ThinkPad UltraSlim USB DVD Burner

Since the computer does not have built-in DVD reader/writer, Hans get an external drive connected via USB 3.0.

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ThinkPad Ultra Dock - 90W

When the laptop is used in the home, Hans prefer to connect it to peripherals via a docking station, therefor this one is selected.

• 3× USB 2.0, one supports always-on USB charging
• 3× USB 3.0
• 10/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
• 2× DisplayPort 1.2
• 1× DVI-D
• 1× VGA*
• 1× Stereo/Mic Combo Audio Port

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Extended warranty

Hans extends the warranty to 5 years.

Sales Order:  4249574507
Item no.:     20
Machine type: 20HF
Serial no.:   PC0N1ZV8
Part no.:     5WS0A22893
Description:  Warranty 5YR Onsite
Service start date: 20170714
Service end date:   20220713

Aten 2-Port USB Cable KVM Switch

In order to use the old computer parallell with the new computer for a limited time Hans buys a KVM switch 2017-07-22 from Kjell for SEK 400. Thereby he can use the large keyboard, mouse and monitor for both computers

Image courtesy: Aten

Ergonomic mouse

The old mouse is OK, but when Hans test this gaming mouse he just wants it. It is on sale at Kjell for 250 SEK. The mouse buttons and scroll wheel are very light to operate.

Image courtesy: Kjell

2018 January: Adding new external display

Hans has used the Dell screen for a decade now. It is time to connnect the Lenovo to an external diplay. Hans wants 16:10 ratio and integrated speaker. The 24 inch Philips Brilliance 240B7QPJEB fits perfectly. The display offers an aspect ratio of 1920 x 1200 pixels compared to the old Dell with 1600 x 1200 pixels. The display is bought 2018-01-06 from Dustin for 2190 SEK.

Image courtesy: Philips

2018 January: Adding new external keyboard

Hans has used an Microsoft Natuaral keyboard for a decade now. It is time to replace it with a newer one. The Microsoft Natural Ergonomic keyboard 4000 is bought 2018-01-06 from Dustin for 514 SEK.

Image courtesy: Microsoft

2018 January: Adding a 5 TB external hard disk

To make long time storage of files a 2,5" Seagate Backup Plus Portable 5TB hard disk is bought 2018-01-06 from Dustin for 1648 SEK. Model number: STDR5000103. The disk is stored in a bank safey box.

Image courtesy: Seagate

Health check, January 2018

Lenovo has a built in Lenovo Vantage hardware health check that is activated. All items passed.

Health check, August 2018

All items passed.

2022 January: Adding a 2 TB external SSD disk

To make quick backup of files a Samsung Portable SSD T7, 2 TB SSD disk is bought 2022-01-13 from Dustin for 3035 SEK. The disk is encrypted AES 256-bit and stored in a bank safey box.

Image courtesy: Samsung

2019 July: End of life

Hans did not get the unit working as expected. The unit is given to a friend that is familiar with Raspberry.

2014 January: Adding an external hard disk

To make long time storage of media files a 2,5" Western Digital My Passport Ultra 2TB hard disk is bought (1195 SEK). Model: WDBBUZ0020BRD. The disk is stored in a bank safey box.

Image courtesy: Western Digital

End-of-life: 2019-07-09, formatted and given away.

2015 February: Adding an external hard disk

For backup reasons a 2,5" Western Digital My Passport Ultra Metal Edition 2TB hard disk is bought 2015-02-15 from the mail order company Dustin for 1399 SEK. Model name: WDBEZW0020BSL. The disk is stored in a bank safey box.

Image courtesy: Western Digital

End-of-life: 2019-07-15, formatted and given away.

2019 January: Replacing hard disks with SSD

Up to now Hans has got two media computer. The old Dell and this HP. The photos and videos has been split on the two computers. From now on Hans wants to use this computer as his main media computer containing photos and videos. One reason is that the old Dell is running on Windows Vista, a now longer supported operating system since 2017. Therefore the new media computer needs more hard disk space and also speed. The SSD disks Samsung 860 Evo 1000GB 2.5" Serial ATA-600, are bought from Dustin 2018-12-30 for SEK 1699.

Hans clones the 2 rotating 750 GB Hitachi (HGST) disks to 2 Samsung SSD disks using Apricorn EZ Gig IV Cloning Software. The switch is made 2019-01-09.

2019 July: Upgrading 1 TB SSD to 2 TB SSD

Hans discovers that he needs some additional houndred Gigabyte in order to store all videos on the computer. One of the 1 TB SSD disks are therefore replaced by a 2 TB Samsung 860 Evo bought from Dustin 2019-07-08 for SEK 3677.

Hans clones the existing SSD disk using Apricorn EZ Gig IV Cloning Software. The switch is made 2019-07-09.

2019 July: Adding encrypted backup disks

Hans wants to use only encrypted backup disks. Therefore, two 4 TB external disks are bought from Dustin for 2×1295 SEK. The disk has 256-bit AES hardware encryption. The encryption can probably be cracked but that is no issue considering the photos and videos stored on the disks.

USB to serial interface

Since the computer does not have a serial interface port, and some old SI-readers have this, Hans gets an inteface cable with software from Clas Ohlson.

2007: Backup disks

For backup Hans buys 2 Seagate FreeAgent Desktop, 500 MB. The disks are 3,5" and are powered by external adapter.

End of life: 2019-06-30. The disks are still functioning but they are 12 years old and Hans destroys them before leaving them for recycling.

2007 Xxxxx: Upgrade of internal HD

To simplify storage of photos the internal 2.5" HD was replaced by a 200 GB Seagate disk.

