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hello want to upgrade from standard cpu to this, is it ok Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 2.16GHz
4MB 667MHz FSB Laptop CPU
SL9SE

Yes, you can install a T7200, T7400, or T7600.

harry , thanks again
i picked up my box today t60 14in , i have all the stuff on order minus cpu i hope the mb is ok , i think it has a intel gpu the model 1952-a67. date i think sept 2006 at the moment thats all i know about this one others may have more info.
i got the machine of ebay from a large company that do data wipes and were ask to sell this on minus hdd , so maybe its ok i hope.

thanks again ian

if some has info on gpu etc ...

Product: ThinkPad T60 1952-A67 [change]
Operating system: All [change]

Original description: Based on 1952-43U: T2400(1.83GHz), 1GB RAM, 60GB 5400rpm HD, 14.1in 1024x768 LCD, Intel 950, CDRW/DVD, Intel 802.11abg wireless, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, 6c Li-Ion batt, WinXP Pro

thanks RBS
thats the one, i have my 2x2gb ram plus new hdd 320gb 7200 seagate, just awaiting t7400 cpu, keyboard new battery and psu of course caddy cover they really do strip them down and of course win7 x86 now bought.
looks like intel video gpu.

ian

well
got the new keyboard and psu ,powered up and it runs just one problem it is locked into bios the chap from the data wipe company thought it would be clear but gave me a 4 digit number that the tech guy had written on the paper work that might be it ,if needed , no luck, so is there any way round this , also can i install new hdd and then run win7 or will that all be missing due a need to access bios, maybe even a hdd password or is that installed on the hard drive, been down this route with a t30 mb when it arrived in the bag there was a little pcb floating around loose i stupidly thought it must have been the sound card of course it was the security chip so that board became junk cos i could not get it to pair back to mb
i guess pulling the bios battery will do nothing.
not doing anything till someone can direct me not having this as junk

regards ian,,,, very disapointed

well as most of you have guessed i only had to look at the hmm at lenovo so bios ok now,
next problem is having fitted new cpu t60 wont boot to bios fan runs for 10 secondsthats it nothing on screen also hsf gets hot very quickly , to upgrade to core duo2 t 740 do i need a bios upgrade first.


ian

Put your old T2400 CPU back in and APPLY FRESH THERMAL PASTE after you cleaned off the old gunk with (91% or better) isopropyl alcohol!
Then update the BIOS using a USB floppy drive or burn a CD from the .iso file. Do NOT update from within Windows!
When the T7400 comes, apply fresh thermal paste.
Without it, it won't boot or damage the laptop!

thanks rbs
i have infact done all the usual stuff, so i did think it would need a newer bios .
this can be done from flash stick ?, as yet i only have ac power till battery arrives so best to wait i guess.
so far really pleased and thanks for the help.

ian

I would use Arctic Silver thermal paste, and you did get the correct chip, it is the SL9SE number that is important, not just any T7200, T7400, or T7600 will work.

you WILL need a newer BIOS, and then you should be good to go for Windows 7 64-bit or other 64-bit OS (still have a 3GB RAM limit though, even if you stuff 4GB into it.)

hello
thats the chip i have ,always use artic silver, i have flashed bios from win xp on my t30s in the past is this a no go on the t60.

ian

put the T2400 back in and see if the overheating problem persists, if it runs with T2400, you can go ahead and flash the new BIOS in the normal way from a CD you made from iso file on lenovo support site while the T2400 is installed, then your BIOS will be ready for the T7400

the T7400 runs about the same operation temperatures as T2400, so I highly doubt that the CPU change is responsible for the overheating, so also check that you are getting a strong physical bond between heatsink & CPU, I had to strategically bend my T60 heatpipe to get a really good pressure adhesision between CPU, GPU and heatsink - I even put a dime on top of the GPU for better pressure/conductivity (US dime coin is 91.7% copper)

also, check your fan with a known voltage source for correct operation, and verify heatsink fins are clean & clear

hello
all done new core 2 duo in and working ok, new battery working well one from china about £27 delivered seems to last about 4 hours overall very pleased win7 x64 works very well picked up all the drivers it states areo working if i knew what that was i have tri boot with xp64 and xp 32 as well might include win98 just for some really old games i like the wifi it is excellent , i did infact do bios from desktop with lenovo utility includes embedded controller as well there were no problems just made sure that was the only thing going on, having trouble with the Kb though it seems slightly to big and the 3 arrow keys are tight against palm rest , the 4g of ram is working so it was the same price as a 2g and a 1g stick i bought a muli burner for £20 that fit my t41p a well.

thanks all for help
ian

Take a deep breath next time, and try some punctuation....

the 3 arrow keys should be at least 1mm from palm rest or else you either have incorrect keyboard for this machine or else the keyboard not installed correctly (this is the much more likely case than the wrong keyboard)

Make sure the palm rest is installed correctly too. It has to slide in at the front first and then snaps down.

The thinkpad I inherited had a similar issue due to the palm rest not being installed correctly after it's original memory upgrade.

It never left it's docking station though so it wasn't apparent until I inherited it.

thanks

i think the palm rest is poorly located, i think i was over keen to screw it all back together as when i bought it there was no k/b, i clocked it locates at the k/b edge then drops down at the front, that when i discovered a switch to enable the wifi

thanks again ian