Lenovo Thinkpad T420 SSD upgrade tip
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- The SSD used is an old Corsair Force GT 240GB and the ram I used to upgrade is G-Skill F3 10600CL9D 16GBSQ, $67 at Newegg. The ram comes in two 8gb chips. Thanks to other posters of T420 information that helped me in my upgrades. 3/11 - I just realized from watching other videos that the drive is removable from the caddy so you don't really need to make a strap if you unscrew the old hd out of the caddy and screw in the new ssd.
![[TF2] The Russian Bear Trap](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/YFNSwz2_rOA/mqdefault.jpg)
"coolest laptop ever used" - well said
if it was slimmer would be perfection
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There is the t420s
You mean the T420s?, i got one, its much thinner and comes with usb3 but also has less battery life and a soldered cpu as a negative. Also a little easier to overheat.
This is actually a really good tip I've never seen anywhere else. Nice one!
Thanks for that. I imagine it can still help people who don't have a HD caddy or just forgot the HD can be removed from it like me :).
The strap is not attached to the HDD, it's attached to the tray that you should reuse with your SSD.
Thanks Nicholas, I realized this after posting and put it in the info. I was going to take it down entirely out of embarrassment, but I felt it had some useful stuff on there.
+Yapostadodat there certainly was useful stuff. Not criticizing, just trying to save you and others some time. :)
lmfao at first i thought it was because you lost the tray thing so i thought you were smart for improvising.
I love it when people think I'm smart before they discover the ugly truth :).
And He made "tip" video :D
Wow, so you just slide it in on the side. I'm about to sell my MacBook and get a t420.
A standard 7 or 9 mm SSD will fit onto the hard drive sled. You don't need to put tape on your SSD.
Thanks, I realized this after posting. I didn't realize the HD was detachable from the sled/caddy and I was placing mine directly into the slot before realizing if I did it this way I would never get it out. I've kept the video up because it still has some useful info on there and people are viewing it, despite my obvious mess up. This was my first laptop and I wasn't sure about certain elements such as this.
... I got lazy and decided to put the drive in without the tray just to see if it would work first... it didn't...
Believe me, if it didn't work without the caddy I wouldn't have gone through the trouble of building my extensive tape mechanism for hard drive retrieval. I had the drive in the laptop for weeks with just the side rubber grommets to keep it in place with no problems. It's a pretty snug location to begin with, thus my need to build the tape strap to get the thing out at all. The caddy/tray is pretty superfluous when you realize how form fitting the hard drive space is, regardless of mechanical or solid state.
It is. And all I had to do to get it out was remove very specific screws on the bottom, open the ram cover and remove more specific screws, flip it over and CAREFULLY, pry off the keyboard followed by the palm rest and THEN I can miraculously push it out, and resemble. But your method definitively seems a little easier.
IBM T series are the best productive solid laptops. Now Lenovo. It's basically the same thing just different name.
The support for it is still great too. Lenovo Device Experience, Lenovo Solution Center and finally Lenovo Companion help locate latest drivers and stuff like Connect 2.
So i upgraded my ssd to a new 500gb ssd and how do i get it working again and not show the boot screen
I think if you check the specifications for the Lenovo t420 the maximum capacity for hard drive might be 250GB. I haven't upgraded it for years the time but I do remember that I got the maximum size solid state drive that the laptop would take at the time. Make sure you have all the Lenovo backup disk as well to reinstall the system new hard drive.
mine boots in about 10 secs with samsung 840evo 250g
It boots in 10 seconds in Win 7 or Win 10?
7 pro
That's a fast boot, thought it might be Quickstart in Win 10.
boots faster than my lg phone
any experiences with linux?
So you can run 16 gb ram . did you say that a battery needs replaced if running 16 gb ram ?
No, I'm sorry I speak kind of fast and mumble a little sometimes. The t420 can take up to 16gb of RAM. I was mentioning the battery because in the process of installing the RAM I noticed the CMOS battery was close to where one of the RAM installation slots were. CMOS, the motherboard battery that saves bios info like clock and hardware settings, dies after several years. Having replaced several CMOS batteries in desktop computers I've had over the years, I knew that this laptop CMOS battery would someday need to be replaced too. I was mentioning the fact that opening the laptop to install the RAM also gave access to other stuff that may need maintenance in the future; CMOS replacement, CPU fan cleaning and replacement, PSU replacement and general dusting and fan maintenance. By upgrading the machine's RAM and HD, I realized this laptop will be useable for years to come and I just wanted to be proactive in my maintenance suggestions.
No, increasing the ram itself won't affect the battery.
where did you buy the 8gb cards
G-Skill F3 10600CL9D 16GBSQ, currently $92.99 at Newegg.com. It comes in two cards of 8gb a piece.
LOL dude the HDD tray can be reused..
Yea, I realized the HD is removable from the caddy after I posted the video but I've kept it up anyways because people seem to be watching it. Sorry if it wasted your time but at least you got a good laugh out of it, at my expense :).
lol, yeah...