Recent content by darknite39

FYI, it's $97.99 now. WTF. I'm holding out for $75 at this point.

Well, shoot. I may just have to pull the trigger. This is the price I told myself I was waiting for. Thanks for the heads-up.

Man, I wish I still lived in ATL instead of WI... 15 mins to check out the desk vs 90 mins to Minneapolis. :/ [Checks IKEA's site] ... $500! Hm. I miiiiight be able to justify that. :)

Ugh re: the galant series. I was JUST about to go buy a set this week, but if they're being discontinued, I will probably just save myself some $ and a potential headache (if I want an expansion at some point) and just DIY a desk instead. I'm glad I came by here to get some ideas!

The GPS issue happens to me as well sometimes. 32gb Verizon unit. Pretty annoying.

I've found the combo of a think pad t61 with a ssd and a HP touchpad with Android to be an excellent combo for my needs. Get a 2nd monitor for home, and you should be set-- within your budget. I will day the t61 is a touch on the heavy side.

The PSU I bought was a new model that was referenced (earlier in this thread, I think) as putting off way less heat, which was hypothesized to be the issue with the PSU failing. I didn't just swap out the same model. :) But, I agree with your logic re: the caps.

I guess I got lucky. I didn't have to replace any caps, I just swapped out one PSU for another. Although I do remember those kits that are sold (were sold?) on ebay around the time I was looking for a repair.

I'm staring at my fixed Soyo right now. The hard part of fixing it is just finding the PSU. If you have any electronics experience, replacing it is easy as pie. No soldering required (at least for me).

East-coasters, don't give up. Both I and my g/f were able to get a $100 360 a couple of years ago. I haven't tried for anything that hot since then, but it's possible!

Using a program called BatteryInfoView, the name of the battery shows up as 42T4522, manufactured by Sanyo. 71, 280 mWh capacity. Hm...That's interesting. I just restarted the machine to check the values for you, and I notice that the Battery Wear Level (charge capacity vs manufactured full...

Thanks for the replies. Just to offer some closure, I ended up with this battery from amazon, mostly due to their return policy: http://www.amazon.com/7200mAh-Battery-ThinkPad-Notebook-widescreen/dp/B005IF78TS/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top I'm getting a touch over 3 hours (haven't really timed it...

Hey, Do any of you have a line on a good quality (but non-OEM) replacement battery for my T61? I tried this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005OQ4UV0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A294P4X9EWVXLJ but of course it arrived and I found that it doesn't actually work with widescreen...

Something weird happened to me the other day (the only time it's occurred). For some reason, Cell Standy was eating battery at a crazy rate when the phone was just sitting. I was losing life at like 10x the normal rate. I rebooted and recharged, and it hasn't been a problem again, but it was...

The only problems I've noticed was a single wifi message that caught me by surprise (usually the phone transitions from 4g to wifi too quick for it to pop up, I guess?) and a slight crackle when my phone's speaker was maxed out earlier today (I dropped the in-call audio 1 or 2 notches and it was...