IBM ThinkPad T43

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IBM ThinkPad T43

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Ryan Gehret

Күн бұрын

Got this laptop for 20 bucks, and it turned out to be much nicer than I was expecting.

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@hawkeye454 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful design. I remember looking at these in computer catalogs way back and wanting one.

@snsm6730 4 жыл бұрын

These were the BMW of laptops of their time and still are an excellent older system that will run the lighter distros of Linux, like M18, just fine even on 2 gigs of RAM. Nice that the T43 is still getting the appreciation it deserves !!

@snsm6730 4 жыл бұрын

@Imix Muan ooops MX18...now MX19.2...8)

@JohnAK72 5 жыл бұрын

I was always fascinated by early Thinkpad design, specially the modular layout and their durability. Nowadays, you can only see that in very few configurations of T series!

@jaybanner2905 6 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous laptop. I have a T61 and X220. I love Thinkpads.

@eyeflaps 8 жыл бұрын

I've always loved the design of the older IBM/Lenovo laptops. I simply just loved the square design and the way the edges feel smooth. I never got into that "Rounded" design laptops from Dell, HP and Toshiba started doing. The only "Rounded" laptop I've ever had is my current Laptop, which is an Asus K55n mostly because I've always used ASUS desktops and they were always reliable. I formally used IBM, even after they stopped making computers, I would just use older laptops and my former laptop from IBM I used all up until I could no longer patch XP.

@snsm6730 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, typing this reply on a Lenovo 3000 n200 but the curved back plastic and silver top and bottom just does not look "right"...sigh. Well, it was only $25 in the recycle bin....

@snsm6730 4 жыл бұрын

By the way....some of the older thinkpads had aone back corner with a "flat" instead of right angle (hard to describe without a pic) that I assume made them easy to pack in a suitcase or bag with round corners. The level of attention on these older Thinkpads was most impressive...

@windowsxpdansk1679 5 жыл бұрын

Actually typing this comment on a T43 I picked up two weeks ago at a local Good Will store. Unit looks to have just set in an IT dept at a local State Agency before being donated. These units are VERY rugged and make great laptops to toss in a bag for the coffee shop. These units were made before the Chinese took over and the build quality started to decline. The keyboards for example are excellent,

@windowsxpdansk1679 5 жыл бұрын

@panagiotisgrammatopoulos4837 7 жыл бұрын

Last week i upgrated one off these to WIN 10! Very acceptable perfomance for a 10 years old laptop.

@panoramacircle3281 6 жыл бұрын

Nice Thinkpad, just made a review of my own T43p as well! I actually has Expresscard in the upper slot, first model to have that.

@Major_Mason 7 жыл бұрын

I have this, never letting it go. It was supposed to go to my Grandfather but he passed away when I was in 9th grade. Hopefully it will stay with me for many more years, even if its not used.

@stevebez2767 6 жыл бұрын

Certain forever laptop !!g.p.u an c.p.u in notebook size wiv ports,hahaaa,pinball wizard if get buzzers an bells dont naff it iff its g.p.u cuda & parallels,quantumn,etc for ibm intranetwork. Get emul term tn5250 for pub.400.com an use some ibm servers with,yeah?

@onewhitedude 7 жыл бұрын

I've always wanted a computer like this.

@JohnSmith-qv5nv 7 жыл бұрын

I have an IBM Thinkpad R52, which is like the higher-end version of the T43. :P Also, the CD ROM will eject at random times... It still works, and when a CD is in there, it won't eject.. but it is LOUDDDD!

@WillOnSomething 9 жыл бұрын

Oh man..... This brings back memories. My first laptop was a T43

@Nerd13010 9 жыл бұрын

***** I had a T43 but it looked more like a laptop that had been underwater

@accordinglyryan 9 жыл бұрын

***** What are you smoking

@WillOnSomething 9 жыл бұрын

***** Omg, i thought you were eaten alive by the zombie Ronald Reagan. Also, next person who says "Bowels" sleeps in the bathtub. :D

@accordinglyryan 9 жыл бұрын

woooo idk lol

@Nerd13010 9 жыл бұрын

***** Wow, whatever you're smoking I'll pass, and I'm not eating it. I PMed you a while ago, but no reply, might ought to sign in

@Pritash24 9 жыл бұрын

I have one of these...cool review.Thnx.

