 17 June 2006 (CEST)<br />
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== Windows 98 ==<br />
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Hi, I have just spent ages getting Windows 98SE to work properly on a T30. Some of the drivers that IBM provide are not good, but my T30 is running 98SE quite nicely now.<br />
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I would quite like to start a page on installing 98SE and could provide some useful info.<br />
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--[[User:dieselnutjob|dieselnutjob]] 21st June 2006<br />
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== Code in articles ==<br />
<br />
We have many articles with long scripts, which tend to get very mess and unreadable.<br />
<br />
Alternatives:<br />
# Move all scripts to dedicated pages called Code/foo. For example, the huge code block in [[ACPI fan control script#Variable_speed_control_scripts]] goes to [[Code/tp-fancontrol]], with its metdata in the talk page. It is referenced as {{CodeRef|tp-fancontrol}} (that's <tt><nowiki>{{CodeRef|tp-fancontrol}}</nowiki></tt>)..<br />
# Tell people to use an external hosting (http://sf.net, http://pastebin.ca etc.).<br />
# Make Wikimedia support non-image uploads. But then we won't have nice diffs.<br />
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Opinions?<br />
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--[[User:Thinker|Thinker]] 13:51, 26 July 2006 (CEST)<br />
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I've fully converted [[ACPI fan control script]] as a test case. What do you think?<br />
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--[[User:Thinker|Thinker]] 23:34, 26 July 2006 (CEST)<br />
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== Benchmarks missing page ==<br />
<br />
The benchmarks link on the main menu seems to be broken...<br />
<br />
Rgrds<br />
<br />
Peter<br />
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== Press coverage ==<br />
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"In addition, the ThinkPad PC product line has probably had more specific Linux support than any other computer brand. In fact, one of the most useful Linux community sites, ThinkWiki, is devoted to nothing but Linux on the ThinkPad." --[http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7778908329.html desktoplinux.com]<br />
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== Exploding Batteries on Thinkpads? ==<br />
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Is this worth adding to the news page? Or somewhere else on thinkwiki? Or does a sensationalist forum post not a news item make? (Actually, I just found another mention of it on thinkwiki in [[Battery safety]])<br />
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An [http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/06/09/16/2236256.shtml article on Slashdot] mentioned in passing an incident where it appears at least one Thinkpad's battery exploded. [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2069019#post315117641 The forum post reporting the explosion] (scroll down past the huge registration begging) also contains photographs. The laptop is allegedly a T42 or T42p, according to someone who examined the pictures, and while it ''certainly could be'' (it looks similar enough to mine), I don't know if we can postively identify it.<br />
--[[User:Daxelrod|Daniel Axelrod]] 03:05, 18 September 2006 (CEST)</div>Daxelrodhttps://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:ThinkWiki&diff=24705Talk:ThinkWiki2006-09-18T01:05:52Z<p>Daxelrod: Exploding Batteries on Thinkpads?</p>
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<div>There are at least two different forms of date notation used on the main page. <br />
One way should be picked. I would suggest ISO standard YYYY-MM-DD<br />
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html<br />
-David Mattli <br />
<br />
The main page of ThinkWiki is not protected, so feel free to edit it. But do it with caution - it's the primary connection to the all content of our '''ThinkWiki''' ;-)<br />
<br />
--[[User:Akw|akw]] 00:11, 25 Sep 2004 (CEST)<br />
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I added to wikipedia-like templates. To edit them go to Template:ThinkWiki_Preamble and Template:ThinkWiki_News.<br />
Shall we put the other parts of the page in templates, too? If we do so, we could have that nice block design from wikipedia on our mainpage.<br />
<br />
--[[User:Akw|akw]] 11:37, 25 Sep 2004 (CEST)<br />
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I think this is too much color. Makes it less readable, takes longer to orientate than the plain list style layout.<br />
<br />
Liked it with only the two blocks in the beginning.<br />
<br />
If we want to use blocks for everything, please stick to fewer colors. I think the yellow of the first block is not bad, and else i'd suggest light grey, maybe light blue.<br />
<br />
However, if we stick to having all in blocks, how about [[User:Wyrfel/mainlayouttest | this color scheme]]?<br />
<br />
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 16:35, 25 Sep 2004 (CEST)<br />
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Made [[User:Wyrfel/mainlayouttest-LTP | another Mainpage layout sketch]]. This tries to resemble the Tux and IBM logo colors and therefor looks quite "fresh".<br />
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[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 18:59, 25 Sep 2004 (CEST)<br />
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: Too colorful for my taste, I think the other one is better --[[User:Nomeata|Nomeata]] 19:46, 28 Sep 2004 (CEST)<br />
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'''Important change:''' Moved Main_Page to ThinkWiki for cosmetical reasons..<br />
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--[[User:Akw|akw]] 16:54, 26 Sep 2004 (CEST)<br />
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== Needed: older ThinkPad specs... ==<br />
<br />
As you can tell by my userid here, I've got a 600E. There are a whole lot of them out there thanks to the fact it was the current model during the Dot-Com era. We should cover the older ThinkPads and their quirks as well as the later models. <br />
<br />
I also had a 365X, which is now living with a friend in the UK.<br />
<br />
Yes, the next ThinkPad I'll probably score is a T4x, they are really kewl machines and inspire technolust in this geek. But until then, I love my 600E and I'm looking forward to some upgrades this weekend. <br />
<br />
I will make copious notes on the upgrade process, which will include the installation of a 40GB hard drive and using the stock 10GB drive as extra Windows storage space. I have a hard drive bay module so the stock drive can be reused. The vast majority of the HD will be given over to an install of Debian Linux, with a 7GB Windows 2K partition because the University I will be attending a year from now demands it. (Yeah, I know, sucks, doesn't it.)<br />
<br />
ThinkPad different,<br />
Michelle<br />
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I totally agree.<br />
<br />
All specs of all models can be found on the IBM support pages, we just need volunteers to transfer the infos into internal pages.<br />
<br />
Since this is not the most interesting thing to do and hence it would be best if people using older ThinkPads transfer the specs for their models themselves. The same goes for other articles as installation infos, problems or whatever. I had a 570 once and loved it even though T30s where available at the same time...and i'd like to see more about these machines here, which everyone of them had some special characteristics and ideas behind them. So please show up, proud owners of Thinkpad 730TEs. 701s, 360Ps, Transnotes etc. ... ! ;)<br />
<br />
