Free tested working parts for the ThinkPad 750 series systems. Includes the following:

1.44MB floppy (tested working)
170MB hard drive (tested...

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JLC3DP reached out to him and offered to 3D print his 701C chassis design for free if he features them in a video. The metal 3D...

Hey champs.

For context, I have a pretty rough case of essential tremors. I have not been able to write on a keyboard for the past few years (Well I...

I have leftover parts for free. Includes the following:

3x 16v 4.5A AC adapters for the T40 series systems
2x 6 cell T40 series batteries that seem...

I LOVE my T530. Decided to try the mSATA install for the OS.

The Samsung 850 EVO 250Gb went in without a glitch. Cloned the old HD to it (in the...

Excuse me for revive an old topic, if anyone has an hint on where to find these Ultrabay like caddy for HDD for T61 i will be very grateful (at a...

Hi I'm looking for compatible Ram modules for my L540 i5 4200m 20AUA0F4JP. I would prefer 2x8Gb.

Right now it has Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 4Gb...

Just bored, and interested in what kind of music others like. Love me some goth rock/industrial myself. Have for years. What about you?

I just...

Temp comparison for 35 W CPU swap of a T420. I did the analysis of which CPU, debating jumping to 45W or coreboot. I did not see many before and...

I have a T400 6473-PUG and I'm planning to upgrade the CPU. Currently it has a Intel® Core™2 Duo P8400 2,26 GHz and I want suggestions on a new CPU.

Hello,
I was wondering if a M.2 NVME (type b) would work in any of the slots on the T400 motherboard.

Please let me know.

The slots are mini pcie,...

I have a P51S and a 40A2  Ultradock. Without getting into details, there are issues with DP and HDMI connected to the dock.

So here is what I would...

Hello All. I got a W520 and I have a few queries regarding the same:

1) I am trying to get this Windows 11 on W520. Being a decade old machine, the...

I've always avoided STN/FSTN screens because of their limitations. But for some older laptops, there simply aren't TFT replacements available, so I...

Hi, my L540 Synaptics clickpad drives me crazy in Windows 10(Laptop came with it on 500Gb HDD) I'm in the process of moving to my Linux Mint 20.2...

Basically I wanted to apply some new thermal paste, when I was unscrewing the heatsink I broke one of the screws near the CPU so I gave up.

I also...

I have ordered, received, and love my new ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 12): Fast, light, and beautiful. However, there is one very serious problem with...

So I'm planning on fixing up an old ThinkPad X41 that I've had in my collection for the longest time (all it needs is a new internal disk drive, and...

Everything I have seen states the max ram is 1.5GB. Has anyone tried and confirmed installing 2GB or more and the BIOS does see it?

Yesterday I noticed that the trackpad on my work Thinkpad 25 is warped - the left corner sunk, and the right corner raised and protruding above the...

I have a ThinkPad T410 Type 2537.

I am recovering it, the first thing I saw is the internal battery failure (BIOS) and once it turned on the...

I've recently traded in my corporate T490 (Whisky Lake Core i7-8665U) for a T16 Gen3 (Meteor Lake Core Ultra 7 165U).

The T490 was almost never used...

Hi all,

Thinkpad L540 i5 4200m model 20aua0f4jp serial R9K1R2

What ever I tried the last couple of days, come back to fan speed = 0rpm

Even...

Hi,

I snatched up a nice W541 recently for $50! It’s in great shape and already has a quad in it, which I understand means it can take additional...

Hi, I'm new here.

After trouble with a lot of intermittend power failiures my T520 went dead: The green light around the power button on the...

Since there's no existing method to swap these two buttons on the SK-8855 keyboard, I got to thinking whether the two keys can be swapped thru...

Hi All, I have an x1 carbon from 2014.
Replaced the charge port and charger but wont turn on.
I checked v and get 20v at connector and at charge...

As tittle says, I am interested in your experiences with upgrading the L540 with USB 3.0 express card to get more USB 3.0 ports.

Which card/brand?...

I just wanted to kinda fling this idea around and get some opinions...

I've been hunting constantly, as I usually do, because I have an unhealthy...

After you flashed the Middleton bios on your X300, did you notice anything odd, and do you regret that you did this?

How did you flash it, step by...

For sale is a used Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 2.53GHz P/N SLB5J. Chip was pulled from a Dell M4400 workstation laptop and is in excellent working...

I m just finishing restoration of some Helix II, completely installed, all sensible tools installed, and I'm going to sell them:

These Helix II...

I'm looking for an old Pre Txx or Xxx or Axx series laptop to use, and want to know what the easiest to work on, most reliable are. I don't have much...