Lenovo T400 / T500 :: Internet Loss And Limited Functionality After Windows 7 Clean Install On T410

Aug 30, 2013

I had an extra Lenovo T410 sitting around so I wanted to restore it to its "factory state" by performing a "format boot". Plan was to boot from CD drive and reinstall Windows 7 (32 bit) during the process. However, disaster, after the process finished I am now stuck in some sort of safe mode (everything is larger than usual) and the computer is missing several drivers. I installed the network adapter driver manually (can identify networks but can't connect to internet). Device manager still lists Base System Device, Ethernet Controller, PCI Serial Port, PCI Simple Communications Controller, and Unknown Device drivers to be out of date.
 
My objectives here are to
1) restore connectivity to internet and
2) get Windows 7 Home Premium to full functionality.

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T431s Windows 8 Clean Install

Jul 2, 2013

How can I perform a clean install of Windows 8 on my thinkpad T431s (windows 8)? I can't find recovery dvd or a tool to create them.

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T410 - Unable To Install Rescue And Recovery On

Jun 14, 2014

I recently bought a reconditioned Lenovo T410 and have to perform certain actions to get myself set up. One of these was to create factory recovery discs using Rescue and Recovery.

As this wasn't already installed on the machine, I have downloaded it (tvtvrnr4.52_005en.exe) but it won't install. I am getting the message 'Error 25014 There was an error installing the Rescue and Recovery boot manager. Return code: 6'. How to resolve it or an alternative way or creating recovery discs?

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T430s / Clean Windows 8 Install To SSD Or MSATA Using Restore Partition On HDD

Nov 20, 2012

best way to install a *clean* version of Windows 8 to their Thinkpad that came with Windows 8?
 
I ordered a T430s with low specs and Windows 8 and I dropped in an 8GB DIMM and mSATA drive.  However, the Lenovo implementation of Windows 8 is maddeningly difficult to create backup media (you can't) and the Lenovo "restore" from the HDD partition won't allow you to restore to another drive.  Plus, that kinda defeats my original purpose of a clean install without any bloatware onto a fast, user-installed mSATA or SSD.
 
I have Windows upgrade media I purchased for my desktop, but that install program says the installation won't work with the Lenovo Product Key specific to my Thinkpad T430s (I'm guessing it's an OEM product key while the install media is an upgrade looking for a previously installed Windows 7?)

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: No Update Available For BIOS In Windows 8.1 For T410

Jul 23, 2014

I want to upgrade my BIOS, but there is no update available for bios in windows 8.1.. My Bios version is 1.18, I want to update because i read somewhere that if your fan make noise make sure you have updated BIOS :A.. I want  to know if I can install "BIOS update for win 8" in my lenovo t410 with windows 8.1.. 

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: Windows XP On T410 - Unknown Drivers

Aug 2, 2010

I've installed Windows XP on my T410 (2537-25G)
 
I've got 3 unknown devices.
 
PCI serial port
PCI Simple Communications controller
unknown device.

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T430s Win 8 Pro Clean Install?

Sep 19, 2013

I need to do a clean install on a T430s and create an image of it for deploying to other laptops. The rescue CD from Lenovo is a 3 DVD set that installs all the bloatware without an option to install just the OS. How I can get this done?

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T410 And T420 Keyboard And Touchpad Not Working Windows 7

Jan 6, 2014

I received a T410 and worked two days on it. From one office I moved to another location and worked for some hours. After lunch I started the machine again, but neither touchpad nor keyboard is working. If I connect a pointer via USB on the machine the pointer is working, keyboard unfortunately not.
 
Ok. Admins installed it new. I worked one day, next morning same issue. Well, back to admins, reinstallation completed. Again for two days I could work without any problem. So as it happened the third time admins decided to provide me a new hardware: I received a T420. I have been working with this one week without any error.

I took the notebook home. I had been working with it for one hour. I used a USB-to-bluetooth wireless pointer. No problems so far.

