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Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/02
I stopped buying ThinkPads when they messed with screen sizes (a long while they did not have anything 16:10 at 1920×1200 or better) and keyboards (no 6-row keyboard for me).
So below is the (at least partial) list of ThinkPads I own(ed) and features they so I can find back information on them in case of need.
Note I had the X201 despite the smaller screen size, as it was an excellent travel companion.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2022/02/28
Below are the maximum memory configurations for the Thinkpad models I own.
Note these re only 7-row keyboard configurations, the 6-row keyboards were always “meh”.
I used this command to get the CPU information:
wmic cpu get name
As mentioned in PC3-8500 or PC3-10600:
As PC3-10600 is getting increasingly difficult to acquire, PC3-12800 can be used instead. Using PC3-12800 may or may not increase the performance of your model, as some models may underclock it to their respective original DRAM speeds.
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 560 @ 2.67GHz
[Wayback] Category:T510 – ThinkWiki
You might think it would fit two 8GB modules and be upgradable to 16GB, but the chipset prevents it. Some of the W510 models seem to accept 8GB modules though:
So T510 only supports 8 GB RAM, potentially due to CPU limitation.
The first generation iCore i5 and i7 duo core did not support more than 8 GB of RAM
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60GHz
[Wayback] Category:W701 – ThinkWiki 
I actually still have 16GB in my version, see: ThinkPad W701: Win7 Ultimate x64 suddenly only saw 8GB RAM of 16GB (via: [H]ard|Forum).
Searching back my blog history, I did note that 32GB should fit: ThinkPad W701 with 32GB of memory via: forum.thinkpads.com • Newer 8G memory sticks in a W700, W701, W500, W510 ?
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU M 620 @ 2.67GHz
[Wayback] Category:X201 – ThinkWiki
Some seem to differ however, and got 16GB to work, but others don’t, as only the lower 8GB are accessible:
I might upgrade the W701, order 4*8GB modules, test some in the X201, then order more if it works.
Just in case I want to ever get a smaller Thinkpad with 7-row keyboard that allows 32-gigabytes of memory, the state as of 2019 is pretty accurate as no 7-row keyboards were manufacturerd after that (not even the horrendously expensive T25, which was a 2017 model [Wayback]/Archive.is] My ThinkPad T25 review : thinkpad):
[Wayback] Current Thinkpad models that support 32 gb ram (even unofficially) – Thinkpads Forum (state in 2019)
If you really want to go the T25 way, you can modify it to put T480 hardware in it: [Wayback] Thinkpad T25 Gets Less Retro With Hardware Swap | Hackaday
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/13
Whereas Windows 7 was really fast, Windows 8.1 on my ThinkPad W701 is very slow in an erratic way.
Need to check out this:
Windows 8.1 proves to be extremely slow on their computers, with Microsoft yet to address the problem with a workaround or a patch.
According to some posts on Microsoft’s Community forums, this is mostly happening on Lenovo laptops and the fastest way to deal with performance issues is to uninstall the “Intel Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework” from the device manager.
In addition, you need to access the BIOS menu and in the “Configuration” screen, make sure you disable the DPIF option to turn it off completely until Microsoft comes up with a fully-working fix.
–jeroen
via: How to Fix Windows 8.1 Slow Performance Issues.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/04/11
Earlier this week, I posted abut ThinkPad W701: Win7 Ultimate x64 suddenly only saw 8GB RAM of 16GB (via: [H]ard|Forum).
One of the search results in my query indicated it would be possible to put 32GB in it.
That’s nice, as the official Lenovo ThinkPad W701 specs and Lenovo ThinkPad W701 2500 Overview & Specs – Laptops – CNET Reviews indicate it should max out with 16GB.
This Google search returns lots of results indicating people actually run it with 32GB RAM using 4x8GB memory modules:
–jeroen
via: ThinkPad W701 32GB RAM – Google Search.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/04/10
This recently happened to me, but not sure when it started:
My ThinkPad W701 had 16GB of RAM, and everything worked fine for about 2 years, but now the BIOS and Windows only saw 8GB of it.
The odd thing: SpeedFan would see 4 memory modules of 4 gigabyte each for a total of 16 gigabyte.
This solution helped:
the easiest (and most embarrassing) fix worked – just took out the new RAM sticks and re-seated them into different sockets instantly fixed the problem.
The steps I followed: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/09/30
Last week this was in HDD news:
I asked it before 6 months ago, and wonder: how long will it take for 12.5 mm 2.5 inch SATA HDDs to arrive on the market that have 1.5 TB or more capacity?
Yes, I know about the WD20NPVT, but the WD20NPVT is 2.5 inch and 15 mm high.
–jeroen
Posted in Hardware, Opinions, Power User, SSD, ThinkPad, W701 | Tagged: hard drive, hdds, sas, tb | 1 Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2012/03/09
Since about 9 months, 2.5 inch notebook drives ship that have 500 gigabyte platters.
With that technology, these drives ship:
they easily could manufacture these configurations:
Posted in Hardware, Power User, SSD, ThinkPad, W701 | 2 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2012/02/27
Dang this won’t work:
The ThinkPad W700/W701 DisplayPort is a DisplayPort-only source, not a Dual-Mode source, and thus cannot support the DisplayPort adapter cables.
See also this PDF:
ThinkPad W701, W701ds Multiple Monitor Configurations
Boost productivity, view more data
** DisplayPort to Single-Link DVI (45J7915) or VGA (57Y4393) monitor cables are not supported on the W701 DisplayPort
–jeroen
via: DisplayPort Adapter Cables 45J7915, 57Y4393 Compatibility – ThinkPad W700/W701.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/02/27
Just as a mental note: it is possible to put 32GB of memory in a ThinkPad W701:
for a while now, 32GB on 2x W701
–jeroen
via: forum.thinkpads.com • Newer 8G memory sticks in a W700, W701, W500, W510 ?.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2011/04/22
The Lenovo ThinkPad W701 can have three (3!) SATA spindles, one of which is through the Serial Ultrabay Enhanced bay, the other 2 can be hard drives.
Below is the mapping between the bays and the boot devices.
The bays are numbered as in the ThinkPad W700, W700ds, W701, and W701ds Hardware Maintenance Manual.
Note that the slot order and the boot device order is counter intuitive, espcially since the W701 ships with a HDD in slot 1 (which is ATA HDD0), and the SATA ports don’t map to the HDD numbers.
I don’t know yet which External SATA Port maps to the USB/eSATA combo connector mentioned on page 195.
The Serial Ultrabay Enhanced bay is probably HDD0 because it is also CD0, and it makes sense to boot from CD first when you install a machine.
ATA CD0 is for one these optical devices:
ATA HDD0, 1 and 2 can be one of those HDD devices (for ATA HDD2 you need a Serial Ultrabay Enhanced adapter, either 9.5mm or 12.7 mm high):
The Serial Ultrabay Enhanced adapter can hold 12.5 mm drives, the other bays can only hold 9.5 mm drives.
It looks like the W701 is the last ThinkPad that ships with a 1920 x 1200 screen (all newer models have HD screens of 1920 x 1080, so you loose 10% of your screen height).
I learned that the yellow USB port is the powerd one (if it is disabled, you can enable the power in the BIOS)
–jeroen
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