20 Most Recent IBM ThinkPad R51 Notebook - Page 7 Questions & Answers

HI,
Wait for the ThinkPad logo to appear on the screen a few seconds after the boot process begins. Press the "F1" key on your keyboard and you will get access to bios.

Please refer to this article to diagnose & fix your problem:
http://www.fixya.com/support/r6556655-troubleshooting_laptop_wifi_connectivity

if your gonna replace your hard drive anyway,just take the old one out and tap it forcefully,better still take it apart and clean it of dust etc and gently micro-lubricate its moving parts see if you can get it working again--replace with same spec model--consult manufacturers site/manual for correct item.--good luck!

Davey Snake!

You can go to lenovo website to download or use this tool http://www.driveridentifier.com to save your time.

your battery could be failing,thats the most obvious thing.Then you might have accidentaly set the sleep mode,if you have this facility in your software(most pc's do).you must just search through your soft to see if you have enabled this function--good luck!

Davey Snake!

The downloaded driver should work exactly like the CD version, except it is more current. With the Printer DISCONNECTED, start the driver install, and when prompted, connect the printer, once the install completes, the printer should work.
If not follow the steps here to completely remove old drivers and settings before again running the install.
http://www.fixya.com/support/r3680773-completely_remove_printer_drivers

if you use Windows Vista or Windows 7

go to START, Control Panel, click on EASE OF ACCESS, OPTIMISE VISUAL DISPLAY
scroll and adjust accordingly


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The same model ThinkPad can have different types of network, video and audio drivers and unless you know exactly which one is installed in your ThinkPad, you need to download all the drivers and install each driver until you find the right driver.

When you download the drivers, write down the device driver and it's file name so you have a record of which driver you are installing and which directory the unzipped files are located on your hard drive.

Go to the IBM/Lenovo WEB site - support/download page and download the latest Windows XP or Vista device drivers for your model computer, Use this link: -

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?template=%2Fproductselection%2Flandingpages%2FbrowseByProductLandingPage.vm&sitestyle=lenovo&brandind=10&validate=true

You can download the various drivers and then you click on and run the various driver files, they will then unzip and expand into a sub folder on C:\drivers Then install the various drivers from this folder (run the set-up file).

Try re-instaling the touchpad driver. most likely though this is a hardware issue. You will have to replace the track pad.

your wires connecting from your laptop hardware to your display is messed up and is only "re-connected" and "hot-wired" by your action of closing/opening the lid.... use your warranty... your problem is when your warranty is expired so be glad this happened when you still have warranty

>Hold "Fn" key and press F5 to enable bluetooth.

It is not you, it is the router. Are you in a public wireless hot spot or using your own? If the first, contact the person who is in charge to make sure it is not filtering MAC address and not password needed. Then disconnect it and reconnect, sometimes the connection is cached for some previous connected ones and shows automatically connected but actually not working.

Just Remove the Battery and connect the Power Cable.
Try to switch ON the laptop. Please confirm if its working fine now.

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I am assuming you cannot log into Windows because you do not know your login password. (Passwords can be put on the BIOS but IBM/Levono does not put one on the BIOS by default).

The easiest way to reset the default Administrator password is to create a Password Recovery disk, boot the laptop up using this disk, choose the login account that you want to reset the password for and then reset that password.

(This will NOT work for computer accounts that are on a Microsoft Active Directory Domain - you must contact the Domain Administrator to reset your password.)

I recommend using the "Offline NT Password & Registry Editor". This creates a bootable CD that you use to boot your laptop. It has automated menus to get you to the User accounts. Select the User account you want to change and then apply the changes. Remove the CD and reboot - use the new password and you should be good to go.

You may need to run the utility more than once - also, you will probably need to UNLOCK the User account.

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm#1

The link below will take you to the page where you can download the complete sercice manual (HMM) for your laptop with step by step instructions to replace your RAM

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-53169

Best Regards

You can download all the required drivers for your laptop from the Lenovo Official Website (click here). Open the link and look around the page, you'll see all the available drivers for your Thinkpad (all supported o.s. included.)

If you need further help, let me know with the o.s. installed on your laptop.

Good luck.

Thanks for using FixYa.

Do you really want to open the HDD? or do you want to know how to remove the drive from your laptop?
If you want to actually open the drive? you're on your own and good luck.
If you need to remove the HDD from your r51 go to http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-53169.html where you can download (.pdf) the technicians repair manual. I tried it and didn't break anything.

Pull the power, remove the battery and turn it upside down over a towel or some paper towels. So the keyboard should be facing down into the towels. Do not try and turn it on until it dries. If you're technically savy I would recommend disassembling it and attempting to clean up whatever milk you can see.. then letting it dry. But to be honest it doesn't look good. -Ravi Shanghavi