I got back in the office this morning an guess what?!?!?! Same problem as for the T410: Windows is starting up but touchpad and kayboard is not working at all!
 
What did I? In my opinion nothing special:
1) Started up machine
2) Added pointer
3) Connected via WLAN to network at home (settings for Home-Network applying)
4) Packed the notebook into my suitcase and took the flight.
5) Back at the office connected via LAN to network, connected via VGA to monitor, added usb-keyboard, added pointer.
 
What can this be? I mean I'm able to destroy to different machines! Only common is Windows 7 and T4xx series...

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T410 Windows 7 Recovery Media 64bit Will Not Boot

Jan 7, 2014

I have been sent 4 sets of Windows 7 Recovery Media from Lenovo over the past week and a half. These DVDs are unusable as they will not boot because they were created as non-bootable DVDs. When looking at the DVDs, they all just have 1 file on them - 0A44006.dvd.  I was sent a set of the 32bit version and it has multiple files on it with Bootmgr and 6 directories and will boot just fine. The 64bit DVDs obviously were created and replicated without any of these files to make it a bootable DVD.

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T430s MSATA SSD Clean Install

Feb 2, 2013

I'm  planning to add a mSATA SSD on a brand new T430s and use the 500gb HD for data. I ordered the R&R DVD's so that I don't even have to turn on the machine with the factory drive. I will remove it and install the mSATA to install OS etc.

Then reinstall the factory drive for reformat and add data. 

I'd rather do this than go through the whole first time setup with the factory drive just to create R&R disc.  It seems like a giant waste of time otherwise. 

I'm assuming the factory R&R discs will have the OS, drivers and Thinkpad utilities, which is all in need.

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T530 Number Pad Functionality?

Apr 22, 2013

One thing that I've always found frustrating about my Windows 7 T530 (which is nearly perfect for me in every other respect) is its apparent lack of a number pad. I use a lot of alt codes for typing non-standard characters, and these codes only work when typed through the number pad -- not through the number row near the top of the keyboard. I experimented with switching my keyboard over to the US International layout, but this broke some keyboard shortcuts that I use very often (plus it's a bit cumbersome in general) so I didn't find it to be a satisfactory solution.
 
Is there any way to get number pad functionality on a T530 short of attaching an external keyboard? It's a hassle to have to manually cut and paste special characters out of Character Map whenver I'm writing in languages that use accent marks. I count myself among those who wish that Lenovo had stuck with the old-style laptop keyboards rather than switching to the new chiclet ones, and this is one of the main reasons why. If I could get the number pad working on this thing then I would be overjoyed.

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T410 CPU Fan Failures?

Jan 24, 2011

So I've replaced my fair share of T61 CPU fans due to them dying out, locking up and giving a fan error upon boot.
 
Now I'm starting to see a rash of CPU fan failures with brand new T410 units.

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T410 Will Not Boot With New SSD

Jun 2, 2014

I've cloned my HDD to a new SSD, but it will not boot.  It goes into a Lenovo Think Bios splash screen / Black screen loop.  I booted off a repair disk and performed a repair, but it is still doing the bios loop thing.  This has happened with both an OCZ and a Kingston SSD. 

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T410 Will Not Power Up Unless Plugged In

Jul 24, 2014

I have a refurbished T410 that words fine and charges the battery when plugged in.  When I remove the power ca ble, it dies immediately.  The battery shows fully charged, but will not turn on unless the power cable is plugged in.

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T410 Does Not Shut Down Anymore

Apr 27, 2011

I have a T410 with Win7 (x64) at work and the following problem: It does not shutdown anymore. More precise: Windows shuts down, than the Screen turns black, but the fan is still working...so the notebook is still turned on. To start it again, I first have to push the power button for a few seconds (so it really shuts down), than I can start it.
 
I used the Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools to update everything, cleaned the Registry...

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: Getting T410 Idle Temperatures?

