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Anyone want a free upgrade?

I'm interested in trading a ThinkPad X61s for a ThinkPad X60/X60s.

It's got the standard LV processor, 4GB of RAM, no drive (you can keep your drive too), and an Intel WLAN card (I can't remember what I put in there, but it's at least a 5100). IIRC it's also got the BIOS whitelist removed, so you can upgrade to whatever you want.

It's been sitting on my desk for about a year now, and since I'm not really using it for anything I figured I'd offer it to someone who will.

Let me know if you have any questions or if you have an X60 or X60s that you want to trade.

-Rob

If I'm not mistaken I think you can swap the motherboard for a T60s board. It's hard to imagine why you'd want to go from a board with sata2, 64bit that supports 8gb ram to one that is sata1, 32bit and 3gb of ram, but if you want a board I may be able to find you one.

TuuS wrote: It's hard to imagine why you'd want to go from a board with sata2, 64bit that supports 8gb ram to one that is sata1, 32bit and 3gb of ram, but if you want a board I may be able to find you one.

Working with coreboot. The X61/T61 chipset isn't supported.

I'm in the market for an X61s and I'm not having a lot of luck finding one. I could probably track down an X60(s) for a swap. Any specifics you would prefer if possible?

NorrisCell wrote:I'm in the market for an X61s and I'm not having a lot of luck finding one. I could probably track down an X60(s) for a swap. Any specifics you would prefer if possible?

Well the UltraLight screen is ideal, but no, past that not really. Coreboot means I don't have to deal with the BIOS whitelist, so I can put in whatever cards I need, and the memory and disk are both easy to upgrade.

So... uh... best possible case condition?

Heck even a good keyboard isn't a must-have since those are swappable too...

Thanks! Let me know!

I'm sure you have heard of Middleton's BIOS for the X61/T61/R61/X300 series?
It puts in Vista/W7 Slic tables, enables SATA II, removes whitelist, can swap Ctrl/Fn, and change thermal sensing.
http://www.ali.dj/sata-ii-support-for-l ... 1-x61-r61/

Is the Coreboot boot-time of a few seconds really THAT important?

Got an X60s I don't use if you still need to swap.

RealBlackStuff wrote: Is the Coreboot boot-time of a few seconds really THAT important?

It is if you want to get into BIOS-level development. I have a couple ideas for projects that I'd like to implement on top of Coreboot (well... Coreboot/SeaBIOS, but still). So... yes.

I mentioned the whitelist, etc. because that means that I have looser hardware requirements (since I can upgrade whatever I want.) I just literally need the X60(s) board.

Replied to the PM

I have an X60 with dock available. PM sent.