2008 August: Upgrade of internal RAM

An additional 1 GB of SO-DIMM 667 MHz DDR2 memory was only 350 SEK at this time, compared to 1500 SEK when the computer was bought.

2011 October: Upgraded the hard disk

The existing hard disk, from 2007 was full so a new disk was needed. SEAGATE MOMENTUS 7200.4 2.5" 500GB 7200RPM SATA/300 G-FORCE. The old disk was cloned with Acronics True Image Home 2011, using an Ace Azure external cabinet for 2.5" SATA disks, connected via USB 2.0. The cloning took just a couple of hours. SEK 625.

The old disk is destroyed 2019-06-26.

2013 March: Upgraded the hard disk to SSD

The existing hard disk, from 2011 is still functioning and only 50% full, but Hans wants to improve the speed of the computer. He choses a 500 GB Samsung 840 SSD SATA/600 TLC. The old disk is cloned with Acronics True Image Home 2011, using a Deltaco external cabinet for 2.5" SATA disks, connected via USB 2.0. The cloning takes just a couple of hours. SEK 2649 at Dustin.
Status 2013-03-28

2014-12-29: Hans checks the status of the disk using CrystalDiskInfo 5.5.1. The disk has written 3.6 TB so far and the Wear Leveling Count is 98 meaning it has used 2% of its expected life time.

2015-08-16: Hans checks the status again. The disk has written 4.5 TB so far and the Wear Leveling Count is 97 meaning it has used 3% of its expected life time.

2015 November: Memory module 64 GB

Hans buys two 64 GB USB memory sticks SDCZ48-064G-U46 for backup purposes. Sandisk Ultra USB 3.0 Flash Drive.

Bought 2015-11-27 from Kjell & Co, Västerås for 399 SEK/each.

2016-07-28: Norton scan

Hans let Norton scan all 2,452,009 files on the computer.

2016 August: Adding an external hard disk

To make long time storage of both images and data a black 2,5" Western Digital My Passport Ultra II 3TB hard disk is bought from Dustin 2016-08-28 for 1567 SEK. The disk is stored in a bank safey box.

2017 July: End of life

Hans has not used the computer for some years and decide to recycle it. Before going to "Återbruket" he switch on the computer. The BIOS settings is shown because the internal RTC battery is flat. The computer clock is reset to 2000-01-01 12:00.

Besides from the time setting the 17 year old computer works as expected.

2001: External camera

Philips model PCVC740K with USB connection to the computer.

Price: xxx SEK from xx.

Image courtesy: Philips

End-of-life: 2020-01-02, left for recycling.

2004 Xxxx: HD for backup

External 120 GB hard disk LaCie d2 HD 120 with Firewire for making backup image of the hard disk. A complete backup to image file takes about 2 hours.

The disk has firewire interface IEEE 1394 only. Therefore it can not be used with any of Hans' newer computers.

End-of-life: 2019-07-11. The disk has been stored in a box for 15 years. Now Hans checks it and transfer some files to the current computer. Thereafter he opens the disk, destroys the spinning 3,5 inch disk and leave if to Återbruket for recycling.

2004: External harddisk Freecom FHD-2 Pro

External Freecom 30 GB hard disk for making backup image of the hard disk.

Price: 1395 SEK from Dustin.

End-of-life: Scrapped 2016-07-31.

2004 August: Memory module

512 MB USB memory stick. Sandisk cruzer micro.

Price: 1116 SEK from Dustin.

2004 September: Fat USB 2.0

USB 2.0 PC-Card to improve the USB transfer speed.

2005 September: Upgrade of internal HD

80 GB internal hard disk 2.5" Seagate for replacement of the old 30 GB.

IDE, Ultra ATA/100, access time 12 ms, cache 8MB, 5400 RPM, 386 Mbits/sek, 23dB

2005 September: Hard disk box

Hard disk box with USB for the old HD. Procedure:
1. Put new 80 GB HD in box.
2. Clone computer's 30 GB disk to the new one using USB 1.0 (7 hours).
3. Move 80 GB into computer and old 30 GB into box.
Price for new HD: 1020 SEK from Dustin.

2007 April: Two external hard disks for backup

500 GB external hard disk 3.5" Seagate for backup.

• Quick guide

End-of-life: Left for recycling 2019-07-01 (disk B) and 2021-12-06 (disk A).

2019 July: End of life

Hans has not used the computer many years and recycle it, together with the accessories.

Besides from the time setting, the 23-year old computer works fine.

Telephone modem

Hans connect the computer to Internet via Telia dial-up modem and a PC-Card modem Powerbit K56flex, V34+, Pro.

End-of-life: 2019-07-12. The computer is scrapped and the modem goes with it. There is no possibility to connect to internet via dial-up modem year 2019. Telia closed down the service 20xx.

Iomega Jaz V1000Si 1 GB external drive

The computer has 3 GB hard disk and after some years this is not sufficient. Therefore, the computer is equipped with a SCSI Iomega Jaz drive with exchangeable disks.

End-of-life: 2019-07-12. The AC/DC adapter is not working and Hans has no SCSI-cable and the computer that was used with the drive is scrapped. Therefore, Hans leave the unit and 2 disks for recycling.

3,5" floppy disks

The computer has a disk drive for 3,5" floppy disk. The company Hans works at has disks with the company name, size 1.44 MB.

Carrying case

The carrying case for the computer is quite large with 10 compartements. The good thing is that it can hold the computer with all accessories together with extra LAN cables.

End-of-life: 2019-07-12. The case is too large for modern computers. Left for recycling.