Thinkpads Forum

Hello Folks,

T60 can utilize upto 3GB memory only because of its north bridge [ http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T60 ] and http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_945GM. However, modern operating systems with high graphic application and web-source with huge http traffic makes the very great T60 inefficient.

Questions:

1- Can we replace north bridge? So the CPU can see more memory.
2- Are there any motherboards (lets say more 8 GB or more) that fit to T60 frame but without any restriction of memory?


Thanks,
ali

First question is what model T60 do you have? Only a few are worth the trouble to upgrade to the extent you need.

1. Easiest, most cost effective method would be to replace the whole system with something newer.

2. A motherboard from a 14" 4:3 T61 will fit with minor modifications into a 15" 4:3 chassis to create the much discussed (on this forum) Frankenpad.

The Product ID is 2007-CB7 and my terminal of fedora 20 reports screen dimensions as below:

[root@thishost ~]# xdpyinfo | grep 'dimensions:'
dimensions: 1400x1050 pixels (370x277 millimeters)

Is it 14 inch?

1. Easiest, most cost effective method would be to replace the whole system with something newer.

Are you suggesting to get a new machine?

Frankenpad sounds intersting. I will have a look at it.

//ali

alibao wrote:Is it 14 inch?

Yes it is.

alibao wrote:Are you suggesting to get a new machine?

Yes.

I have another question along the same lines. A friend claims to have a T60
with a 45nm T8100 processor, I thought this was not possible with that chip
set or did I miss that one of the hacked BIOS's allows it? Guessing it has a
T61 motherboard if it is really a T60 chassis - a Frankenpad.

Pete B wrote: Guessing it has a T61 motherboard if it is really a T60 chassis - a Frankenpad.

Correct.

There is no way to get a T60 board to POST with a T8100 or any of the Socket P CPUs. End of story.