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What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
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.
T61 14.1" wide 7664-19G
Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
Whoa!
Amazing pics and disassembling job.
Amazing pics and disassembling job.
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
Now let's see a shot of it completely re-assembled.
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
nice photo's.....
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
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?
Where did all the screws go?
Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
It really isn't, I cleared that table and spread the pieces (yes, extra carefully ) for the photo. This is my actual workbench at the time: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)
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.
T61 14.1" wide 7664-19G
Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
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.Vempele wrote:Where did all the screws go?
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
When it comes to screws, the HMM is your best friend!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.
...although I did find one or two mistakes on it about the type of screw to use.
T61 14.1" wide 7664-19G
Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
Very informative thanks....
Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
Awesome pics,
If I only I could have some of this organization when I dissasemble any of my thinkpads ...
If I only I could have some of this organization when I dissasemble any of my thinkpads ...
a w520, a couple of T60@T61, a affs modded x201 and some other older stuff.
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
Since it's disassembled, are you going to upgrade the CPU?
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
Great pics....absolutely great
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
Very good photos, you're skilled!
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
Thanks very much for sharing.
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
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.
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
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....
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
awesome!
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
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.
P.S. You might have gone a bit overboard on the cleaning.
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
Wow! Really great photos!
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
Beautiful internal photos! wow!
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
This is boss! Is that a widescreen btw?
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
Yes, it's a widescreen model.
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
Great pictures, wap32 and great job disassembling your T61. Thanks for sharing it.
I wouldlead_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....
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Re: What's inside a ThinkPad T61?
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.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....
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.
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Sold: T61 8892-02U sxga T7500
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Daily: P50 20EQS12M00 UHD i7 6820HQ
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