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    T61 - 15" logic board in a 14" body?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by formerglory, Apr 24, 2012.

  1. formerglory

    formerglory Notebook Evangelist

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    Picked up a 14" T61 cheap fixer-upper from school surplus a few days ago, and so far the only thing that is wrong with it is the CPU fan, which I've already ordered. I've got a spare 15" board that had an updated, non-defective GPU, and I was thinking of trying to swap boards, since the 14" machine has a NVIDIA GPU board that might be defective (but still works). I'd like to have a non-defective GPU in this machine, rather than a ticking timebomb of a board.

    Would a 15" model logic board work in a 14" shell? I'm assuming yes, since the boards are attached to different magnesium cages of different sizes. The 15" board might be able to fit inside the 14" cage with no issue. I know that a 15" T60 board works just fine in a 14" T60 body, but the cages are different.
     
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  2. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

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    Are they both the widescreen models? I'm not entirely certain, but you can compare the pictures shown in the Hardware Maintenance Manuals.
     
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    formerglory Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes, they're both widescreen.
     
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    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    No, it can't be done.

    Unfortunately, all three sizes that T61/p was available in carried a physically different planar.
     
    ajkula66, Apr 25, 2012
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