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My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Happy for you have received your T50 and thanks for your truthfully comments.
Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Welcome to the forum!
Most of us have given up hope that we'll ever get to see these fascinating boards outside of mainland China.
I wish I indeed had received "my" T50, but I haven't. This review has been written using a fellow forum member's unit.aq5200 wrote:Happy for you have received your T50 and thanks for your truthfully comments.
Most of us have given up hope that we'll ever get to see these fascinating boards outside of mainland China.
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Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Hi Senior ThinkPadder,
I am really impressed to see that it´s indeed possible to combine a i5 CPU with a CCFL LCD. Since some time I am using an old T60 15" case with a T61 mainboard 42W7874/44C3926 Penryn. So I was able to combine an UXGA CCFL screen with a T9500 CPU. For me that was already quite a big step.
However I think that your version is even more impressive, precisely because a i5 CPU is used somehow together with an much older chip set as I understood it right!?
I won´t make any secret that I am strongly interested in receiving such a T50 main board if somehow possible. Please let me know if there´s any chance in purchasing it.
Thanks in advance.
petelaut
I am really impressed to see that it´s indeed possible to combine a i5 CPU with a CCFL LCD. Since some time I am using an old T60 15" case with a T61 mainboard 42W7874/44C3926 Penryn. So I was able to combine an UXGA CCFL screen with a T9500 CPU. For me that was already quite a big step.
However I think that your version is even more impressive, precisely because a i5 CPU is used somehow together with an much older chip set as I understood it right!?
I won´t make any secret that I am strongly interested in receiving such a T50 main board if somehow possible. Please let me know if there´s any chance in purchasing it.
Thanks in advance.
petelaut
Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Welcome to the forum!
No. The board in question was custom designed and produced by a team of hobbyists in China.petelaut wrote:However I think that your version is even more impressive, precisely because a i5 CPU is used somehow together with an much older chip set as I understood it right!?
Quite a very limited number of these boards (<100?) was produced and only a handful made their way out of mainland China. I'm afraid that the answer to this part of your question is "no".I won´t make any secret that I am strongly interested in receiving such a T50 main board if somehow possible. Please let me know if there´s any chance in purchasing it.
...Knowledge is a deadly friend when no one sets the rules...(King Crimson)
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Yes, that´s a pity.
Anyway thank you for quick reply!
However I think maybe we still need some more patience for it.
Main thing now, it´s clear that this convertion is definitely possible and I wouldn´t mind to pay for the necessary costs!
So please let me/us know anytime about the possibility to get it anyhow!
Thanks a lot!
Thomas
Anyway thank you for quick reply!
However I think maybe we still need some more patience for it.
Main thing now, it´s clear that this convertion is definitely possible and I wouldn´t mind to pay for the necessary costs!
So please let me/us know anytime about the possibility to get it anyhow!
Thanks a lot!
Thomas
Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
there are still a few patiently waiting for a T50 to become available.
Lophiomys
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Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Curious, what ever happened to the development of the t70 boards for the t6x?
Current Thinkpads: W530 (functional classic keyboard mod), X301, T61, T60, T43, A31p, T23, 600X, 770
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Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
About a year ago, a Thinkpad enthusiast in China had about 100 of the T50 boards made and that was it. Very few left China, and your chances of finding one for sale are slim to none.
Four 15" T61 Frankenpads collecting dust and one X62 that sees no use, but X201 and X230 in service.
Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Personally, I don't see it happening. Several friends of mine were waiting for this opportunity to rejuvenate their T4x systems and are bitterly disappointed...lophiomys wrote:there are still a few patiently waiting for a T50 to become available.
Many of us would like to find out...unfortunately, Chinese is not one of the languages I read/speak at *any* level, and Google Translate makes me want to punch a hole in my screen so I gave up trying on to follow what's going on at 51nb...brchan wrote:Curious, what ever happened to the development of the t70 boards for the t6x?
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Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
How's your T50 project going? Have you managed to flash the BIOS yet? I have a ZIP drive which you can borrow in order to flash the BIOSajkula66 wrote:Personally, I don't see it happening. Several friends of mine were waiting for this opportunity to rejuvenate their T4x systems and are bitterly disappointed...
Many of us would like to find out...unfortunately, Chinese is not one of the languages I read/speak at *any* level, and Google Translate makes me want to punch a hole in my screen so I gave up trying on to follow what's going on at 51nb...
BTW currently there's no plan for what so called T70, but X62 is what they are trying to make
Chobits: W701ds i7-940|32G|FX3800m|Digitizer|Calibrator
Big ones: W701 top config T63p QX9300|8G|UXGA T61p dead, please go die as well nVIDIA
Small ones: X61sp P8800X61t SXGA X201 NIB
86 airplane models/ 27 ships/ 21 computers/ 300GB databases/ 0 girlfriend
It's always happier to live in lies and delusions.
Big ones: W701 top config T63p QX9300|8G|UXGA T61p dead, please go die as well nVIDIA
Small ones: X61sp P8800X61t SXGA X201 NIB
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Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Thanks for checking in, my generous friend...RMSMajestic wrote:How's your T50 project going? Have you managed to flash the BIOS yet? I have a ZIP drive which you can borrow in order to flash the BIOS
The BIOS has been flashed, and the system slapped together for initial testing and "teaser" pictures, as seen here: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=117010
Still waiting for a few bits and then I'll be presenting it in its full glory...
