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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. | ||
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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 silence DVD ROM]] | * [[How to silence DVD ROM]] | ||
* [[Unofficial maximum memory specs]] | * [[Unofficial maximum memory specs]] | ||
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* [[Installing a QXGA display in a R/T60 or 61]] | * [[Installing a QXGA display in a R/T60 or 61]] | ||
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* [[How to make your Dock quiet]] | * [[How to make your Dock quiet]] | ||
* [[Opening port replicator II]] | * [[Opening port replicator II]] | ||
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* [[Upgrading T430 Keyboard]] | * [[Upgrading T430 Keyboard]] | ||
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*[[Pentium M undervolting and underclocking]] | *[[Pentium M undervolting and underclocking]] | ||
*[[How to control fan speed]] | *[[How to control fan speed]] | ||
| − | ==External Sources | + | =Power Hacks= |
| + | * [[Using 16V powersupplies for new 20 V laptops]] | ||
| + | *[[Power Connector]] hacks including makeshift connector and signal pins | ||
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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. | ||
Revision as of 05:35, 20 April 2014
This page is dedicated to your Hardware modifications and stories about strange or clever uses of ThinkPads.
Contents
Hardware hacks
- Upgrade your hard drive
- CPU upgrade
- How to build your own UltraBay drive
- How to build your own UltraBay Plus device
- How to build your own UltraPort device
- How to build a T43 southbridge cooler
- How to disable the pc speaker (beep!)
- How to silence DVD ROM
- Unofficial maximum memory specs
- CompactFlash boot drive
- Installing a QXGA display in a R/T60 or 61
- How to make your Dock quiet
- Opening port replicator II
- Replacing T430 screen with a better one
- Upgrading T430 Keyboard
Undocumented software control of hardware
Power Hacks
- Using 16V powersupplies for new 20 V laptops
- Power Connector hacks including makeshift connector and signal pins
External Sources
- ThinkPad 760XD do-it-yourself-page
- How to Upgrade, Repair, Disassemble a Lenovo (former IBM) ThinkPad Laptop or Notebook - links to illustrated (often) HOWTOs for old and new ThinkPad models.
- ThinkPad overclocking by photo for different older models (japanese)
- IBM Mania's Application pages (Korean, but with pictures)
- T43p Embedded Controller Internals
- Enhancing cooling for the T43/p
- Hardware fix for the T43/p fan noise
