Quick question for anybody with a T60 with the v5200

If you have a T60 with the V5200 and a core 2 duo processor, could you let me know the full model number? I need it for a parts lookup.
Thanks in advance.

 

I don't have a T60p, but I do have a tabook. I'm assuming you upgraded to the Core 2 Duo, since very few UXGA had the Core 2 Duo. At any rate 2007-9GU. I think a few of the UXGA had the ThinkPad card. You might want to check that out.

 

Actually, the other way around. My computer left Lenovo as a T60 with the 1400x1050 flexview, an x1400, and a T7400 c2d. Over the years it has acquired the 1600x1200 flexview and a v5200. I'm trying to figure out which of the two fans that are listed as being for discrete graphics systems I need. I tore the thermal pad on mine, and these thermal pads I got from Hong Kong will let the computer run, but they're none too good.

 

Both fans should work just fine, from what I remember. I've done a lot of digging on this. While one fan is 'meant' for the Core 2 Duo CPU, IIRC it actually makes the GPU a little bit hotter. This thread on Thinkpads.com is one I started a while ago and should have at least some useful information... you should be able to get part numbers at the very least:

forum.thinkpads.com • View topic - More questions about T60/p heatsinks...

 

Looking at the designs, that's the conclusion I came to too. The sad thing is playing around with an old fan I was able to bring down GPU temps massively by removing the thermal pads and bending down the gpu side of the heat sink so I could just use artic silver. Unfortunately, having done that, I could no longer get good pressure on the CPU (putting my finger on top of the center of the CPU heatsink would drive temps back down to where they belonged), and couldn't get any pressure at all on the Northbridge.

 

have you tried the penny mod?

forum.thinkpads.com • View topic - Improving T60p heatsink performance

 

I'm actually trying something else at the moment with my other fan. Looking at the one that I tried bending earlier, it's warped, that's why the CPU wasn't getting cooling. So I tried with this other fan I have, one that is not made for the C2D. I put on a 1mm thermal pad on the northbridge section, bent it down and used artic silver on the gpu section.

Temps are looking good (fan speed set to 5, GPU = 58C and CPU = 50C. Normal these would be like 65C and 55C with an unmodified factory fan). GPU isn't quite as cool as it was on the last one where I didn't use any pads at all, but it's still cooler than normal when using the factory pads. The only thing I'm worried about is the northbridge temps. Is one of the readings in tpfancontrol for the northbridge? If so, what's a normal temp?

 

Running the Thinkvantage toolbox video card stress test showed me a few things:

- the "bus" is the northbridge. What's a safe temp for this?

- Also, even running the video card stress test, the gpu never gets over 84C with the fan on 7, which is a huge improvement. I never ran this stress test specifically before, but with the factory pads going well over 90C when doing anything that used the GPU was pretty routine

- Running the CPU stress test, the CPU does eventually see 90C, so maybe the ideal would be to do this mod to the C2D fan.

 

Hmmm, my temps, while still cool, are higher than before. Maybe it was a bad idea to run the stress tests before the Artic Silver had a chance to bed-in?