Comments on: Review of My New Thinkpad T61 http://carltonbale.com/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/ A personal take on tech and home theater Tue, 22 May 2012 03:28:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Steve DeLong http://carltonbale.com/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/comment-page-2/#comment-2333 Steve DeLong Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:24:21 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/2007/09/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/#comment-2333 Hi Jeff, I use a Quadro FX 570 card in the PCI-E slot. I'm using vista ultimate. I can use the built in LCD and have 3 external LCD's. I'm sure I could put one more on. Biggest problem I have is every reboot I have to reset the position of my monitors. Good-luck Steve Hi Jeff,
I use a Quadro FX 570 card in the PCI-E slot. I’m using vista ultimate. I can use the built in LCD and have 3 external LCD’s. I’m sure I could put one more on. Biggest problem I have is every reboot I have to reset the position of my monitors.

Good-luck

Steve

]]> By: Paul Harrison http://carltonbale.com/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/comment-page-2/#comment-2332 Paul Harrison Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:13:06 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/2007/09/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/#comment-2332 @ Jeff Clark. Using the pass through connectors on the advanced dock + using a low profile graphics card for even more monitors? Pics explain it better than I could: www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-68889.html I looked into it a while back but was put off by reports of the dock having a really noisy fan. @ Jeff Clark. Using the pass through connectors on the advanced dock + using a low profile graphics card for even more monitors? Pics explain it better than I could:

www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-68889.html

I looked into it a while back but was put off by reports of the dock having a really noisy fan.

]]> By: Jeff Clark http://carltonbale.com/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/comment-page-2/#comment-2331 Jeff Clark Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:07:02 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/2007/09/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/#comment-2331 I am running XP Pro. I know I've read somewhere on the web that people are doing this successfully with XP. I think it's with an ATI chipset. Thanks. I am running XP Pro. I know I’ve read somewhere on the web that people are doing this successfully with XP. I think it’s with an ATI chipset. Thanks.

]]> By: Carlton Bale http://carltonbale.com/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/comment-page-2/#comment-2330 Carlton Bale Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:59:01 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/2007/09/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/#comment-2330 Jeff, I'm not aware of any method to display 3 screens at the same time using any of the available integrated video cards. Brian Flay above suggests the following: EVGA has a product "UV Plus+" that is a USB VGA display adapter (www.evga.com/uvplus); you can have as many displays as you do USB ports. Jeff, I’m not aware of any method to display 3 screens at the same time using any of the available integrated video cards. Brian Flay above suggests the following:

EVGA has a product “UV Plus+” that is a USB VGA display adapter (www.evga.com/uvplus); you can have as many displays as you do USB ports.

]]> By: Jeff Clark http://carltonbale.com/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/comment-page-2/#comment-2329 Jeff Clark Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:06:12 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/2007/09/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/#comment-2329 I've been reading through the comments and am now confused... I have a Thinkpad T61P with the Advanced Dock (PCI-E). The internal video chipset is the NVidia Quadro FX 570M. I currently have 2 external 22" LCD's connected to the dock's DVI and Analog connectors. What video card will work to allow me to either connect another external LCD or at least use the internal LCD with the existing LCD's? Are there multiple options or just one? Thanks! I’ve been reading through the comments and am now confused… I have a Thinkpad T61P with the Advanced Dock (PCI-E). The internal video chipset is the NVidia Quadro FX 570M. I currently have 2 external 22″ LCD’s connected to the dock’s DVI and Analog connectors. What video card will work to allow me to either connect another external LCD or at least use the internal LCD with the existing LCD’s? Are there multiple options or just one? Thanks!

]]> By: Carlton Bale http://carltonbale.com/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/comment-page-2/#comment-2328 Carlton Bale Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:40:47 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/2007/09/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/#comment-2328 It sounds like you have a failed or failing hard drive to me. I've had zero problems since performing a clean install of Vista; not sure that I'd recommend the system restore reinstall as you still may get some programs you don't want. Or you could just perform a clean install of Windows 7 beta; free download from Microsoft. It sounds like you have a failed or failing hard drive to me. I’ve had zero problems since performing a clean install of Vista; not sure that I’d recommend the system restore reinstall as you still may get some programs you don’t want. Or you could just perform a clean install of Windows 7 beta; free download from Microsoft.

]]> By: Suffering user http://carltonbale.com/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/comment-page-2/#comment-2327 Suffering user Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:34:24 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/2007/09/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/#comment-2327 I dunno how everyone else seems to be having +ve experiences with the T61. Perhaps I have some installation quirks. Often when I take the running T61 off the ac-power, it plain hangs---becoming unresponsive and responding to only a hard reboot. Finally, today that happened one times too many, and now the laptop refuses to start up at all --- despite having performed a system restore via the pre-installed ThinkVantage utility. I am surprised to observe such behavior from a thinkpad, and dont know if it is the Thinkpad or the Vista professional on top which killed everything. However, I think it is about time that I went over to the Macs.... I dunno how everyone else seems to be having +ve experiences with the T61. Perhaps I have some installation quirks. Often when I take the running T61 off the ac-power, it plain hangs—becoming unresponsive and responding to only a hard reboot. Finally, today that happened one times too many, and now the laptop refuses to start up at all — despite having performed a system restore via the pre-installed ThinkVantage utility. I am surprised to observe such behavior from a thinkpad, and dont know if it is the Thinkpad or the Vista professional on top which killed everything. However, I think it is about time that I went over to the Macs….

]]> By: Carlton Bale http://carltonbale.com/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/comment-page-2/#comment-2326 Carlton Bale Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:06:07 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/2007/09/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/#comment-2326 Mick: Yes, it will work. Mick: Yes, it will work.

]]> By: Mick Mandalay http://carltonbale.com/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/comment-page-2/#comment-2325 Mick Mandalay Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:23:11 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/2007/09/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/#comment-2325 Great info here but I have a quick question: I have a T61 with the nvidia NVS140 but my screen is a 15.4"@1680x1050. I also own an advanced mini-dock (the one with the DVI etc but WITHOUT the PCIe slot). My question is will this setup drive a 2560x1600 screen? The reason I ask is that the T61 you (Carlton) own has a 14" screen with a lower res. I just wonder if it will work properly before I make the jump and order the Dell 30". Great info here but I have a quick question:

I have a T61 with the nvidia NVS140 but my screen is a 15.4″@1680×1050. I also own an advanced mini-dock (the one with the DVI etc but WITHOUT the PCIe slot).

My question is will this setup drive a 2560×1600 screen? The reason I ask is that the T61 you (Carlton) own has a 14″ screen with a lower res. I just wonder if it will work properly before I make the jump and order the Dell 30″.

]]> By: Brian Flay http://carltonbale.com/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/comment-page-2/#comment-2324 Brian Flay Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:43:51 +0000 http://carltonbale.com/2007/09/review-of-my-new-thinkpad-t61/#comment-2324 There is another option for those who want to run more than two external monitors. EVGA has a product "UV Plus+" that is a USB VGA display adapter (www.evga.com/uvplus). Each one can run an external VGA monitor and you can run as many of these as you have USB ports on your machine - in addition to the two that you can run on the minidoc! There is another option for those who want to run more than two external monitors. EVGA has a product “UV Plus+” that is a USB VGA display adapter (www.evga.com/uvplus). Each one can run an external VGA monitor and you can run as many of these as you have USB ports on your machine – in addition to the two that you can run on the minidoc!

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