HELP : 3 problems with my T400

helo fellow T400 users please help me out here

1) is this normal . my screen powers up showing the thinkpad display then blacks out for 3x every time i switch on my T400, i have to wait for around 20-27 seconds for the screen to be stable .

2) the connection on the WIFI regularly stops if i leave it idle for more than 8 hours ! i thought it was maybe the battery saver on wireless so i did selected medium power saving mode but still cutting off when on idle .

3) does the T400 comes with a built-in bluetooth hardware ? i have the bluetooth logo that comes from the factory but nothing happens if i don't plug in a bluetooth USB drive ?

hoping for answers thanks

 

The field service person will ask you if you see the device with sysgen. Chances are, you don'y have the hardware and the decal is incorrct.
-Renee

 

1.- Is this screen issue before or after Windows starts?

2.- Make sure you install the latest drivers for your wireless card from the Lenovo website. The latest release supposedly fixes the wireless dropping issues.

3.- Press Fn + F5 and choose to turn on Bluetooth, if your laptop came with it. If not, you will need a Bluetooth USB dongle.

 

hi renee you mean decal on the bluetooth ? i saw the logo inside the control pane .l


midnightsun , the screen blacks out after windows vista shows-up then flicks 3x , i have to wait around 20 sec for it to be stable . from the day i bought the lappy , i didn't bother to ask for a comparison unit bec the saleman said all t400 are the same .

 

is it where it goes black and then back on after logging in.

 

I don't know if this is related.

Go to Device Manager > Network Adapters and right click on each adapter > Properties and look for Power Management and uncheck "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power".

 

helo useroflaptops here it goes

press power on > THINKPADS appears 3 secs > blacks out 15-20 secs > microsoft corporations appears w a running bar 15 secs > welcome by windows vista business appears 8 secs > black outs again 15 secs > desktop appears > flicks flicks blackouts for 15 secs > finally stables .

helo joey-T yes i had done that previously but stills disconnects if i leave it idle or downloading from the nets !

my T400 was bought last dec , while i was in taiwan !

 

Check out this thread. Maybe there is something that will help.

There are several suggestions throughout the thread.

http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/...&thread.id=4437&view=by_date_ascending&page=1