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    T400 Hard Drives

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by falcon26, Jun 20, 2009.

  1. falcon26

    falcon26 Notebook Evangelist

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    Dumb question but are T400 hard drives just a standard laptop 2.5 drive? Also are all T400 screens matte not matter what the option?
     
    falcon26, Jun 20, 2009
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    Yes to the 2.5"

    They are all matte.
     
    useroflaptops, Jun 21, 2009
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  3. falcon26

    falcon26 Notebook Evangelist

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    Cool :) I used the CCP program plus the 5% coupon and got a pretty much loaded T400 with the LED screen for $800 with the ATI 3470 :) Only thing was its only a 160GB 5400 rpm hard drive. But I have a 320GB 7200 rpm WD drive I can put in :) plus 4 gb of ram :)
     
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    The hard drives are standard 2.5" wide and 9.5mm tall (some 3 platter notebooks drives are taller than this) hard drives. However, the SSDs tend to be 1.8" units with adapters.
     
    jonlumpkin, Jun 21, 2009
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    What about memory I just realized I only got 2 gb's of ram. I want to add 4 gb's Is it easy to install? Like most laptops its like 2 screws than open done....
     
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    The T400 is a little more complicated because the memory slots are under the keyboard. However, it still only requires a screwdriver.
     
    jonlumpkin, Jun 21, 2009
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    Crap :-( So you could damage the keyboard :-(
     
    falcon26, Jun 21, 2009
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    Its pretty easy to do. Like all things u damage only if youre not careful. After you lift the keyboard out theres a little SU8 ribbon connected to a tab, you pull the tab out and the keyboard is disconnected.
     
    useroflaptops, Jun 21, 2009
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    Ok cool thanks. I just found a video on youtube that shows a guy doing it. The keyboard looks like its ready to pop but comes off easy
     
    falcon26, Jun 21, 2009
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    Take a look @ yr manuals and also documents on lenovos support website. they have a step by step thing on things you should do.
     
    useroflaptops, Jun 21, 2009
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    I don't believe you have to remove the keyboard. You just have to remove 4 screws and then take off the palmrest panel (the instructions say you should disconnect the touchpad, but you can just shift it aside a bit), and then you should see the two memory slots.

    Read the Hardware Maintenence Manual here for a step-by-step.
     
    MidnightSun, Jun 21, 2009
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