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Comment on My New Sit/Stand/Elliptical Desk by Jillita Horton

Jillita Horton — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 04:47:56 +0000

Solution to sit/stand treadmill desk dilemma:
Chances are, a person who wants a treadmill desk ALREADY has a sit-down computer station. Simply buy the treadmill desk anyways. Move computer back and forth. This isn’t as bad as it sounds if you have 1) a laptop, 2) wireless Internet connection, and 3) both desks are in the same room.

Comment on Coming Up With A Ska Wedding Mix… Not So Easy by thecheat2189

thecheat2189 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:11:13 +0000

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I’m the bassist in a ska (influenced…) band and I’m getting married to the vocalist, who has been my fiance for 3 years. Our first conversation was about how much we loved ska, and since we’re getting married in a year I have been trying to accumulate a wedding playlist of ska covers. Excellent playlist, thank you so much!

Matt

Comment on The Secret Thinkpad Powerbutton Code To Bring Dead Laptops Back To Life by 2SMART

2SMART — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:57:24 +0000

JUST PRESS 1 TIME with the battery and power removed.
Forget all the 10 presses/ hold for 30 BS, you’ve been duped.

ONE PRESS will do it.

uhg, stop proliferating this myth

Comment on The Secret Thinkpad Powerbutton Code To Bring Dead Laptops Back To Life by Aniruth

Aniruth — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:53:27 +0000

Thanks a ton.
I thought my laptop had died. Last night I put my laptop in sleep mode(or whatever you call it when you just close the lid of the laptop without shutting down)
In the morning, the power button was active but the screen would not turn on. I tried several things. I then called customer care. That guy told me to press/hold the power button for 30 seconds continuously.

That did not work and I stumbled upon this. i tried it and it works like a charm. My laptop is back to life.

Comment on The Secret Thinkpad Powerbutton Code To Bring Dead Laptops Back To Life by Gurian2

Gurian2 — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 03:56:14 +0000

Same story … my ThinkPad just died. I Googled and found this … and you revived it! Thanks so much for posting this!

Comment on The Secret Thinkpad Powerbutton Code To Bring Dead Laptops Back To Life by majorcynic

majorcynic — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:52:38 +0000

And this crazy method is still working – 5 years later — thought I was gonna have to finally take out the trash but tried this and the old horse is back on the track…

Comment on The Secret Thinkpad Powerbutton Code To Bring Dead Laptops Back To Life by mecenas

mecenas — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 03:13:47 +0000

worked for my T500. Thanks a lot!

Comment on The Secret Thinkpad Powerbutton Code To Bring Dead Laptops Back To Life by rosst

rosst — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:56:36 +0000

Improbable though it seems – it works ! My sons T41 died and was not responding to battery or AC, tried this a few times and got a glimmer of life, left battery out all night and tried the routine again in the morning, now back to full operation.

Comment on The Secret Thinkpad Powerbutton Code To Bring Dead Laptops Back To Life by exibmer

exibmer — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:36:42 +0000

Our dog had come flying out from under the table getting caught in the laptop’s power cord. The laptop went flying off the table and hit the floor with a loud BANG! At that point the machine was dead–only good to be used as a paper weight. I tried the “incantation” and lo and behold—it came back to life!
Thank you very much for the post!

Comment on My New Sit/Stand/Elliptical Desk by Mike Masnick

Mike Masnick — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:41:29 +0000

Unfortunately, I don’t remember. A quick look on the Ikea website suggests it’s the “Galant” line, but I’m not positive of that…