Abnormal amount of flex in T400?

I just received my T400 yesterday, and there seems to be quite a bit of flex in the screen as well as the keyboard. Is this normal, or should I worry?
The keyboard seems flexed 1-2mm around the E key, and there is a highly-noticible bump between the ThinkVantage and power buttons at the top of the keyboard (around 1mm). The screen has a convex shape (looking into the screen), probably about 1-2mm around where the cable goes into the LCD screen from the body. The rest of the laptop is great, but I'm worried about this becoming a larger problem down the road.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Hub,
If you feel your keyboard is exhibiting some abnormal flex check out this thread:
http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?message.uid=75261#U75261
Where you can request a replacement keyboard that is similar to those used is the T61 systems. Although many still experience minor flex with the replacement, it should improve the overall feel of your keyboard significantly.
As for the other issues with respect to the chassis/screen, I've experienced similar symptoms in a number of T400s I've used as well. Though my critisms lie mostly with the right side of the notebook above the optical drive. The overall build seems rather weak. Have a look at my thread:
http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=T_Series_Thinkpads&thread.id=26866

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I really don't know where to start, I have had so many problems with the T400 from the past one month! So, let me start at the beginning:
PC Config: WinXP, P8600, 4 GB Ram, 160 GB/7200 RPM, ATI 3470 card.
1. I got the the PC the 2nd of October. Out of the box, the computer was slow, much slower then my one year old Dell Vostro (1.6 core2duo, 160 GB/5400 RPM, 2 GB RAM, Win XP). The Vostro trumped the T400 both in boot time and regular usage.
2. I then started having issues with the display. Started getting weird lines on the screen. The speakers were making a screeching sound and there were some issues with the microphone as well. Called up Lenovo tech support and sent the PC to the service center. To top it off, I had a very bad keyboard with abnormal amounts of Flex and a displaced thinklight which was illuminating me rather than the keyboard.
3. The folks at the service center replaced the system board and also said they fixed the speakers.
4. I got the computer back and I continued having issues with sound. Sometimes, it doesn't play. And when it does, it has that screeching sound again. The PC was incredibly slow too. No improvements in the booting speed or speed during regular use. The didn't fix the computer back properly and everything from the plastic around the display to the case around the over the media card was loose. I could make out they hadn't put it back properly and I would press it in and it would come out. Moreover, the computer started hibernating all of a sudden. It is so irritating when you are in the middle of a presentation and all of the sudden the computer goes off. I had to restart it constantly. It also hibernates suddenly when I start up the computer from hibernation mode. I enter the windows password and once I'm in windows, the PC hibernates.
5. I called up technical support and told them all these issues. They said I can send it back in again for repair. I told 'em I would rather want the PC replaced rather than send it to repair again since I may have start having issues with it again. After 8 factory restorations, moving 100 GB data around each time and installing all applications again, I was fed up.
6. They agreed to replace the PC and I got the new computer today i.e.., 4th Nov '08. This is where things get interesting. The computer started up normally and I got the initial settings configured. Once I got into windows, the first thing I did was restart the computer. As it was booting, it froze at the XP loading page. I restarted the computer via the power button, and the same thing happened. I continued restarting for another 3 times with the same result. So, assuming a bad OS installation, I went ahead and did a clean install through thinkvantage. As the installation was going through, at some point of time, the PC restarted and got stuck at the same XP screen again. I restarted it a couple of times until, fortunately it went through. It then started installing applications and for some reason, it restarted and again got stuck at the XP loading screen. As of now, it is stuck there and won't go through.
7. I got on the phone with tech support and the only thing they could do was to send it to the service center.
A brand new computer right out of the box is heading to the service center. It doesn't feel like a new computer any more the moment it goes to the service center. I'm utterly and totally disappointed with the way Lenovo is building these computers. If this is the case, I might as well take my business elsewhere.
I don't know if I'm the only person out here with such problems or if there are any one else. And, I apologise for such a long post.. Please tell what I can do now. I don't want to go through the same headache again.

