My T530 needs a new keyboard and battery. I have had it for about 5 1/2 years. I upgraded the RAM to 16GB and I replaced the old 500 GB mechanical HDD with a 128GB SSD boot drive and the Ultrabay is rocking a 1TB HDD for storage. I also added a little 16GB M.Sata drive. All in all it is a tank. Been dropped twice and still going strong. Did I mention I got it for free? Thank you for finally talking about the T530. All the videos I see always talk about T420 s and T430s.
Nice! I love my T530. I essentially got it for free after the video of the two T530's as I had sold the other one and broke even. I am glad I could help with the T530. Free is always the best! I should be making a video soon about the T530, its got more ram and an actual use now. Something I would look into for fun, I would check into the M.2 for Express Card. Unfortunately, it does not offer full PCI speeds due to the version of PCI that the era of CPU it supports. It's another possible storage place or you can add additional USB. If you have a Micro Center near you, they still carry 9 cell Lenovo batteries for the T530. I have only been able to get 1 quality 9 cell OEM battery from eBay and I had to hunt for it.
@@fazedawaymachinesonline I have already looked into that route. The Express card adapter is available on Amazon for right around $32. But as you say it is limited PCI speeds. Unfortunately the 16GB mSATA is really to small to do much with. However I was able to install GTA San Andreas and I am getting upwards of 60 FPS. Which ain't too bad.
My dad has a Thinkpad form 1996. It still turns on and works. It needs to be connected at all time but it works. I wonder if it’s the first one they ever made because it had a lot of manuals and paperwork introducing the ThinkPad and saying it was the first of its kind. Back when IBM was IBM 🤣
That's awesome! I would definitely try to keep that model around for as long as you can. Paperwork for older stuff is getting a little harder to come by. I wish IBM still made the ThinkPad line instead of being sold to Lenovo, I feel that Lenovo has made the newer line of devices a little unreliable. I'm basing that opinion off of my repair experience with the newer models.
Awesome! I'm glad to hear. If you are willing, I would recommend getting the W541 trackpad vs the W540's "clunk pad" trackpad. The difference is night and day. I did a similar mod to my T440p when I still had it.
@@fazedawaymachinesonline I suspect that need will become obvious to me as I experience it for myself. I've already noticed it was a bit odd... 👍😁 But it's not a major concern since I often use a wireless mouse.
I just got a Thinkpad recently and having only just found out about 'em and seeing videos about 'em, I find these machines so fascinating My Thinkpad is an E550, and it looks remarkably similar to the W541 here (being big, having a numpad and everything), but I'm not sure what the differences are exactly Still, it's pretty cool to see people upgrade and mod these things, and show off their collections
I hope this doesn't sound like I am bashing, that is not my goal, I just want to inform you on the differences. A few differences between the E550 and the W541 are that, the E series is Lenovo's "base" end of laptops. Essentially, it's similar to the 3000 series of Dell Latitude laptops. The W series being the best of the best 15 Inch T series laptops. "W-Workstation" series, having all of the features for workstation purposes. I believe the E550 could only go to a 1080p screen which the W541 goes to a 3K (2880 X 1620) screen. The W series contains a "bigger" workstation class video card, while the E series has a more consumer friendly option. The build quality is less superb on the E series but could weight less due to the construction of the body. Where as the W541 is a literal brick and weights a decent amount. I have had an E431 with an i5 and I liked it a lot. The E series I find to still be fairly upgradeable and a good value depending on what you get. From a college students perspective, the E550 is much better with daily life than the W series. If you want back pain, the W series is for you lol. The W series offers a "desktop" like CPU that is replaceable/socketed. The E550 has a soldiered on U series CPU meant for "ultra-portability" in what it may lack in performance you gain in battery life. The W series does not benefit from its processor with battery life, it is absolutely terrible lol.
Once you bought a thinkpad, every cheap ones you could buy is a deal. I got an x201, two x220, an x220t, a T530 and a T470. Mostly bought as scrap laptop.
I got the following thinkpad collection: E440,T430,W530 and Y50-70 gaming. I also got 2 x140e netbooks as well. I gotta do some worrk to get my W530 working better th I gotta repaste and clean the cooling and I gotta upgrade the mint linux from 19.3 to 22... my t430 I spilled coffee on it still works but power button is janky. wa cleaned before but not enough I think.
Hi there, Nice collection. Wonder, You have a T60P with Intel Core 2 Duo T7600, Nice, but they You have also a T61 with a T7300, newer no del with slower CPU. That T61 can do better. Last, If I we're You I ˋll keep the T60P, correct, and the X230. This last one can have the X220 keyboard, the screen can be updated and have the best of the classic IBM plus a faster CPU, USB 3.0 and portability, it's only 3 lbs
Thank you! I have though about getting a T61p but usually the cost of them is way more than what I want to pay for one. I have definitely been contemplating selling my X230, maybe it'll stick around for a little longer.
I have a thinkpad a485 I bought off of ebay great condition for 229 total (Price, tax, and shipping) It has a ryzen 5 2500u and I upgraded the ram to 2x8 gb
Just upgraded a t540p (fhd, nvidia 730) from i5-4300 to i7-4810mq, 16gb ram, 1tb 2,5, new battery.. I sold not that long tine ago one t60 that had 1680*1650 screen, id reader that i upgraded to t7700.. I have a plan to move away from x201 that has an i7 first gen.. 8gb ram.. condition is "used". If soneone wants it added to a collection.
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My T530 needs a new keyboard and battery. I have had it for about 5 1/2 years. I upgraded the RAM to 16GB and I replaced the old 500 GB mechanical HDD with a 128GB SSD boot drive and the Ultrabay is rocking a 1TB HDD for storage. I also added a little 16GB M.Sata drive. All in all it is a tank. Been dropped twice and still going strong. Did I mention I got it for free? Thank you for finally talking about the T530. All the videos I see always talk about T420 s and T430s.