Owners of the newer machines should take care of writing their articles (especially when creating new pages or sections) in a way that they are open for older models as well...i.e. make clear in the page or section title that its a specific topic for newer models.<br />
<br />
Thanks,<br />
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 00:45, 29 Sep 2004 (CEST)<br />
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I just inserted [[Special:Benchmarks|Benchmarks]] into the main menu.<br />
<br />
--[[User:Akw|akw]] 14:07, 15 Oct 2004 (CEST)<br />
----<br />
I replaced the old logo with the great new one crafted by [[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]]<br />
<br />
--[[User:Akw|akw]] 14:22, 1 Mar 2005 (CET)<br />
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:The new logo is too large to fit the sidebar. I can only see the yellow center with the ThinkWiki text and the left foot of Tux. I am using 1024x768 resolution and Opera. --[[User:137.226.40.2|137.226.40.2]] 14:37, 1 Mar 2005 (CET)<br />
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In Firefox the rest of the logo appears overlaid over the page frame. Interesting, that Opera doesn't do this.<br />
<br />
However, we'll fix this soon.<br />
<br />
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 19:57, 1 Mar 2005 (CET)<br />
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:Well, I am using Firefox and I only see half of Tux without any overlay. I guess I'll wait for the fix :-) --[[User:80.146.81.192|80.146.81.192]] 21:33, 1 Mar 2005 (CET)<br />
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Strange, it works with firefox and epiphany for me. I'll fix it.<br />
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Ok, now the smaller logo image is online. Looks nice for me :-)<br />
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--[[User:Akw|akw]] 22:15, 1 Mar 2005 (CET)<br />
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=== Main Page now protected ===<br />
I had to protect the mainpage from editing because of vandalism.<br />
Everyone who wants to add something to the mainpage is asked to post it here, the admins ([[User:Akw|akw]],<br />
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]]) will insert it into the mainpage. You can also [[ThinkWiki:Contact|contact us]] to make your suggestions!<br />
<br />
We're sorry for inconvenience. :-(<br />
<br />
--[[User:Akw|akw]] 10:20, 2 Mar 2005 (CET)<br />
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Hei Arno,<br />
<br />
I tried to do some stuff with templates, but it seems like templates in this version of MediaWiki are lacking some features and also seem a bit buggy (or i want too much). Is it troublesome to update to 1.4rc1? Shell we wait for the stable?<br />
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 01:09, 14 Mar 2005 (CET)<br />
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Hi,<br />
<br />
I'm a new user, so i don't know if it's a good place to write here. Is there any newsgroup/forum about Thinkwiki ? I'm looking for a place to find some advice before buying a Thinkpad. (sorry form my english)<br />
<br />
Krs<br />
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=== Updates todo ===<br />
<br />
== MediaWiki Update ==<br />
<br />
I updated the thinkwiki software to version mediawiki 1.4.4. I hope this update will not be too painful.<br />
There is still a problem with URL rewriting, so I had to deactivate the .htaccess file. Because of this, we got this ugly URLS with this '''index.php''' before the entry. The problem seems to be with the wiki config file '''LocalSettings.php''' and/or the '''.htaccess''' file.<br />
I hope I get it fixed soon.<br />
<br />
== Thinkpad and Apple Cinema 20' ==<br />
<br />
I have a thinkpad R50. I have det required docking station with DVI.<br />
If i try to boot my computer from the docking station nothing happends - it seems that it freezes up.<br />
The only way i can get the monitor to work is:<br />
1. boot the computer disconnected from the docking.<br />
2. when the computer has booted i place it on the docking station. Then i works!!!<br />
<br />
Do you know how to solve the problem. <br />
<br />
Hope to hear from you.<br />
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Try changing the bootup display settings in the BIOS. Are you talking about Linux or Windows?<br />
== Spelling: HOWTOs ==<br />
Could anyone be so kind to correct "Howto's" to "Howtos"?<br />
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Done. [[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 12:00, 2 Aug 2005 (CEST)<br />
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<br />
== ThinkPad Buyers guide ==<br />
<br />
It would be cool is there was a buyer guide to 2nd hand think pads.<br />
- For people wishing to join in by gettine there own thingpad!!<br />
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This is a bit hard to accomplish. Remember that ThinkWiki is a site with international scope. What makes sense (in my opinion) is a page that has some notes and hints about what to care for, what are weak parts etc. . But it wouldn't make much sense to create a list of sites where to get them. Or maybe that's just what you meant. ;-) I'll look into creating some infrastructure for that on occasion.<br />
<br />
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 03:02, 11 Aug 2005 (CEST)<br />
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== T43 and Embedded Visual C++ ==<br />
<br />
Hi<br />
<br />
Has anyone successfully gotten T34 and Embedded Visual C++ to work?<br />
I could install the necessary softwares but when test is done using the 'Hello World!' program, the system just restarts itself.<br />
<br />
regards,<br />
Ponce<br />
<br />
== This is a great general resource for ANY Thinkpad user ==<br />
<br />
The promoted Linux-centricity is a minus, IMO. Regardless of the density of Linux content currently extant, the Linux focus seems exclusionary and probably drives away a lot of thinkpad users with useful content to add.<br />
<br />
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IBM probably has the best support website in the industry (albeit somewhat difficult to navigate), therefore ANY ThinkPad user may find general information there. The good thing about ThinkWiki is that it caters to a specific need, namely the (often difficult) task of installing the linux operating system on ThinkPad notebooks.<br />
--[[User:MJK|MJK]] 14:54, 14 Sep 2005 (CEST)<br />
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I have to agree with MJK. ThinkWikis clear focus is Linux on ThinkPads. IBM provides pretty good support for Windows users, i.e. it wouldn't make sense to double driver listings and such here, since what IBM provides in this area is sufficient. What we can do, however, and what we are already doing here, is to provide additional information for Windows users as well. That's why we introduced Windows as one of our listed distributions and that's also why you find Windows related information scattered around the place. Linux users are searching Windows related ThinkPad sites for information that might be useful for their Linux installations. Let Windows users do the same the other way around. I'll add a little hint to the main page, but we won't change the primary focus. At least not now.<br />
<br />
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 19:24, 15 Sep 2005 (CEST)<br />
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<br />
== TODO and FIXME templates? ==<br />
<br />
Could a special way to add TODOs and FIXMEs to pages (maybe a template or whatever - I'm not to familiair with Wiki technologies) be considered? I'd like to add some TODOs and FIXMEs but would like to do that in a standardized way ...<br />
<br />
[[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 22:42, 29 Sep 2005 (CEST)<br />
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Good point, i'll create templates. [[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 00:25, 30 Sep 2005 (CEST)<br />