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Hello,
I will soon be assisting in the purchase of a new T400 for a friend of mine to use mainly for finishing up her Masters thesis on and also to use for her work as a teacher.
She will be going from an old Dell latitude x300 (which died of course) that ran Ubuntu 8.10 32-bit. I have finally convinced her that a Thinkpad T series is the way to go and that it is worth it to pay the extra money for durability and quality.
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I did look at the thinkwiki.org site and it looks like most things work fine but some things may have issues, though I'm not sure how up to date that information actually is now that Ubuntu 8.10 has had some time to mature a bit.
So what I would like to know is if there are any little things that may not work that I should know about:
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I'm thinking stick with the base option but maybe having AGN functionality will be worth it for somewhat of a futureproofing idea. Is the Intel 5100 worth the extra 20 dollars? Is it fully functional now? What is better about the 5300 chipset that makes it more expensive than the 5100 chipset? Are either of these worth it? I don't want them if they are going to need some kind of hacking to get to work.
Understand this computer is not for me. It's for an english teacher who is Not a techie at all. But is comfortable using Ubuntu for basic things. I just don't want an update to break wifi everytime like it did on her old dell with the boardcom chipset.
I'm thinking pretty basic for the screen: 14.1 WXGA TFT, w/ CCFL Backlight, Camera
How well does the camera work? Looks like it should work fine but I want confirmation of this. She will be using Skype with it preferably with video conferencing so that her 1 1/2yr old daughter can talk with her father when they move away this summer. So functional video is a must.
For card slot I'm thinking: Express Card Slot & 7-1 Media Card Reader
How well does the media card reader function? She will be using this to transfer photos off her camera. Regular sd cards work fine?
I appreciate everyone and anyone's input on this especially with this being a somewhat time sensitive purchase as the sale will end this week and she needs a new machine ASAP for her thesis writing.
Also, should would be getting the 6-cell battery instead of the default 4-cell. How much wiggle does a 6-cell have in the new T400's compared to the 9-cell in the T61's?
I purchased a T61 with 9-cell battery for my mother last summer (Running Ubuntu) and I must say the battery wiggle is absolutely horrible! One of the mounting hooks on the battery itself has become damaged and it's not from over abuse. I can't imagine the massive amount of flex/wiggle helped it at all.
I'm thinking a 6-cell on this one would provide decent enough battery life but not protrude as much as the 9-cell and hopefully be a bit more durable as I am not impressed with the 9-cell.
Oh and by the way, the video will just be the base integrated intel video, not switchable graphics as that will be unneccesary.
Sorry for the long winded post but I (we) certainly appreciate any clarity we can get!

I see you have already purchased your T400. But for others reading this, I'd recommend going with the integrated (Intel) graphics rather than the discrete or switchable graphics. As jrsmartyn said, cutting-edge hardware can present a challenge with Linux. But Intel is much more active than ATI/AMD right now with Linux driver development. That doesn't necessarily mean smooth sailing with either choice: you'll need a recent distro for Intel graphics support as well. But the near-term future looks better for Intel than for AMD graphics support.
The switchable graphics is interesting if you require higher performance than integrated graphics can provide. But it's complicated and new and I've seen many complaints that it doesn't work smoothly, especially with Linux. Another disadvantage to switchable graphics is that it seems only the ATI graphics have access to the digital video outputs (integrated DisplayPort and DVI on dock). A better option than switchable graphics may be to use an Advanced Dock with PCI express video card.
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Not sure if any one has already posted this and got replies...
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Srini,
I brought your tweet in and started a new thread and then found you already had a forum discussion going, so I'll just apend to your original thread and will leave this since I tweeted the link back to you to let you know we were taking a look.(Apologies)
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Have you checked the boot device order in BIOS? Make sure HDD is listed first.
Are there a lot of applications being loaded in the startup folder?
Have you tried using the MSCONFIG utility (start -> run ->msconfig) and then selected the startup tab to see what programs are being loaded during boot and if you can uncheck some that you don't always need to load?
This could reduce your boot time. I believe this, along with some setting tweaks was suggested in a similar T400 slow boot thread here...
Perhaps other members will have additional suggestions....
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Apfelwurm wrote:
Yes, I understand that the photos take up a certain amount of space.
We'll have to find out why.
You could also sync your iPad without syncing any photos.
Afterwards you can sync the photos again, but not before you have assured yourself that the photos do not take up an abnormal amount of space in the original directory on your Mac. And I mean the OS of your Mac, not 3rd party software.
Does software written by Apple as part of the OS count as 3rd-party software?
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What will Lenovo do to fix the bad build on my T61? I am in college right now, so it would be inconvenient unless Lenovo could cross-ship me a new unit. However, the bad build quality on mine really annoys me, especially with the Thinkpads' reputation for great chassis quality. The entire right side of my laptop literally moves up and down about 3-4mm if pressed on, even lightly.
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Here is a picture of the "bent" right side; notice that the rubber feet don't make full contact with the table. I've tried this on many flat surfaces and it creaks and flexes whenever I put my right hand on the palmrest.
Picture of right side; notice the elevation (Picture was taken from below so in reality it is WORSE ...
Picture of left side; notice it makes full contact with table
Message Edited by myang322 on 10-18-2008 01:48 PM

