Thinkpad W520/T61p Bad experience

I am sharing this story in retrospect of the events. I posted this on a popular tech blog on a thread discussing bad experience with different computer companies and I decided why not post it here as well. I am still grieving over my dead T61p as it still is prominently placed on my desk even after it has been dead for a few months. I loved it more than my current computer, don’t get me wrong I like my W520 and it destroys it spec wise but for some reason I like the T61p the best.
So, a few months ago my Thinkpad T61p's graphics card died thus making my computer useless. The funny thing is that 4 months prior my card had been found to be a defect from the nVidia defective cards and was replaced for no cost, and they even cleaned and repaired minor wear and tear things. I was ecstatic when I got it back and it was running better than ever and looked as good as it did brand new. But then 4 months later, while coming to an end of an architectural college project my graphics card died. Same as before (BIOS beeps indicating that there was a graphics card issue).
I called and got a response that my computer was out of warranty and it sucks to suck. Finally after the 4th or 5th time I finally got someone that was kind enough to try and help. She was very helpful and found out that there is a 3 month warranty on replaced parts and she was sorry that she could not help me out since I was ONE month over it.
Saddened and distraught, I started looking for new computers since the replacement cost a lot an might as well get a new machine since there was the risk that the new graphics card might die as well. So, when looking into computers, I have always liked the sturdy build of Thinkpads and minus the graphics card issue (which I marked as an nVidia issue) my computer had been fantastic, much better than my peer’s computers. So I decided to give Lenovo another shot and get a W520. I was excited to renew my trust in Lenovo.
This was quickly brought to an end as I eagerly awaited my machine. I needed it as I had a college project to complete and I hated borrowing computers and having to have my files float on different USBs. I was watching the shipping and all of a sudden it goes from Kentucky to North Carolina. This confused me as I am in Nebraska. Then the next day, it is UPS has it marked as out for delivery. I thought that there was an error in location and waited for it to be delivered. There was no error in location and it was delivered and signed by Jon Doe in North Carolina. I was baffled. I called Lenovo and the guy was not helpful at all. I then called again right after hanging up because I needed an answer as to what was going on. The person told me that it was Lenovo's warehouse and they were holding it. I got no answer as to why. But the person told me that it was going to ship out to me the next day. Three days later and still in NC, and I call again. I get the same answer that it will be shipping soon. A few more days later, I finally get someone nice and she gave me the new tracking number over the phone. It finally moved from NC to Nebraska, slowly. It must have been on the Pony Express. I called to see if it could be sped up but to no avail.
So, over a week after it should have arrived I finally obtained my computer. It was aggravating since every day without it was one I couldn't work fully on my project. I tried contacting higher up customer service but got nothing and gave up just glad to have my computer. I have referred many people to purchace Thinkpads. My entire large family owns a Lenovo variant because of me. And I'm still a little bitter about the whole issue. Being the computer savvy person people come to me for advice and now I'm beginning to refer people to other brands as options for them to buy.

I don't really understand the complaint in this thread. Is the main complaint shipment tracking? If so, see UPS. Yes, their system isn't the best. One of the reasons is that it literally makes up progress based on what should happen, not what is actually happening. Sounds like some of that was at work here.
Because of the title, I thought you were going to compare the T61p to the W520 but that doesn't seem to be the case. If it's just a shipping thread, meh. Get over it. Trying to track a package will drive you mad. Just be glad it didn't come USPS.
If your real beef is that you lost money due to the delay, sorry man but the best way to lay your hands on a machine in an emergency situation like that is to buy at retail in your geo. Or rent something until your ship comes in. Rolling the dice on a CTO is a crap shoot.

