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Walking with Laptop Running

Hey guys- I'm absolutely furious. Outlook Express hung on me twice today while shutting down, so both times, my laptop didn't shut down correctly and I wasn't careful enough to check. So I walked probably 1/4 of a mile with it in my bookbag - one of those side-slung ones. Lukily I had a lot...
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- Sep 3, 2003
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Laptops
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IBM T40P New laptop battery care and usage. Please help the nooby here.

Make sure you understand the distinction between Lithium-Ion and other types of "memory" batteries. It is not necessary, perhaps even harmful to try to charge and discharge Li-ion batteries completely. This idea is left over from the Nickel Cadmium days and is one that is propagated by...
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- Post #5
- Aug 6, 2003
- Forum: Laptops
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Purchasing IBM ThinkPad T40p from www.thinkpaddepot.com. How is that store?

Mercenary for Hire - Just curious. What did you mean by "Condone Fraud?"
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- Post #3
- Aug 1, 2003
- Forum: Laptops
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Poll: Was the extra few hundred dollars for your T40 worth it?

Hehe, oddly enough, me. To be honest, I'm not sure I deserve a T40P. I'm just a college student, facing his last year, and thinking that I should start saving up for those damned pesky loans. It's a nice machine, but $3k's a nice sum. Anyway, if I would do it all over again, I would probably...
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- Post #4
- Jul 30, 2003
- Forum: Laptops
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anybody purchase the T40 (or other IBM notebook) with a discount?

Yes, 20% off is for first-time business buyers only. You may get a kind rep who gives you the discount anyway. I got my T40P at a significant discount - one that wasn't supposed to happen! They had the 10% sale at the time and they allowed me to stack the discount with my shareholder's...
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- Post #3
- Jul 23, 2003
- Forum: Laptops
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Counter-Strike (OpenGL) on T40P

One last tidbit on this issue: As it turns out, the ATI drivers that come from IBM include a FireGL driver (which crashes) and a regular OpenGL driver. Look in your system32 directory and you'll find a atioglgl.dll and a atioglxx.dll. The one active by default is your FireGL OpenGL; the one...
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- Post #18
- Jul 20, 2003
- Forum: Laptops
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Counter-Strike (OpenGL) on T40P

hey guys - http://www28.brinkster.com/chrisww1942/ here is another way to do it. just download the radlink program - which is pretty good in its own right - and it supplies alternate opengl/direct tabs that actually work! I just tested it and I was able to change the texture quality and the...
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- Post #16
- Jul 14, 2003
- Forum: Laptops
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Counter-Strike (OpenGL) on T40P

hey all - this solution works for me! It runs great - much better than D3D and I can't believe my eyes! hope it works for you other boys! as for mocca - sincerest thanks! it is a great solution and i appreciate you chiming in!
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- Post #11
- Jul 13, 2003
- Forum: Laptops
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Counter-Strike (OpenGL) on T40P

Calling all T40 users! (Both 40 and 40P!) If you've played Counter-Strike or attempted to, list: 1) What version - mod or retail. 2) What model video card you have. 3) What your experiences are. I tried a MOD with a Radeon FireGL 9000 with no success. It would freeze and loop the initial...
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- Post #9
- Jul 13, 2003
- Forum: Laptops
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Counter-Strike (OpenGL) on T40P

Viper - Are you playing through OpenGL for sure? I suppose it might be a FireGL 9000 problem only. Which makes me sad.
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- Post #7
- Jul 12, 2003
- Forum: Laptops
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Counter-Strike (OpenGL) on T40P

xm0nkey - Driver Provider: ATI Technologies Inc. Driver Date: 4/29/2003 Driver Version: 6.13.10.6344 Digital Signer: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher 7.79.7.3.6-030429a-008984C-IBM If you want to chat about this more, feel freel to e-mail me at esaleris at myrealbox dot com...
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- Post #6
- Jul 12, 2003
- Forum: Laptops
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Counter-Strike (OpenGL) on T40P

xm0nkey - Yep. That's what happens to me. Direct 3D is available, but it's a far inferior implementation for CS (it's considerably slower in FPS). Anybody have any idea how to fix this? I still can't get CS to work; tried again today by updating video drivers. Apparently, it's ati2dvag.dll...
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- Post #3
- Jul 12, 2003
- Forum: Laptops
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Counter-Strike (OpenGL) on T40P

Hi all - Has anybody gotten Counter-Strike (using OpenGL) to work on a T40P with the Mobility FireGL? I still can't get it to work at all - it freezes on the spawning sound. mocca - can you weigh in on this? That is, if you play CS. Thanks!
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- Jul 10, 2003
- Replies: 18
- Forum: Laptops
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Wanna have 10+ hour of batt life at maximum panel brightness and speed, here is how: VALENCE n-charge

In my university, each classroom for the School of Business has seats with 100Mbit Ethernet and an outlet. It is the same for the library, with both types of jacks lined across the walls. Outside in hallways and in the lounges and cafeterias, there is IPSEC-secured wireless access. There are...
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- Post #10
- Jul 7, 2003
- Forum: Laptops
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help finding a laptop bag

http://www.eaglecreek.com/ I use a http://www.eaglecreek.com/40125.html for my T40P. The battery sticks out, but it covers what counts. Perhaps not the best protection all around, but I take care of my external bag in general anyway, so not such a big deal.
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- Post #6
- Jul 2, 2003
- Forum: Laptops

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