x20 upgrade paths

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ender6 · #1 Post by **ender6** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:22 am

Hi,

New to the forum. I rescued my x20 from a scrap pile a few years back. It's always been a great machine. Lately, I've been wondering if there's an upgrade path for this machine. I've seen several posts about upgrading motherboards, but none had very definitive answers.

Can I just plop in an x24 motherboard and will it be compatible with my 1024x768 lcd? I'm guessing I've got potential options from x21 to x24. But... which one works?

Any ideas would be great, and thanks in advance.

vincentfox · #2 Post by **vincentfox** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:31 am

Did you already max out the RAM and put in a speedy new hard-drive? Those make quite substantial performance improvements, without major transplant surgery.

cmarti · #3 Post by **cmarti** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:43 am

ender6 wrote: Can I just plop in an x24 motherboard and will it be compatible with my 1024x768 lcd? I'm guessing I've got potential options from x21 to x24. But... which one works?

I am want to do the exact thing, i have a X23 with512MB of ram a 7K100 100GB HD but with a dead motherboard, has anyone done this upgrade?

The Spirit of X21 · #4 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:15 pm

The max RAM in an X21 is 384MB. cmarti, how did you do that?

cmarti · #5 Post by **cmarti** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 1:11 pm

The Spirit of X21 wrote:The max RAM in an X21 is 384MB. cmarti, how did you do that?

Sorry typo.

I will edit the first post.

The machine is a X23.

Will a X24 mobo will fit.

Quattro · #6 Post by **Quattro** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 1:38 pm

No, X24 mobo won't fit physically, but the main problem is the X20 LCD won't work on an X24 board. The X23/24 are cross-compatible though.

dmdsoftware · #7 Post by **dmdsoftware** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:08 pm

Quattro wrote:No, X24 mobo won't fit physically, but the main problem is the X20 LCD won't work on an X24 board. The X23/24 are cross-compatible though.

The X24 mobo will fit the X23. But like Quattro pointed out, the X24 (or X22,X23) mobo won't fit the X20 or X21.

dmdsoftware · #8 Post by **dmdsoftware** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:15 pm

ender6 wrote:Hi,

New to the forum. I rescued my x20 from a scrap pile a few years back. It's always been a great machine. Lately, I've been wondering if there's an upgrade path for this machine. I've seen several posts about upgrading motherboards, but none had very definitive answers.

Can I just plop in an x24 motherboard and will it be compatible with my 1024x768 lcd? I'm guessing I've got potential options from x21 to x24. But... which one works?

Any ideas would be great, and thanks in advance.

Your options are pretty limited with the X20. You can put in an X21 motherboard (which will get you 700mhz vs 600mhz and 384mb vs 320mb) BUT you have to watch out on the XGA display. I found that certain older XGA X20s will not work with certain XGA X20s and all XGA X21s. It has to do with the amount of current the X20 motherboard supplies to the inverter. If you use an LCD that requires more current than the X20 motherboard can provider, the LCD backlight won't power up. What colour is the serial label attached to the motherboard under the mini-pci card? It could be pink, white or green. Don't remember offhand which is the colour label that will indicate that your accompanying LCD will work with the X21 motherboard, but I'll go through my junk pile and try to deduce it.

thibouille27 · #9 Post by **thibouille27** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:33 pm

Mmm so one can upgrade an X23 type 2660 to an X24 if I find an X24 motherboard? I wanna find one.. now !

cmarti · #10 Post by **cmarti** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:22 pm

thibouille27 wrote: I wanna find one.. now !

There is a seller on ebay who stil have four of them available!

Here is a link:

IBM 46L6611 ThinkPad 1.13GHz X24 Laptop System Board

ender6 · #11 Post by **ender6** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:16 pm

Yes, I've upgrade the RAM to 320MB, and a faster 40GB internal (it's also more quiet than the original drive).

Sorry, took me a while because I haven't disassembled in some time. However, the label under the mini PCI is white P/N 8K3217.

Bummed that I can only go up to x21 though, if even that.

Thanks

cmarti · #12 Post by **cmarti** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:08 pm

ender6 wrote: Bummed that I can only go up to x21 though, if even that.

Maye if you find a X22 or X23 lower base and a keyboard, I have seen
them on ebay not right now but in the past.

thibouille27 · #13 Post by **thibouille27** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:30 pm

cmarti wrote:
thibouille27 wrote: I wanna find one.. now !
There is a seller on ebay who stil have four of them available!

Here is a link:

IBM 46L6611 ThinkPad 1.13GHz X24 Laptop System Board

Thanks !!!

ender6 · #14 Post by **ender6** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 3:06 pm

[quote]Maye if you find a X22 or X23 lower base and a keyboard, I have seen
them on ebay not right now but in the past.[/quote]

Do you mean to say that these two bases will be compatible with the x20 lcd?

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