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i get one interesting hit on google for "msatadetection": http://systemexplorer.net/file-database/file/msatadetection-exe
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Best Buy Smash Preorder Bad Experience

I sent the following email to Best Buy regarding my bad experience when I went to pickup my Super Smash preorder. After hours of being on hold and being transferred to countless different people, the final explanation I was given is that Best Buy can at any time cancel a pre-order, so I had no recourse. Here is the original email I sent:
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Hi Vote4link,
As a Super Smash Bros fan myself, it’s truly disheartening to read of your pre-order experience. Having a friend in town to play over the weekend, only to find out that your copy isn’t available at our store, is understandably frustrating and I’m very sorry if that is what happened here. While it sounds like you found another option to acquire the game, I regret hearing that it wasn’t at Best Buy!
Like zztoluca said, if you pre-ordered and your copy arrived at the store, it should have been held for you. If this didn’t occur, it was a store error and this is the last thing we want for our gamers, especially those who are members of Gamers Club Unlocked. With that, your $5 deposit will automatically be refunded to you if you don’t fulfill your pre-order within eight days if it was created on BestBuy.com, five days if created in-store.
I’d like to ensure your feedback is seen by leadership at the store, so if willing, please send me a private message and include either your BestBuy.com order number, or the Customer Service PIN located on the bottom of your in-store pre-order receipt. You can send me a private message by clicking the link in my signature.
Thanks for sharing your concerns with us and despite the circumstances, I hope you’ve been enjoying Super Smash Bros.
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Hi crystallau52,
Sorry you are having difficulty. An agent with access to your account will reach out to you directly by email, private message in the Forums and/or the billing telephone number on your Verizon account for more information or to help you resolve your issue.

Thinkpad W520 Win7 Bluetooth device not recognized by Windows 7

Hello all,
Just received my Thinkpad W520 4270 CTO with bluetooth installed. It was a DOS workstation that I installed Win 7 x64 Ultimate on and I finally got all the drivers installed but the bluetooth software says there is no BT device connected to my laptop. I checked the BIOS settings and confirmed the BT is enabled. I even disabled it, saved, then enabled it to toggle. Hitting the Fn+5 combo doesn't trigger the light or any "Found New Hardware." When the laptop first boots up the BT light flashes along with the wifi light and the HDD activity light. I haven't yet been able to load another OS, but I'm downloading Arch Linux and BackTrack 5 to test to see it's possibly an OS issue.
Any thoughts or ideas would be helpful, it appears my Google-Fu has failed me as well.
EDIT: I realize the sticky about the "do not update the bluetooth drivers" but I'm not getting my bluetooth to work at all, not even being recognized by the OS as an "unknown device."
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I figured it out. It's laughably easy. Download the keyboard hotkey drivers and install them. It'll allow you to use the Functions at the top of your keyboard, then after you restart, hit Fn+F5 and you'll get a menu to enable Bluetooth on the OS, then Win7 should detect and install the drivers for it, or you can download the ones from Lenovo's site.

Wifi scans but fails to connect on Thinkpad W520

Running Network Manager on a Lenovo Thinkpad W520 and able to scan but unable to connect to wifi. Wifi works fine in dualboot on Windows, and ethernet works fine in both.
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03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (rev 35)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 3x3 AGN
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
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Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 35
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Capabilities: <access denied>
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Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2014-12-21 22:58:55 EST; 12min ago
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Dec 21 22:58:55 Defiant systemd[1]: Unit NetworkManager-wait-online.service entered failed state.
Dec 21 22:58:55 Defiant systemd[1]: NetworkManager-wait-online.service failed.
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└─341 /usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
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Dec 21 23:10:12 Defiant NetworkManager[341]: <info> (wlp3s0): deactivating device (reason 'none') [0]
Dec 21 23:10:12 Defiant NetworkManager[341]: <warn> Connection disconnected (reason -3)
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Additionally, after stopping NetworkManager and trying wifi-menu, it scans correctly but fails to connect, never even prompting for a passphrase.
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Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
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0: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: hci0: Bluetooth
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Hard blocked: no
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1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
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2: enp0s25: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
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I'm at a loss. and I've googled my little heart out. Any help would be appreciated.