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Ok, did some of it. There are Stub, Todo and Fixme templates now. Also, pages tagged with these templates will be categorized in [[:Category:NeedsEditing]]. Todo and Fixme should be used within sections and take one parameter, which should be a job description. Stub should only be used at the very beginning of a page.<br />
<br />
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 01:52, 30 Sep 2005 (CEST)<br />
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<br />
== Nitpicking ==<br />
Navigation bar: please s/\(Think\)p\(ad\)/\1P\2/g<br />
<br />
Search bar: either drop Go or drop Search (they are equal, aren't they?)<br />
<br />
How to read ThinkWiki seems to be better of as a normal entry in the first (upper left) table (and not as a "minor" item in the HOWTOs table).<br />
<br />
I would suggest to make ThinkPad models (now a "minor" item in Hardware) the first entry in Hardware.<br />
<br />
[[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 21:13, 8 Oct 2005 (CEST)<br />
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Hi, I am looking for some t series users for our beta program. Plese contact mtippett@ati.com.<br />
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<br />
<br />
==A Forum?==<br />
<br />
I'm just curious if the idea of a public forum (using phpBB, SMF, whatever) has ever been considered. I think this would be excellent add-on to complement the Wiki. It'd make asking questions for guests and member's alike easier, and possibly afterwards the answers could be contributed into the article. Just an idea. --[[User:DuffDudeX1|DuffDudeX1]] 20:45, 31 Oct 2005 (CET)<br />
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There are ThinkPad Forums already, i.e. look at the [[Links]] page.<br />
<br />
Moreover, there's the linux-thinkpad [[Mailinglists|mailinglist]] that serves this purpose. ThinkWiki's role is rather to complement that mailing list with a more static way of gathering information and to be found more easily.<br />
<br />
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 23:54, 31 Oct 2005 (CET)<br />
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<br />
Oh, thanks for pointing that out, I didn't even notice the links page, I'll have to take a look.<br />
<br />
--[[User:DuffDudeX1|DuffDudeX1]] 00:04, 1 Nov 2005 (CET)<br />
<br />
== Nice skin, folks... ==<br />
<br />
We'd like to steal it, for our geographically local wiki, if no one minds. What pieces would we need for that?<br>--baylink@wp, etc; jra@baylink.com<br />
<br />
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Just customize your main.css in your monobook folder.<br />
<br />
--[[User:Akw|akw]] 10:00, 28 Dec 2005 (CET)<br />
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<br />
== Wiki ToDo List ==<br />
<br />
Hi, I just setup a [[User:Akw/ToDo|ToDo List]] regarding the wiki for me on [[User:Akw/ToDo]].<br />
<br />
This is for server admininstration tasks. Feel free to add some points if I forgot something more or less important.<br />
I am going to work on the topic in the beginning of next year. I am offline now until 2006/01/06, so I wish a happy good year to all of you (except for the spammers and vandals, of course) ;-)<br />
<br />
--[[User:Akw|akw]] 10:31, 29 Dec 2005 (CET)<br />
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== Anti Spam Policy ==<br />
<br />
I decided to activate some anti spam / vandalism features. Now only logged in users can edit pages.<br />
<br />
--[[User:Akw|akw]] 16:11, 17 January 2006 (CET)<br />
<br />
== Non-ThinkPad Lenovo laptops ==<br />
<br />
Are the new non-ThinkPad C-series Lenovo laptops within scope of this site?<br />
<br />
--[[User:Thinker|Thinker]] 14:18, 27 February 2006 (CET)<br />
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<br />
== Difference between UT983UK and UT083UK ==<br />
<br />
Does anyone know the difference between the UT083UK (aka ThinkPad T60p 2007) and the UT983UK (aka ThinkPad T60p 2008) besides price?<br />
<br />
I have asked support@ibm but they said that the can't help me unless I provided a serial number. When I tried to explain that I was a potential customer looking for information on model numbers they replied that support was only for existing customers. Nice customer service.<br />
<br />
Has anyone else had bad customer service with their Thinkpads?<br />
<br />
--[[User:Stoby-one|Stoby-one]] 15:27, 29 March 2006 (CEST)<br />
== Spam Protection ==<br />
<br />
Hi, could we include a [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Captcha_extensions CAPTCHA extension] to stop these spam posts.<br />
<br />
--[[User:Whoopie|Whoopie]] 19:50, 17 June 2006 (CEST)<br />
<br />
<br />
== Windows 98 ==<br />
<br />
Hi, I have just spent ages getting Windows 98SE to work properly on a T30. Some of the drivers that IBM provide are not good, but my T30 is running 98SE quite nicely now.<br />
<br />
I would quite like to start a page on installing 98SE and could provide some useful info.<br />
<br />
--[[User:dieselnutjob|dieselnutjob]] 21st June 2006<br />
<br />
== Code in articles ==<br />
<br />
We have many articles with long scripts, which tend to get very mess and unreadable.<br />
<br />
Alternatives:<br />
# Move all scripts to dedicated pages called Code/foo. For example, the huge code block in [[ACPI fan control script#Variable_speed_control_scripts]] goes to [[Code/tp-fancontrol]], with its metdata in the talk page. It is referenced as {{CodeRef|tp-fancontrol}} (that's <tt><nowiki>{{CodeRef|tp-fancontrol}}</nowiki></tt>)..<br />
# Tell people to use an external hosting (http://sf.net, http://pastebin.ca etc.).<br />
# Make Wikimedia support non-image uploads. But then we won't have nice diffs.<br />
<br />
Opinions?<br />
<br />
--[[User:Thinker|Thinker]] 13:51, 26 July 2006 (CEST)<br />
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<br />
I've fully converted [[ACPI fan control script]] as a test case. What do you think?<br />
<br />
--[[User:Thinker|Thinker]] 23:34, 26 July 2006 (CEST)<br />
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<br />
== Benchmarks missing page ==<br />
<br />
The benchmarks link on the main menu seems to be broken...<br />
<br />
Rgrds<br />
<br />
Peter<br />
<br />
== Press coverage ==<br />
<br />
"In addition, the ThinkPad PC product line has probably had more specific Linux support than any other computer brand. In fact, one of the most useful Linux community sites, ThinkWiki, is devoted to nothing but Linux on the ThinkPad." --[http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7778908329.html desktoplinux.com]<br />
<br />
== Exploding Batteries on Thinkpads? ==<br />
<br />
Is this worth adding to the news page? Or somewhere else on thinkwiki? Or does a sensationalist forum post not a news item make?<br />
<br />
An [http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/06/09/16/2236256.shtml article on Slashdot] mentioned in passing an incident where it appears at least one Thinkpad's battery exploded. [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2069019#post315117641 The forum post reporting the explosion] (scroll down past the huge registration begging) also contains photographs. The laptop is allegedly a T42 or T42p, according to someone who examined the pictures, and while it ''certainly could be'' (it looks similar enough to mine), I don't know if we can postively identify it.<br />
--[[User:Daxelrod|Daniel Axelrod]] 03:05, 18 September 2006 (CEST)</div>Daxelrodhttps://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Recovering_from_Recovery_CDs&diff=24557Recovering from Recovery CDs2006-09-09T02:28:35Z<p>Daxelrod: /* Possible Causes of Failure During Recovery */</p>
<hr />
<div>Information about the recovery process using IBM provided recovery CDs.<br />
<br />
==Coverage of this approach==<br />
If you install from a Recovery CD, you should get all your drivers and<br />
pre-installed software back.<br />
<br />
==Things to be aware of==<br />
