Replace a T61 motherboard or get a new ThinkPad?

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Domin · #1 Post by **Domin** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:55 am

Hello,

My machine has just fallen victim to the Nvidia card fault. Is it sensible to get a new board (roughly one-third of the initial purchase price)? I guess the question is: will it (hardware and software) last for another couple of years of office computing?

Cheers, Dominik

#2 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:15 am

Get a matching mobo with Intel graphics instead, they last almost forever!

Domin · #3 Post by **Domin** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 6:10 am

Yes. I just got discouraged by the cost of the replacement board a computer technician gave me on the phone - looking on ebay, it seems far too high. By the way, if I wanted to pick it on my own - how to tell if a motherboard will match my machine? Mine's 8892-02u, 14.1-inch SXGA+ display. Does it mean it takes only 8892 motherboards or could these be of other type series, for example this one? (41W1487, 7661-CTO)

Thanks

#4 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:04 am

You can only use either one of these two (Intel graphics) motherboards:
42W7648 (for Merom CPUs, T7100 - T7800)
42W7872 (for Merom and also for Penryn CPUs, T8100 and higher)
With Middleton's BIOS the mobo can be hugely improved.
But get the mobo first.

ajkula66 · #5 Post by **ajkula66** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:40 am

You need a board from a non-widescreen machine, so anything that came out of models with MTMs starting with 6 (15.4") or 7 (14" WS) will NOT work for you, 8 only.

Domin · #6 Post by **Domin** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 11:36 am

I see. Thank you both, that's a valuable piece of information.

farmall · #7 Post by **farmall** » Thu Dec 26, 2013 8:17 pm

I'd look for a complete machine off Ebay, perhaps with LCD damage to drive the price down, since people who pull motherboards for sale tend to want as much or more money.

Swap in whatever parts are better from your machine, install your hard drive, enjoy.

jcvjcvjcvjcv · #8 Post by **jcvjcvjcvjcv** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 7:42 am

I got one here: http://www.lapstore.de/f.php/shop/lapst ... T6x_Serie/

But it seems the 4:3 variety is sold out.

Domin · #9 Post by **Domin** » Sat May 31, 2014 9:02 am

I got a replacement motherboard from the user Tuus, oftern recommended on the forum, and for a reason-it flew all the way across the Atlantic, intact, and gave my Thinkpad a new lease of life. Without this forum, I would be lost, as hardly any computer repair specialist here is able or willing to tinker with it. Cheers

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