T40 = TANK

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miscthree · #1 Post by **miscthree** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 5:59 am

Ok, I'm a new member here and I don't have anything to add to this forum at the moment other than I want to say how I admire you thinkpad enthusiasts for the efforts to fixing these awesome machines! I've had my t40 for 5 years and going strong..only now I need more CPU power. But treated right and with a little luck these things will outlive us all!

These things are built like Sherman tanks...true classics!

Norway Pad · #2 Post by **Norway Pad** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:33 am

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Nice to hear about your T40. On this forum we only get to hear the stories about the Thinkpads that go bad. So in a way it's good to hear the story about those that work good as well. Because - no matter how enthusiastic we are, I guess that your terms "treated right and with a little luck" are key factors when it comes to keeping a T4x. Luckily we now have a service that can pretty much fix both the Southbridge and the GPU should they come lose, and add more years to our T4x machines.

I have never had any problems with my T4x machines, and I will go as far as saying that the T43 is the laptop I have been most happy with, ever. Performance and reliability wise, the T60 is a better choice these days, but it lacks the "magic" that the T43 has in my eyes.

poshgeordie · #3 Post by **poshgeordie** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 1:45 pm

Talking of tanks....thought you might be interested in my T40 Sovietpad.....

It even floats in water - bet you can't find the USB port!

Norway Pad · #4 Post by **Norway Pad** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 1:58 pm

Ha, ha. At the same time I think we should include a picture of the equipment used for "soldering" back loose components in this T40.

http://www.pvpmedia.com/STICKNTIG.jpg

poshgeordie · #5 Post by **poshgeordie** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:21 pm

Hey - that's a picture of my Infrared reflowing equipment - or should that be Infrared incineration equipment??

That will 110% guarantee that if the chip worked before, it absolutely won't afterwards....do you think this is a new business idea - Destroy Repairs?!!

miscthree · #6 Post by **miscthree** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:13 pm

poshgeordie wrote:Talking of tanks....thought you might be interested in my T40 Sovietpad.....

It even floats in water - bet you can't find the USB port!

Funny!! There are no coincidences in life..

FTC · #7 Post by **FTC** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:10 am

Hi,

Yes, I am also very happy with my T4xs. I've had two, one for personal use since '04 that is still going strong (although with a mainboard transplant on '07), and a T42 that I used for 4 years until the company replaced with a T400. All of them excellent machines...

sktn77a · #8 Post by **sktn77a** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:28 pm

Yes, I had one T40, one T41 and two T42s. The T40 was fine but the other 3 all had the GPU/Southbridge problem. I think it's because IBM was using lead based solder in the T40 but switched over to RoHS in late 2003 (T41 and later).

Onward and upward

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