===Obtaining Recovery CDs===<br />
If you have your PreDesktop Area intact, you can [[Ordering_Recovery_CDs#Creating_Recovery_CDs_from_the_preinstalled_O.2FS|make a set of Recovery CDs]].<br />
Otherwise, you have to try to<br />
[[Ordering_Recovery_CDs#Creating_Recovery_CDs_from_the_preinstalled_O.2FS|obtain them from IBM]].<br />
===How does the recovery process deal with existing partition layouts?===<br />
Recovery deletes the first partition and then installs to the first<br />
block of contiguous free space (which could be bigger than the original<br />
first partition if there was free space after it). Later partitions<br />
are safe. The partition must be at least 8GB or so or else the<br />
recovery will either fail or produce a corrupt {{Windows}} installation. <br />
You can save a little space if you intervene during some of the IBM<br />
software installs, reduce the swap size and disable hibernation, but<br />
you have to time this carefully.<br />
===Possible Causes of Failure During Recovery===<br />
The Recovery CDs (shipped from IBM) are a set of 8 CDs, one of which is bootable and takes you into an interface almost identical to the [[predesktop area]]. It is possible that when you click "Restore From Factory Contents" (which will actually restore from the other seven CDs), before it begins writing to the hard drive, it may give you an error message that says something like "Restore failed to initialize" and refuse to go further. In my case, completely wiping the hard drive (by booting from a Linux LiveCD and using gnu scrub) fixed the problem. The Restore was able to begin without further problems. Pre-restore, my preboot partition and the whole partition table were likey messed up, which may have been what caused the error.</div>Daxelrodhttps://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Recovering_from_Recovery_CDs&diff=24556Recovering from Recovery CDs2006-09-09T02:26:58Z<p>Daxelrod: /* Possible Causes of Failure During Recovery */</p>
<hr />
<div>Information about the recovery process using IBM provided recovery CDs.<br />
<br />
==Coverage of this approach==<br />
If you install from a Recovery CD, you should get all your drivers and<br />
pre-installed software back.<br />
<br />
==Things to be aware of==<br />
===Obtaining Recovery CDs===<br />
If you have your PreDesktop Area intact, you can [[Ordering_Recovery_CDs#Creating_Recovery_CDs_from_the_preinstalled_O.2FS|make a set of Recovery CDs]].<br />
Otherwise, you have to try to<br />
[[Ordering_Recovery_CDs#Creating_Recovery_CDs_from_the_preinstalled_O.2FS|obtain them from IBM]].<br />
===How does the recovery process deal with existing partition layouts?===<br />
Recovery deletes the first partition and then installs to the first<br />
block of contiguous free space (which could be bigger than the original<br />
first partition if there was free space after it). Later partitions<br />
are safe. The partition must be at least 8GB or so or else the<br />
recovery will either fail or produce a corrupt {{Windows}} installation. <br />
You can save a little space if you intervene during some of the IBM<br />
software installs, reduce the swap size and disable hibernation, but<br />
you have to time this carefully.<br />
===Possible Causes of Failure During Recovery===<br />
The Recovery CDs (shipped from IBM) are a set of 8 CDs, one of which is bootable and takes you into an interface almost identical to the [predesktop area]. It is possible that when you click "Restore From Factory Contents" (which will actually restore from the other seven CDs), before it begins writing to the hard drive, it may give you an error message that says something like "Restore failed to initialize" and refuse to go further. In my case, completely wiping the hard drive (by booting from a Linux LiveCD and using gnu scrub) fixed the problem. The Restore was able to begin without further problems. Pre-restore, my preboot partition and the whole partition table were likey messed up, which may have been what caused the error.</div>Daxelrodhttps://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Recovering_from_Recovery_CDs&diff=24555Recovering from Recovery CDs2006-09-09T02:26:32Z<p>Daxelrod: Added section on failure during recovery</p>
<hr />
<div>Information about the recovery process using IBM provided recovery CDs.<br />
<br />
==Coverage of this approach==<br />
If you install from a Recovery CD, you should get all your drivers and<br />
pre-installed software back.<br />
<br />
==Things to be aware of==<br />
===Obtaining Recovery CDs===<br />
If you have your PreDesktop Area intact, you can [[Ordering_Recovery_CDs#Creating_Recovery_CDs_from_the_preinstalled_O.2FS|make a set of Recovery CDs]].<br />
Otherwise, you have to try to<br />
[[Ordering_Recovery_CDs#Creating_Recovery_CDs_from_the_preinstalled_O.2FS|obtain them from IBM]].<br />
===How does the recovery process deal with existing partition layouts?===<br />
Recovery deletes the first partition and then installs to the first<br />
block of contiguous free space (which could be bigger than the original<br />
first partition if there was free space after it). Later partitions<br />
are safe. The partition must be at least 8GB or so or else the<br />
recovery will either fail or produce a corrupt {{Windows}} installation. <br />
You can save a little space if you intervene during some of the IBM<br />
software installs, reduce the swap size and disable hibernation, but<br />
you have to time this carefully.<br />
===Possible Causes of Failure During Recovery===<br />
The Recovery CDs are a set of 8 CDs, one of which is bootable and takes you into an interface almost identical to the [predesktop area]. It is possible that when you click "Restore From Factory Contents" (which will actually restore from the other seven CDs), before it begins writing to the hard drive, it may give you an error message that says something like "Restore failed to initialize" and refuse to go further. In my case, completely wiping the hard drive (by booting from a Linux LiveCD and using gnu scrub) fixed the problem. The Restore was able to begin without further problems. Pre-restore, my preboot partition and the whole partition table were likey messed up, which may have been what caused the error.</div>Daxelrodhttps://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Daxelrod&diff=24509User:Daxelrod2006-09-06T17:31:33Z<p>Daxelrod: </p>
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<div>Random things from the IBM website that I'll find a place for later:<br />
<br />
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-56394<br />
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-57838<br />
<br />
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4Q2QAK<br />
The restore function on the above CD is apparently not capable of reading backups made by Rapid Restore Ultra 4.0 (Even if the backup is the initial image from the preboot partition, just making a copy of it to other media with RRU 4 makes this CD unable to restore the backup.)<br />
<br />
Lessons learned: When the system is in a clean state (right after getting it), boot from a livecd, and use dd to image the whole dang hard drive to somewhere else.</div>Daxelrodhttps://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Category:T42&diff=23943Category:T422006-08-01T23:14:54Z<p>Daxelrod: *Finally* got the hardware video links right. Sorry about all the spurrious edits.</p>
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[[image:ThinkPadT40.jpg|ThinkPad T42]]<br />
|style="vertical-align:top" |<br />
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;"><br />
=== ThinkPad T42 ===<br />
This pages gives an overview of all ThinkPad T42 related topics.<br />
<br />
Machine Type: 2373, 2374, 2378, 2379<br />
==== Features ====<br />
* One of the following processors:<br />
** [[Intel Pentium M (Banias)]] 1.5 GHz<br />
** [[Intel Pentium M (Dothan)]] 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 or 2.0 GHz<br />
* One of the following graphics controllers:<br />
