T22 heatsink fan pn 26P9254 FRU 26P9317 binds on the LCD .

[motero99]

I upgraded my T20 with a T22 mobo when the old one went bad. I now have a SL%#S 1 GHz processor upgrade. After reading the forum posts, I purchased a T22 Heatsink Fan, pn 26P9254 FRU 26P9317, but it does not fit. When I try to put the fan in, it seems to bind on the metal hinge plate for the LCD. The heatsink has a bright chrome metal cover held by six small allen screws. It looks like if I remove the chrome plate, the heatsink would slide in. I am worried that if I remove the chrome plate, then the heatsink will not touch the processor. Does anyone have any suggestions? The pn should be the right one for a T22. I guess I could try removing the LCD/cover, put on the heatsink, and then put the LCD back on. Would this work?

[motero99]

After posting my questions, I played around with what I called the LCD hinge a little more. First, it is the metal piece that lookls like a hinge and the T20 heatsink screws into it in 2 places. It appears that its sole function is as a place for the T20 heatsink screws. I can lift it up and it appears that I can slide it off its mounting pin with a little effort. Now that I have described this piece, does it serve any other purpose than to mount the T20 heatsink? I am thinking of removing it, but would like to hear from someone else familiar with this part or who did the upgrade from a T20 or T21 to a T@@ heatsink. Does this part do anything other than serve as a place for the heatsink to screw in?

[dsigma6]

I don't know what's going on with the fan, but why would you remove the LCD? If anything, just the hinge cover and keyboard bezel to give you more room to work with.

Have you looked at the HMM?
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mo ... 2p9631.pdf

[JohnnyM]

The metal hinge piece that you refer to is a Thermal Hinge, part 08K6353. It only came with the T20 2647-52x, 92x, C2x and L1x series.
It will work without it. It just gives better/stronger screen support, and some thermal dissipation. The lcd cover will need to be taken off, and the hinge may be glued to a metal plate behind the screen.

[motero99]

JohnnyM. Thank you very much. From your postscript, it looks like you upgraded a T20 to 1GHz. Did you have issues with the Thermal Hinge? If so, how did you get around it? Did you use a a T22 heatsink. I have seen a few topics in this forum, but no one seems to mention the Thermal Hinge. The only issue I have seen is having to trim the Keyboard CRU Insulator (I assume that is the plastic piece people talked about). Is there a different part form other T2X models that I should order to replace the Thermal Hinge? It appears that the piece is on a pin. It turns and slides, I almost had it off and than thought I should contact the forum for info first. I think I can force it off. I did swing it up and the heatsink fit in perfectly and it appeard all of the holes lined up to lock down the heatsink.

[JohnnyM]

When I upgraded to 1Ghz, I used the SL5TF. It took about 2 months to find one (not including the retail $200+ units).
Unlike the SL53S, the SL5TF supports SpeedStep at the full 1Ghz, and will drop the voltage to 1.35V when running at 700Mhz or less. This removes the need for an upgraded heatsink, as long as SpeedStep or SpeedSwitchXP is used.
I do recommend removing the rubber pad and applying thermal grease because it can get pretty warm sometimes.

Here's the links to Intel's spec sheets:
http://processorfinder.intel.com/Detail ... Spec=SL53S#
http://processorfinder.intel.com/Detail ... Spec=SL5TF#