@FSM_Reviews 4 жыл бұрын

I happen to have a 15.4 inch Lenovo ThinkPad T61 with the 1680x1050 resolution screen. It also has the higher-end Core 2 Duo T8300. Upgraded to 3 gigs of RAM, it's possibly the best Windows 7 machine you could ask for (other than the older Dell Latitudes, such as the D620). Originally shipped with Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit.

@wonderpierrot 9 жыл бұрын

Pentium M went up to 2.26Ghz I believe. That's comparable to a 4.52Ghz P4. How crazy is that?

@accordinglyryan 9 жыл бұрын

Wonderpierrot Not really that crazy. The Pentium M was based off of the Pentium 3 architecture (as are all modern Intel CPUs) which is much more efficient and overall better than NetBurst.

@santi0797 9 жыл бұрын

+Wonderpierrot wtf are u saying

@lukeshaver1149 8 жыл бұрын

+santi0797 If you don't know alot about computers, you won't know what they are talking about.

@santi0797 8 жыл бұрын

+Luke Shaver i know what they are talking about, thats why i said "wtf are u saying", there is no such thing as a 4.5ghz pentium 4

@lukeshaver1149 8 жыл бұрын

santi0797 Ah.

@shawross262 7 жыл бұрын

The T43 would even run Windows 10 and this is mainly due to the fact it has PCI Express in its Chipset.

@stevebez2767 6 жыл бұрын

Really,havent tried that as win7 ultimate probs,xp ok?

@snsm6730 4 жыл бұрын

Have a gently used T43 in my laptop "fleet"....these were and remain EXCELLENT units but you will probably have to install a linux distro....have run Linux Mint and 32bit versions of MX on mine without issue. The IBM nagging includes BOTH the Hard Drive and Wi Fi card if I remember correctly.

@stolenhal0 4 жыл бұрын

I had one & it broke, should've fixed it. One of my only regrets.

@s8wc3 5 жыл бұрын

I recently got one of these, 14" with same specs as yours. Plays quake 3 fine so all good. I'm surprised how cool this thing runs, they massively oversized the heatsink compared to other Pentium M laptops i've used, it's the only laptop I own that I can actually use on my lap without getting too hot for comfort, in fact it doesn't get hot to the touch at all even under stress. Something interesting about these machines is that they actually use SATA for the hard drive internally, but have a SATA to IDE bridge chip on the board, so you can somewhat easily modify the T43 to use a SATA hard drive. Apparently because of this, IBM decided to put a nag message up every time you booted if you used a non-IBM approved hard drive, and of course people have made modified BIOS images to remove this. I also got 3 T40s with the ati 32meg graphics but they're all dead, maybe because IBM neglected to install a heatsink on the GPUs. They are salvageable but they would require BGA rework which i'm not equipped to do. On a brighter note, 2 of the 4 batteries are in great condition! I really don't know why they went with a parallel port on these, I know the LPT port is hooked up directly to the system's i/o bus and theoretically you could do more with it but in practice (and especially in a business environment) a serial port is generally much more useful. Also idk what it is with these Panasonic opticals in the thinkpads but once they get worn out to a certain extent they start ejecting at random, the drive in my W500 does this.

@YXEFlatl1ne 2 жыл бұрын

Where the hell did you find the audio drivers??

@rkan2 8 жыл бұрын

T43p was the last ones with T60 that were still manufactures in USA. Later models were made in China.

@beickus 8 жыл бұрын

designed not made

@rkan2 8 жыл бұрын

Dick Johnson Ok.. Then it must've been IBM and Lenovo lying about their products. Sources: forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?p=638934&sid=f54dbe00aa09fcd5f6395784c541e34c#p638934 forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?p=480847#p480847 www.thinkpads.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=101804 Also if you search for "thinkpad t43p sata flexview made in usa" from google, you can find a cached ebay listing + a picture of a "assembled in the U.S. of U.S. and non-U.S. components for Lenovo" -sticker.

@SevenDeMagnus 7 жыл бұрын

Hi. That's historical because the T43p is the last Thinkpad designed and made by IBM themselves (instead of Lenovo). To complete the collection, got to get the first IBM 2521 Thinkpad but if it's the first Thinkpad laptop the first would be the 700, 700C, and 700T. God bless, Proverbs 31

@bushed2743 4 жыл бұрын

Have a real IBM ThinkPad G40 (3 GHz P4, 2 GB RAM) that runs Linux Mint XFCE 32 bit perfectly including WiFi (D-Link PCMCIA card). Love those original IBM ThinkPads.

