Can I fit an X60s motherboard in an X60T

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Can I fit an X60s motherboard in an X60T

#1 Post by Joe of Loath » Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:14 pm

Dropped my X60s and the screen backlight went crack. It was marginally more expensive to upgrade to the X60T than it was to replace the screen (and cheaper to buy a new X60s than fix the screen!). However, my X60T has no slot for a SIM card. Can I simply swap the motherboard? Looking at it with the keyboard off they seem similar enough.

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Re: Can I fit an X60s motherboard in an X60T

#2 Post by dmdsoftware » Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:39 pm

the non-tablet and tablet are different sizes so you won't be able to swap the motherboards -- size and screw holes etc are very different.

With that said, you might be able to force things. I have a X61s with a X61T screen, but the panel is taped together with the bezel because of the larger footprint of the tablet
X62 SXGA+ i7 5600u
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W520 quad-i7
X131e AMD
Sony Vaio P799 (8" LED 1600x768)
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X61T Touch L7500
X61T SXGA+ 8GB
X60/X60s, X61, T61, T420, X30

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Re: Can I fit an X60s motherboard in an X60T

#3 Post by Joe of Loath » Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:44 pm

Is that still true for the X60* models? I notice the motherboard in the X60T one is offset to the left by ~5mm to compensate for the extra width.

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Re: Can I fit an X60s motherboard in an X60T

#4 Post by ajkula66 » Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:19 pm

Joe of Loath wrote:Is that still true for the X60* models?
Yes it is.
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Re: Can I fit an X60s motherboard in an X60T

#5 Post by Joe of Loath » Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:25 pm

Ah OK. Thanks!

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Re: Can I fit an X60s motherboard in an X60T

#6 Post by Raceboy » Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:08 am

Unfortunately you are all wrong.

X60 Tablet and non-Tablet (including s-model boards) are physically fully interchangeable, I have swapped X60 Tablet L7400 board into X60 and X61 chassis' without problems, only BIOS needs to be flashed first to non-Tablet, otherwise the board shuts down right after startup if regular LCD cable is plugged in. Also if one wants all the LED's to work, some components must be soldered.

Swapping the non-Tablet board into Tablet will make it regular X60/X61/s in Tablet chassis as the non-Tablet boards do not have the Tablet hardware soldered on the board.
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Re: Can I fit an X60s motherboard in an X60T

#7 Post by dmdsoftware » Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:46 am

Raceboy wrote:Unfortunately you are all wrong.

X60 Tablet and non-Tablet (including s-model boards) are physically fully interchangeable, I have swapped X60 Tablet L7400 board into X60 and X61 chassis' without problems, only BIOS needs to be flashed first to non-Tablet, otherwise the board shuts down right after startup if regular LCD cable is plugged in. Also if one wants all the LED's to work, some components must be soldered.

Swapping the non-Tablet board into Tablet will make it regular X60/X61/s in Tablet chassis as the non-Tablet boards do not have the Tablet hardware soldered on the board.

Perfect, so it sounds it'll work for him.
X62 SXGA+ i7 5600u
Carbon X1 i5 UHD
W520 quad-i7
X131e AMD
Sony Vaio P799 (8" LED 1600x768)
"Think" Ultrabook i7

in storage:
X61T Touch L7500
X61T SXGA+ 8GB
X60/X60s, X61, T61, T420, X30

past:
X24, X23, X22, X21, X20, 390X

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