T60P with 2.5Ghz & 8GB memory?

Does anyone know if a IBM / Lenovo Thinkpad T60P exists with 2.5Ghz cpu and 8GB memory with IPS display screen? The IPS T60P display looks fantastic!

 

Sorry to disappoint, but the T60p never came with that kind of configuration. At best, the T60p comes with a C2D T7600(2.33GhZ) and takes a maximum of 3GB of RAM. 4GB will fit, but due to a chipset limitation(not the 32bit OS limitation) only 3GB will be recognized.

If you're willing to do some heavy modifications, I've heard that a 14.1" 4:3(NOT the 16:10 version) T61 motherboard will fit in the T60p chassis, giving you the option of 8GB of RAM and the Santa Rosa line of CPUs. This will give pretty much the performance specs you're looking for, but you will have to do quite a bit of notebook surgery to do so.

 

This may be of interest.

 

Well, i am typing this reply on exactly such a machine. I call it a T61+, and it is some sort of Frankenpad, which was assembled by myself using a T60(p) 15" chassis with a new BOE Hydis UXGA Flexview display, equipped with a 14,1"/4:3 T61 Intel graphics mainboard with a T9300 (2.6GHz) CPU and 2x4=8GB of RAM. I have a second such T61+ with pretty much the same characteristics, with the exception of a T9500 CPU, which i keep stored away as a fallback in case my main work horse fails.

Lenovo never built such a wonderful machine, and one has to do it on his/her own. Many people have already done it, and i got my main information from these sources:

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#### forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=51632
#### forum.thinkpads.com • T61p mobo in a T60p case?

#### forum.thinkpads.com • T61p mobo in a T60p case? says:
"The PC card connector on the T61 motherboard is female where the T60
motherboard it's male. Need the PC card cage from the T61."

#### forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?p=616799#p616799
#### forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?p=620807#p620807 (very precise description!)
#### forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?p=555899#p555899

Some very well done videos showing how to disassemble and reassemble the T6x and the relevant Hardware Maintenance Manuals are available here:

lenovoservicetraining.com/ion/T60_T60p
lenovoservicetraining.com/ion/R61_T61

With all these documentation sources all the questions you are not aware of yet are already answered. Just read everything twice from top to bottom and you will be able to assemble one of these nice machines easily on your own.

My recommendation is to acquire a fully working 14.1"/4:3 T61 and also a fully working 15"/4:3 T60(p), instead of hunting for parts. This will save you lots of time and unnecessary expenses. You can then simply swap the mainboards/CPU between both, and will get two fully working machines. Worked for me already multiple times and was well worth the effort.

If you go for it, better try to avoid any nVIDIA based T61(p) machine, as these GPU's are know to be faulty, with just a small percentage produced without this infamous bug. The Intel graphics has the added advantage of running cooler, which directly translates into less fan noise and stress for the electronic components of your machine.

 

Thank you for such helpful info, you guys are AWESOME! How about any 15.4" IPS display that I can put in a Dell Latitude D830, does it exist?

 

AFAIK, there are no 16:10 IPS panels available in 15.4"

 

I fear this particular combination of the very best features has no peer in the business notebook world. But then again, i am pretty heavily biased on the Thinkpad side as i never ever bothered buying and trying any other brand. I have heard that HP makes some top of the line notebooks with IPS/AFFS display, but they are quite a bit on the expensive side and do not feature all the advantages (easy replacement parts availability in first place) of Thinkpads.

 

If you want to max out a T61 systemboard, then consider that a X9000 was installed in a R61e here. Though I would advise getting a cheaper and cooler running E0-stepping X9100, CPU pinmod it to 200Mhz and then overclock via unlocked multipliers up to thermal stability (100degrees) or 4.0Ghz, whichever limit applies first.

See RickiBerlin's HDX9000+X9100 writeup at http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-...n-owners-lounge-part-2-a-457.html#post8125412 for details.

 

Just to expand on this, the nVidia boards with the new "good" chip are all widescreen models. If you want a 4:3 T61/T61p nvidia with the updated GPU, you'll need one that's had the board replaced under warranty, but get documentation because it's not easy to tell which chip it has.

I'll also add that I currently have some T61p (T9300) 15.4" with updated GPU, and some T60p (T7600) 15" flexview and Ati fireGL 5250, all in excellent condition and very reasonable priced at thinkpads.com marketplace (member TuuS)

I do not have any T61 with 4:3 ratio though, but I'm looking.

 

To tell the truth, using such a X9000 CPU or even only a dedicated GPU would rather ruin that machine for me, as this would only result in more heat emission and thus fan noise. More heat also means less life time for the built in electronics, and i had actually intended to keep that machine for a few years to come.

Personally, "maxing out" for me means in first place to maximize the overall quality of the machine instead of just raw computing speed. I am no gamer and don't care about multimedia stuff, but i do care about the perfect tool for quietly supporting my work as writer and typesetter. The singular major ingredient for my T61+ project was the wonderful BOE Hydis IPS UXGA display in combination with the cool running Intel graphics and the 8GB of RAM, with the CPU speed being of less importance.

I primarily wanted a mostly quiet machine with a perfect display and good overall performance. The next step to achive that goal would be investing some money in a worthwhile SSD drive for more random access speed and elimination of the remaining HDD drive noise. An even faster and hotter CPU would be rather pointless in context of this goal.

 

I have a T60p with 2.33Ghz CPU and 3GB RAM, it is perfectly fine for everday task from office work to watching high-def movies. Occasionally I ran virtualization on it with no problem.

 

How is the battery life from you T60P frankenstein notebooks with the IPS display and modular/extended battery if you're doing simple things like Word Processing or Picture slide show at 50-75% brightness?

 

My totally modded nVidia T61 Flexview requires 11W in idle, ~14W in light use. This leads to about 3.5 hours of light use using 6 cells battery or 5-5.5 hours with 9 cell battery.

 

I never bothered measuring this as my machine never leaves the desk and always stays connected to the standard power supply. The battery only serves as a safeguard against sudden power losses.

 

Does have any of these laptop parts I can buy for a good deal?