Lenovo SL500 Thinkpad

Replace with a new battery.

Here are three options. Google it and get a good price.

http://www.laptopbatterystore.com/category/lenovo-thinkpad-sl500-batteries?source=google-Lenovo&gclid=CI2f8PmHy6oCFUHe4Aod0l6a0w

http://www.atbatt.com/laptop-batteries/b/hp.asp?gclid=COm1oP-Hy6oCFYHc4AodSRuEzg

http://www.batterynerds.com/servlet/-strse-86173/Lenovo-Thinkpad-SL500-Battery/Detail?zmam=55412609&zmas=1&zmac=1&zmap=IB12-2873

Hello,
If your LCD screen on your laptop is really dark and pressing the brightness function keys does not make it any better then you probably have a failing backlight. This pretty much means, time to either replace the screen altogether or buy a new laptop.
You can get screens off ebay for about $130
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=Lenovo+ThinkPad+SL500+lcd+screen&_sacat=0&_odkw=Lenovo+ThinkPad+SL500+lcd&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
Regards, Chris

The ThinkPad SL500 usually comes with a Core 2 Duo processor, which is a fairly powerful processor. You may also have chosen to buy a discrete graphics chip with the laptop (instead of using the Intel Integrated Graphics). System components like these generate a large amount of heat. It is the fans job to push this heat away from the precious system components. This is very difficult in a laptop, because the components are very compact, and the only way for heat to escape is through the sides (heat wants to rise). When doing processor or graphics intensive tasks (such as editing/encoding a video or watching a move in High Definition), the fan has to work near its maximum to keep the computer cool. While it may sound intimidating, the fan will never push itself to a breaking point unless there is a problem with its design, in which case Lenovo will pay to get you a replacement. Even if there is a problem, if the processor gets too hot, the computer will instantly shut itself down before any heat damage can be done to the components, and you will be certain that the laptop has faulty hardware.

Feel the side of the machine where the exhaust comes out; you should be able to touch it for a few seconds without burning yourself even while doing intensive tasks. If it is too hot to touch, you may want to contact Lenovo and see what they say.

Try to use the Lenovo Care buttons this way,

Turn off the pc completely
Use the Lenovo Care button situated just right beside the power button
Press and hold it for 5 seconds
If symptom persist, please call their tech support for possible repair of your pc..

your windows must have corrupted, u need to reinstall windows that came with the laptop to get it up & running again

on the right on the taskbar to the left of the speaker and power symbols you should see the letters EN if not your key board is set wrong. let me know how you get on.

Remove the CMOS battery and put it back to the Motherboard

Sometimes when the right click options do not work, you can revert to the old DOS command short cuts. I am unsure of the Fn + "F" key stroke to take a screen shot but the keyboard short cuts for copy, cut and paste are: copy is Ctrl + C, Cut is Ctrl + X, Paste is Ctrl + V

Pres F8 key before Windows starts and go to safe mode and uninstall latest windows updates.

Go the their webiste and make sure you have got all their latest updates.

Try turning the hybernation off and see if the screen behaves correctly when you close and open the laptop.

This can also indicate a motheroard problem. beware... it may stop working at all.. so if you have any data in it that you need, i would suggest purging it on DVDs. and backing up (otherwise you will pay couple hundreed bbucks later for recovery in case the computer deis).



For now, just trun off the hybernation and see if it works.