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What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:07 am
by wap32
I was changing a few parts in my T61 and decided to give it a clean, so I followed the HMM all the way through.

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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:39 am
by dr_st
Whoa! :eek:

Amazing pics and disassembling job. :bow:

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:24 pm
by goofyGAguy
Now let's see a shot of it completely re-assembled. :lol:

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:26 pm
by SaberX
nice photo's..... :thumbs-UP:

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:19 pm
by mgo
Gee, that can't be your actual workbench. The wood is beautiful and not scratched or gouged. I bet you were extra careful laying out all those parts for the photo shoot. I detect the signature of a meticulous workman. (meant as a compliment, of course)

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:44 am
by Vempele
Where did all the screws go? :)

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:04 am
by wap32
mgo wrote:Gee, that can't be your actual workbench. The wood is beautiful and not scratched or gouged. I bet you were extra careful laying out all those parts for the photo shoot. I detect the signature of a meticulous workman. (meant as a compliment, of course)
It really isn't, I cleared that table and spread the pieces (yes, extra carefully :lol:) for the photo. This is my actual workbench at the time:

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Meticulous? Perhaps so (I appreciate the compliment), but only in relation to the work in hand, not with the surroundings, as you can see by the mess above.
Whenever any soldering work is done, my table turns into an amalgamation of tools, wires and electrical components, none of this affecting the quality of the work itself. I guess by concentrating on one thing, I lose track of everything else.

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:42 pm
by lifrancis
Vempele wrote:Where did all the screws go? :)
I believe that screws, once taken off, breed like rabbits. Last time I did a job like this, I ended up with 5 or 6 extra screws.

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:05 pm
by wap32
lifrancis wrote:
I believe that screws, once taken off, breed like rabbits. Last time I did a job like this, I ended up with 5 or 6 extra screws.
When it comes to screws, the HMM is your best friend!
...although I did find one or two mistakes on it about the type of screw to use.

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:26 am
by nxman
Very informative thanks....

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:34 am
by obarriel
Awesome pics,

If I only I could have some of this organization when I dissasemble any of my thinkpads :roll: ...

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 5:03 pm
by Synthetickiller
Since it's disassembled, are you going to upgrade the CPU? :D

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:29 pm
by dorronto
Great pics....absolutely great :thumbs-UP:

Ron

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:05 am
by marYn
Very good photos, you're skilled!

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:35 pm
by sir_synthsalot
Nice pics!

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 1:48 am
by Radioguy
Thanks very much for sharing. :)

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:38 pm
by Danoc
:eek:

Congrat'

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:28 am
by ParatoOptimal
Great work/pics! I have the same table. Not the table with the parts laid out on it but the table in the pic of your work station with the black mat. I refinished mine with the same color stain/poly you used to refinish yours in my attempt to match the original with what colors were available. My table came into my family in 1942.

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:23 am
by lead_org
awesome photo and disassembling job.... i would never attempt something like this on a working laptop of mine, since i would probably end up not able to put everything back together again....

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:33 pm
by Delmarco
awesome!

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:43 pm
by underclocker
Fantastic pictures. My fingers turn raw just thinking about the disassembly and reassembly job. Don't forget to discharge any static electricity before the reassembly. Thanks for sharing!

P.S. You might have gone a bit overboard on the cleaning.

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:08 pm
by t140568
Wow! Really great photos! :thumbs-UP:

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:19 am
by marcham93
Beautiful internal photos! wow! :thumbs-UP:

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:38 pm
by Delmarco
This is boss! Is that a widescreen btw?

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:02 pm
by Temetka
Yes, it's a widescreen model.

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:10 am
by thePCxp
Great pictures, wap32 and great job disassembling your T61. Thanks for sharing it.
lead_org wrote:.... i would never attempt something like this on a working laptop of mine, since i would probably end up not able to put everything back together again....
I would :)

Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:49 pm
by Delmarco
lead_org wrote:awesome photo and disassembling job.... i would never attempt something like this on a working laptop of mine, since i would probably end up not able to put everything back together again....
It is actually not hard at all. Only tricky part was forgetting the one flat screw on the bottom by the battery. Also making sure the wiring for the lid and wifi card don't get caught in anything as you put it all back.

Total dis-assmbly time takes about 10 to 20 minutes for someone who has done it before or 1 hour if it is your first time.