** [[ATI Mobility Radeon 7500]] with 32MB<br />
** [[ATI Mobility Radeon 9000]] with 64MB<br />
** [[ATI Mobility Radeon 9600]] with 64MB<br />
* One of the following displays:<br />
** 14.1" TFT display with 1024x768 resolution (XGA)<br />
** 14.1" TFT display with 1400x1050 resolution (SXGA+)<br />
** 15.0" TFT display with 1024x768 resolution (XGA)<br />
** 15.0" TFT display with 1400x1050 resolution (SXGA+)<br />
* 256, 512MB or 1GB [[PC2700]] memory standard, 2GB maximum<br />
* 30, 40, 60 or 80GB HDD<br />
* [[AD1981B]] AC'97 Audio controller<br />
* [[Ethernet Controllers|Intel 10/100/1000 Ethernet]]<br />
* [[UltraBay|UltraBay Slim]] with one of the following:<br />
** DVD-ROM<br />
** DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo<br />
** DVD-RW<br />
* [[CDC slot]] with one of the following:<br />
** [[IBM Integrated 56K Modem (MDC-2)]]<br />
** [[IBM Integrated Bluetooth III with 56K Modem (BMDC-2)]]<br />
* [[MiniPCI slot]] with one of the following:<br />
** none (open)<br />
** [[IBM 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II]]<br />
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Mini-PCI Adapter]]<br />
* (2) Type II [[CardBus slot|CardBus slots]] or (1) type III<br />
* [[Embedded Security Subsystem|IBM Embedded Security Subsystem 2.0]]<br />
* [[Active Protection System|IBM Active Protection System]]<br />
* [[Integrated Fingerprint Reader]] on selected systems<br />
</div><br />
|}<br />
* [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/13n6243.pdf ThinkPad T40/p, T41/p, T42/p - Hardware Maintenance Manual (April 2004)] (5,391,719 Bytes)<br />
* [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/39t6192_01.pdf ThinkPad T40, T40p, T41, T41p, T42, T42p Hardware Maintenance Manual (February 2006)] (4,772,697 Bytes)<br />
* [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-50233 ThinkPad T40/p, T41/p, T42/p, T43/p Videos of Hardware removal and installation]<br />
<br />
[[Category:T Series]]</div>Daxelrodhttps://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Category:T42&diff=23942Category:T422006-08-01T23:13:18Z<p>Daxelrod: </p>
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|style="vertical-align:top" |<br />
[[image:ThinkPadT40.jpg|ThinkPad T42]]<br />
|style="vertical-align:top" |<br />
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;"><br />
=== ThinkPad T42 ===<br />
This pages gives an overview of all ThinkPad T42 related topics.<br />
<br />
Machine Type: 2373, 2374, 2378, 2379<br />
==== Features ====<br />
* One of the following processors:<br />
** [[Intel Pentium M (Banias)]] 1.5 GHz<br />
** [[Intel Pentium M (Dothan)]] 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 or 2.0 GHz<br />
* One of the following graphics controllers:<br />
** [[ATI Mobility Radeon 7500]] with 32MB<br />
** [[ATI Mobility Radeon 9000]] with 64MB<br />
** [[ATI Mobility Radeon 9600]] with 64MB<br />
* One of the following displays:<br />
** 14.1" TFT display with 1024x768 resolution (XGA)<br />
** 14.1" TFT display with 1400x1050 resolution (SXGA+)<br />
** 15.0" TFT display with 1024x768 resolution (XGA)<br />
** 15.0" TFT display with 1400x1050 resolution (SXGA+)<br />
* 256, 512MB or 1GB [[PC2700]] memory standard, 2GB maximum<br />
* 30, 40, 60 or 80GB HDD<br />
* [[AD1981B]] AC'97 Audio controller<br />
* [[Ethernet Controllers|Intel 10/100/1000 Ethernet]]<br />
* [[UltraBay|UltraBay Slim]] with one of the following:<br />
** DVD-ROM<br />
** DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo<br />
** DVD-RW<br />
* [[CDC slot]] with one of the following:<br />
** [[IBM Integrated 56K Modem (MDC-2)]]<br />
** [[IBM Integrated Bluetooth III with 56K Modem (BMDC-2)]]<br />
* [[MiniPCI slot]] with one of the following:<br />
** none (open)<br />
** [[IBM 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II]]<br />
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Mini-PCI Adapter]]<br />
* (2) Type II [[CardBus slot|CardBus slots]] or (1) type III<br />
* [[Embedded Security Subsystem|IBM Embedded Security Subsystem 2.0]]<br />
* [[Active Protection System|IBM Active Protection System]]<br />
* [[Integrated Fingerprint Reader]] on selected systems<br />
</div><br />
|}<br />
* [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/13n6243.pdf ThinkPad T40/p, T41/p, T42/p - Hardware Maintenance Manual (April 2004)] (5,391,719 Bytes)<br />
* [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/39t6192_01.pdf ThinkPad T40, T40p, T41, T41p, T42, T42p Hardware Maintenance Manual (February 2006)] (4,772,697 Bytes)<br />
* [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50227 ThinkPad T40/p, T41/p, T42/p, T43/p Videos of Hardware removal and installation]<br />
<br />
[[Category:T Series]]</div>Daxelrodhttps://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Category:T42&diff=23941Category:T422006-08-01T23:12:38Z<p>Daxelrod: </p>
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|style="vertical-align:top" |<br />
[[image:ThinkPadT40.jpg|ThinkPad T42]]<br />
|style="vertical-align:top" |<br />
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;"><br />
=== ThinkPad T42 ===<br />
This pages gives an overview of all ThinkPad T42 related topics.<br />
<br />
Machine Type: 2373, 2374, 2378, 2379<br />
==== Features ====<br />
* One of the following processors:<br />
** [[Intel Pentium M (Banias)]] 1.5 GHz<br />
** [[Intel Pentium M (Dothan)]] 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 or 2.0 GHz<br />
* One of the following graphics controllers:<br />
** [[ATI Mobility Radeon 7500]] with 32MB<br />
** [[ATI Mobility Radeon 9000]] with 64MB<br />
** [[ATI Mobility Radeon 9600]] with 64MB<br />
* One of the following displays:<br />
** 14.1" TFT display with 1024x768 resolution (XGA)<br />
** 14.1" TFT display with 1400x1050 resolution (SXGA+)<br />
** 15.0" TFT display with 1024x768 resolution (XGA)<br />
** 15.0" TFT display with 1400x1050 resolution (SXGA+)<br />
* 256, 512MB or 1GB [[PC2700]] memory standard, 2GB maximum<br />
* 30, 40, 60 or 80GB HDD<br />
* [[AD1981B]] AC'97 Audio controller<br />
* [[Ethernet Controllers|Intel 10/100/1000 Ethernet]]<br />
* [[UltraBay|UltraBay Slim]] with one of the following:<br />
** DVD-ROM<br />
** DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo<br />
** DVD-RW<br />
* [[CDC slot]] with one of the following:<br />
** [[IBM Integrated 56K Modem (MDC-2)]]<br />
** [[IBM Integrated Bluetooth III with 56K Modem (BMDC-2)]]<br />
* [[MiniPCI slot]] with one of the following:<br />
** none (open)<br />
** [[IBM 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II]]<br />
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Mini-PCI Adapter]]<br />
* (2) Type II [[CardBus slot|CardBus slots]] or (1) type III<br />
* [[Embedded Security Subsystem|IBM Embedded Security Subsystem 2.0]]<br />
* [[Active Protection System|IBM Active Protection System]]<br />
* [[Integrated Fingerprint Reader]] on selected systems<br />
</div><br />
|}<br />
* [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/13n6243.pdf ThinkPad T40/p, T41/p, T42/p - Hardware Maintenance Manual (April 2004)] (5,391,719 Bytes)<br />
* [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/39t6192_01.pdf ThinkPad T40, T40p, T41, T41p, T42, T42p Hardware Maintenance Manual (February 2006)] (4,772,697 Bytes)<br />
* [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50227 ThinkPad T40/p, T41/p, T42/p, T43/p <br />
Videos of Hardware removal and installation]<br />
<br />
[[Category:T Series]]</div>Daxelrodhttps://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Category:T42&diff=23940Category:T422006-08-01T23:12:09Z<p>Daxelrod: Added link to hardware service videos</p>
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[[image:ThinkPadT40.jpg|ThinkPad T42]]<br />
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=== ThinkPad T42 ===<br />
This pages gives an overview of all ThinkPad T42 related topics.<br />
<br />