@LTMedia 9 жыл бұрын

Sweet find! I worked on the 14 inch variant of this machine. Had to remove the wireless card because the BIOS wouldn't recognize it. These are a bitch to take apart. You can only get to one ram slot on the bottom.

@accordinglyryan 9 жыл бұрын

LTech13 Eh, I didn't think it was that hard. Lots of screws but the palmrest comes right off afterwards.

@BrianBurke 9 жыл бұрын

I have a T61. It runs very well. It only has a core 2 duo and 2 gb of ram. I can still watch netflix and all the basic things on it with Windows 7

@FSM_Reviews 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows 7? I also have a T61 with the Core 2 Duo T8300 and it originally had 2 gigs of RAM, but I find that 64-bit Windows 7 can barely run smoothly with only 2 gigs. So now my T61 has 3 gigs and runs perfectly fine.

@YXEFlatl1ne 2 жыл бұрын

How did you find audio driver????

@jemodeu 3 жыл бұрын

I have T30, T40, T43, T410, T480, X1, P52S, X1 CARBON, as a real thinkpad fun

@JackStavris 9 жыл бұрын

This is a very nice find man, I love these era ThinkPads (obviously). The T43 is a model I've wanted for a while actually. One thing I'd like to point out is that a common complaint about ThinkPads until somewhat recently was their displays were always quite dim compared to the competition. I think it was around 2008/2009 when they introduced the x00 series (T400/500, R400/500 & X200) they actually started using LED backlights instead of CCFL which drastically improved the display brightness. I remember my R500 had a really nice bright display, and comparing it to my R61 I have now (which was it's predecessor) it's much dimmer than I remember my R500 being since it uses the older CCFL backlight.

@accordinglyryan 9 жыл бұрын

***** Yeah this thing is cool. Ah, I see. My older Dells are much brighter haha

@BrianBurke 9 жыл бұрын

***** Ya, my T61's screen dimmed a ton

@dekksherton6824 9 жыл бұрын

***** dont forget ccfl lamps dim with age and old screens go yellow then finally reddish before the lamp dies.

@Jallge 9 жыл бұрын

I don't mean to sound like a prick, but that T43 isn't all that highly spec'd. It's actually pretty typical for a 915 Pentium M laptop. The T43 was actually offered with a 1600x1200 IPS display for 15" models only, which IBM called "Flexview". With that being said, it is a nicely configured unit. Being a 15" model and having Intel graphics makes it kinda unusual, and more reliable than the ATi variants. Plus the 1400x1050 resolution on the 15" screen is nice too. If you want, you can get a Pentium M 770 (2.13GHz) off of eBay for next to nothing now. Unfortunately, the Intel 915 chipset can only address 2GB of RAM, so you're stuck with that, even though it will take 2GB per slot... The optical drive popping out at random is curious. My T42 used to do that. I read somewhere (probably the ThinkPad forum) that it's down to the southbridge possibly having issues, but I dunno, to be honest. $20 well spent if you ask me. :)

@accordinglyryan 9 жыл бұрын

MrMaguire Wow, didn't even know that was an option. Nevertheless I got way more than I was expecting. Yeah that sucks unfortunately, but oh well. I have had a couple Dell laptops that do the same thing with the optical drive; I think it is due to something in the optical drive itself (a sensor or something) going bad. I totally agree, couldn't pass this thing up.

@Jallge 9 жыл бұрын

***** Hmm, that's interesting. A lot of ThinkPad enthusiasts do screen swaps from other models, and even other laptop brands, particularly Dell. So maybe you ran into one of those. Another curious thing is that a lot of the R series ThinkPads have Firewire, whereas the T series don't! Plus a lot of them seem to have protective covers over the LCD ribbon cable, which is completely exposed on other models! You'd expect what IBM and Lenovo called a "budget" series to be a bit more, well "budget" than that.

@lukeshaver1149 8 жыл бұрын

+MrMaguire Hey, Is that the best processor, or is there faster ones that will work with a T43?