I'd be interested in T70 a lot more than in a X62, but am honestly just happy to be on my way to completing the T50 project...BTW currently there's no plan for what so called T70, but X62 is what they are trying to make
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Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Very nice! So what CPU did you use? i7 640m?
Chobits: W701ds i7-940|32G|FX3800m|Digitizer|Calibrator
Big ones: W701 top config T63p QX9300|8G|UXGA T61p dead, please go die as well nVIDIA
Small ones: X61sp P8800X61t SXGA X201 NIB
86 airplane models/ 27 ships/ 21 computers/ 300GB databases/ 0 girlfriend
It's always happier to live in lies and delusions.
Big ones: W701 top config T63p QX9300|8G|UXGA T61p dead, please go die as well nVIDIA
Small ones: X61sp P8800X61t SXGA X201 NIB
86 airplane models/ 27 ships/ 21 computers/ 300GB databases/ 0 girlfriend
It's always happier to live in lies and delusions.
Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Thank you.RMSMajestic wrote:Very nice!
I've played with a couple of different ones, but in the end i7 640M will go in there, I just haven't bought it yet.So what CPU did you use? i7 640m?
...Knowledge is a deadly friend when no one sets the rules...(King Crimson)
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Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
I noticed your wanted ad on NBR. This looks like your best shot: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i7-6 ... 487b5dd111ajkula66 wrote:I've played with a couple of different ones, but in the end i7 640M will go in there, I just haven't bought it yet.
Either that or keep a vigilant watch on Ebay to snag one for about $50.
If not that, the cheapest ones I can find on Taobao are a QS for $61 plus shipping: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a23 ... ii0md1e25a
Or a regular version for $67 plus shipping: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a23 ... ii0md1f037
Four 15" T61 Frankenpads collecting dust and one X62 that sees no use, but X201 and X230 in service.
Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
aq5200 is the top engineer of 51nb, he is the assembler of each T50 machineaq5200 wrote:Happy for you have received your T50 and thanks for your truthfully comments.
Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Kudos to aq5200...lazycat wrote: aq5200 is the top engineer of 51nb,
Almost...I have assembled my own...he is the assembler of each T50 machine
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Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
And the review of the system in question is now available here:ajkula66 wrote:
Almost...I have assembled my own...
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=117333
...Knowledge is a deadly friend when no one sets the rules...(King Crimson)
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Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Is it possible to adjust the settings in any way, to get a silent (and cool) laptop while having at least T61-like performance?ajkula66 wrote:
The fan is on most of the time, and it's not blowing out hot air so it's not a question of the machine getting hot, but of the embedded controller settings. If you're looking for a quiet laptop, this is not the one.
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Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Oh the machine is cool until pushed really hard, but I haven't been able to quiet the fan down.Systematician wrote:Is it possible to adjust the settings in any way, to get a silent (and cool laptop) while having at least T61-like performance?ajkula66 wrote:
The fan is on most of the time, and it's not blowing out hot air so it's not a question of the machine getting hot, but of the embedded controller settings. If you're looking for a quiet laptop, this is not the one.
...Knowledge is a deadly friend when no one sets the rules...(King Crimson)
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Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Thank you. Doesn't Tpfancontrol work? Could it if else be possible to use a low-percent CPU profile in Windows 7?
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Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
As I've stated in the review: it does nothing. You've got to remember that these machines don't have an IBM/Lenovo BIOS/EC.Systematician wrote:Tpfancontrol doesn't work?
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Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Hmm, I would still imagine that for instance using only one thread, possibly not on full speed, would slow the fan down, due to less heat development.
Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Once again: it's NOT about the heat. It's about the default EC settings in BIOS. I've played with ThrottleStop and quite a few things can get accomplished that way, but a silent fan is not one of them.Systematician wrote:Hmm, I would still imagine that for instance using only one thread, possibly not on full speed, would slow the fan down, due to less heat development.
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TPFanControl is communicating with IBM/LENOVO EC, is it not ? If yes there's no option to make it work since T50 does not have one - as far as I know. You may try to disassembly bios code with iASL and try to figure out what kind of controller has been incorporated with this piece of electronics .
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Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Correct.Pokrzept wrote:TPFanControl is communicating with IBM/LENOVO EC, is it not ?
Correct once again.If yes there's no option to make it work since T50 does not have one - as far as I know.
Way above my pay grade and not really a priority as far as I'm concerned...You may try to disassembly bios code with iASL and try to figure out what kind of controller has been incorporated with this piece of electronics .
...Knowledge is a deadly friend when no one sets the rules...(King Crimson)
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Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
Can you tell me how to buy this incredible t50?
Re: My T50 review with MANY LARGE pictures
I can't.
The one reviewed here belongs to a forum member and is not for sale. Mine died a couple of years ago and I wasn't able to obtain a replacement board.
You'll need someone in mainland China to locate the board for you.
Good luck.
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