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PRODUCT REVIEW: Lenovo ThinkPad W520 mobile workstation

The Lenovo ThinkPad W520 (428426M) is a 15.6-inch workstation laptop that's designed for users who want fast performance for graphics, video, design or programming work. It has a typically squarish design and a lot of high-end features — including a 15.6-inch, Full HD screen and inbuilt colour calibration. It is an expensive investment, but if you need a powerful and well-built laptop with which to make your money then this might not be a hurdle for you.

Specifications and performance

While the ThinkPad W520 is available in different configurations, we looked at the 428426M, which is kitted with a Second Generation Intel Core i7-2620M CPU, a Full HD (1920x1080) LED-backlit screen, NVIDIA Quadro 1000M graphics (with 2GB RAM and Optimus switching technology), 4GB of 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (it supports up to 16GB) and a 500GB, 3Gbps, 7200rpm hard drive. Initially, this configuration didn't perform well at all in our tests and the machine delivered speeds that were under half what we expected. Changing power profiles didn't make things run quicker, but disabling and re-enabling Optimus graphics seemed to do the trick.

The ThinkPad W520's Core i7-2620M runs at 2.7GHz, and it has two cores and Hyper-Threading. It helped the laptop to a time of 38sec in our Blender 3D test (using four threads) and 46sec in our iTunes MP3 encoding test. Both of these times are slower than the Dell Vostro 3550, which we're comparing here because it uses the same CPU, but this doesn't mean that the W520 is sluggish. It was only 1sec slower than the Dell in Blender and 2sec slower in iTunes. However, the ThinkPad posted a much better time in our video transcoding test. Using AutoGordianKnot, our test DVD file was turned into a 1.45GB Xvid file in only 46min. This is 5min better than what the Dell achieved in the same test.

In our hard drive transfer test, in which we copy 2.12GB worth of 2-50MB files from one location on the hard drive to another, the 7200rpm hard drive recorded a rate of 31.64 megabytes per second. This isn't the fastest rate we've seen from a single 7200rpm, 500GB drive, but anything over 30MBps is generally a good result in this test. The hard drive is mounted in rubber dampers and it's monitored by a motion sensor, which parks the heads when it detects excessive movement. You can order the ThinkPad with a 160GB Intel SSD instead, which will boost the performance of the laptop, eliminate drive noise, as well as slightly reduce its heat and weight — but you'll have to fork over an extra $480. The ThinkPad W250's NVIDIA Quadro 1000M graphics adapter has 2GB of GDDR5 RAM and it recorded a score of 8299 in 3DMark06. This shows that it has plenty of guts when it comes to processing real-time 3D graphics, but it's not designed for gaming. It's designed to accelerate design and graphics applications such as AutoCAD, Photoshop and 3dsMAX. A full list of certified applications can be found on NVIDIA 's Web site.

Common DVD Driver Problems and Easy Solution ... - External Dvd Writer

There is always a good feeling when you have your old CD-ROM for a new DVD player for your team. Now not only one unit of capacity is much higher, which are also capable of all the new DVD games, DVD movies and other content storage capacity of 4 GB have more reduced to enjoy. If you buy a good drive, you can take advantage of DVD-RAM and DVD Double Layer, offers twice the capacity than the standard, single-layer disc. There are many manufacturers to choose from, and very few in the market between price and performance.

You will find that the DVD is quite affordable compared to prices a few years ago. The general advice is not only more expensive with an internal hard drive as an external hard drive stick, but tend to be more problems, which give not survive especially for use in the environment. But the choice is yours, of course, especially if you're a PC tower with no more free drive bays for loading DVD drive, or need a backup drive to make the different content at the same time, or backup on DVD or CD and burns.

In any case, whatever you choose, you can not always be a structure, the other can sail smoothly. Installing a DVD drive is very simple, all that is required of you to connect the data cable (IDE or SATA) and the key to the power switch on the PC.

Once done, your computer should automatically recognize the disc and the light comes on. For blocks, which is not really a problem, but for the most advanced solutions, you may be prompted to install a Windows driver to use other features that you may have to be supported. This is especially true for the fastest DVD burner and DVD players that are capable of multi-function remote control and infrared. The most common problems that often things like device drivers not signed by Windows or Windows does not recognize the controller or the file can not be installed. The problem could also be the fact that the DVD will not work and the hardware profile that could give the yellow exclamation mark, indicating that the drivers for the DVD in conflict with a port or other device.

These are just some of the most common and usually there is no single universal solution to all this and will relieve you of your DVD. The universal solution is quite simple: go to the manufacturer's website, select your model and download the latest drivers. If the problem persists, please contact the manufacturer or the appearance of Windows support forum on their website, there is usually a solution of you in the loop, get things in order. Here are some common problems with DVD players, and simple solutions to solve them.

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