Hello,
yes, the T61 have got some flex at the right side above the hdd.
R models are heavier but have little flex, the T model are made out of very light
and carbon enhanced plastic materials. You can try to put a piece of thick paper under the palm rest.
The chassis and audio problem have to be repaired and I would suggest to send it to depot.
Please mention your palmrest flex also.
You can dismount your hdd to keep it at home. It´s a CRU (customer replaceble unit).
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am I just being paranoid???
The amount of flex is tiny but it is enough to notice.

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hi,
We are using around 16 entities in crm on demand R 16which includes both default as well as custom entites.
Since custom entities are not visible in the historical subject area , we decided to stick to the real time reporting.
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Rita,
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1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
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☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
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4. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
5. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
6. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
7. Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
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Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
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At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with "Model Identifier." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
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Note: This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
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Horrible Experience with new 17" MBP

I have had 3 Apple laptops in the past 3 years. My most recent purchase has been the most expensive, and most disappointing. Its a mid 09 17".
All day, everyday, this computer beach balls. From the simplest task of quick viewing a folder, creating a bookmark in safari, to playing a song in iTunes. It becomes increasingly disturbing when using a program such as Final Cut Pro or Motion. Ruins the experience.
So I lose intrest in trying to do things such as making videos, so I'll just watch them on the internet. Usually just browsing the net will only score me a beach ball about once an hour.
NOPE. My airport starts dropping the connection. It just shows searching in the airport menu. I have to click on my network and type in the password. My laptop drops it's connection around 5-6 times throughout a day.
I paid $2500 for a better user experience. I almost achieved more when I had my old Blackbook because it wouldn't freeze up for 30-50 seconds 20 times a day.
I have restored, reinstalled, cleaned cache, used snow leopard specific programs, reset this and that. Where do I go from here? I don't want to drive an hour and half to my closest Apple store just for them to tell me its a software issue, when this would happen on Leopard also. I dont want to drive an hour and half to a store for them to take it from me for 6-14 days. I need my computer everyday.
What do I do?

Hi All,
I am also having this problem on a brand new MacBook Pro (Which was given to me as an exchange after an absolutely disastrous relationship with my previous MBP!)
From day one I have been having abnormal amounts of beach ball action, sometimes so bad that it actually makes doing anything on here impossible. I took it into my local Apple store and was told that everything seemed to be fine.
A few frustrating days later I called the Apple helpline and was taken through various procedures and told to phone back if this didn't fix the problem. It didn't fix the problem!!
I then reinstalled my OSX software and for the last few months this solved the problem. One of the reasons I was in the forums was that I now cannot open anything by double clicking... Do anyone have any ideas how to fix this?!
So I reinstalled again yesterday, hoping this would fix the file problem but aside from not fixing that, the spinning beach ball of doom is now back in full force!
Don't get me wrong, I love my MBP but for something so expensive, I would really like it to be in working order and not have to send it away for weeks one end!
Any suggestions greatly appreciated and to everyone with the same problems, my deepest sympathy lol!