Machine Type: 2373, 2374, 2378, 2379<br />
==== Features ====<br />
* One of the following processors:<br />
** [[Intel Pentium M (Banias)]] 1.5 GHz<br />
** [[Intel Pentium M (Dothan)]] 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 or 2.0 GHz<br />
* One of the following graphics controllers:<br />
** [[ATI Mobility Radeon 7500]] with 32MB<br />
** [[ATI Mobility Radeon 9000]] with 64MB<br />
** [[ATI Mobility Radeon 9600]] with 64MB<br />
* One of the following displays:<br />
** 14.1" TFT display with 1024x768 resolution (XGA)<br />
** 14.1" TFT display with 1400x1050 resolution (SXGA+)<br />
** 15.0" TFT display with 1024x768 resolution (XGA)<br />
** 15.0" TFT display with 1400x1050 resolution (SXGA+)<br />
* 256, 512MB or 1GB [[PC2700]] memory standard, 2GB maximum<br />
* 30, 40, 60 or 80GB HDD<br />
* [[AD1981B]] AC'97 Audio controller<br />
* [[Ethernet Controllers|Intel 10/100/1000 Ethernet]]<br />
* [[UltraBay|UltraBay Slim]] with one of the following:<br />
** DVD-ROM<br />
** DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo<br />
** DVD-RW<br />
* [[CDC slot]] with one of the following:<br />
** [[IBM Integrated 56K Modem (MDC-2)]]<br />
** [[IBM Integrated Bluetooth III with 56K Modem (BMDC-2)]]<br />
* [[MiniPCI slot]] with one of the following:<br />
** none (open)<br />
** [[IBM 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II]]<br />
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Mini-PCI Adapter]]<br />
* (2) Type II [[CardBus slot|CardBus slots]] or (1) type III<br />
* [[Embedded Security Subsystem|IBM Embedded Security Subsystem 2.0]]<br />
* [[Active Protection System|IBM Active Protection System]]<br />
* [[Integrated Fingerprint Reader]] on selected systems<br />
</div><br />
|}<br />
* [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/13n6243.pdf ThinkPad T40/p, T41/p, T42/p - Hardware Maintenance Manual (April 2004)] (5,391,719 Bytes)<br />
* [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/39t6192_01.pdf ThinkPad T40, T40p, T41, T41p, T42, T42p Hardware Maintenance Manual (February 2006)] (4,772,697 Bytes)<br />
* [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50227 ThinkPad T40/p, T41/p, T42/p, T43/p <br />
Videos: Hardware removal and installation]<br />
<br />
[[Category:T Series]]</div>Daxelrodhttps://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Category:T42&diff=23939Category:T422006-08-01T20:38:06Z<p>Daxelrod: Added link to current maintenance manual. Feel free to get rid of the older one.</p>
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[[image:ThinkPadT40.jpg|ThinkPad T42]]<br />
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=== ThinkPad T42 ===<br />
This pages gives an overview of all ThinkPad T42 related topics.<br />
<br />
Machine Type: 2373, 2374, 2378, 2379<br />
==== Features ====<br />
* One of the following processors:<br />
** [[Intel Pentium M (Banias)]] 1.5 GHz<br />
** [[Intel Pentium M (Dothan)]] 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 or 2.0 GHz<br />
* One of the following graphics controllers:<br />
** [[ATI Mobility Radeon 7500]] with 32MB<br />
** [[ATI Mobility Radeon 9000]] with 64MB<br />
** [[ATI Mobility Radeon 9600]] with 64MB<br />
* One of the following displays:<br />
** 14.1" TFT display with 1024x768 resolution (XGA)<br />
** 14.1" TFT display with 1400x1050 resolution (SXGA+)<br />
** 15.0" TFT display with 1024x768 resolution (XGA)<br />
** 15.0" TFT display with 1400x1050 resolution (SXGA+)<br />
* 256, 512MB or 1GB [[PC2700]] memory standard, 2GB maximum<br />
* 30, 40, 60 or 80GB HDD<br />
* [[AD1981B]] AC'97 Audio controller<br />
* [[Ethernet Controllers|Intel 10/100/1000 Ethernet]]<br />
* [[UltraBay|UltraBay Slim]] with one of the following:<br />
** DVD-ROM<br />
** DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo<br />
** DVD-RW<br />
* [[CDC slot]] with one of the following:<br />
** [[IBM Integrated 56K Modem (MDC-2)]]<br />
** [[IBM Integrated Bluetooth III with 56K Modem (BMDC-2)]]<br />
* [[MiniPCI slot]] with one of the following:<br />
** none (open)<br />
** [[IBM 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II]]<br />
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Mini-PCI Adapter]]<br />
* (2) Type II [[CardBus slot|CardBus slots]] or (1) type III<br />
* [[Embedded Security Subsystem|IBM Embedded Security Subsystem 2.0]]<br />
* [[Active Protection System|IBM Active Protection System]]<br />
* [[Integrated Fingerprint Reader]] on selected systems<br />
</div><br />
|}<br />
* [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/13n6243.pdf ThinkPad T40/p, T41/p, T42/p - Hardware Maintenance Manual (April 2004)] (5,391,719 Bytes)<br />
* [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/39t6192_01.pdf ThinkPad T40, T40p, T41, T41p, T42, T42p Hardware Maintenance Manual (February 2006)] (4,772,697 Bytes)<br />
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[[Category:T Series]]</div>Daxelrodhttps://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=ThinkWiki_talk:News&diff=23848ThinkWiki talk:News2006-07-29T14:04:25Z<p>Daxelrod: </p>
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<div>I was so free to add a new news entry - hope it is ok - if not...well you edit it anyway, right? :)<br />
<br />
--[[User:Defiant|Defiant]] 9:22, 1 Jan 2006 (CET)<br />
<br />
What does it mean to have 1KB users? 1K users I'd understand. Does the B stand for something other than 'byte'?<br />
--[[User:Daxelrod|Daniel Axelrod]] 16:04, 29 July 2006 (CEST)<br />
----</div>Daxelrodhttps://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Rescue_and_Recovery&diff=23473Talk:Rescue and Recovery2006-07-23T21:44:36Z<p>Daxelrod: </p>
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<div>Relating to the FIXME: My T42 (2373) has programs called bmgr.exe and bmgr32.exe in C:\IBMTOOLS\utils . I haven't tried them out just yet. More info when I do, and if there's anything conclusive, I'll udpate the actual page.<br />
--[[User:Daxelrod|Daxelrod]] 23:44, 23 July 2006 (CEST)<br />
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<br />
<br />
"It is not known how to invoke Rescue and Recovery once GRUB has been installed in the master boot record."<br />
<br />
See ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/thinkvantage_en/tvtrnr3_1027en.txt, Consideration 6:<br />
The Master Boot Record (MBR) must be configured properly for the <br />
Rescue and Recovery application to function properly. When possible, <br />
the Rescue and Recovery application attempts to ensure the proper <br />
configuration of the MBR. This can only occur if the Rescue and <br />
Recovery application is installed after other applications that <br />
requires the MBR.<br />
<br />
Apparently the R and R uses some very specific stuff in the MBR. Maybe Google will help you find some further info (has someone ever looked at the R and R enabled MBR in depth?)<br />
<br />
[[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 13:43, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)<br />
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<br />
Having special data in the MBR means less room for code, which may explain why the preinstalled MBR ignores the Active bit and (as far as I can tell) always boots the first partition. The latter means GRUB can't be installed in a partition boot sector either...<br />
<br />
--[[User:Thinker|Thinker]] 14:06, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)<br />
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<br />
Why not? If the RnR-MBR always boots the first partition, just go back to the classical recommended partition layout (from the times that LILO didn't support LBA) and create a tiny first partition (that you can i.e. use as /boot partition, which has certain advantages). Install grub into that partition.<br />
<br />
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 14:44, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)<br />
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<br />
