Thinkpads Forum

hello,
So I was wondering if I can fit a 63Y2086 I7-640LM board into it; I especially like the i7 board because it's 25 watts, but if you guys think the i5 35w boards are better let me know.

Online I found some threads, although they are about retrofitting x201 i5 boards into x200, while this is a x201s i7, also threads are old and pictures are gone.
I read I will probably end up with a screw or two in excess after I'm done, and - this is the part the scares me - I will probably have to cut/bend some pin in the x200 chassis to accomodate the board

What do you guys think, is it doable? Thank you

[edit: too much blabla]

I've looked at both motherboards and they look identical. If you're really scared you might want to check out the hmm for the x20* series machines and look at the screw differences. I usually Miss a screw or two when swapping parts for their intended machine

Sent from my E6553 using Tapatalk

thanks for taking the time to check, very helpful
this one is tricky because everybody wants to fit regular mobos into S chassis, not the opposite.

it seems like it's possible, I will try as soon as I have some time.

edit: similar issue thread https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comme ... therboard/

If it's anything like the x60/x61s, they are completely swappable from slim to "fat". BTW you CANT swap x61 to x61s.

Sent from my E6553 using Tapatalk

Thinkpad4by3 wrote: ↑

Fri May 12, 2017 8:16 am

BTW you CANT swap x61 to x61s.

You can swap some x61 into an x61s chasis -- depends which fan you use.

Am curious to hear if the x201s board fits into the x200.