Thinkpad 60 Series “frozen to death” (freeze) solution

Thinkpad 60 Series “frozen to death” (freeze) solution

Freezing to death is not clear as characteristics, mainly performance freeze, screen images can be seen, but can not operate as if time stopped, the Thinkpad T40 battery hard disk light does not flash, other lights lit normal, press the power button can only be forced to restart, restart without self-test. Take it to service station hardware, the operation shows all normal. This may not be Thinkpad X60 battery probelm, but Core 2 series processor problems. Thinkpad currently address these issues, and Intel have been carried out corresponding measures. Of course, this does not solve the fundamental problem of freezing to death, but has been greatly eased, and so will be to minimize the probability of occurrence.

Solve this problem in five steps:

Step one: Upgrade BIOS, Lenovo officials online have the latest BIOS version 2.19
Download link, http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-63024,
Of course, also mentioned the need to upgrade, and strongly recommended, which the BIOS upgrade in the history of Thinkpad X60S battery is also relatively rare. BIOS upgrade would not say, and in accordance with the step by step readme on the list, no less dangerous, but should pay attention to the battery and AC must be used to prevent power outages, upgrade other programs to close, remember to turn off antivirus software and firewall.

The second step, Intel dual-core patch upgrade, download links
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896256/zh-cn, even after the patch upgrade some manual operation, see the details, http://publish.it168.com/2007/0425/20070425015807. shtml.

The third step is to upgrade Intel micro-code of your thinkpad T60 battery, download link
http://www.microsoft.com/downloa … 0 & displaylang = zh-cn, the most simple, you can click Run.

The fourth step, upgrading your Thinkpad T61 battery graphics card driver, download links
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-62841

The fifth step, upgrade the Thinkpad battery power management process, the download link
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-4GXPEG
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-61583

That’s all.

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IBM Thinkpad R50 review

IBM Thinkpad R50 review

The article from laptops-battery.co.uk
IBM released its new ThinkPad R50 series during the fall of 2003. The R Series of notebooks from IBM used to parade as a budget class, that’s no longer the case, the R Series is in fact quite close to the high-end T Series in performance and specs. IBM’s new drive-protection technology senses rough handling and parks the hard drive heads. Should the notebook hit the deck, the drive and its data are likely to remain intact, even if the computer itself is damaged and becomes unusable.

IBM Thinkpad R50
? Centrino 1.4 GHz Processor
? 512 MB DDR333 RAM (CL2.5 according to IBM, no data on memory timings)
? Radeon 7500 Mobility w/32MB Ram
? 5400 rpm 30 GB Hard Drive
? AC Power

? Rechargeable Thinkpad R50 battery

AthlonXP Powered Desktop Computer
? AthlonXP @ 2.26 GHz Processor
? 1 GB DDR424 RAM (2-2-3-5)
? ABit NF-7 nForce2 mobo
? ATI RAdeon 9700Pro w/128 MB Ram
? 7200 rpm 120 GB WD Hard Drive w/8MB cache

The R50 is based on the Intel Centrino standard, so inside you’ve got a Pentium M processor running at 1.5GHz. The memory complement is a fairly standard 512MB with one SODIM slot left empty for future upgrades, while the 40GB hard disk is smaller than some, but still more than enough for most notebook users. If you do want to free up some hard disk space, IBM has been thoughtful enough to include a DVD/CD-RW combo drive, so you can burn important data off to CD.

The R-Series actually has some advantages over its top-of-the-line sibling: The R50 comes with either a 14- or 15-inch display; the T-Series offers just the 14-inch screen. And because the R50 uses the industry-standard 12.7-mm removable-device bay, you can swap in a rewritable DVD drive (for $400 more). All you can get with the T-Series is a CD-RW/DVD ROM because of the 9.5-mm bay that IBM hopes will be a standard eventually.

The ThinkPad R50 of course features IBM’s easy to distinguish classic black case and with a 13” x 10.4” x 17” (W x D x H) dimension specs we see that it has grown slightly from the previous generation. With a 15-inch XGA screen (14.1″ also available) and weighing a modest 6.6lbs, or 7.1lbs when combined with the AC adapter for travel weight, the ThinkPad R50 can serve as a good desktop replacement or as a reasonably mobile laptop if you’re on the go. The ThinkPad R50 is a diverse laptop, so let’s dig into the details and see if it’s worth your consideration for purchasing.

Like most ThinkPad notebooks, the R50 is not a music machine, despite its smoothly designed, press-and-hold volume controls. Sound quality is fine, with no distortion or extreme tinniness, but ultimately the audio emitted is too low for more than occasional listening.

The R50 ships with Windows XP Professional pre-installed, while IBM has thoughtfully also included a copy of Norton Anti Virus 2003. I use Norton myself and I find it alarming how many email viruses it spots on a daily basis, so it’s good to see it included with a new machine. ThinkPads also ship with a few special features like the hard disk Active Protection System. This basically stops the hard disk from damaging itself if the notebook is bumped or moved during operation.

Performance is fairly close to the Dell Inspiron 510m that we looked at last week, although the 3D performance is far superior on the R50. Mobile Mark reported a battery life of three hours 42 minutes, which is good, but not spectacular. At least you’ll be able to squeeze half a day’s work out of the battery.

In conclusion, IMO the thinkpad r50 is a very good laptop select as its price $1,769. If you buy a laptop for General office work and study, the thinkpad t50 is your best choice. It is so thin and light that you can easy to take it to anywhere.

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