When I posted about this modification, it was a machine available for less than $100. It would be a bit sad if someone is using something old primarily to spite their own purchase.

It has been almost a decade since the OP. I no longer have any Pentium M ThinkPads, even though I like the physical design of the unit. I'm genuinely curious by what everyone means when they say they "use" these machines. Is it for compatibility with fringe / old hardware that needs that LPT port (y...

This is the AFFS / IPS screen. I don't know which manufacturer it is for the LCD panel; I'd have to dump the EDID and check.

SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD I have the following "Frankenpad" I made a few years back. It is in good condition, and has been a reliable workbench machine for a while. The warehouse I kept it in is shutting down and I will not need this any further. The body is a 15" T60 4:3 SXGA+ machin...

How much shipped to United States 94043? If it's reasonable, I'd be interested. This is the "Daylight" LED kit, right?

That hack only applies to the SXGA+ panel; that EDID will not work correctly on the XGA panel.

This is not a problem I am interested in investing effort into in 2019.

If anyone has a spare of these that they've already bought, I'd be interested in buying it. I have another X62 here that has the original CCFL backlight, and I'd like to give it an upgrade.

Sorry for not responding. Thank you for your sympathetic replies. I called the police and filed a report immediately after noticing that the apartment had been compromised, and have filed a claim with my renter's insurance company. Hopefully, since I have the box, serial, and receipt from the TP256 ...

Not sure where to post this, but my apartment was broken in to and a number of things were taken, including my ThinkPad T25, from the bay area in California, USA. If you see any for sale used, and without the box and all that, and would like to check if it might be mine, I can provide the serial num...

Not to preach, but to actually educate. Google topics like 4:3 vs 16:9 vs 16:10 and you find almost nothing. People need to start teaching their coworkers, friends etc., "hey look at your stupid useless widescreen - they're only useful for gaming". Whip out your T60 (or 3:2 surface for that matter)...

Of course the thread turned into a [censored] "Well it could be X, I prefer X and they should have made it X" discussion. Do people get off on complaining that a product that isn't identical to a ten year old one was released? Imagine if they re-released the X6* or T6* lines with modern processors. ...

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once again the millennials screwed us over.

This narrative is tired and unproductive.

I wrote up a review of the T25 based on my experiences so far. Later on I will be making a comparison video between it, my X62, and the old X300. Introduction The ThinkPad 25th Anniversary Edition, or T25, was released just a week or so ago, and it arrived on 10/13. It is the result of the "Retro Th...

Interest submitted for two kits!

I've got an OEM X61 4-cell battery that won't charge, the LED just flashes. I've never been happy with the 3rd party knockoff ones in that size, and I can't find any genuine 4-cell batteries. Do people typically refurbish these themselves? My genuine 8-cell battery has been good, but I'd prefer the ...

That's great that the fix for the audio is available. The horrible audio interference and the inability to properly drive headphones must still be fixed.

I made a writeup for bringing the X62 to 60Hz: http://mikejmoffitt.com/articles/0048-x62-sxga60.html Just want to mention that you can change edid without reflashing it using Option "CustomEDID" "eDP1:/etc/X11/edid.bin" to ' Section "Device" ' in your xorg.conf file While that's true, it doesn't he...

I've only had the mDP "just work" or "just not work" so far.

I'm not sure if that helps, but in my case I ripped out the amplifier and constructed my own solution in hardware for the speakers. The amplifier the X62 comes with has serious interference issues, with both the fan and GSM signals.

The Intel graphics driver in Linux offers the TearFree option, which can be enabled in an X configuration file.

I made a writeup for bringing the X62 to 60Hz: http://mikejmoffitt.com/articles/0048-x62-sxga60.html

I got my MiniDP working with a VGA adapter. Neither a MiniDP to HDMI nor MiniDP to DVI adapter would work, though. On the bright side, the VGA one was fully cooperative, and hotplugged without issues.

Aren't we a good ways past kernel 4.7? Why not go to 4.8.x?

The mDP plug on mine does not work with multiple adapters. I haven't yet seen it work. I don't have a mini HDMI cable to test with at the moment.

USB - Still having issues in Windows 7. I'm starting to get the feeling it might be a BIOS setting. Bluetooth is on USB as well, on some boots no USB devices incl BT are detected. I'll study this a little more and report back. It's fairly annoying. R That's strange, USB has been fine for me in Wind...

I've updated my post with a note about more [censored] interference noises in the speakers. I think I'm going to go in there and disconnect them until a real solution is found.

I started a thread to organize known issues and fixes: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 2&p=790750

One covered is the "won't charge" issue. It looks like it won't report the rate, but is in fact charging for me.

It looks like those of us who ordered X62 units have begun to receive them. There's much to celebrate, and 51nb's team has done an excellent job. However, any homebrew computer is going to come with some caveats. Let's talk about what we're looking at and what fixes can be done. Sound Card Stuff The...

I have a few T8100 X61 motherboards kicking around, if you are interested...

or get a m2sata ssd and the common ide adapters. That approach hasn't worked well for most of the people who tried it on T43/p. It's a tough spot to be in... PATA SSDs are unreliable and overpriced, generally speaking. SATA-mods are far more difficult to perform on an Intel-based planar which is wh...