Thinklight replacement for X60?

[blandthrax]

Good day everyone,

I own a Lenovo Thinkpad X60 1707-CTO and I just returned from a trip to discover the Thinklight has stopped working. I have spent the better part of the past hour scouring three hardware manuals from Lenovo's website as well as Googling for a solution and/or part number to no avail.

My first question, is the Thinklight on this model easily replaceable, meaning, can I take apart the bezel and swap it for a new one?

and, if so, what is the part number?

I haven't been able to isolate the Thinklight as a standalone part though I assume it can be found and purchased somewhere.

Any assistance is warmly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Matt

[EOMtp]

Welcome to the forum!
The light is part of the LCD cable, of which there are 4 flavors, i.e., for "normal" (designated "SPWG" in manual) vs. "UltraLight" screens, each with or without Bluetooth connector. Most likely you have the "normal" screen, cable shown below:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Orig-IBM-Le ... 1c2621b85c
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Lenovo-Thin ... 25729dfbe7

Disassembling the LCD casing and changing the cable will not be "fun" -- especially is you have not done it before. You may consider replacing the entire "top" of the machine, for example:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Lenovo-Thin ... 43b154512d

Note: All X6x[s] -- i.e., X60, X60s, X61, X61s -- "tops" are interchangeable, and will mount on any X6x[s] "bottom".

The Hardware Maintenance Manual (HMM) has disassembly instructions and part numbers:
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc ... 550_04.pdf

[blandthrax]

Thank you for this information. It is extremely helpful.