@Jallge 8 жыл бұрын

Luke Shaver The Pentium M 770 (2.13GHz) is the second fastest that will work. The fastest is the Pentium M 780 (2.26GHz), which is still around double the price of the 770, but neither are expensive now. Unfortunately the Intel 915 chipset doesn't work with Core Duos or Core 2 Duos. Maybe if the T50 motherboard becomes widely available, you can get one of those! forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=114057

@lukeshaver1149 8 жыл бұрын

***** Found a processor "Intel Pentium Dothan M 780 PM780 2.26G 2M 533 SL7VB" Socket 479, It should work correct?

@themaritimegirl 9 жыл бұрын

Very nice machine, I miss ThinkPads like this. The current ones are still really nice machines, but not as tough or tough looking, in my opinion. Does this have the rubber-like coating on the lid? You convinced me to try out BatteryBar. What a sweet tool! My ThinkPad's battery is 60% worn! Explains why it went from getting 12 hours of battery life when it was new to about 2 hours now.

@accordinglyryan 9 жыл бұрын

***** Eh, I think the new ThinkPads are just as nice. Yeah I install it on all of my older machines; it's a handy little program!

@rkan2 8 жыл бұрын

I had 1600x1200 model of the T43p. I'd love to get my hands on a QXGA -model for some good price..

@MarioDXFM 9 жыл бұрын

I have 14.1" T43 (Model 2669) with Intel Pentium Dothan 1,86 GHz and 2GB of PC2100 DDR memory. I replaced the hard drive though. Originally the laptop had 40GB 5400RPM Toshiba hard drive, which I replaced with with Western Digital 80GB. The Toshiba HD is still use in a caddy. No relocated sectors whatsoever. Your IBM looks like it was heavily used. Nice video though.

@accordinglyryan 9 жыл бұрын

***** The T43 uses DDR2, or at least mine does.

@DaniRadioCat 8 жыл бұрын

Sadly my T43 is dead again (I don't know what happened, the battery was good and all but I wonder if it was the AC adapter? All I did was attempt to move the machine to the living room and replug it but it died and won't turn on anymore) A few months back though, I accidentally put a bad/shorted battery and probably messed up something in the power managment chip

@EpicStrategyGamer 9 жыл бұрын

i just bought a thinkpad t61P mines the uber high end model suprisingly, 1920x1200 screen and quadro graphics, super happy the harddrive has some use but i suspect its not the original the unit looks brand new, the only issue with the drive is its a toshiba, makes me want to cry. going to grab a western digital so that at least its fast and it wont have a chance of killing ittself on me

@__-xy6mo 8 жыл бұрын

it has Wifi?

@yezzy_god7761 6 жыл бұрын

One of the best 13 year old laptops

@beickus 8 жыл бұрын

got one for 60$ +shipping 4 yrs ago and was my main laptop for 5 months when my other died - never let me down but too slow for today

@minnnie78486 2 жыл бұрын

I have same laptop of Lenovo IBM and it's old version Pllzz tell me its all setup my all time hang whenever I do my work

@televisionandcheese 7 жыл бұрын

I miss my T43. :(

@Nicholas992 6 жыл бұрын

2005 was the year that Lenovo makes Thinkpads

@bram7797 9 жыл бұрын

i actually really like the thinkpad t43, thy are really reliable and nice to use. but i have actually never seen a t43 with intel graphics, i thought they all had ATI graphics.

@RetroGamerOG_ 2 жыл бұрын

mine had a fan, battery, speaker, and a lag problem It could be the ram though

@user-zs6sn3fj3y 3 жыл бұрын

Who is seeing in 2021😂

@semco72057 5 жыл бұрын

I won't buy a new Lenovo computer again and I purchased this T400 Thinkpad and it is a dud and I decided not to buy another one made by them. I also have a used Dell Inspiron (used) which I got before this to put ArcaOS 5 on and it works fine, but have a small HDD with Windows 10 which the seller put on it also. The Lenovo worked just long enough for me to setup the OS and then the screen went blank after the boot screen goes blank on bootup.

@roohan6038 6 жыл бұрын

Ryan Gheret do you know in this thinkpad if you hold Fn and then press PgUp and flash light 💡 appears on the upper part of the pad because I also have this!

