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eBay Score T61p Updated

#1 Post by DartMan68 » Tue Apr 16, 2019 12:51 am

I just got a T61p for $25 and shipping, complete with 2 chargers, from an eBay seller whom claimed to be the original owner whom bought it new in '08.
The seller said it just recently stopped working, no idea why. When I got it, the only outward damage was a broken corner on the palmrest, right side. Otherwise, aside from a bit of wear from use, it appeared to be in great shape. I power-tested and BIOS-boot tested it. Success both times, no problem. :banana: Inside, the only thing wrong was a mostly clogged heatsink, dusty fan, and dried paste. Cleaned that and put on new paste. It's now my daily-driver, with Middleton's BIOS + CTRL/FN Swap then highsun T61-BIOS(1.0)_ASPM_OC, Manjaro 18.0.4_stable MATE edition Linux and Windows 7 Pro, an SSD, p/n 45N8424/04Y2143, 128GB Samsung MZ7TD1280, 4GB DDR2-667 (2x2GB), and Intel Wireless-N 7260 w/BT4, p/n 04X6011. Writing this with it. :D

It appears to have the originally installed board, so it's a survivor...
The MTM is 6460-DVU. Date code is 08/05. It has a good FX570m board in, p/n 44C3931/42W3420, with C2D T9300. The codes on the GPU are G84-950-A2 and 0811A2. (The 11th week of 2008 (March 10th-16th).

*Update. So far, so good. It's running fine. The T9300 is now my spare and the X9100 is locked to 3.724GHz and the FX570m is OC'd to 540/1080/766 in Windows 7, using ThrottleStop and RivaTuner. I'm still figuring out the tools in Manjaro and once I have, I'll be shooting for similar levels there. Thank you to those whom have helped me here.

**Update 2. I had to revert to Middleton's from highsun's due to EIST_LOCK being enabled and to swap the X9100 for the T9300. Installed phc-intel, c2ctl, msr-tools, and Thinkfan. Now the T9300 is running at 2671/2537 and c2ctl reports FID 76 and VID 40 for both cores, with boost enabled. I tweaked nVidia-settings so it will stay at 475/1404/950 using this post (https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread. ... -how-tweak).

***Update 3. After using the script referenced in the Arch thread here (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=126444) and found here (https://github.com/davidbosman/scripts/ ... rvolt.bash), the T9300 is running at/near max at a VID of 25, or 1.1v.
Last edited by DartMan68 on Sat May 25, 2019 1:53 pm, edited 7 times in total.
Lenovo TP T61p MTM 6460-DVU T9300 4GB 128GB SSD WSXGA+ nVidia FX570m
Lenovo TP T61p MTM 6457-W3P T7700 4GB 128GB SSD *WSXGA+ **Intel X3100
*(repl. dim Samsung WUXGA) **(repl. faulty FX570m)

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Re: eBay Score T61p

#2 Post by wujstefan » Tue Apr 16, 2019 3:02 am

Nice shot! A decent machine in happy hands :)
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Re: eBay Score T61p

#3 Post by TheForgottenKing » Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:32 am

Is it 1920x1200?
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Re: eBay Score T61p

#4 Post by Screamer » Tue Apr 16, 2019 9:59 am

MTM wrote:T9300(2.5GHz), 2GB RAM, 160GB 7200rpm HD, 15.4in 1680x1050 LCD, 256MB nVIDIA Quadro FX 570M, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11agn wireless, Bluetooth, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, Fingerprint reader, 9c Li-Ion, WinXP Pro
Doesn't seem like it, the MTM states that it has a 1680x1050 display.

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Re: eBay Score T61p

#5 Post by Thinkpad4by3 » Tue Apr 16, 2019 10:16 am

Screamer wrote:
Tue Apr 16, 2019 9:59 am
MTM wrote:T9300(2.5GHz), 2GB RAM, 160GB 7200rpm HD, 15.4in 1680x1050 LCD, 256MB nVIDIA Quadro FX 570M, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11agn wireless, Bluetooth, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, Fingerprint reader, 9c Li-Ion, WinXP Pro
Doesn't seem like it, the MTM states that it has a 1680x1050 display.
And it says it right in his signature anyway.
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The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.

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Re: eBay Score T61p

#6 Post by DartMan68 » Tue Apr 16, 2019 3:12 pm

wujstefan wrote:
Tue Apr 16, 2019 3:02 am
Nice shot! A decent machine in happy hands :)
Thank you. I appreciate it. :thumbs-UP:
I'm planning to add the webcam option, using OE parts, from the HMM. And later, a larger-capacity OE SSD. It's a bit of an oddity, but I prefer using OE parts when upgrading. It just fits, if you see what I mean. I'm the same way with cars. Hot-rodded 318 using OE Mopar parts, not aftermarket.
Lenovo TP T61p MTM 6460-DVU T9300 4GB 128GB SSD WSXGA+ nVidia FX570m
Lenovo TP T61p MTM 6457-W3P T7700 4GB 128GB SSD *WSXGA+ **Intel X3100
*(repl. dim Samsung WUXGA) **(repl. faulty FX570m)

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Re: eBay Score T61p

#7 Post by DartMan68 » Tue Apr 16, 2019 3:32 pm

TheForgottenKing wrote:
Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:32 am
Is it 1920x1200?
No. It isn't. Had it had the WUXGA display installed, I'd have swapped in a WSXGA+, like I did with the other T61p I have. My eyes aren't as good as they once were, and 1680x1050 works best for me.
Lenovo TP T61p MTM 6460-DVU T9300 4GB 128GB SSD WSXGA+ nVidia FX570m
Lenovo TP T61p MTM 6457-W3P T7700 4GB 128GB SSD *WSXGA+ **Intel X3100
*(repl. dim Samsung WUXGA) **(repl. faulty FX570m)

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Re: eBay Score T61p

#8 Post by theterminator93 » Tue Apr 16, 2019 5:33 pm

Nice find! I abused loved my T61p since I received it new in October of 2007, until I officially retired it in favor of the W520 I have in my sig. in early 2015. Aside from the well known GPU issue (which as many have said, with these being 11-12 years old now, that would be common with any system) they are fine machines indeed.
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Re: eBay Score T61p

#9 Post by DartMan68 » Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:33 pm

theterminator93 wrote:
Tue Apr 16, 2019 5:33 pm
Nice find! I abused loved my T61p since I received it new in October of 2007, until I officially retired it in favor of the W520 I have in my sig. in early 2015. Aside from the well known GPU issue (which as many have said, with these being 11-12 years old now, that would be common with any system) they are fine machines indeed.
Thank you, too. I appreciate it. I agree. They are fine machines. My first laptop was a recycle-bin find T43 14.1" MTM 1871 with a bad screen. I forget the exact MTM, it's been so long. I replaced the screen, upgraded the CPU, RAM, and HDD, and installed Linux. A friend once gave me a nice G580 when she got a new Dell. It was an OK laptop but I didn't much like it, compared to the T500 MTM 2242-CTO I had at the time. Overall look and feel, 16:9 instead of 16:10, Chiclet keyboard, less robust... I found a Core i7-3610QM in a dead Asus motherboard in the recycle-bin, swapped it in in place of the i5-3210M, and sold it to the local compshop for $200. :D
Lenovo TP T61p MTM 6460-DVU T9300 4GB 128GB SSD WSXGA+ nVidia FX570m
Lenovo TP T61p MTM 6457-W3P T7700 4GB 128GB SSD *WSXGA+ **Intel X3100
*(repl. dim Samsung WUXGA) **(repl. faulty FX570m)

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