Nice! I love my T530. I essentially got it for free after the video of the two T530's as I had sold the other one and broke even. I am glad I could help with the T530. Free is always the best! I should be making a video soon about the T530, its got more ram and an actual use now. Something I would look into for fun, I would check into the M.2 for Express Card. Unfortunately, it does not offer full PCI speeds due to the version of PCI that the era of CPU it supports. It's another possible storage place or you can add additional USB. If you have a Micro Center near you, they still carry 9 cell Lenovo batteries for the T530. I have only been able to get 1 quality 9 cell OEM battery from eBay and I had to hunt for it.
@@fazedawaymachinesonline I have already looked into that route. The Express card adapter is available on Amazon for right around $32. But as you say it is limited PCI speeds. Unfortunately the 16GB mSATA is really to small to do much with. However I was able to install GTA San Andreas and I am getting upwards of 60 FPS. Which ain't too bad.
My dad has a Thinkpad form 1996. It still turns on and works. It needs to be connected at all time but it works. I wonder if it’s the first one they ever made because it had a lot of manuals and paperwork introducing the ThinkPad and saying it was the first of its kind. Back when IBM was IBM 🤣
That's awesome! I would definitely try to keep that model around for as long as you can. Paperwork for older stuff is getting a little harder to come by. I wish IBM still made the ThinkPad line instead of being sold to Lenovo, I feel that Lenovo has made the newer line of devices a little unreliable. I'm basing that opinion off of my repair experience with the newer models.
Nice!
Just bought a W540 on Marketplace last week... Loving it!
That maxed out W541 is bound to make somebody real happy!
Cheers! ;-]
Awesome! I'm glad to hear. If you are willing, I would recommend getting the W541 trackpad vs the W540's "clunk pad" trackpad. The difference is night and day. I did a similar mod to my T440p when I still had it.
@@fazedawaymachinesonline I suspect that need will become obvious to me as I experience it for myself. I've already noticed it was a bit odd... 👍😁
But it's not a major concern since I often use a wireless mouse.
I have a stack of ThinkPads. Daily I use T480s. Farthest I go back is T430 which has the best keyboard.
I just got a Thinkpad recently and having only just found out about 'em and seeing videos about 'em, I find these machines so fascinating
My Thinkpad is an E550, and it looks remarkably similar to the W541 here (being big, having a numpad and everything), but I'm not sure what the differences are exactly
Still, it's pretty cool to see people upgrade and mod these things, and show off their collections
I hope this doesn't sound like I am bashing, that is not my goal, I just want to inform you on the differences. A few differences between the E550 and the W541 are that, the E series is Lenovo's "base" end of laptops. Essentially, it's similar to the 3000 series of Dell Latitude laptops. The W series being the best of the best 15 Inch T series laptops. "W-Workstation" series, having all of the features for workstation purposes. I believe the E550 could only go to a 1080p screen which the W541 goes to a 3K (2880 X 1620) screen. The W series contains a "bigger" workstation class video card, while the E series has a more consumer friendly option. The build quality is less superb on the E series but could weight less due to the construction of the body. Where as the W541 is a literal brick and weights a decent amount. I have had an E431 with an i5 and I liked it a lot. The E series I find to still be fairly upgradeable and a good value depending on what you get. From a college students perspective, the E550 is much better with daily life than the W series. If you want back pain, the W series is for you lol. The W series offers a "desktop" like CPU that is replaceable/socketed. The E550 has a soldiered on U series CPU meant for "ultra-portability" in what it may lack in performance you gain in battery life. The W series does not benefit from its processor with battery life, it is absolutely terrible lol.
Happy travels with your ThinkPad!
Once you bought a thinkpad, every cheap ones you could buy is a deal.
I got an x201, two x220, an x220t, a T530 and a T470. Mostly bought as scrap laptop.
I got the following thinkpad collection: E440,T430,W530 and Y50-70 gaming. I also got 2 x140e netbooks as well. I gotta do some worrk to get my W530 working better th I gotta repaste and clean the cooling and I gotta upgrade the mint linux from 19.3 to 22... my t430 I spilled coffee on it still works but power button is janky. wa cleaned before but not enough I think.
Hi there, Nice collection. Wonder, You have a T60P with Intel Core 2 Duo T7600, Nice, but they You have also a T61 with a T7300, newer no del with slower CPU. That T61 can do better. Last, If I we're You I ˋll keep the T60P, correct, and the X230. This last one can have the X220 keyboard, the screen can be updated and have the best of the classic IBM plus a faster CPU, USB 3.0 and portability, it's only 3 lbs
Thank you! I have though about getting a T61p but usually the cost of them is way more than what I want to pay for one. I have definitely been contemplating selling my X230, maybe it'll stick around for a little longer.
I have a thinkpad a485 I bought off of ebay great condition for 229 total (Price, tax, and shipping) It has a ryzen 5 2500u and I upgraded the ram to 2x8 gb
I have been thinking about getting one of those for the last few months. I hope that computer serves you well!
Just upgraded a t540p (fhd, nvidia 730) from i5-4300 to i7-4810mq, 16gb ram, 1tb 2,5, new battery..
I sold not that long tine ago one t60 that had 1680*1650 screen, id reader that i upgraded to t7700..
I have a plan to move away from x201 that has an i7 first gen.. 8gb ram.. condition is "used". If soneone wants it added to a collection.
Very nice! I had almost the same spec in a T440p I had a while ago. That T60 you had was quite a gem.