Hard drive not recognized after a brand new replacement put in 2 weeks ago!

Basically, my MBP was having the symptoms of needed a new hard drive. It was taking abnormal amounts to think and load thinks when it started up (only part of the time). I cleared all the software off of it and reloaded Mac OS just to be sure it wasnt a software issue. Apple took my computer and replaced the hard drive about 2 weeks ago (90gb, 7200 rpm). By the way the MBP is a C2D with 2 gb ram.
Immediately after getting my computer back it seemed to work fine. It has been about a week and a half since I got it back and last night trouble started. First, it wouldnt boot up all the time (id get the flashing question mark on the folder). I checked startup disk and booted it that way, no results. When it did start up, it would lock up shortly after when using applications such as safari. I then booted it to the system disk and performed the first aid functions on the disk... no results. And now, the next morning, when i boot to the disk, the hard drive itself is not even recognized under disk utility??? So basically, I cant reload OS again because I cant see the installation disk. Is this a a hardware issue even though I just replaced the hard drive?
what do i do??

Hi MBPrunner;
It appears you have the misfortune of infant mortality whereby a bring new part fails in a short period of time. This does happen. I have seen it numerous time in my years of server support at IBM. My suggestion is take it back it back to Apple with all of your paperwork. They should make good on it.
Allan

Screen flashing between grey and background, dock not showing

I don't know how this happened, but I recently upgraded to Mountain Lion: as soon as I'd logged in, the Dock dissapeared, and the background started flashing between grey and my background. The only way for me to open anything is through Spotlight.
Whenever I try to make an app fullscreen, it glitches halfway through: half the screen is grey, and half the screen flashing. Opening Notification Centre flashes between grey and open and background and closed. Mission Control won't open, and CMD-tab fails to do anything.
Upon inspection in Activity Monitor, there is an abnormal amount of processes named "com.apple.dock.extra": closing them does nothing. One process exists and then doesn't in time to the background flash, and the amount of "dock.extra"s grows and shrinks from 3 to 10.
Can anyone help me with this strange problem?

Open Spotlight and type Terminal. Select the Terminal application.
Type 'sudo rm -rf ~/Library/Dock'. Ensure it looks exactly like that (minus the quotes) and hit enter. Type your password if you have one. Then, type the command 'killall Dock' and hit enter. The dock will terminate and restart, and it will hopefully be returned to its previous state.

Macbook Pro won't start up after removing and putting back battery

One week ago I spilled two drops (literally) of water on the drag pad of my MacBook Pro (model A1278). Some of this water went down the top edge of the drag pad. Since this happened, the cursor as either not been been responding at all to my drag pad, or it has been behaving very eratically, as well as this, over the last couple of months since buying this MacBook, there has been an abnormal amount of dust in the air in the house due to some building work going on here. This being so, I decided to follow a video tutorial in you tube on how to remove and clean the drag pad. This involved getting access to the laptop by unscrewing the back, unscrewing and disconnecting the battery, then unscrewing and disconnecting the drag pad, so this it could be handled and cleaned. I followed the video to the letter, taking great care. I cleaned the drag pad as instructed, and replaced it. I did the same thing with the battery. All screws and the two simple 'plug in' connections for both the drag pad and battery have been replaced smoothly and exactly as I found them. but after putting the back panel on the MacBook, it will not turn on. It will not power up, either by the battery alone, or by using the mains power lead. There is a green light showing on the power lead input, but it is nowhere near as bright as it usually is. So I have gone from having a poorly functioning drag pad, to now having a MacBook Pro which won't even turn on! I have no idea what has happened. Please can anyone help? Thanks.

So are you saying that it will not boot from the OSX installation disk?
It might be worth trying an SMC reset as described here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411?locale=en_GB

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