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    ThinkPad T61 issues / questions

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jaimy, Nov 15, 2007.

  1. jaimy

    jaimy Newbie

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    Hi All -

    I have a couple of questions about my new ThinkPad T61. Appreciate any info you can give me on it -

    1. When I got my T61, I got 2 plastic pouches - one with the trackpoint rubber thingies and another with 2 screws. What are those screws for?
    2. When I watch some movies and switch to full screen, the video becomes a little dull and kinda flickers. Anyone know why this is / how I can fix it?

    Thanks.
     
    jaimy, Nov 15, 2007
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    rxblitzrx Notebook Evangelist

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    Are the movies real DVD's or 700mb avi files ripped from DVD?
     
    rxblitzrx, Nov 15, 2007
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    elbitrop Notebook Enthusiast

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    Cam or 700mb files can be washed out. You might want to check your speedstep and monitor refresh rate, but most likely you're watching a movie that was recorded by a camera in a movie theater. Try a DVD as rxblitzrx suggests.

    I don't have a thinkpad (in fact the last one I saw was a 486), but those screws could be for securing the expansion bay modules.
     
    elbitrop, Nov 15, 2007
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    jaimy Newbie

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    They weren't dvds. Just clips downloaded from the internet. Possibly wmv's or avi's
     
    jaimy, Nov 15, 2007
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    jaimy Newbie

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    Actually, I just found that the clips played fine when I changed the Color Quality from 32 bit to 16 bit in my Display Properties (Desktop - right click - Properties - settings). Is this normal or is there something wrong with my display?
     
    jaimy, Nov 16, 2007
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    jaimy Newbie

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    To re-iterate, this happens only when I'm on 32 bit color quality and switch to full screen mode on Windows Media Player
     
    jaimy, Nov 16, 2007
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    CuriousGeorge Newbie

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    I have the same issue with videos on my T61... anybody find a solution to this?
     
    CuriousGeorge, Apr 30, 2008
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    Pleas ehelp me that I do not see the battery meter on the task bar.

    Satish.
     
    satishdsc, Dec 13, 2008
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    t30power Notebook Deity

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    Seems this is a problem on widescreen Thinkpads??
    MY T61 is standard screen and does not flicker on any video playback under XP. I didn't test it on Vista.

    Real weird problem.
     
    t30power, Dec 17, 2008
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