Sep 1, 2013

My T410 with i5 520M and integrated graphics idles at about 70C when just browsing facebook.  When I power up a program like photoshop or play a low intensity game like starcraft 1, my cpu spikes to about 100C.  I have cleaned the fan many times, but I can't get the temperatures to go down.  I'm out of warranty too .....  What should I do to make my computer actually usable?  Btw these temperatures are measured from when I run TPfancontrol on disengaged at all times.  
 
I checked the load, and the CPU indeed idles at 70C when at 0% - 1% load.  I also get god awful 1.5 hour battery life on a 9 cell battery.  

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: Driver ACPI For T410?

Jun 9, 2010

I installed Windows XP.
 
I haven't ACPI Driver and Unknow driver.
 
I haven't found driver ACPI for Windows XP - SP2.
 
Lenovo T410 / 2537 / KS7

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: Power On Password Change T410

Jul 3, 2014

I returning my T410 supplied by my employer as I am leaving the company. Would like to change the power on password, but cannot see the option to do it. I do know the password so was assuming this should be stragiht forward.

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T410 Monitor Goes Black Intermittently

Oct 21, 2014

Running on Windows 7. I've read similar problems that others have posted, which is the monitor goes black during bootup. My machine boots fine, but every few minutes the monitor goes black / dies - no backlight.
 
This lasts a minute or so, then the display go back to normal. Then it goes black again. Then it goes back to normal. It's not sleeping, the HDD keeps on spinning.
 
I've checked the graphics driver - no update available. I reinstalled it anyway. The built in lenovo utility -thinkvantage- is of no support.
 
At this stage I'm wondering about the integrity of the motherboard.

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T410 Hardware Scan Failed

Oct 26, 2010

Both Targeted Read Test and SMART Short Self Test scan failed during a couple of runs.
 
Error while reading sector 680448279.
The test found 1 sector errors.
Failed (Error code: WHD20-P8U)
 
The device reported the following status: The previous self-test completed having the read element of the test failed.
The first failing LBA value is 680448279 and the failure occurred after the device had been operating for 7990 power-on hours.

Failed (Error code: WHD16-CMN)

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T410 Recovery Discs Unbootable

Jul 22, 2013

I replaced the hard drive on my T410 2516-CTO with an SSD and booted the system with the recovery disc created from the original hard drive/OS.  Neither the Recovery/Rapid Restore disc or the Product Recovery discs (1-7) are booting.  The Recovery/Rapid Restore discs produce blue screen and the Product Recovery discs appear not to have a bootable operating system.
 
I am unable to create new recovery media from my old hard drive because I used it to create the defunct recovery media.  
 
How to get the Win7 (64-bit) operating system and recovery partition installed on the new hard drive.

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: ThinkPad T410 USB Ports Not Working

Dec 1, 2013

I purchased a manufacturer refurbished Lenovo Thinkpad T410 2522EC8 a few days ago. My USB ports are simply not responding to anything. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers. The only sign the USB ports show is when I plug in my mouse, the mouse lights up, but it doesn't actually work. Also, when I look under disk management, the only drives that show up are System Reserved, C: Drive, and D: Drive. 

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T410 - Mobile Hotspot Not Working

Mar 31, 2008

I connect my T410 to an ethernet connection, open up Access Connections, and try to get the Mobile Hotspot feature working.  When I click on "Start", the button just turns to "Starting..." and hangs there forever.
 
T410 2516-CTO
Intel 6300 AGN WiFi card
Intel 82577LM Ethernet
Access Connections 5.93
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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: 2x4GB RAM On T410 Doesn't Work

Dec 23, 2013

Have been trying to upgrade my T410 running Win7 SP1 64bit  from 2x2GB to 2x4GB RAM (KVR13S9S8/4, Kingston ValueRAM 4GB SO-DIMM, 204Pin, DDR3-1333MHz, 4GB, DDR-1333 (PC3-10600), CL9, 204-Pin) but Windows doesn't start with this memory.
 
The weird thing is that the PC boots and i can enter the BIOS and can see the 8GB installed, but Windows 7 hangs at the startup screen and never comes up. I first thought of defect in RAM and have requested replacement from vendor, but same issue with new RAM modules.