Welcome to the forums - and thanks for a great initial post, all the needed information seems to be here.
Specifically, the following error from wpa_supplicant will most likely be best to dig into:
wlp3s0: failed to initialize driver interface
I see several results of this error in a google search, but none of them quickly translated into solutions yet. To get some more information on it, could you run the same wpa_supplicant command, but with the verbose debugging flag "-dd" and post the ouput here?
I don't have a intel wireless card, so I don't know what the diagnostic signs are for the problem addressed in the wiki, but you may want to try the modprobe options shown in this section of the wiki.
EDIT: there is a similar but unresolved thread on these forums here which points to using the -D flag for wpa_supplicant to specify other drivers. I was thinking this too upon my first reading, but I don't fully understand what these are so I was reluctant to suggest it. It certainly can't hurt anything to use the command in the wiki to see which drivers are available, then try each one.
EDIT 2: and this thread seems to indicate that the -D flag driver specification is the right solution. So start here with the -D flag and only if that fails follow up with my initial debugging suggestions.
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ThinkPad W520: Parts Wrongly Listed in and/or Missing from Lenovo Order Status Page

I ordered a configured ThinkPad W520 off Lenovo.com for USD1500 yesterday. Later when I went back to check my order status, to my surprise some parts were either shown up incorrectly or simply missing.
For example my ThinkPad W520 includes (but not limited to) these parts:
Parts missing from Lenovo Order Status page:
UltraNav with TrackPoint & touchpad
Express Card Slot & 4 in 1 Card Reader
Question: Where are they? Why missing?
Parts shown incorrectly on Lenovo Order Status page:
I've ordered: 15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) LED Backlit Anti-Glare Display, Mobile Broadband Ready
Lenovo Order Status page shows: SBB 15.6FHD (1900 X 1080) LED
Question: Why 1900 instead of 1920? What gives?
To be on the safe, I tried hard to match each of the parts consisting my ThinkPad W520. So far the above are my concerns. I know many of you are long-time Lenovo patrons. I'd appreciate your patience look through the below complete lists and advise if Lenovo indeed have received my order correctly.
Thank you very much!
[B][U]The ThinkPad W520 I've order: [/U][/B]
Part Number: 4270CTO
ThinkPad W520 - 1 Yr Depot Topseller Warranty
Processor: Intel Core i7-2720QM Processor (2.20GHz, 6MB L3)
Operating system: ThinkPad PC DOS License
Operating system language: PC DOS 2000 License
Display type: 15.6" FHD ([B][COLOR="SeaGreen"]1920 x 1080[/COLOR][/B]) LED Backlit Anti-Glare Display, Mobile Broadband Ready
System graphics: NVIDIA Quadro 2000M Graphics with 2GB DDR3 Memory
Total memory: 4 GB DDR3 - 1333MHz (1 DIMM)
Keyboard: Keyboard US English
Pointing device: [B][COLOR="SeaGreen"]UltraNav with TrackPoint & touchpad[/COLOR][/B]
Camera: 720p Camera
Storage subsystem: Internal RAID - Not Enabled
Hard drive: 320 GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
Optical device: DVD Recordable
System expansion slots: [B][COLOR="SeaGreen"]Express Card Slot & 4 in 1 Card Reader[/COLOR][/B]
Battery: 9 cell Li-Ion Battery - 55++
Power cord: Country Pack North America with Line cord & 170W AC adapter
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 3.0
Integrated WiFi wireless LAN adapters: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (3x3 AGN)
Integrated mobile broadband: Integrated Mobile Broadband - Upgradable
Language pack: Language Pack US English
[B][U]ThinkPad W520 shown under Lenovo Order Status:[/U][/B]
4270CT       CONFIGURED SYSTEM
0A68541       SBB ICI7-2720QM
27R1799       VBB PC DOS LICENSE
39T7676       SBB DOS 2000 FLYER - NO
0A68535       SBB 15.6FHD ([B][COLOR="Red"]1900 X 1080[/COLOR][/B]) LED
0A68894       SBB NVQ2000M GR
45M4572       VBB 4GBPC3-10600DDR3 1333SODMM
45M4839       SBB KEYBOARDUS ENGLISH
0A68527       VBB NO FINGERPRINT READER
0A68558       SBB 720P HD CAM INT MICR
0A69620       SBB I RAID-NOT EN
0A68552       SBB 320GB HDD7200RPM
0A71939       SBB DVDRECORDABLE
0A68529       VBB ECS+4IN1CR
45M4816       SBB 9CELLLI-ION BATTERY
0A68904       SBB CPNAMLC+ 170W AC AD
0A68261       SBB BLUETOOTH 3.0
45M4804       SBB IN.CENT.ULTIMATE-N 6300
44C7950       SBB INT WRLSSWDAREANTWRK UPGR
0A68564       SBB LANG PCK US E

