From: "Carl Gehr" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account carl.gehr@mcgcg.com HELO localhost) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPA id 1888050 for ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com; Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:40:12 -0500 To: "eCS ThinkPad T60/61 Mailing List" Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:39:59 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: "Carl Gehr" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2.20.2382 for OS/2 Warp 4.5 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [eCS T60/T61] Question about T60 models Message-ID: On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:33:03 -0800, Neil Waldhauer wrote: >On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:24:44 +0100, "Leszek Kubrak" >wrote: > >> I'm playing with T-61p type 6458-CTO and have all hardware working >> (except fire wire off course). > >That sounds encouraging, but may I ask a few questions? > >CTO means a custom configuration. Can you describe your computer? > >When you say all hardware working, do you mean that your wired ethernet has a >MAC address? Does your WiFi disconnect after some time? Do you have both audio >channels working? Do USB devices work? I have a T60 that, in general, I am quite happy with. OTOH, . . . * Sound: While I have no clue about one- or two- or whatever channels, I do get sound on the system. At the same time, I know there are some problems with UniAud that occasionally lock the system or clip the sound. It's not very often, but since my system is more of a business system than anything else, it's not major to me. I was trying each of the new updates when they came out, but the benefits were not really evident and the problems were just different rather than eliminated. * Networking: I have had zero problems with the wired connection. I do have some problems with the WiFi stability. The vast majority of the time it is fine. Occasionally, I see the WiFi radio LED 'beaconing' [i.e., fast flashing]. This is a signal that the connection is about to drop. If I catch it in the act, and just flip the radio off/on switch [the one just under the left front of the KB], the flashing stops and the connection is OK. Note: I am no totally sure this is not a router/AP problem, because sometimes I can cycle the power on the AP and this will get the signal back even when the KB switch does not. Other than this, no problems that I can attribute to HW. FWIW. . . Carl