Can I upgrade my T500 to a T520?

T400/410/420 and T500/510/520 series specific matters only
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Can I upgrade my T500 to a T520?

#1 Post by tfmcshan » Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:38 pm

Hi all,

I am new to the forum and happy to be here!

I worked for IBM for about 6 years (IBM Global Services) and got hooked on thinkpads. My main machine is a T500 and I am thinking of upgrading to a T520 - New Gen i3. Does anyone know if I can buy the motherboard for a T520 and swap it with my current machine?

Thanks in advance for any help you may have.

Tom
T500, X200, G40, X200 so far....

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Re: Can I upgrade my T500 to a T520?

#2 Post by Brad » Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:35 pm

Tom from Toms River, welcome to the forum!

Worthy pursuit but unfortunately the T500 and T520 are different animals.

Selling the T500 and buying a T510 may give you the oppotunity to upgrade the motherboard to the T520 or W520 motherboards.

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Re: Can I upgrade my T500 to a T520?

#3 Post by tfmcshan » Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:39 pm

Hi Brad,

Thanks very much for the Warm Welcome :)

I appreciate your quick reply. Something in the back of my mind told me this was a no-go. I wanted to post the question to the many members on this board who have far more experience with Thinkpads than I do!

Best Regards,
Tom

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Re: Can I upgrade my T500 to a T520?

#4 Post by ssd_thinkpad » Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:56 am

T500 is 16:10
T510 an T520 are 16:9

Not only the display, but also the bottom part where the mainboard is differs in size because of this.

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