Thanks for your research! You guys sure know your stuff. Per Tech Support, I had ordered the wrong doc, so I have an RMA, and the new TB3 Workstation coming in a few days. The TP may arrive today - wow! My 1tb SSD and 32GB RAM are supposed to arrive today, too. I'll report my experience and impressi...

Thanks - excellent review. It should be here tomorrow PM. Had I read that review I would have bought a NVMe 1T drive aftermarket. Instead I got an SSD, which won't go in the machine with the hard drive it comes with. So I'll have to Magician to the SSD. Not a big deal. I'll report my experience and ...

I finally ordered my P52, and asked the Lenovo phone sales guy which dock. He said the Workstation dock with 230W - Part 40A50230US. I'm now nervous that he misled me and I may have ordered a boat anchor. Will my P52 park on this v.expensive dock?

Thanks for your comment! Glad I'm getting a good deal. As retired IBM, I used to get better discounts on TPs. My P52 should arrive around April Fool's Day. I got it with 8GB RAM and default 500GB hard drive. I'll get 32GB and a 500GB SSD or NVMe - need to decide which. I'll probably Laplink the exis...

Lenovo has IBM employee purchase program, and current sale is 30% off. I've seen much bigger discounts in the past, but I wonder if that's as good as I'll see, unless I wait for P53 to be available. Is there a reseller likely to do better? TIA, Charlie

About to buy on IBMEPP a P52 for myself and a T480 for my bride. They have a bunch of docking stations, and I don't know what dock to buy for each. I'd like to do Thunderbolt 3, of course.

Weird. I clicked your link, and see the P52, not a P52s. Looking at models all are P52.

Thanks! I priced one at lenovo.com, but they don't yet show on IBM employee purchase. I'm hoping end of Q2 will offer some deals. May have to wait for end of year. grump. I may have to touch one - worried about the scrunched keyboard on the 15".

My W510 is still in great shape with 32GB RAM + 500GB SSD, but it's eight years old and I know I could use more oomph in the CPU. I like the specs of the P series, esp the Thunderbolt 3. Wondering if any rumors on next gen x2 release. As retired IBMer I would love a deep discount, but I keep my mach...

Hello, Sepy - I am thinking of getting a couple Px0 machines. One to replace my aging W510, in which I have 32GB and a Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB. The P70 seems like a ghost machine - nothing in the way of reviews, or much on-line discussion. I see your post here got no replies, so I wonder if you could...

This machine worked fine for years, then mobo died. Machine is complete with XP license and power supply. No hard drive bec I have no way to wipe it.

If you need a good shell and display, this is for you.

$50 including shipping sound like a good price?

I don't have mine handy now. Check the part numbers. As I recall, there is one that ends in 10, and the newest "Plus" ends in 20. It's more expensive and has all the bells and whistles. That is the one I bought and have been very pleased. It comes with the 135 Watt power supply they suggest for the ...

Guess I'll have to go looking for BIOS and .ISOs for the W510. I see nothing about SOL - don't even know what it is CK Ah - found it and see that the think vantage tool just gives you a lick and a promise. Looks like it doesn't do any drivers. I'll have to do it by hand. And I see that they dropped...

Really curious what ya did exactly... Upgraded to the latest BIOS: 1.24-1.13 now... -M- Maybe something diff about your machine. My bios is at 1.19. As I recall they pulled 1.20. Guess I'll have to go looking for BIOS and .ISOs for the W510. I looked at Start->Programs->Intel and have some sort of ...

After Lenovo fixed my W510 after it got bricked by a BIOS update (which took them 4 weeks), I get the folowing error in the ThinkVantage Toolbox: Driver problem on Intel(R) Active Management Technology - SOL (COM4) Reinstall Driver If i click the Reinstall Driver button i get: The Device cannot sta...

All, Sorry to hear about this problem - glad service is taking care of you. FWIW this doesn't seem to be a high incident rate so I still encourage everyone to take advantage of updates that come along. Best regards, Mark Mark, I was a skosh edgy about some of the W510 probs reported when my new 431...

My 7-1/2 year old A31p finally cannot be resurrected, so I ordered a W510 on 5/20. Lenovo site said two weeks, but the date on the confirmation says June 10 (three weeks). I considered waiting for the FHD, but it could be months. Thanks to others for advice! It shows 4318CT, which isn't a complete m...

I ordered a W510 with this panel. I usually have my TPs docked, and use a monitor with wireless keyboard and mouse when I'm working in the home office. So I'm in the market for a really good monitor at a good price. Currently I have two TPs, and use the separate inputs to an older 19" 4:3 Dell Ultra...

I found this offer to repair laptops on eBay, 418 posts with 100% satisfaction: http://cgi.ebay.com/MOTHERBOARD-REPAIR-IBM-ThinkPad-A31-A31p-G40-G41-G50-/140367783131?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ae9264db Any comments on them? Reasonable price? Laptop Rescuer Co. 280 Martin Ave. Sui...

Thanks, George. I tried it, but nothing happened. I just left the power adapter plugged in to see if I ever get another led to light. I wonder if there is a bad solder joint somewhere in the power cktry, based on it coming alive so many times in the past after tapping it or standing it on the side, ...

For about six months or a year, sometimes my A31p would not start. I would get no lights when the psply is plugged in. And then the light would come on, sometimes after setting the machine on the side, or tapping it, or remove/replace battery. Often pressing the power button would do nothing but ind...

Some time ago I upgraded bios and drivers from IBM site. Since then I get a Cardworks install screen when I boot. If I try to install, it says can't install, so I have to cancel. EVERY darn time I reboot - annoying. Anyone know where to disable this? Nothing in startup folder, and the exe that is ru...

I am in the market for a new ThinkPad. I've had 770, A31p, R40, T60p, and am currently a fan of the T60's. While I want to get a good deal, I'd like to avoid buying a T61p now if a T62 or T70 is a few months away that will blow the doors off the current models. Any idea what's in the wings for 1Q08 ...