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Anyone need any vintage TP batteries rebuilt?
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Anyone need any vintage TP batteries rebuilt?
So far, I've successfully rebuilt battery packs for the 750/755, 755CE/CD/CX, 760, and 560. I could probably rebuild NiMH and LiIon packs for other systems, and in the past, I've rebuilt packs for the 600 (which is probably the most recent I could rebuild without having to reset the EEPROM).
All I'd require is the cost of the cells, return shipping, and something for my labor/testing ($50).
Several have commented that the cost of the cells sometimes exceeds that of the machine. This might be true, but you can enhance the collectibility of these old machines and now use them as they were originally intended, which is not tethered to a power supply. Plus, you can install the latest BIOS update, something you couldn't do on the older machines with a missing or dead battery.
Just shoot me a PM if you're interested.
All I'd require is the cost of the cells, return shipping, and something for my labor/testing ($50).
Several have commented that the cost of the cells sometimes exceeds that of the machine. This might be true, but you can enhance the collectibility of these old machines and now use them as they were originally intended, which is not tethered to a power supply. Plus, you can install the latest BIOS update, something you couldn't do on the older machines with a missing or dead battery.
Just shoot me a PM if you're interested.
Historic ThinkPads owned:
300, 360C/CE/PE, 510CS, 560/E/Z, 600/E/X, 700C, 701C/CS, 720C, 730TE, 750C, 750P, 755C/CE/CX/CDV/CD, 760L, 760EL/XD, 765L
Newer ThinkPads owned:
P50, T480
300, 360C/CE/PE, 510CS, 560/E/Z, 600/E/X, 700C, 701C/CS, 720C, 730TE, 750C, 750P, 755C/CE/CX/CDV/CD, 760L, 760EL/XD, 765L
Newer ThinkPads owned:
P50, T480
Re: Anyone need any vintage TP batteries rebuilt?
If interested I can offer you a box full of t60, t61, t500, r60, r61, r500 and maybe a few t400/t61 and maybe a few other batteries that need to be refurbished for $1 each and $20 shipping. You could fix and sell them, and I'm sure there are many good cells in the mix
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Re: Anyone need any vintage TP batteries rebuilt?
And I have a large box of vintage dead Thinkpad batteries....360/750, 755, 760, 560, 600, 380 (if I recall-may be more or others) I would be happy to send some for the cost of shipment.
I also have a collection of external chargers.
I also have a collection of external chargers.
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Re: Anyone need any vintage TP batteries rebuilt?
So roughly how much for a new cell'd 760XL battery?
Re: Anyone need any vintage TP batteries rebuilt?
I'd be curious if the ultrabay batteries could be rebuilt.. I've contacted someone in the past but they couldn't find the right cells.
Dorkstation: T601f
Ultraportable: X61s
Ultraportable: X61s
Re: Anyone need any vintage TP batteries rebuilt?
I'd be interested in this. I have a small collection of batteries lying around myself and could do to have a couple of them restored to former glory.
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Daily: X250 FHD
Museum: PC110 20MB, X61 T9300 SXGA+ LED
Donated: x2001 AFFS i5-530 (to my alma matter)
Past: 701Cs German, 535/X, 760E/XL, i-series 12/14xx, piano s30, R60e, X60, X61, T60, T61, X200 P8700, X121e
That chicken sure looks funny.
Daily: X250 FHD
Museum: PC110 20MB, X61 T9300 SXGA+ LED
Donated: x2001 AFFS i5-530 (to my alma matter)
Past: 701Cs German, 535/X, 760E/XL, i-series 12/14xx, piano s30, R60e, X60, X61, T60, T61, X200 P8700, X121e
That chicken sure looks funny.
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Re: Anyone need any vintage TP batteries rebuilt?
You ask about their afterlife I see...
Oh yes, quite useful items.
Let's see....well it could be used as a paperweight...quite useful.
Oh, I know, a bludgeon, in case anyone tries to steal your T61/p.
Well how about as a primitive explosive by cutting it open and exposing the lithium to air or water?
Maybe recycle the plastic and 3D print a new object?
Sell it for scrap metal and use the money to buy something new?
And of course the most useful thing, filling the ugly gap in the back of a T61p that has no battery.
Oh ,you meant actually using it as a battery, well I think you saw this coming.
Nope
Thinkpad4by3's Law of the Universe.
The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
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