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T61 TuuS's replacement motherboards

#1 Post by Sleora » Sat Jun 26, 2021 4:58 pm

Hello there, I heard that it was possible to get my hands on a NOS/modified motherboard for a T61, is it true ?
Just for context, I bought not long ago a Thinkpad T61 but it turn out that it has the famous faulty nvidia Quadro NVS 140M (for 27€/~$32, it wasn't a huge loss and I kinda half-expected to have that problem). The intergrated display is a pain to look at with the image totaly scrambled, but with an external display, it's okay, I just have color stripes.
After searching a bit on Google, I heard that some motherboards from after feb 2008 could make a good replacement, unfortunately :
1. It's a pain to track the FRU from these boards
2. and when I found one, it's overpriced.

Then, after googling even more, I heard about some New Old Stock/modified (frankenpads) motherboards were sold by the guy named TuuS.
How can I contact him to get my hand a better fonctionnal board for my T61 ?

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Re: T61 TuuS's replacement motherboards

#2 Post by fissionpowered » Sat Jun 26, 2021 5:20 pm

https://theboardroom.info/t61mobo.html

From the recent T61 buying advice thread.

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Re: T61 TuuS's replacement motherboards

#3 Post by cadillacmike68 » Thu Aug 19, 2021 12:48 am

The boards are for the standard size 14" 4:3 aspect ratios. They are not for either of the 2 sizes of widescreen T61s.
600 600X
760LD FUBARd
T21 2647 T22 2647 1@ 1GHz SXGA+ 4 more; T23 2647 1@ 1.2GHz SXGA+ 3 more
T30 2366-88U 2GHz; 2366-83U 1.8G; 5@ 2366-LU0/66U; 2367-KU6 FUBARd
T41 T42 T43
T60 T61 8897 2.4GHz SXGA+; 8898 2.4Ghz; 6463 2@ WSXGA+; 7658 2.5GHz; T61p; 6 more T61s
T500 2
T530 W530

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Re: T61 TuuS's replacement motherboards

#4 Post by Cigarguy » Thu Aug 19, 2021 3:28 am

TuuS is a great guy to deal with. I got one of his boards and has been very with it. The T61 is a 13-14 year old machine so don't expect too much from that platform. NOS motherboard or 8/8 motherboards are getting more scarce so don't be surprise if you can't get any. You are late to the party. Unfortunately TuuS have had some medical issues and is no longer as active as he used to be. TuuS is a standup guy and I wish him the best and misses his contribution to this forum.

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