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This page is dedicated to your Hardware modifications and stories about strange or clever uses of ThinkPads.
 
This page is dedicated to your Hardware modifications and stories about strange or clever uses of ThinkPads.
  
==Hardware hacks==
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=Hardware hacks=
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== xx20 Series (T420/X220/W520) and xx30 Series (T430/X230/W530) ==
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* [[Replacing T430 screen with a better one|T420/T430 Screen Upgrade to 1080p FHD T440p or 1600x900 X1 Carbon]] - Advanced screen mods, for an FHD 1080p display. Also works for T420, T420s, and T430s.
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** [[T420 and T430 HD+ Screen Upgrade|T420/T430 1366x768 to 1600x900 HD+ Screen Upgrade]] - Stock screen mods, for a 1600x900 display. Nothing out of the ordinary.
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* [[ThinkPad Dock Series 3#Modification for X220 Tablet|Modifying Series 3 Dock to fit X220 Tablet]]
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* [[Install Classic Keyboard on xx30 Series ThinkPads]] - Bring back the 7-row keyboard for the xx30 series.
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== T60/X60 Series ==
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* [[Installing a QXGA display in a R/T60 or 61]]
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== Other ThinkPads ==
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* [[Harddrive Upgrade|Upgrade your hard drive]]
 
* [[Harddrive Upgrade|Upgrade your hard drive]]
 
* [[CPU upgrade]]
 
* [[CPU upgrade]]
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* [[How to build your own UltraBay Plus device]]
 
* [[How to build your own UltraBay Plus device]]
 
* [[How to build your own UltraPort device]]
 
* [[How to build your own UltraPort device]]
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* [[How to build a T43 southbridge cooler]]
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* [[How to make your Dock quiet]]
 
* [[Unofficial maximum memory specs]]
 
* [[Unofficial maximum memory specs]]
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* [[CompactFlash boot drive]]
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* [[Opening port replicator II]]
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*[[How to put SATA in old ThinkPads]]
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*[[UEFI BIOS ROM Recovery on the Lenovo Thinkpad E555]]
  
==Undocumented software control of hardware==
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=software control of hardware=
 
*[[Pentium M undervolting and underclocking]]
 
*[[Pentium M undervolting and underclocking]]
 
*[[How to control fan speed]]
 
*[[How to control fan speed]]
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*[[How to disable the pc speaker (beep!)]]
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*[[How to silence DVD ROM]]
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=Power Hacks=
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* [[Using 16V powersupplies for new 20 V laptops]]
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*[[Power Connector]] hacks including makeshift connector and signal pins
  
==External Sources==
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=External Sources=
 
*[http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~przemy/en_ibm760xd.html ThinkPad 760XD do-it-yourself-page]
 
*[http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~przemy/en_ibm760xd.html ThinkPad 760XD do-it-yourself-page]
 
*[http://repair4laptop.org/disassembly_ibm.html How to Upgrade, Repair, Disassemble a Lenovo (former IBM) ThinkPad Laptop or Notebook] - links to illustrated (often) HOWTOs for old and new ThinkPad models.
 
*[http://repair4laptop.org/disassembly_ibm.html How to Upgrade, Repair, Disassemble a Lenovo (former IBM) ThinkPad Laptop or Notebook] - links to illustrated (often) HOWTOs for old and new ThinkPad models.
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*[http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=20958 T43p Embedded Controller Internals]
 
*[http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=20958 T43p Embedded Controller Internals]
 
*[http://linuxfocus.org/~guido/gentoo-tpt43p/cooling/ Enhancing cooling for the T43/p]
 
*[http://linuxfocus.org/~guido/gentoo-tpt43p/cooling/ Enhancing cooling for the T43/p]
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*[http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=69539 Hardware fix for the T43/p fan noise]

Revision as of 22:55, 20 November 2018

This page is dedicated to your Hardware modifications and stories about strange or clever uses of ThinkPads.

Hardware hacks

xx20 Series (T420/X220/W520) and xx30 Series (T430/X230/W530)

T60/X60 Series

Other ThinkPads

software control of hardware

Power Hacks

External Sources