Could I at the least still use my old t40s 3cell ultrabay battery in the latest t520 bays? From the photos they look similar.
I was hoping to stay with the small light thin dimensions of the t40 but its all widescreen now. Shopping so far shows t410 has weak GPUs so used lenovos seem a bad option. Thinkpads/macbooks under 14 inches don't offer i7 QM quadcores. My favorite lenovo options so far are the y570 5.9lbs 2630QM @ 1000 t520 5.6lbs 2820QM @ $1500 AMD doesn't have mobile benchmarks that come close to what I need for video editing. Hopefully Intel will release its 2760QM, 2860QM & 2960XM soon so Lenovo might lower its prices on the existing quadcores. Or maybe offer some quadcores in <14 thinkpads or l-series laptops. On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 2:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > While I love T4x series and still own and use several T43/p units on daily > basis, if you have a chance to move to something with dual core CPU that > would be my advice. > > BTW, not all T43s had SXGA+ screens, and not all of them were dim... you > wouldn't be able to use your CPU, fan or RAM in the T43/p either... > > Stay away from T61/p units with nVidia GPUs, everything else was built > pretty solid. > > Happy hunting. > > Cheers, > > George > > > -----Original Message----- > From: christiaan cruz <[email protected]> > To: thinkpad <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Aug 27, 2011 3:55 pm > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] re-flow, replacement, or x64 > > > > > Well I tried the re-flow but my foil cover was too > > tight and trapped air under and over the board > > instead of insulating it. Great smoke and fireworks > > show though. > > My LCD has a row of dead pixels on its right > > side too; always been too dim to use in daylight. > > > > I've looked at prices on replacement LCDs and Intel > > R5x boards but a whole used laptop seems cheaper. > > I have lots of life left on my 9cell and ultrabay > > batteries. The problem I foresee is if I buy a t43 > > I will feel very underwhelmed by the dim SXGA. > > Will the 2GHz CPU + my 2GB of memory be fast enough > > to edit/render HD video at reasonable speeds? Or > > is x64 and 4GB+ memory the only way to go? > > > > The cool thing about the tXX series was that they > > were thin cheap and sturdy. Age, lots of wear and > > useage showed that the dim LCD and bad GPUs > > were not so great though. Is the t43 the best and > > brightest performer of the bunch for these batteries? > > Or is buying into a newer brighter and better x64 > > system better than holding on to the old batteries > > and aged slower performers? > > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 5:56 PM, > >> What you're looking at is an usual set of symptoms for GPU detachment >> which > >> is an extremely common problem on T4x units. > >> > >> Three fixes: > >> > >> a) Replace the system board > >> > >> b) Re-flow the board yourself > >> > >> c) Replace the board with an Intel based board from R51. > >> > >> More on these subjects: > >> > >> http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=57021 > >> > >> http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=65505 > >> > >> http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=90207 > >> > >> http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=33952 > >> > >> Good luck. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> George > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Thinkpad mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