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ThinkPad W520 Docking Station

Hey, everyone. My ThinkPad W520 should be arriving here tomorrow, and along with it, I ordered the ThinkPad Mini Dock Plus Series 3 - 170W. Currently, I have two monitors, one running at a resolution of 2048x1152, and the other one running at 1680x1050. I'm just now seeing that the limitation for the DVI ports is 1920x1080, so I'm guessing that won't work to hook these up.
My other route that I can go is by buying a DVI to DisplayPort cable, and then hooking them up that way. Lenovo's site claims that the dock has "Two DisplayPorts supporting 2560 x 1600 resolution," but would that mean I can hook up (these) two displays simultaneously? Inside the W520, is the NVIDIA Quadro 2000M Graphics with 2GB DDR3 Memory.
Thanks in advanced!
-Joe

well the real limitation of the single link dvi port is actually the 2048x1152 @ 60 hz, but this resolution monitor is seldomly used so they just use WUXGA or FHD as the stated maximum, 30 inch or 27 inch high resolution LCD uses dual link dvi (which is not supported by the dock dvi).
You can hock up two displayport monitors up and still run the internal LCD, since the new W520 uses the optimus graphics technology.
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Thinkpad W520 with Minidock+ Series 3 - Dual monitors and USB fail sporadically

Hello there,
I wonder if anyone has experienced problems ThinkPad W520 and Mini Dock Plus Series 3 (Part number: 433830U)? I run into problems with dual monitor and USB devices.
For dual monitor setup, sometimes only a single monitor is detected, sometimes no monitors are available in the NVidia control panel. Rigorous display detection doesn't help. Disabling Optimus in BIOS doesn't seem to affect it. After I dock and undock couple of times, reboot, unplug the power cord, it seems to resolve and both monitors work fine.
Also, I run into troubles with USB devices (keyboard/mouse). Sometimes they are not detected at all, but if I plug them into different USB ports on the mini dock, they are detected and work fine.
For me this problem happens about 50% of the time when I dock... Any ideas, insights or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Could it be a faulty Thinkpad, docking station or may be both? I really to upgrade next time to W530, but I've been through so many problems with W520, so I don't know if it's a good idea...
Thanks so much.
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If system update isn't finding anything, and the system works just fine on its own, it could potentially be a faulty Dock.
It could be overloaded. Could you try testing the dock using just one monitor, and no keyboard or mouse, to see if you run into the same issue. It would still be a faulty dock, but it may be a potential workaround for the time being.

Thinkpad W520 WEI processor sub-score only 4.6

Thinkpad W520 WEI processor sub-score only 4.6
Running a Core i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz with the latest BIOS - v1.33, power set to maximum turbo.
Any thoughts?
Other scores:
Memory (RAM) 12.0 GB             7.1
Graphics Intel(R) HD Graphics Family      6.7
Gaming graphics 1696 MB Total available graphics memory          6.7
Primary hard disk 40GB Free (119GB Total)         7.9
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OK, next suggestion is that you open the Lenovo Power Controls (it is a control panel), and see what Power Plan you have selected.
I normally use the one called "Power Source Optimized". I suggest you pick that one, then switch to advanced mode (there is a button for this purpose in the upper right corner of the Power Controls screen), and press the 'Reset to Defaults' button. Then reboot the machine and see how it performs.
Later on, you can go back into the Advanced mode and do some minor fine tuning. For example, I have noticed that by default, this power plan switches the wireless LAN to 'Maximum Power Savings' when on AC power - that doesn't seem right to me, so, I usually change that to 'Maximum Performance'.
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[CLOSED] Thinkpad W520 graphics issue

