Sold it as it was. The WLAN card was garbage.

TPFanatic wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 07, 2025 10:41 am

R60 has a different case than T60, a W500 heatsink wont fit.

I didn't know that! Good point!

Thank you very much! This is exactly what I was looking for. Now I will try to acquire one of these heatsinks, once I do so and everything is in order, I will share how it look like to the community :) Best regards Go for the W500 heatsink, the ATI GPUs run very hot (65-70 celsius). With the W500 H...

This is a rare subject. I tried to transplant a T61 14" widescreen heatsink to another T61 14" widescreen (one had the T7250 and the other T7300 CPU) and they didn't fit. I had to remove the fan from the assembly and replace the one in the other assembly.

Is your thermal paste in good shape? Does your heatsink make effective contact with the die? Maybe is a thermal issue activating the protections, but i can be wrong.

I don't think the RAM and SSD could be a problem with your thermal issues. I would clean heatsink and fan(Separate the fan from the heatsink assembly and make sure that there is nothing blocking the output), remove old thermal paste and repaste if I were you. My experience with messing with the fan...

I'm trying to do the exact same thing as you. I have a refurbished T42 that I reinstalled the factory XP image with all the IBM goodies, now I'm trying to install 98SE on it in a dual boot configuration. Since neither XP nor Win98 setup seem able to split existing partitions, I used a third-party t...

I don't think the RAM and SSD could be a problem with your thermal issues. I would clean heatsink and fan(Separate the fan from the heatsink assembly and make sure that there is nothing blocking the output), remove old thermal paste and repaste if I were you.

Meanwhile I managed to secure that Reserve Edition 8 cell battery, and managed to open mine up, recell it, and tested it fully working on a X61s. I've detailed it with loads of pics on a reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/1m722ei/i_took_my_newly_overhauled_x61s_to_coffee_with/ ...

Is there a way to remove the whitelist of the E430? I searched for a modified BIOS but haven't found any. Does someone has an alternate BIOS that i can use? I want to update the wifi card but it won't boot with it.

solidpro wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 20, 2025 8:48 am

And Time
Goes By
So Slowly
I've hungered for...
your pics.

Sorry for the delay, solidpro. My IP must be blocked or something like that, i discovered today that I can connect to the forum through a VPN

It's not that tidy, but it worked.

solidpro wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 15, 2025 10:37 am

Any pics of exactly what you did? I tried the resistor method and it did absolutely nothing.

No problem, i'll upload a pic in 2 or 3 hours when i get home. You have to be careful not to bridge the pins.

Thanks! I'll check It out!

I want to know what laptops can i use to take the 14.1 panel out to replace the one on my T21 laptop. It's a 14.1.XGA panel that is dead, but the laptop is Alive after a resistance soldering. Any suggestions?

Gonzaleitor wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 09, 2025 9:55 pm

Sorry to necro this. But did you try the resistance soldering to the ADP 3421 chip?

I soldered the 2.2 kOhm resistor to the adp3421 chip and now the laptop works. Only need a compatible TN panel.

Ok I worked out this is known as BOD. I've ordered some of these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153217409983 because it seems that either a 2k resistor or a new chip would be in order.... My question is, should I also try the 2kohm resistor between pins 24 and 16 instead of replacing the chip, or just ...

OK, I am confused. I have both a 14" and a 15" keyboard. Held them up side by side and none of the posts under the mouse buttons at the bottom line up. You'd have to remove at least two posts at the bottom and not have it secured at the bottom at all to fit a 14" KB into a 15" case. It's hard to te...

I found talk online about a fn/ctrl swap, but the files are down. Does someone has the files? Also, does this BIOS remove the Wifi card whitelist?

Maybe your adapter is just not compatible with your T43. Thats an ide to mSATA adapter, not an M2.

I have an IDE to M2 adapter and works great. You got lucky then. There are reports of IDE to M.2 or mSATA adapters working fine on the T43 (and similar models), but AFAIK the problematic ones are more common. Some forum members have speculated that having the same bridge chip on both the IDE port a...

I have an IDE to M2 adapter and works great. Did you try another way of installing the OS? What OS are you trying to install?
The SSD i'm using is a M2 SATA, not an NVME.

Is this BIOS only to remove the whitelist or can you also swap fn and ctrl keys? I checked Config -> Keyboard/Mouse in the BIOS and it isn't there, so probably not. If there's somewhere else I should be looking please tell me and I'll check. Also, that thing I said about longer boot times with the ...

Update: The 4:3 BIOS worked! This was actually my first BIOS flash ever, so I was really afraid of a brick. I haven't tried it with a new WiFi card since I need to buy one still, but I'm updated to 2.27 (I was on 1.09a previously) so it at least flashed. boot times are a little longer but there's e...

TPFanatic wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 04, 2025 9:06 pm

if your T60 is a 4:3 model, try this one: https://www.mediafire.com/file/vj7vdqd8 ... DOS%29.zip

best

Is this BIOS only to remove the whitelist or can you also swap fn and ctrl keys?

Does the nVidia quadro nvs 140m have 128 or 256mb of dedicated memory?

No problemo. I had the same problem as you and thought "what the hell?" and cut It. It worked.

I did it, You have to cut one of the stand offs (I don't remember wich one right now), it's pretty simple. If You do it carefully there shouldn't be any damage, just check wich one is the one in the way and cut it.

I recommend the IDE to M2 adapter. MSata drives are more expensive and harder to find than M2s.

Deep cleaning and Thermal compound replacement. If the laptop doesn't have a longfan invest in one, it can save your gpu.

I'm not trying to rain on your parade, but 430usd that will go up to 600 getting to my door is a tough sell.