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My T601 WIP

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My T601 WIP

#1 Post by TheForgottenKing » Sat Nov 03, 2018 12:11 am

Decided to build a T601 for my next daily driver.

First thread after a few threads of questions, and the machine "works"! I'll be documenting my progress here

Specs at the moment:

T9300
NVidia 570m Unsafe Date: 2007, Week 43 :(
2GB RAM
SXGA+ IPS 15.0"


I bought the machine for $30, the 570m Motherboard, Heatsink, Wifi, and CPU for a $55 bundle, and the chassis, case, and keyboard bezel for $35. Note how there is currently no palmrest. I'm working on that :)

The cosmetic condition is a solid A grade 9/10 (Besides the whole missing palmrest issue: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ ... image0.jpg)

The screen has a dying CCFL, but I talked to xiphmont about the possibility of an LED-modded QXGA screen. If that doesn't work, UXGA IPS will be next, or a ccfl replacement

Machine has a conventional HDD, but it will be upgraded to an SSD soon

I plan to put 8GB of RAM in it

I also hope to one day do the QX9300 mod in a safer way

I also have enough parts for a Schwabenpad that won't work well, but will work.

More posts and pics to come!
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X1 Extreme Gen 3: i7-10750H - 1650 Ti - 16GB - 512GB
W701ds: i7-940XM - 32GB - 256GB + 1TB - FX 2800M - 17" 1920x1200 + 10" 768x1280 - Wacom - Dock
701R: i5-1135G7 - 16GB - 512GB - 10.2" 2160x1620 [WIP]
PC XT: 5160 + 5151 + F XT - Intel 8088 - 640 KB - 2GB CF

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Re: My T601 WIP

#2 Post by storm-chaser » Sat Nov 03, 2018 10:03 am

Nice to see such a cool custom project. Looking forward to project completion.

Are you going to be running windows 10?
AMD Phenom II 965 @ 4.1Ghz, 8GB DDR3 1600, SSD
AMD Phenom II 960T @ 4.1Ghz, 8GB DDR3 1600, SSD
Lenovo T61p 15.4" - Core 2 extreme X9000 CPU @ 3.4Ghz, SSD
Toshiba Satellite A505D - 2.5Ghz, 4GB RAM, 80GB SSD

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Re: My T601 WIP

#3 Post by TheForgottenKing » Sat Nov 03, 2018 7:10 pm

Ubuntu 18.10, Windows 10, MacOS, in that order
theforgottenki.ng
X1 Extreme Gen 3: i7-10750H - 1650 Ti - 16GB - 512GB
W701ds: i7-940XM - 32GB - 256GB + 1TB - FX 2800M - 17" 1920x1200 + 10" 768x1280 - Wacom - Dock
701R: i5-1135G7 - 16GB - 512GB - 10.2" 2160x1620 [WIP]
PC XT: 5160 + 5151 + F XT - Intel 8088 - 640 KB - 2GB CF

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