I'm trying to install X on my thinkpad W520 and I can't get it to work. I've tried the nouveau and nvidia drivers (with all the necessary reboots) and nvidia-beta from the AUR with no success. When trying to start X, I get an error that says no screen and it fails.
Vesa almost work. I get a screen, but the screen is shifted up so I can't see the top and there is a black bar along the bottom.
The graphics card is a NVIDIA Quadro 1000M Graphics. Any ideas?
Last edited by elcron (2011-07-11 02:43:55)

The Optimus switching technology on the Nvidia card doesn't work in Linux, so you have to choose your graphics at BIOS level. I went with the Intel discrete graphics to save battery, and it works okay for my needs. Of course, it depends on what your needs are.
I believe that the default is Intel graphics anyway, so configure X for that if you just want it going as soon as possible.
Last edited by eerok (2011-07-11 02:24:51)

Thinkpad w520 technical problems and warranty problems

I have a huge problem with my Lenovo ThinkPad W520 (Machine#4270CTO, SN * 11/07) purchased on US website in August 2011. Here is the story below:
In late December 2011 my laptop hardrive stopped working and as I am in Georgia(Caucasus) I went to the Lenovo Authorised Warranty Service Provider (not naming the company). They made the harddrive replacement very quickly and i was happy back then.
By start of January 2012 another problem came - my keyboard stopped completely working and as before I went to the service provider again and the faulty part was also changed in 2 weeks time.
By the end of January several problems occurred all together:
1. The speakers stopped working completely they just give an itching sound.
2. The track pad 2 buttons are completely unresponsive (not working) and the same 2 buttons on the keyboard - when I turn the trackpad off completely the keyboard buttons work.
3. 2 days ago computer completely went off and it is not starting at all. Power button lights on (green) than a flash turns on and immediately off and nothing happens besides the power button light .
I contacted Authorized Warranty Service Provider again some days ago but unfortunately they give me the following answer: They have a limit for service from Lenovo 1 times per computer which means they can order only 1 part replacement a month and as last keyboard replacement they made was on 12th of February 2012 I have to wait.
I'm really confused of the Lenovo quality and service ATM paid over 2,000 USD in a machine that had no sound and track pad for the last 2-3 weeks and now the computer is completely off and I can not even use it.
I used to be a Lenovo/IBM customer for quite a long time not only for my personal use but also for business and I never had problem with Lenovo products before or support. 'm Honestly tired of this computer and situation in general and instead of changing every item(Listed above) and wait 3 months till my Laptop is fully working is just nonsense and also to be an owner of a high priced brick with almost all parts changed under a guarantee is also not pleasant . I'm sort of stuck on what to do and I ask some solution for me is there any way to change the computer to new/refurbished or get my money back?
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I have had similar problems, and would recommend the following:
You probably wont get a resolution from the forums, only sympathy (which can help!).
Keep calling anyone you can find to do with Lenovo warranty about the issue utill you get a decent response. I was calling every day for 2 months. The process was so painful, I now live with the non-critical problems rather than deal with them.
Next time consider Dell. Their 3ry warranties have been outstanding - shipping parts to me anywhere in Eurpe within 48 hours, or collecting from my office and returning fixed 2 hours later, even in Gibraltar.

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Hi there,
1. Can we migrate SharePoint Designer 2013 workflows from DEV to UAT to Live without any issues? Any bad experiences?
2. When we deploy these workflows - does IIS need a restart?
Thank you.

That depends, did you create reusable workflows? Those can be deployed to another environment (of course depending on dependencies within the workflow itself)
Kind regards,
Margriet Bruggeman
Lois & Clark IT Services
web site: http://www.loisandclark.eu
blog: http://www.sharepointdragons.com

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I don't want to update due to previous bad experiences with updates (version 4 and version 5)
I am frustrated by being reminded on a daily basis to update when I don't want to

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* see [[Options window - Advanced panel#w_update-tab]]_update-tab
* and to downgrade
**[[installing a previous version of Firefox]]
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Create recovery media first, so you can restore if anything goes wrong.
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