T41 Upgrades

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#1 Post by **Harryc** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:46 am

I just did a bunch of upgrades/repairs to the T41 in my sig, so I thought I'd at least share part numbers and sources for anyone else considering doing the same;

Keyboard - 39T0519 - NMB Made in China - Source - Lenovo (Warranty)

Palm Rest - 41V9155 - Source - Lenovo (Warranty)

7K100 - 100GB 7200 RPM Hitachi Hard Drive - Newegg.com

Atheros b/g MPCI Wireless Card - Part# 91P7416 - EBay

Modem/Bluetooth Daughter Card Part# 91P7259 - Source - http://www.compuvest.com/Search.jsp?Sea ... site=yahoo

IBM ThinkPad T41 Indicator LED (Clear) Plate with Bluetooth - EBay

1.8GB Dothan CPU Part# SL7EN - EBay

Infineon 512MB PC2700 SODIMM memory - EBay

#2 Post by **KristianJ** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:15 am

Thanks for sharing the info, Harry - looks like one fine machine!

#3 Post by **Harryc** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:39 am

KristianJ wrote:Thanks for sharing the info, Harry - looks like one fine machine!

Thanks KristianJ. It was fun doing it. Good luck on the sale of your T40.

#4 Post by **KristianJ** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:43 am

Thanks - I've already had one Nigerian scammer try to take it on eBay, but he/she unregistered themselves after sending their long winded "hello, I'm wanting to ship it to Nigeria" email; so I was able to get the final value fee refunded, and have now applied buyer restrictions properly.

How much did your parts cost you all up? I had considered at least the CPU upgrade for the T40, but when this T42 came up I couldn't resist a laptop upgrade. The Flexview SXGA+ is pure joy to use!

#5 Post by **Harryc** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:51 am

Costs?. OK here goes. (Includes shipping)

Keyboard - free

Palm Rest - Free

7K100 - $115.28

Atheros b/g MPCI Wireless Card - $36.33

Modem/Bluetooth Daughter Card Part - $23.67

IBM ThinkPad T41 Indicator LED (Clear) Plate with Bluetooth - $10.45

1.8GB Dothan CPU Part# SL7EN - $84.55

Infineon 512MB PC2700 SODIMM memory - $31.94

Total = $302.22
Machine Cost - $426

Total investment - $728.22

Anyone want to make an offer?

I will be offsetting part of the costs from the sale of the old Banias 1.6, MPCI and CDC cards, and an 80GB hard 5400 hard drive. I reused the long fan because the machine already had one, but I'd add the cost of a long fan (20 to 30 dollars) if you don't have one.

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