Lenovo ThinkPad W520 - mini review

re: Lenovo ThinkPad W520 - mini review

Keith Combs — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 02:57:23 GMT

Mike J,

The answer is no. The max number of external monitors is 2. I have tested this with the 135W and 170W dock. I have also confirmed this with Lenovo. See the comments at the bottom of www.lenovoblogs.com/yamato where I confirmed this is "by design" on the W520.

re: Lenovo ThinkPad W520 - mini review

Mike J. — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:43:23 GMT

Hey Keith,

I recently got my W520 from Lenovo and you posted that 4 displays can't be simultaneously powered by the Quadro 2000M. I am planning to get 3 Dell Ultraharps to work with my W520, is it possible to power 3 external displays on your W520 when you disable the internal display? I would like to avoid using a Matrox or Displaylink solution if possible. Your answer will greatly help me in making my monitor purchase.

Thank you for your time.

re: Lenovo ThinkPad W520 - mini review

Surendra — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:32:06 GMT

Keith,

Thanks a lot for quick response. Yup i didn't know that i had to enable wireless lan service.

Great. Thanks again

re: Lenovo ThinkPad W520 - mini review

Keith Combs — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:35:06 GMT

@Surendra, have you installed www-307.ibm.com/.../document.do ???

After that you need to install the Wireless Feature using the Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Manager. Most people that are new to R2 don't know about that part. Wireless isn't enabled by default for servers.

re: Lenovo ThinkPad W520 - mini review

Surendra — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:26:59 GMT

Hi Keith,

I just my laptop yesterday and i installed windows 2008 Sp2 enterprise. I'm having trouble in finding wireless drivers for Windows 2008. I'm using Intel centrino n advanced 6250

Can you pls help me in getting drivers for that

re: Lenovo ThinkPad W520 - mini review

Keith Combs — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:10:34 GMT

@Beto,

Yes. Two monitors is the maximum number possible though.

re: Lenovo ThinkPad W520 - mini review

Beto — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:57:00 GMT

Just to clarify and ask, because it has been mentioned in several posts: You are able to run two external Monitors with the W520 over the Dock which is powered by the 135Watts Adapter, right?

re: Lenovo ThinkPad W520 - mini review

Keith Combs — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 07:26:58 GMT

@adam

I really don't use the trackpad much. I am a mouse user.

@Maniruzzaman

I believe the keyboard layout is determined by language and locale. The en-us keyboard certainly had the rectangular key.

@Ed Schreibman

You might check into the Matro TripleHead2Go product.

@Surendra

Have you ever used RAID before? I personally have no need for it at this time. Regarding the SSD question, yes, you can purchase a SSD drive later. You will of course have to install the OS, apps and data either from scratch (recommended) or from a backup.

re: Lenovo ThinkPad W520 - mini review

Surendra — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 13:53:56 GMT

1. Is it advised to for Internal RAID or choose optical drive without RAID

2. I ordered HDD 7200RPM, Can i upgrade to SSD and boot from SSD in future?

re: Lenovo ThinkPad W520 - mini review

Dave — Mon, 30 May 2011 06:57:13 GMT

Thanks for that nice review - I'll perhaps buy a W520, too. My T61p ist getting old :)