[I thought I'd already posted part of this but I can't find it anywhere including my drafts folder.]
The SSD seems to be working okay, I'm not feeling massively faster times but I haven't actually recorded any yet (I did record some common stuff from the 5400rpm like hibernating and de-hibernating which I'll use for comparison). I AM having trouble with the external monitors and I'm wondering if it's likely the new system board that Lenovo provided, or if it could be the way I cloned the drive or something else. I have two setups in different places. One is two monitors connected directly to the computer, one's a 17" 4:3 (VGA) and the other's a 22" 16:10 (DP). The other setup is an Ultrabase with two Dell U2410 24" 16:10s (VGA+DP). I did the clone at the 17"+22" location. Here's what's happened so far: When I first powered up with the SSD, I got a message to the effect of "installing M4 drivers" which I figured was for the SSD. I had strange results with the two displays, I don't recall exactly what it was but I attributed it to changing the drive. I may have notes somewhere. Eventually I got it working right as an extended desktop across the two externals and it seemed okay. A couple of times I brought it out of standby or hibernate and didn't have an image on both monitors. I have vague notes somewhere and should have documented that better. I'll dig them out or re-test if necessary, but my experience at the 2nd location may be more instructive. Then I shut down completely and moved the X220 to the other office. Dropped it in the Ultrabase, powered up, and got the perfect extended desktop across the two monitors (didn't have to tweak it, I guess it remembered 3840x1200). That's my recollection anyway. I used the computer that night and went to bed. In the morning both displays had the power button lit amber (blue for on, blank for off, amber for standby). I guess it had gone to sleep or maybe even just blanked the screen. I swiped the touchpad or tapped the keyboard and it came awake. External #1 (VGA) stayed button-amber with no display, though it appears the backlight is lit. External #2 (DP) woke up and displayed the right half of the desktop (just the wallpaper). The internal display stayed blank. I right-clicked on External #2 and got the Graphics Properties. Still said Extended Desktop (VGA+DP). Changed to Single External and DP only, then applied, and I've got the desktop (icons, start bar, etc.) on what was External #2. Meanwhile External #1 is apparently still backlit, still amber power button, does nothing if I tap the power button. I assume if I make it External #1 only I'll lose all control, and I'm afraid to do that. I think it may also have given weird behaviour when I've hibernated and taken out of hibernation. I expect that if I shut down completely, then power up, I may be able to get 2 displays, but I haven't tried yet. So what I'm wondering is if this is likely the system board. Probably not the VGA connector, since it (something weird) has happened both connected directly and with a standing Ultrabase connection. Or might it be the SSD somehow, either defective or in the cloning? One is a call to Lenovo, the other is put in the old HD. Thanks! -- Andrew mailto:aweb...@wwwebbers.com Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 3:19:37 PM, you wrote: > In the end I went with a 256GB Crucial M4 (and Crucial confirmed > D1=7mm, D2=9mm). I also bought an Apricorn cable and CD kit, instead > of the USB 2.0 ($19-$5MIR) I went with the USB 3.0 ($30-$10MIR). > I don't know if the cloning software checks for an Apricorn cable, if > not I guess any cheap direct-from-HK cable would work. I take your > point about the Ultrabase, but I had a limited window to get something > shipped to US and brought home, so I went this way. Since I'm only > doing the clone now it may not have been worth it but I hoped to get > to it sooner. It took about 45min to clone (not validation) using the > USB 3.0 cable. > I think the Crucial M4 has a 3yr warranty and I'm hoping that's > enough. We do keep our machines a long time, but OTOH it may get > bumped up to 512GB in a couple of years. I have to admit I was tempted > by the 1TB HD that Crucial kept presenting for $129. :) > Thanks again. _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list Thinkpad@stderr.org http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
