Thinkpads Forum

So the other day the laptop overheated, and after ordering a replacement fan, I decided to search for the T61p SATA 3Gbps fix, and found that yes, it was cracked and now a fix is available.

Did the BIOS fix, easy enough.

Since I am not ready to give up on my T61p, I decided to do some more research, and found that also, yes, you can put 8G RAM in it.

And while I am at it, I have never been fond of the Vista 64 that I am running.

So, 400 and some dollars later on Amazon, I got a Crucial 120G SSD, 2 sticks of 4G RAM, a Windows 7 64 system builder's kit.

Of course, because I want to do this upgrade, I got everything a day early BUT the hard drive.

Installed the 8G RAM, and the BIOS saw it, no problem.

Now I have to dig around and see how am I going to put rescue and recovery back on the SSD since I won't be using the restore DVD's.

hi there

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Not sure i would do the same ( since I got older T60p still running strong) but when they die , I would USE MY $400 to buy a low end thinkpad < eg edge530+ i3> is about 549$.
This gives your full DUAL CORE + 1333Mhtz bus-speed (t6x-677mhtz) , Faster memory etc etc ,,,,,,, so with 500$ you get FAR BETTER BANG for your BUCK(s),,,,,juz my 2c worth!!
I would later add a faster i7 Proc when price comes down ,,,,,,, so really cheap way to get great laptop for HOME USE
major pain for = NO HDMI connectors on most thinkpads ( edge is one that does) Cheers

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