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Unknown socket on the bottom of my Thinkpad T60-2007-B12
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 6:52 am
by HenryJia
Hi everyone. I recently noticed a strange socket on the bottom of my Thinkpad T60-2007-B12 and I don't know what it is. Can someone please tell me what socket it is and what it can connect to.
I have an image of the bottom of my laptop but I can't figure out how to attach it to this. If someone tells me then I can attach it to this thread.
Re: Unknown socket on the bottom of my Thinkpad T60-2007-B12
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 6:54 am
by dr_st
Are you referring to the docking station connector? The really big one?
Re: Unknown socket on the bottom of my Thinkpad T60-2007-B12
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 9:19 am
by RealBlackStuff
You can upload your pictures to e.g.
http://www.photobucket.com/ and then put a link to them in your forum post.
Re: Unknown socket on the bottom of my Thinkpad T60-2007-B12
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 4:47 pm
by HenryJia
OK, as it turns out I don't actually have a picture but I got a picture of a laptop that looks exactly the same as mine off the internet. The socket is in the red rounded square.
Re: Unknown socket on the bottom of my Thinkpad T60-2007-B12
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 4:50 pm
by rkawakami
As dr_st guessed, it's the docking port. Used when mating the laptop to one of several types of docks / port replicators.
Re: Unknown socket on the bottom of my Thinkpad T60-2007-B12
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 5:31 pm
by HenryJia
Used when mating the laptop to one of several types of docks / port replicators.
OK, so what can a port replicator connect to and what can those "types f docks connect to" because I'm thinking of upgrading the laptop through the docking station, e.g. add an extra graphics card
Re: Unknown socket on the bottom of my Thinkpad T60-2007-B12
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 7:16 pm
by emeraldgirl08
Hi HenryJia! Give
this a read. There is pertinent information on the link. Good luck
Re: Unknown socket on the bottom of my Thinkpad T60-2007-B12
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:38 am
by newyorkpaulie
HenryJia wrote:OK, so what can a port replicator connect to and what can those "types f docks connect to" because I'm thinking of upgrading the laptop through the docking station, e.g. add an extra graphics card
If you get an Advanced Dock you will have another ultrabay slot to use. I use mine to store backups, etc.. (from eBay for just a little $)
Re: Unknown socket on the bottom of my Thinkpad T60-2007-B12
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 3:54 pm
by HenryJia
I had a rough read of it I and so it's like having all the sockets on the back of a desktop and I was thinking that I might be able to up the performance of my laptop through it so I think I'll just ignore it for now because I can't really up the performance through it
Re: Unknown socket on the bottom of my Thinkpad T60-2007-B12
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 3:59 pm
by newyorkpaulie
HenryJia wrote:I had a rough read of it I and so it's like having all the sockets on the back of a desktop and I was thinking that I might be able to up the performance of my laptop through it so I think I'll just ignore it for now because I can't really up the performance through it
No it won't "up" your performance, just the productivity.