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T410 - Disabling Navigation Keys

Jul 14, 2014

On my T410 , at the front RHS of the keyboard, there's the group of Left, Up, Right  and Down keys.
 
Each side of the Up key are two keys wih sort of browser page icons on them which I find extremely annoying because it's so easy to touch them by mistake while typing and have the browser (FF 30.0) abandon the current page and go somehere else.
 
After googling around this problem, I've downloaded and installed the TpKMapAp utility.  However, on the KeySensitivity tab, the checkbox "Enable Browser Keys", which I assume refers to these two keys (seems to be confirmed by the results of the test on that tab), is not checked.
 
So, why do these two buttons still work and what else can I do to prevent them?
 
Fwiw, I made a registry change google found me to disable the Windows key two left from the space bar, which I found as annoying as these two browser keys.  Is there a similar one for them?
 
And finally, a question for the TP designers:  Why don't you provide a simple way to turn keys like these ones off, rather than relying on undocumented registry hacks and utilities that don't come supplied with the machine and, in the case of the browser keys, don't work anyway.

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T410 - Discrete GFX Missing From BIOS

Nov 22, 2013

I am new to having a thinkpad and I know that my system has a the intigrated graphics and the discrete nvidia nvs 3100m Optimus card. Here is the issue though.  I have been trying to run some programs that are more video oriented (gaming). I discovered that my system is only reading the intigrated graphics and doesn't even acknowledge that the nvidia card is there.  

I have updated to the latest drivers and checked the Bios to make sure things are there.  Sadly they are not.  I looked at the bios, followed the directions I found on the forum to set that to card to on only to find that the the only card it recognizes is the intigrated graphics.  So the question is, how do I get the bios and the computer in general to recognize the nvidia card on my T410 (2522)?

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Jan 22, 2015

Taskbar icon for Gigabit Network Connection shows "No Internet Access".  But Internet access works fine.  But, since the driver thinks there is no access, I have to disable WiFi to force the laptop to use the wired LAN.  Device Manager says everyhting works fine.  Driver update says I have the latest driver (12.10.29.0 dated 2014-05-02).  My T430 with the same adapter works fine.  What do I do?  Only difference between T530 and T430 is the T530 is in a dock.

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: Cannot Set Hard Disk1 Password On T410 With Intel

Mar 21, 2013

I upgraded my T410 with an Intel 520 240GB drive. It works fine but I cannot set the hard drive password. Whenever I go into BIOS and want to set the password, it would require me to enter it, then will work for some time (about 20 seconds) and say the operation was successful. However the option remains "DISABLED".
 
I found this thread which talks about the same problem with a W500. The only hint it gives is to put the hard drive in compatibility mode and retry it. I did that but it did not work. There is also a link to the Intel forum where this problem is discussed but the link is broken/the forum is down.

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: T410 - Unable To Mute Microphone When Pressed

Dec 19, 2010

I have a problem with my microphone mute button on my T410.  It does not mute the microphone when pressed.  I verified this by opening the Sound settings in Control Panel and the fact that the amber light doesn't come on to indicate it is muted.  When I mute the microphone through the Control Panel Sound option, the light does not come on either.
 
This started happening after a reinstall of Windows.  I made sure to install all the software and driver updates using the Lenovo Driver and Software update tool. I also individually downloaded and installed the Conexant drivers, too.

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Lenovo T400 / T500 :: ThinkPad T410 Only Boots If Power Supply Is Plugged In

Feb 28, 2011

My thinkpad T410 (2537-UQF) with an OCZ Vertex 3 SSD only boots if the power supply is plugged in. If i have full battery and try to boot without the power supply i get a blue screen after being about 60 seconds in the screen where the windows logo appears. I have Windows 7 installed fresh a few days ago.
 
I think its possible, that i have made some failure with the drivers. The ThinkPad Power Managers always stops working after booting. So i have removed the program by using the "msconfig" functionality.

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