This looks like a decent setup. How did you figure out the power consumption? I have a different doc with no esata... that is a helpful addition! And creative on the power brick for the HDD that is the sticking point, they need 12v so a bit more complex. the 65watt for the x230 should be more than a...

Extremely bespoke!
Amazing work

With many thanks to RealBlackStuff I managed to recover the laptop. But yet there is another issue. the mod messed with fingerprints saved in BIOS so I got them all erased and tried to re-enrolled them. And that throws the following error: https://i.imgur.com/njzCZXt.png I'm wondering if this issue...

Thank you - Good idea

Not used this... but this is totally why thinkpad users are so great. what a great use or hack of hardware. Brilliant.

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Side-note: if you use decent thermal paste like Phobya Nanogrease Extreme, the fan shouldn't come on all that much, i.e. stay quiet.

Know of a good supplier of this?

I have done it - and did the keyboard swap with the classic keyboard. Works a treat. Runs cooler and faster.

Hi all I purchased an additional power supply for my x230 it was actually a travel one (like this, but not from this seller https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-90W-Travel-AC-Adapter-Laptop-Charger-41R0144/124196949380?hash=item1ceab70d84:g:ygIAAOSwA2heyIYT) But when I plugged it in, the lapto...

The old PC case is a good idea. I only had the thoughts of power for the laptop, then power for enclosures for the HDD's but that seems a bit messy.

Or just sell the i7 motherboard. Ebay is nuts these days for prices on x220 and x230....

I have now managed to do two post x220 keyboard and whitelist mod. I am yet to see what all the extra options do though

Had exactly the same idea. Seems a good use of the board.
How are you powering your 3.5 drives?

This is a great idea - Assume if the parts are not likely to burst into flames it will be fine

Baby wipes are genius at cleaning almost everything.

What are you going to use it for?

Sill performing well?

A low power gui xfce would be lighter on the CPU and thus the battery would help Also if you havent already put even a small cheap ssd in it, the SSDvsHDD is better for almost everything, speed and power use. I can get near 3 hours on a smaller battery on my x201s running MX. but I keep the screen n...

Crazy - none that I own are listed but they do work... very well.