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Monday, September 29, 2014

Re: Fingerprint Reader not working upon waking from sleep for windows login

This trial driver seems to have solved the issues on my W540 as well, and the FP reader is now working reliably.I still have an issue that I was hoping this driver would solve: on my old W520 I could wake the computer with the FP Reader, and this was a very nice option, but this option is greyed out on the W540. Is it not possible to wake the W540 with the FP reader?ThanksView the original article h...

Re: T440s doesn't wake up from sleep

Friends:Issue: Unable to get out of sleep and unable to get monitor to work properly on dock.I experienced same on my T440p.  Here is what worked for me:Update bios.  Verify that startup memory is 512K within bios (hit F1 at startup and locate menu item under video)Update Docking station driver.Updated my external monitor driver.Used a VGA cord from docking station (Pro 90W) and set default to VGA on my monitor.  Inconsitent results from other connectors otherwise.Verified that my Windows operating system AND my installed...

T530i multiple external displays without dock

Hello all,I'm having an issue trying to set up a T530i with Intel HD Graphics 400 with multiple external displays.  I have searched the forum and not found anything similar, it looks like most people are using docking stations with their configurations which I don't have.  Here is what I'm trying to set up.External + External + LaptopCurrently, I am running a VGA splitter to the External displays.  This works as expected, replicating the display on both externals, as Windows only sees the connection as one external display.My...

T440s w/ Lenovo SSD dying? multiple events: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\DR0, has a bad block.

I have a nearly new T440s with Lenovo-installed SSD - in scanning the event log this morning I found 20 events (all posted yesterday at the same time) that said: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\DR0, has a bad block.I'm not sure how much to panic.Per Device manager this drive was mfg. by Samsung and lists the ID string:device SCSI\Disk&Ven_SAMSUNG&Prod_MZ7TE512HMHP-000\4&90e12bd&0&000000From some earlier poking around that I did, although the drive is mfg. by Samsung the  Samsung SSD managment tool:  The latest...

Issue T540p Ultradock sound via HDMI & fwdphb03 not launching

My problem is that when I'm connected with the t540p to the ultradock that this sound comes from the local speakers instead of through the HDMI cable though the monitor and then through my external speaker which are way better.In the Sound playback devices I have written: "High definietyion Audio Device Not plugged in". So I tried connecting directly via laptops mindpoit to the monitor and then it worked. But as soon as I connected it to the docking station which is also connected to the same monitor via DVI plug then it results as Not plugged...

Re: low memory - close applications error messages

<>Control Panel>System>Advanced System Settings>Performance Settings>Advanced>Virtual Memory>ChangeYour C Drive, we assume Windows is installed there, should be set to "System Managed Size".  AKA, let Windows do it and leave it alone.View the original article h...

Re: T400 Ram Upgrade, 2x4 Gb, only beeps

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