Re: [Thinkpad] Sticky goo...

Goo Gone
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Vang" <xyzzy@teamprimerib.com>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 3:03 AM
Subject: [Thinkpad] Sticky goo...

> I got my new X24 in today... Whee!
>
> I thought my T23 was sweet, but this thing is a jewel...
>
> On all of my laptops I remove the Windows and Intel stickers from the
> palmrest... On my T23 they just popped right off because (I think) the
> plastic there is very hard... But on my X24 the palmrest is a
> rubbery-feeling plastic (which I like better) and they didn't pop off
> cleanly, so now I have a big pile of goo there...
>
> I used some tape to get most of it off, but some is left... I know
> butane or acetone will remove it, but I don't want to burn a hole in the
> palmrest... Any ideas?
>
> Also, I can't seem to update the embedded controller... I got the BIOS
> up to 1.32 but the embedded controller is stuck at 1.25 when it should
> be 1.30...
>
> http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-39806
>
> I run the updater and it shuts down like it is supposed to do, but it
> never changes anything...
>
> Finally, I expected the SpeedStep to operate at 733MHz, but I get
> 300/600/1133MHz (According to dmesg) when I set it to slow/medium/fast
> in the BIOS... Any thoughts about that?
>
> http://support.intel.com/support/processors/mobile/pentiumiii/tti004.htm
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike (Xyzzy)
>
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