@tgreen420 6 жыл бұрын

My IBM ThinkPad t43 from 2005 has a Pentium m single core at 1.86 GHz but it can reach speeds up to 1.87GHZ. It has Just 1GB of ram. And the graphics are actually radeon mobile Same hard drive though.With Windows 10, I was unable to obtain graphics drivers. Windows 7 Starter was a hell of a mess. The installation of Windows XP that came with it hogged the CPU @ 100 all the time, so I reinstalled windows XP with its unofficial SP4 and it runs very well. My screen is also 1440by1050, But i have it set to 1024by768 beacuse i personally think that it looks better and peformances better. The battery is also good, giving 45 min with the setting "Minall power Management". GTA San Andreas is also a hell of a mess, But its playable at 25-30 FPS. overall, I think its a OK laptop. 360p Video was the max i could get without stuttering, and thats with chrome 49. I personally think chrome is faster that firefox on a XP computer like the one i have. I really want to make a video about this laptop, but i dont have very much time with school and homework.

@neerajKumarKumar-gd3bv 3 жыл бұрын

How to turn on wireless help me bro

@RICK-nu1di 7 жыл бұрын

for 20 bucks :o Very Cool :D

@Browningate 7 жыл бұрын

That's a lot of screen for crusty old Intel graphics to push. Even the Radeon would've had its hands full pushing that much resolution.

@MrDreamie 7 жыл бұрын

i thought the T60 was the last one from IBM?

@xzbane 8 жыл бұрын

Could this work with a GT 740 Superclocked EVGA? I know the dock can only give 50 watts to the GPU, and the 740 is 65 watts, but i'm just interested.

@YXEFlatl1ne 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone have the audio drivers for this? X86 w10

@GlaciatorGaming 9 жыл бұрын

It's kinda weird that they didn't put an IBM hard drive in this laptop.

@hackerinsidetm4271 9 жыл бұрын

GlaciatorGaming IBM sold their hard drive division to Hitachi in 2003. This laptop was made in 2005/2006.

@genisis3457 4 жыл бұрын

I thibk i had this when i was like 3

@CloroxBleachOfficial 6 жыл бұрын

i have a t43 from like a long time ago

@saulclarke7639 7 жыл бұрын

How do you factory reset the computer i have the same kind help please

@brosnande6591 7 жыл бұрын

Hi, I need a help. Can you please help me from where I can find the drivers for T43. I am trying to find but now luck. Thanks

@jkbenedict 9 жыл бұрын

wow. my first ibm issued laptop. ha! is it for sale????

@hackerinsidetm4271 9 жыл бұрын

This looks like my IBM ThinkPad T60.

@hackerinsidetm4271 9 жыл бұрын

***** Cool.

@RogbernzVlogs 3 жыл бұрын

I have one of these i will try to turn it on for many years its dead

@reactioneverest6981 3 жыл бұрын

I need help from you

@sandrataveras524 2 жыл бұрын

I have a ibmthinkpad T41 2373-7fu from the years 2004 and I want to know how many memory ram is bring please because and I want to upgrade from windows 7 ultimate for windows 10

@sandrataveras524 2 жыл бұрын

And I want to know if I supposed to change the memory ram for a higher memory ram to upgrade or not

@aneliusrubavicius321 6 жыл бұрын

how do you get original drivers for ibm

@nmohinirao8607 7 жыл бұрын

if button charge and ronud one is on but laptop is not so what can I do

@MrThetechnologyguy 9 жыл бұрын

On the topic of laptops, last night we had a really violent thunder storm. Today I went to use my old HP win 98 laptop and it was dead it had the blinking charge light which means no battery installed but it was doing that with the battery installed when I turned it on it didn't post. All I got was the lights, fans and hard drive. Is it complettly dead or is there some hope. BTW I tried powering on the laptop without the battery which usually works but I got no power at all.

@accordinglyryan 9 жыл бұрын

MrThetechnologyguy Power surge could have fried it.

@xerejuneseve6333 9 жыл бұрын

MrThetechnologyguy Try to unplug dc power supply ,take out battery, unplug bios battery.Then push power button for 30s.Reasemmbly,that help me in Acer 3690.