I saw posts about the R&R software (or at least some versions thereof) assuming that the Windows partition is the first one.<br />
<br />
--[[User:Thinker|Thinker]] 14:52, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)<br />
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<br />
Another hack you might try is to "rebrand" your first partition to some Windows type (I guess you should choose NTFS) without any other change to the fs! (So in reality it's still an ext3 fs or whatever.) If R and R is _non_ destructive (I wouldn't know!) it would be interesting to see how deeply it really checks the first partition. (It shouldn't check too deeply, as it should be able to "rescue" a messed up Windows partition, shouldn't it?) <br />
<br />
But chances are this is a pointless hack ...<br />
<br />
[[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 15:16, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)<br />
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Is that true? That would mean you'd have to keep the Windows installation for the R&R system to work. In that case the only way to go would be installing grub4dos on that windows installation.<br />
<br />
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 14:56, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)<br />
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Another idea/question. Shouldn't it be possible to copy an NT boot sector to a file via dd and chainload that file from GRUB? This way grub could go to the boot sector of the first partition and boot the NT boot sector that may then sit on a Linux filesystem, which in turn would boot the first partition.<br />
<br />
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 14:59, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)<br />
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Could you please elaborate, Wyrfel? You lost me here ...<br />
<br />
[[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 15:18, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)<br />
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<br />
I think chaining GRUB from Windows will work (I don't know about grub4dos, but there's the trick of copying over the GRUB boot sector into a file and telling NTDETECT to load that.)<br />
<br />
The trick with putting GRUB into the Windows boot sector and chaning into a copy of the original also sounds like it might work. <br />
<br />
Alas, I can test neither, since I eliminated RNR from my disk after it stopped working even with the original MBR restored. No idea why. IBM sure didn't work very hard to make RNR 3.0 compatible with the standard partitioning and boot conventions...<br />
<br />
--[[User:Thinker|Thinker]] 16:12, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)<br />
<br />
For my R50e the claim, that the active bit is ignored is not true. If I remove the active bit or put it to my Linux partitition I get something like missing operation system<br />
--[[User:Samba|Samba]<br />
<br />
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I mean the reverse approach of [[How_to_setup_boot_loaders#Using_the_NT_Boot_Loader_to_boot_Linux|this]].<br />
<br />
Copy the NT boot sector into a file, place that file on a linux partition, boot into the file via grub. I don't know if this could at all work. First, grub might not be able to chainload a file, though i believe it is, second, the NT boot sector may not like to be a file. AFAIK, the NT boot sector knows the partition it is suppossed to find NTLDR on. So it wouldn't depend on being the first sector of the same partition.<br />
<br />
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 01:27, 10 Oct 2005 (CEST)<br />
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<br />
== Success booting R&R from GRUB ==<br />
<br />
The method mentioned on the article (changing the partition type to 0x0b) worked for me on my T42.<br />
<br />
You can do that with GRUB:<br />
<br />
parttype (hd0,1) 0x0b<br />
<br />
You can add that to a GRUB menu entry that boots the recovery partition, which otherwise looks like this:<br />
<br />
title IBM Rescue and Recovery<br />
root (hd0,1)<br />
chainloader +1<br />
<br />
(Note that the Access IBM does not work during boot any more -- you have to explicitly choose the R&R partition from the GRUB menu. Good enough for me.)<br />
<br />
I think that the recovery partition type is set to 0x12 to hide it from your Windows installation. The preinstalled MBR probably changes the partition type when you press Access IBM, and changes it back on next boot.<br />
<br />
Grub for dos is the best solution: http://freshmeat.net/projects/grub4dos/<br />
<br />
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<br />
More advice (which didn't work for me without the partition type fix):<br />
<br />
* IBM Support: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46088 <br />
Accessing the Recovery Partition if Linux has been installed and the F11 button no longer works]<br />
<br />
* [http://sharadware.com/2005/07/11/suse-linux-winxp-access-ibm-on-the-thinkpad-t43/ how to keep the AccessIBM functionality]:<br /><br />
''Set the IBM Predesktop Area (in the BIOS) to “Secureâ€. Boot using the SUSE DVD. Shrink the Windows partition as required. Follow the instructions and go through the regular installation process. Create a primary partition for /boot (the other stuff can go into the extended partitions) and when the time comes to install GRUB (you do prefer GRUB to LILO, don’t you?), make sure you install it into the boot sector of the boot partition. Set this partition as active. Leave the MBR alone.''<br />
<br />
The issue and solutions need to be summarized and added to the main article.<br />
<br />
--[[User:Thinker|Thinker]] 19:26, 9 Dec 2005 (CET)<br />
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Tried to do just that. Please correct hings if i got something wrong. [[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 14:46, 31 January 2006 (CET)<br />
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<br />
== R52 MBR for those who want to dissect it. ==<br />
<br />
Hi there, I had the issue regarding the blue screen while trying to boot the IBM R&R partition, but the type-changing trick worked. I made a complete factory restore, and I was happy to discover that it fixed the MBR in such a way that the R&R PreDesktop area now works at all times. I've now made a backup of this MBR in case something ever happens (like accidentally putting a better boot loader in it ;-)). It looks quite different compared to a classic Windows XP made MBR, so it might be worth to take a look.<br />
<br />
Anyway, for those interested, [http://student.ulb.ac.be/~mlindstr/ibm-r52.mbr the R52 MBR can be downloaded here].<br />
<br />
[[User:81.240.31.97|81.240.31.97]] 10:21, 28 Oct 2005 (CEST)<br />
<br />
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<br />
Thanks for the information. Question: "works at all times" here means:<br />
<br />
a) when pressing the Access IBM / ThinkVantage / Whatever button<br />
<br />
b) when booted by GRUB (chainloaded by NTLDR?)<br />
<br />
c) ?<br />
<br />
[[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 20:52, 28 Oct 2005 (CEST)<br />
<br />
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<br />
Yeah sorry, I could have been more verbose on that part. Actually, what I meant was that pressing the "Access IBM" button launches the R&R area successfully, regardless of the partition being of type 0x12 or 0xb. I'm fairly sure that if anything is changed in the MBR, R&R will be broken once more. I guess some very specific stuff is initialized within the master boot code. I can't risk experimenting with it for now, as the laptop in question isn't mine to begin with.<br />
<br />
Also, note that pressing the button doesn't give any other options, apparently. It just immediately boots the R&R partition. When the MBR was tampered with, pressing the button would give a boot menu, where one could choose to enter the BIOS menu, or boot another device. The only way to boot into R&R was to use a separate bootloader (in my case, a GRUB boot CD).<br />
