Reusing parts from a X60s

[Ollo]

Greetings!

My X60s was killed this weekend in an accident Now I'm gonna get something to replace it, and was thinking of getting another one, so that I can reuse the battery and ultrabase, and perhaps other parts. But perhaps these parts can be used in similar systems, like the x61? Anyone know?

[Harryc]

The battery, ultrabase, RAM, and optical drives in the Ultrabase are all the same. I 'think' the keyboards are the same as well. If you need to know that, it can be verified.

[Ollo]

Good news then - thanks, Harry! Yes, I am looking at a X61 with an English keyboard that I would like to exchange for the Swedish one I have in the diseased X60s.

Would these parts also work in tablets? I vaguely remember reading about different batteries.

Cheers!

[Harryc]

The keyboards are the same -
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... 62916.html

The batteries and the Ultrabase are different between X6X Tablets and non-tablets.

[Ollo]

Many thanks, Harry!

My old X60s died after being thrown (don't ask...) into the floor and ladning on the left corner where the memory-card reader sits. The whole laptop was deformed and bent so mych that the lid would not close. When I pressed the power button, the screen would be all green, then change to blue, then to other colours.

On a whim I decided to bend the chassies back into shape today. I thought perhaps it was only a short circuit that caused the problem (yeah right... as if a motherboard would take that kind of strain and then work when bent back into shape!). Lo and behold - it now works! I'm a very happy camper, and very impressed by the durability of this little laptop. There is still an open gap in the front, but I'll leave it like this like a reminder. Also, I dare not bend it any more.

I'll still get the X61 though, as a back up since I don't know how much time this baby has left.

[lead_org]

bending back the laptop into shape, i am impressed. Can you take a picture of the damaged area that you tried to fix?

[IvanAndreevich]

LOL to be honest I was surprised that your machine was supposedly killed by a single drop in the first place.

[Ollo]

Well, it has sustained a couple of drops in the past, but this time it was thrown (not by me, I must add). It still seems to work fine, but the memcard slot is misaligned. I'll se if i can get some pics.