Hey there.
I have an X60 that I have had for about a year and I just used it as a basic windows box just to configure some old DBX Driverack units and this worked perfectly. Now I wanna play a bit. It is a T7200 2GHz Core2Duo machine with 3GB ram and a 220ish GB HD. I also have the docking station for it that was necessary for the ports on it. So. I was scanning all the forums and reading up and stuff about all the things I can and can't do with this puppy, but I was kinda unclear on a few things and thought I would ask directly because I have read all the things I ld read, but I am just a bit unclear on a few things. Here's the deal. I don't need too much power in this thing, but I want to upgrade it to a touch screen style unit. Would it be best if I just got an actual touch screen unit (like the x61 seems the way to go) or can I outfit this non touch unit with a touch screen separately? From what the prices that I can see these are going for I may just got an X61 touch screen unit and call it a day. I just thought I would ask. I think that this unit is pretty much the max I can get for this unit (I think there may be a faster processor unit out there, but I doubt I will bother because the max this unit can see is 3GB 32 bit) but I may see about doing an X61 mobo swap. Not sure yet. I understand it is a direct drop in replacement. That way I would have 8GB max and a 64bit unit. Though I don't know if it is worth it for me. Just playing around with the idea, not sure what I wanna do. Is there anything else that is suggested? The main thing I would want to do if possible is add a touchscreen. And if I go that far maybe a mobo swap to an x61 but like I said it's not really a priority, just a toy to play with. It does it's job well and I really like it. I just thought maybe giving it a bit of a kick to make it a bit more "fun". I also am hearing all about some kinda "libreboot" thingy that I have no idea what that is but I am gonna look into that now and see what that's all about and if I wanna play with that. Another thing I hear all about is the Middleton Bios upgrade that everyone is doing. I didn't really find a link to one that would be the latest for mine. Could someone point me to the correct version for this X60 I have? I will look around a bit more for it, but that would be a great help if someone could show me the way. Thanks all! I appreciate any and all suggestions tossed my way.
Cheers
Chris
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Hey there. Newbie here! I have an x60 and dock. Upgrade ideas?
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Re: Hey there. Newbie here! I have an x60 and dock. Upgrade ideas?
Hi, Chris, and welcome to the forum.
You are correct that yours is pretty much the highest stock X60 as can be. There was never a faster CPU for it (CPU is soldered) and 3GB RAM is the maximum it will take (well it will take 4GB but only 3GB will be usable).
An X61-board is a drop-in replacement and with 8GB RAM + T8300 CPU + Middleton BIOS to unlock SATA2 speeds it may be quite a bit faster than the X60, but: (a) still slow for modern programs/websites and (b) maybe not meaningful if you only plan very light load on this machine
I never looked into adding on a touch screen to X60/X61 model, but some have done it. Look into Vavet's thread (he is one of our most experienced X61 modders):
viewtopic.php?t=115531
Note that there is no stock X60/X61 with touch screen; the X60/X61 Tablet come with touch screen, but it's a whole different laptop (bigger, heavier).
You are correct that yours is pretty much the highest stock X60 as can be. There was never a faster CPU for it (CPU is soldered) and 3GB RAM is the maximum it will take (well it will take 4GB but only 3GB will be usable).
An X61-board is a drop-in replacement and with 8GB RAM + T8300 CPU + Middleton BIOS to unlock SATA2 speeds it may be quite a bit faster than the X60, but: (a) still slow for modern programs/websites and (b) maybe not meaningful if you only plan very light load on this machine
I never looked into adding on a touch screen to X60/X61 model, but some have done it. Look into Vavet's thread (he is one of our most experienced X61 modders):
viewtopic.php?t=115531
Note that there is no stock X60/X61 with touch screen; the X60/X61 Tablet come with touch screen, but it's a whole different laptop (bigger, heavier).
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Re: Hey there. Newbie here! I have an x60 and dock. Upgrade ideas?
Thanks for the input.
I may get a x61 mobo one day, but until then I will continue to use as is. I don't really use it much just for those specific programs for configuring the driverack stuff. If the touch screen was a easy mod I would do it, but probably won't bother. Although the x61 may come one day. Thanks again for the advice.
Chris
I may get a x61 mobo one day, but until then I will continue to use as is. I don't really use it much just for those specific programs for configuring the driverack stuff. If the touch screen was a easy mod I would do it, but probably won't bother. Although the x61 may come one day. Thanks again for the advice.
Chris
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