A second life for a liquid-damaged notebook?

[Jan_Hoho]

//Edit: More concrete questions after some thinking.//

Hi everyone,
I have a BenQ Joybook 7000 on which I recently spilled coffee (with milk). Since then, the machine has recovered, but some keys are still not functioning, and one USB port exceeds its voltage regularly.

Now, I thought it would be nice to get a Thinkpad barebone and use some of the BenQ's components in it. I have:

Pentium M (725, I believe) 1.6 Ghz
512 MByte RAM 2700
40 GByte HDD

Questions:

1) What Thinkpad models would hold these components? Cheaper is better; would an R40 work? I know they use 2100 memory, but AFAIK 2700 should work, too (if at lower speed). What other models are there?

2) The HDD has Windows XP and Office. If I transplant the disk into a new computer, can I boot Windows from this HDD and use Office? The Windows came with the BenQ and I am a little worried that the OS 'realizes' that it is not in the computer it originially came with.


Thanks for your time!

[Jan_Hoho]

<cough, bump> C'mon, guys...^^

[Harryc]

A T41 would be a perfect fit for those components.

[wearetheborg]

T40 should also work.
How did you find out the usb port exceed its volage ?

[pianowizard]

Jan, when I saw the title of this thread, I thought this had happened to the T60! It was a relief to learn that it wasn't!

[Jan_Hoho]

No, the T60 is safe and happy. Actually, it's now even safer than before the accident because now I'm strictly enforcing a Jan-has-no-drinks-near-the-computer rule.

Thanks for the advice, guys. If T40 is perfect, I'm sure an R40 will do as well. Saves me some bucks...

T40 should also work.
How did you find out the usb port exceed its volage ?

Oh, XP tells me. It also shows the port in question, though, rather curiously, it's always a different one; so I assume there is a overload somewhere else on the mainboard. That's why I want to evacuate the good components as soon as possible.