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Hello everyone. I am currently working on a T61p motherboard swap on my 15.4" T61 but does anyone know if there are any guides for doing a full motherboard swap and reassembly like this on one of these? I'd like to remember exactly what types of screws go where and I have tried taking pictures of that but I don't think they will me enough. I have also already done research on doing this but I haven't had much luck with that either.

If anyone knows of any tutorials, guides or documentation on doing a 15.4" T61 system board replacement preferably with a diagram of what type of screws go where please let me know and thanks in advance.

I’d recommend just following the HMM honestly. Take it one step at a time, and keep the screws from each step together. Then when it’s time to put it back together, just go in reverse order in the HMM. If there’s many different lengths of screws for a particular step, maybe it’s helpful to have a sheet to organize them too. I know T500 is bad for this, maybe T61p is too.

HMM-Manuals link at the top of each Forum page!

as a former T500 power user who set his whole family up with T500s,
after youve gone in there 3 times you will remember it like the back of your hand

until then, please use the HMM

Tools that help include
magnetic trays
magnetic tip screwdriver
Small magnets to fish out stubborn screws
Tweezers

RealBlackStuff wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 25, 2025 1:58 am

HMM-Manuals link at the top of each Forum page!

Ok, thanks! Which pages have information on this though?

RTFM.

https://thinkpads.com/support/hmm/hmm_p ... 546_04.pdf
Index on page iii
FRU replacement instructions pages 58-120

Have fun. Consider buying a beater T61 or T61p to harvest parts from if anything goes wrong.

TPFanatic wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 25, 2025 10:42 am

https://thinkpads.com/support/hmm/hmm_p ... 546_04.pdf
Index on page iii
FRU replacement instructions pages 58-120

Have fun. Consider buying a beater T61 or T61p to harvest parts from if anything goes wrong.

Alright, I'll take a look at that. Thanks for the ideas! I also already have a T61p I was swapping the motherboard from so it should hopefully be enough if anything goes wrong.