MULTITOUCH X61 CRACK
On previous ThinkPads I owned I found that any cracks in the chassis can be stopped from extending by opening the ThinkPad, adding a generous amount of superglue on the crack (from the inside) and immediately sprinkling fibers (with a 5mm length) on the glue. The kit actually comes with a plastic part to close to ejector-button hole for the pccard slot, which is also designed to give additional support.Ģ) Hm, I will keep an eye on this, but so far I do not have any problems here. However, as the conversion kit does not come with a pccard slot, I just glued the slot latch shut and re-enforced it from the inside. The used X61 I bought on eBay already had this issue in a very early stage. It doesn't bother me, though.ġ) Yes, this is absolutely true. But if you are used to modern screens, the display may indeed appear a bit grainy. Once the crack is formed, the area visibly deforms whenever moving the screen.įor the most part those chassis flaws seem to be largely cosmetic, but the crack near the hinge does seem to be allowing new and probably increasing levels of flex causing strain on other components which may fail later.įor the display, I bought an LED conversion kit (mainly for the reduced power consumption) and have no complaints regarding the results. The screen hinge is nearby and the cyclic strain of opening and closing the display eventually breaks the chassis at this thin spot - another stress riser caused by the CPU fan exhaust vent. The top edge of the last CPU fan vent grill. It's just a matter of time before it cracks from fatigue.Ģ. There is a stress riser there due to the unsupported palm rest flexing above the card slot cavity. The left edge of the palm rest immediately adjacent to the near keyboard edge above the pccard slot.
MULTITOUCH X61 CRACKED
Every single 圆1s I've had (there have been many now) has cracked in two places through normal usage:ġ. Aftermarket ones tend to suck and OEM ones are either counterfeit or very old stock in my experience.įurthermore, while this particular laptop strikes an exceptional balance of size/weight and usability with a great keyboard, there are some singificant flaws in the chassis design.
The other issue is getting quality replacement batteries for these old thinkpads.
MULTITOUCH X61 MOD
One major problem I have is the rather old SXGA+ screen used in the mod has a CCFL edgelight, and the last time I did an LED conversion on a modded SXGA+ 圆1s the visual results were not great - certainly nothing close to what is had on modern LED backlit displays. I came very close to ordering this, as I still use an 圆1s for most of my hacking due to the ideal physical form factor and classic compact keyboard w/trackpoint. I started with a broken X61 I bought for around 40 EUR on eBay, on which I replaced the new Lenovo "ThinkPad" logo with the original IBM ThinkPad logo that was still used on the X60. This includes 32 GB of RAM, a brand new 100 GB SSD and a brand new replacement screen I bought at Alibaba. Overall, the laptop cost me roughly 1000 EUR and around 20 hours of work. The quality of the original X61 chassis is also very good, and it looks just great.
The 4:3 screen is something I have been missing for a long time on my laptops, and the classic Thinkpad keyboard is just a million times better than the new model. With the new hardware, it is incredibly light-weight. It took me a while to find a brand-new screen as a replacement for the original 1024x786 screen (which has to be modified, including some minor metal-working).Īfter roughly a year of heavy daily use, I must say that this is the best laptop I have owned in my life (including previous Thinkpads R60, T510 and and T460s). Shipment of the modification kit (some plastic parts + a new mainboard) took 2 months from China to Germany. Last year, I decided to build an X62 (Thinkpad X61 or X60 with custom hardware) after reading about it here.
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