@santi0797 9 жыл бұрын

this laptop with an ide ssd would be awesome

@user-nt7kw7bu1y 8 жыл бұрын

a t43 can take a sata1 ssd with modding

@santi0797 8 жыл бұрын

+GamesToonsPlus | Celebrating Christmas! (GumballFanatic2003 AVGCP) they are not

@santi0797 8 жыл бұрын

+Georg tsang yes with a ide to sata adapter, the thing is that it wont fit, you have to dremel the case to make it fit

@rkan2 8 жыл бұрын

+santi0797 There is sata soc on the mainboard, you can mod it directly to the mobo. No IDE required. just run an ssd in place of the dvd/cd

@santi0797 8 жыл бұрын

rkan2 its not sata, it is proprietary connector

@XAP2P 5 жыл бұрын

I'm using ThinkPad t41

@mdohi4806 5 жыл бұрын

my computer is not on!! so, what I can do??

@tHeWasTeDYouTh 5 жыл бұрын

Lenovo bought the IBM pc division and today Lenovo is the biggest PC seller in the world!!!! what a huge loss for IBM, that could have been them

@datdang9113 5 жыл бұрын

no, when IBM sold the thinkpad line to lenovo, they knew they could not do anything to save it. Lenovo is a better company than IBM in terms of resources

@rrook88 7 жыл бұрын

Lenovo should do new remake this laptop.

@uzi-rm 9 жыл бұрын

Mine is much uglier. When my dad had it my brother came, and remove partially all the keys. Now I barely use it!

@watershed44 9 жыл бұрын

Really sad day when IBM dumped their small business PC group and sold it to Lenovo. I do know one person that posts to your channel claims that the more expensive laptops from Lenovo are still designed by a US based group of folks that used to work for IBM located in NC, but I can't find any official information about this.

@accordinglyryan 9 жыл бұрын

watershed44 Eh, I don't think it makes much of a difference. Lenovo ThinkPads are just as good as the IBM ones imo.

@JackStavris 9 жыл бұрын

watershed44 That is somewhat true, I know for a fact they actually have two different design teams doing the ThinkPad line and their consumer grade crap, so it will probably be unlikely that ThinkPad quality will go downhill anytime soon. Lenovo's been doing this for 10 years now and they're still just as good now as they were back when IBM made them. The people who complain about the quality going downhill either haven't used a Lenovo made ThinkPad or just like to live in the past.

@bhekimakhubela8925 2 жыл бұрын

Can I play wwe 2k on it

@fyredragon2816 6 жыл бұрын

..Such as the IBM DeathStar

@jazilusman209 3 жыл бұрын

Am I only using in 2020 🤭

@takashizhao8483 4 жыл бұрын

15inch

@loganloree4289 9 жыл бұрын

+Dell0304 Had one myself, ran Crunchbang linux on it. great little laptop. Far superior build quality compared to my t500.

@nekrosantenabu6577 6 жыл бұрын

Hello is possible upgrade to SSD whit any adapter?

@slametsupriyono8051 5 жыл бұрын

Yes

@sr.toxico719 6 жыл бұрын

driver please !!!!

@successfulprofessional3462 7 жыл бұрын

T420 here hey guys

@Justinestabrook 7 жыл бұрын

The hard drives are shit. I am having big issues with it. You can barely touch it and it freezes. Everything else worked fine and I was surprised to find bluetooth on it. I wanted to turn it into an emulator with it having bluetooth for controllers. I really don't want to ditch the dvd drive for a sata conversion hard drive bay. I bought mine for $20 also at the thrift store with charger. Luckily it is in decent state. I'm trying hard to get windows to boot from an external hard drive.

@Justinestabrook 7 жыл бұрын

And the hard drive isn't worth replacing. They cost more than I want to spend to resell it. I might just ditch the dvd drive for an usb dvd and put and get the sata bay and put a nicer drive in it.

@MegaXtc11 7 жыл бұрын

Justin is not the has drive that is failing. It's the video chip becoming de soldered from the motherboard

@stevebez2767 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah,agreed,some prices are crazy,you can ssd with those dvd drive convert which were pound or fiver now fifty?? Crashes blue screen but was pushing it too use iSeries ibm sna intranet which supposed it could do,maybe not as why models built iSeries model for that,so,thats dock useless when change too linux as nothing no net or any as wi fi 'serial number'default 'windows'ciezes net use etc!! Replace drive too expensive,anyone got external drives of any use,pxe net unettbott or any??