<br />
[[User:81.240.31.97|81.240.31.97]] 23:19, 28 Oct 2005 (CEST)<br />
<br />
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<br />
It would be rather nice to dissect and discus that MBR. But I'm not sure whether we should encourage to do that on ThinkWiki. Any opinions (other than mere slogans such as: "We should have freedom to tinker!") on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Admins?<br />
<br />
[[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 01:03, 30 Oct 2005 (CEST)<br />
<br />
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Concerning the encouragement, it should in any case be clearly mentioned that tinkering can cause (serious) damage. For as far as legal issues go, R&R is a trademark, but APS is as well. Reverse engineering is a legal issue in some countries, but not in all. People who dig into this should be aware of their legal situation. That said, i think it's an interesting issue that might shed light into the MBR in general. If the final result gets provided here as a way of how to build a compatible GRUB MBR or something the like, i see no issues with the publication. I think, however, that discussing the fiddling (reverse engineering - if so) process here is not without concerns, because afaik this has legal issues in some countries.<br />
<br />
[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 02:03, 30 Oct 2005 (CET)<br />
<br />
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<br />
I accidently killed my bootsector when I installed Linux, so this image comes in verry handy to restore the "Access IBM" button function. How can I write this image back onto my disk?<br />
<br />
--[[User:84.63.23.253|84.63.23.253]] 22:58, 5 Dec 2005 (CET)<br />
<br />
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Hello,<br />
dealing with a new T43p (installing Ubuntu 5.10) and struggling with the AccessIBM "thing".<br><br />
There seems to be a way to backup the "special" IBM MBR, and that would give a lot<br />
of peace of mind because one could restore that instead of reinstalling everything from the CDs.<br />
How can that be done?<br />
Just a plain dd on /dev/sda?<br />
<br />
I have checked the [http://sharadware.com/2005/07/11/suse-linux-winxp-access-ibm-on-the-thinkpad-t43/ SUSE Linux, WinXP & Access IBM on the ThinkPad T43 thread on SharadWare],<br />
whose bottom line seems to be: '''don't touch the MBR, put grub in a linux partition and make that the bootable partition'''.<br />
<br />
However, if I do that it does not start with grub.<br />
I have posted a longish note there [http://sharadware.com/2005/07/11/suse-linux-winxp-access-ibm-on-the-thinkpad-t43/#comment-210 my post].<br />
<br />
One of the main outstanding questions to me is: ''does AccessIBM boot alright if/when called from GRUB if this latter is installed in the MBR?''<br><br />
If so, then I will be happy to go with a normal grub-in-MBR.<br />
<br />
Does anybody know the answer?<br><br />
Thanks<br />
<br />
--[[User:Fossatig|GF]] 00:08, 19 Dec 2005 (CET)<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
FYI I have just come across this page on the IBM site:<br><br />
[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-54483 Recovery repair diskette], it seems to<br />
make it possible to restore the MBR to the factory installed status, namely it states "''This package can also be used to reenable the F11 function as long as the service partition has not been removed from your hard drive.''"<br><br />
<br />
It could be the lifesaver for heavy-testing moments, because based on my readings more or less<br />
the solution seemed to be to reinstall everything.<br />
<br />
I have not tried this yet, and I hope I will not need to, but since the system (t43) is <br />
new I could invest some time in this... I will keep you posted.<br />
<br />
Only '''question'''... the instructions are for creating a floppy, but there is not floppy driver <br />
in the T43. Will it be ok to create the floppy on any other windows box?<br />
<br />
[[User:Fossatig|GF [t41, t43p]]] 01:04, 19 Dec 2005 (CET)<br />
<br />
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<br />
I have tested the Recovery repair diskette on my T43, which was not booting the Rescue and Recovery partition anymore. I have successfully created and used the disk with an USB floppy drive. Everything works now again the same way it used to when the laptop was shipped. <br />
The tool on that floppy will offer two different major options: <br />
<br />
"1. Repair the current master boot record" and <br><br />
"2. Replace the current master boot record.". <br />
<br />
The first option did not fix the problem with the Rescue and Recovery partition on my system. When selecting the second choice, there were three new "sub-options": <br />
<br />
"A: Supports the newer IBM Rescue & Recovery ...", <br><br />
"B: Supports previous versions ..." and <br><br />
"C: Supports only the main operating system environment.". <br />
<br />
For my system the choice A was successfull.<br />
<br />
--[[User:217.146.157.238|217.146.157.238]] 10:30, 12 Jan 2006 (CET)<br />
<br />
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<br />
Hmm... I just tested this on my T43. The starting point was that I hosed the original MBR by installing grub onto it. "repair the current master boot record" did repair the MBR, but the IBM rescue & recovery was still unaccessible from BIOS ({{ibmkey|Access IBM|#495988}}). However, replacing the MBR did the trick, so I can boot from grub into linux, winXP and IBM rescue and recovery. The {{ibmkey|Access IBM|#495988}} key works from BIOS.<br />
<br />
== Diagnostic tools only ==<br />
<br />
Anybody know how to run the hardware diagnostic tools only from the R&R backup CD's? I can boot off the R&R diagnostic CD, but in order to run diagnostic hardware tests, the cd asks to reboot the system, which will then repeat the process. I do not have the R&R partition on my hdd (backed up before putting Linux on the hdd.)<br />
--[[User:gsmenden|gsmenden]] 10:50, 30 Jan 2006 (EST)<br />
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== Problems with Windows Partition ==<br />
I have successfully managed to install Kanotix and keeping the "ACCESS IBM"-Key working at the beginning by following the instructions in the way that I installed GRUB in the LINUX-Partition, not in the MBR. However, I can not boot the Windows XP-Partition which I have downsized with Qt-Parted. When I start it I get a GRUB-Error 25, before Installing Linux I got something "invalid ...". From Linux the Partition is fully accessible, so I have 3 theories what is the problem:<br />
- I have stopped the Thinkpad-System-Installation just at the point where it was going to convert the file system into NTFS (did not let it reboot at this point), so the problem may have something to do, that the convert utility tampered the file-system<br />
- The partition shrinking did not work correctly, at least for Windows standards. <br />
- Something wrong with my Grub-configuration, this is less likely since it also did not work, when Linux was not installed.<br />
Another problem: After using Diagnostics, the setting of the active partition is changed in the partition table. So the next booting does not work, I have to manually reset it.<br />
Any hints? Samba<br />
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BTW: Rescue and Recovery is also used with Thinkpad R50e<br />
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A recommendation: If you want to keep your Windows Partition and resize it, I can recommend [http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php|Gparted-Live CD]. The actual version even resizes, when the partition is fragmented. That is important because the defragmenter within Windows does not defragment correctly.</div>Daxelrod