Huh, is that so? Well that's good to know. I wasn't really sure about that. My TP Helix 1st Gen just died and it's the perfect excuse to get a new laptop. I never did like the thing. Was either this or an X230 I found, they're both the same price.
Core/thread count matters more now than frequency. Both CPUs are 2 cores/4 threads, a 300MHz frequency difference is not going to make any significant difference. The weaker i5 will actually probably have slightly better power consumption.
Alrighty, noted. I'll be getting that one then, thanks a bunch.
No problem, enjoy your computer!
I remember hope so! I miss my T61p. The faulty GPU killed it years ago. It's good to get a proper thinkpad again.
pourin one out for the fallen
I still have it too. And a T60 somewhere, I think. Was thinking about selling them as parts. Get some money back at least.
YOOOOO THIS AINT A THINKPAD BUT I GOTCHU
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gpd-micropc-6-inch-handheld-industry-laptop#/
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/337897/1cc728ed-421f-4ab2-9f83-0565f5ae4b7e/image.png
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/337897/26f0c284-cdaf-4b35-b7ef-3932e7a24948/image.png
(I know no workplace would buy one of these for this role but I must shill GPD at any available opportunity.)
who thought this product was a good idea
Think about it, a tiny full windows or Linux x64 pc in your pocket with real ports. You can use it with legacy equipment, or to check connections around a network without having to carry a whole laptop. It’s great for roaming techs
my hands hurt just looking at the keyboard
I want one now that looks kinda awesome actually
help
i disassembled my t420s to repaste it and now the touchpad doesn't work
how many ribbons should I have snapped back in? it only looked like one coming from the touchpad, and device manager sees a 'synaptics pointing device'.
Looked at the t420s palmrests and it seems like there are two versions of it? One with a lego connector for the touchpad and one with a ribbon connector. Look if you have a fingerprint reader. If yes, you should have two ribbon connectors or one ribbon with one lego connector
http://i.heykidwannayiff.com/chrome_2019-04-02_22-28-38.png
"Synaptics pointing device" can also be the clit mouse.
First try doing FN+F8 if you just did not disable the touchpad by mistake and then I'd try reseating the ribbon.
thanks
I just powered the laptop on and off and reseated the ribbon like 5 times and the 5th time windows found it.
thought id zapped it.
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/1809/a37e5805-672c-4533-ab15-4a889c1dedb3/24B3E211-0C58-4A8E-B5B4-E8D62D0FEB28.jpeg
Made sure everything was dry, out it back together and gave it a dry.
dead.
im a bit disappointed really. I didn't have high hopes initially but after seeing how much I could take it apart, how well I dried it off and then left it for a week, I was genuinely expecting it to be saved.
I've seen less user-serviceable laptops survive after a week of drying.
I've got two guess, first is that water probably got under the dielectric tape on the mobo and left residue while drying. The water under there probably dried a whole lot slower than the rest of it. If that was the case, the laptop is probably 100% zapped now after I applied power to it during the switch on.
Second guess is actually that I broke the connector for the DC socket when I was pulling it out.
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that white bit there under the tape. When I was initially disconnecting it, I thought it pulled out upwards instead of sideways and I ended up pulling the jacket away from the board a bit.
Oh well. I'll see if I can hawk a £20 mobo off eBay and see if that resurrects it.
That thing looks like crap why do you like it so much
So, update on the drowned T430. I managed to hawk a working mobo off eBay for £15.
Assembled it all back together, plugged in the power cable. I got the battery light to flash a few times as it does, and I thought oh great, it's fixed. Try power it on, and the power button flashes when I press it, then goes off. PC doesn't boot.
Anyone have any ideas at all? I read online that a few people have had this problem after fixed spill damaged laptops and the keyboard was the culprit, so I've bought a working used one for another £15.
The only other problem I read about is screwing the wrong screws in the wrong holes when reassembling it. I don't think I've done this (apart from the single screw just above the docking connector, no idea what goes in there, the three types I tried wouldn't screw flush). I have however ended up with 4 screws leftover after reassembly. One is the shiny flathead to the left of the windows key sticker. The hole doesn't line up for some reason.
The other 3, no idea, but nothing seems loose/no shaking noises.
Are you plugging it into AC without the battery in? If not, try that.
Yeah, I haven’t reinserted the battery since I got ahold of the laptop. Assumed it would only cause problems and I’ll just buy a new one if I get it working.
I treated myself to something nice with my tax refund and bought a T480 directly from Lenovo. The screens on my other machines just weren't cutting it anymore and I wanted to watch HD content without the 45nm chips turning into plasma.
https://i.imgur.com/v2X5kGZ.jpg
And after sticking an extra 16GB in there up from the stock 8 just a few minutes ago (bringing it up to 24GB), I can say for sure that 8 just doesn't cut it anymore. The OS truly has room to stretch its legs and it's a whole lot faster now that it doesn't have to constantly swap page file space, even on its NVMe SSD.
One thing that annoys me though is something that I believe thinkpads have been doing since the T420, or at least mine did. In a desperate and draconian attempt to reduce ambient noise while silent, while playing audio through the headphone jack, the driver basically shuts completely off until something is trying to play. This results in the audio being cut off for about a second and a half while the driver "boots" back up. The T420 did something similar but not to such an extent. My T400 doesn't do it at all. I'm hoping it'll be fixed in a future update.
Also, every source online that I found claimed that the T480 took DDR4 2400mhz, but when I cracked it open, I found a 2666 stick in there. I'm not sure if it was downclocking before or what, but it sure as hell is now.
Have there been any battery rebuilding guides yet for x6x and x20x series? maybe even t4xx?
I'm... considering upgrading my T430 now that I've seen how cheap the T460 resells for....
I feel like I'm committing a heretical act by just thinking about it, but Firefox's hardware acceleration just makes the Sandy Bridge iGPU so toasty and it chews through a 9-cell battery in just 6 hours or so.
I rebuilt my X230's 44+ battery using a newer 6-cell pack from a donor, but didn't take photos that would do it justice and also it ended up looking like a bomb.
https://i.imgur.com/725fpcM.png
After prying the thing open (which isn't easy because the tabs are in three layers, and a spudger straight-up can't unlatch them so you just gotta use some force) I set my donor batteries (a set of 3x2 cells from another laptop battery) on top of the originals, and soldered their wires to the PCB directly. Left them overnight to let the voltages 'level out' and then cut the tabs of the original batteries away. This is important: you can't let the PCB lose power or apparently it'll lock up and refuse to charge/provide power.
Apparently I used the wrong chemistry 18650s (max. rated to 4.20 instead of 4.30v) but I left it so it charges to 85% to avoid any possible strain, and it's worked fine ever since. Gave me a couple extra hours of battery life for free.
If I did it again I'd use the same method, but would probably use thinner wire (or flat tabs from the donor), solder it better, and measure it to length because there's really no room to cram wire inside the casing.
How the hell did you put it back together? I hear that it's pretty hard to do.
I think the toughest part of it was taking it apart without breaking it, especially the bit that covers the PCB. If you can split it without bending it beyond repair, the halves go right back together, and a drop of superglue or two replace whatever clips you mangled in the process.
There are a bunch of videos online for disassembling laptop batteries, most involve a ton of prying with spudgers and sometimes running a blade through the gap to cut the clips.
there's a thinkpad x1 carbon 6th gen on sale for $1200 at costco and I'm not sure if it's a good deal.
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just stoked because i've never seen thinkpads there before, and the x1 can be hackintoshed. ram is soldered i think, and battery replacement is a bitch compared to others.
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