Notebook Hardware Control will do the jobs. check it out here NHC 2.0

to make sure it's not the ram problem, u tried both corsair stick w the mixture of existing kingston

i doubt the incompatibility issue, make sure u slot the ram firmly, if it's really ram problem, go back and exchange with 1gb single stick, dual channel runs faster theoretically, but we wont notice in the real usage unless u r do bency

i tried mine w 1gb kingston mix w other ram no problem, anyhow now i'm using 1gb single stick, looking to upgrade later

no problem

btw how bout u google the benefit of dual channel for me? 

i always feels tht dual channel is not important for laptop, as the limitations of chipset and processor eg 400mhz, 533mhz, 667mhz, plus 2 stick ram = more power consumption  if there's a choice giving 1.5gb ddr2 533 single channel vs 1gb ddr2 667 dual channel, i'll rather go for higher ram capacity

unless i'm on a desktop, dual channel will give more significant result, as the proc is 800mhz or higher, with additional OC, we'll only make use of dual channel maybe i'm wrong, but thts my analysis so far

run this before installing audio & modem
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A great news to R60 users

a new bios had been released changing 128MB shared to 224MB
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss...chineind=309385

guess tht it should help better in aero glass effect, cheers

i need to send back my lappy to IBM service centre. Where is the location? mind let me know?

i need to know their opening hours as well....

[color=red][b]Just now I made a Windows XP Boot Skin dedicated for Thinkpad Club....

Hihi.. i'm laptop newbie. just got my laptop Thinkpad T43.
i have a question about the battery, can i take out the battey and using AC as the power source. coz i heard if charge the battery all the time when using the laptop, the battery's life will get shorter. is that true??

anyone can help me with this problem? keep on showing PCI device found... dunno what kind of device was that.... everytime restart windows also pops up... very annoying~ 

anyway... my thinkpad didnot use the notebook cooler.... all of u guys do use he cooler pad?

You need to have Intel Matrix Storage Driver installed on your winxp first before changing to AHCI mode. I don't have any problem with the AHCI even upgrade BIOS version from 1.04-1.05-1.06.

BTW, i heard some people tested the compatible mode is even faster than AHCI mode, but i never compare it betweens these two modes, probably you can run a test first and let us know the result.

it's a new battery...

anyway is there any tips ar? using Thinkpad ar?? 1st time i'm using laptop.. 

i used AHCI as it should runs faster theoretically, but we cant sense the difference in real life

I solved this problem with 2 solution, for r60 comes with PC DOS only, I integrate all latest chipset drivers into the Windows installation CD.

Another solution is, ask for recovery media pack from shop but most likely they won't provide as free. Those media pack is created with XP Pro licensed R60 which is priced at RM4k+. 

If you use the Power Manager, you can set it to start and stop charging at certain %. Eg, I set mine to start charging at 40% and stop at 70%. It will remember this setting even if you turn off your Thinkpad. Only if you turn off the power or unplug, then plug in again without booting to windows, then it will by default switch to charging to 100%. I only change the settings to charge to 100% when I need to bring it out.

I have kept mine on these settings for more than 1 1/2 yrs, with the battery in and connected to AC power, and my battery life has only dropped by ~15%, and still enough to last me a few hrs on a full charge. I think this will be more preferred to losing everything when there is a blackout due to trying to squeeze abit more out of the battery life. You might want to consider which is more important to you: losing your valuable data because you cannot save before the power failure, or your battery.

If you use the Power Manager, you can set it to start and stop charging at certain %. Eg, I set mine to start charging at 40% and stop at 70%. It will remember this setting even if you turn off your Thinkpad. Only if you turn off the power or unplug, then plug in again without booting to windows, then it will by default switch to charging to 100%. I only change the settings to charge to 100% when I need to bring it out.