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//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!

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

A T41 would be a perfect fit for those components.

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

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!

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...

wearetheborg wrote: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.