So I put a USB C charging port in my year 2011 laptop
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- I pulled apart my 11 year old lenovo laptop (e320) and soldered a USB-C charging port in it. By using a USB-C PD trigger module that had a 20v selection on it. Works quite well.
That middle pin is used to identify the charger. So the firmware knows what type of charger you use and also it will tell you if you get a counterfeit charger
Thanks
Seems silly. Why would you want to know if it was counterfeit? Does it really matter? Or do they just want to make more money?
@@LindonSlaght i dont know.. my laptop complains about counterfeit/unauthorized charger after I fried it's middle pin chip. Sometimes just shows "cannot determine charger type".
If it can't detect the chargee type, the firmware will limit the CPU performance.. 930mhz in my case
@@LindonSlaght depends on the quality of the offbrand charger, some arent properly filtered and put noise on screens. but in the end its a easy way for lenovo to say well you arent using our charger so you're SoL and on your own there
@@armando92 I still feel like it's a cashgrab.
just watched both of these laptop videos of yours after having the first randomly reccomended to me. got to say that i'd love to watch more of these types of videos, your editing style is unique and your obvious skill at beating electronics until they work the way you want them to is entertaining. i was suprised to see the five videos and few hundred subscribers after watching this, you're definitely deserving of way more. keep it up, watching people abuse/maintain electronics and buy thermal paste with really funny names is definitely shaping up to be a fun pastime.
I had the exact same experience with these videos. Its quite entertaining.
@@evendevilscry1431 yeah, me too.
me too
Very impressed you managed to fix that hinge, I would have given up and cried myself to sleep
Nan fr 😂
5:30 The signal pin is used to detect how much power the charger can output. By not connecting it to a resistor or shorting it to ground the system thinks it can draw 90W.
Correct. It’s an easy fix.
Will shorting it to ground make it think it can take more or less power? Are there specific resistor values for the power levels?
@@budyniozaur For this plug it goes like this:
10K - 65W
Not connected - 90W
0R - 135W
1.5K - 170W
With the square one you can go as high as 230W and as low as 35W (Which is around the same power I'm comfortable passing through this particular model of trigger pcb)
Excelente información
Yep. This is the correct answer as lenovo does make different rating power supply. The blue wire does not go to nowhere, it goes to ground. The resistor is located in the charger head. Different rating charger have different resistor value. These, if I remember correctly.
I will subscribe, dunno why, but I love watching you upgrade your laptop, hope you continue upgrading it, I can't wait for more
This kind of videos is the real right to exist for youtube
Bro you can succeed very easily if you make your channel into a tech channel making pc’s old and new, I believe in you❤
Great mod mate, got me subscribin, waiting for your next video.
This is fantastic content, thank you. I just ordered a Thinkpad because of this video, you have inspired me
Looking at your workbench makes me feel better about myself. Mine is just messy if not worse, and I always tell myself that I should organize and clean it up, but I work well in chaos and I know where everything is at; if I cleaned it up I wouldn’t be able to find anything. Love the content, keep it up!
if you know where everything it is, it isn't messy
Now plug in both chargers at the same time. DOITDOITDOITDOITDOIT!
it wouldn't do anything
First time viewer, this has to be the most chaotic diy I’ve seen. I love it
watching these upgrade vids a year later after buying a refurb T440s, you should pull out more vids like this man, if you're still there i hope
I've been wondering if this could be done for a few years now, and you're the first person I've ever seen not only answer the question but also show what you need and install it.
This opens a new possibility to build this thing instead buying an used charger. At worst case, nobody sell the charger. I believe the module is not expensive either although the charger that supports PD won't be cheap.
Great project!
45 or 65w ones are only 40 to 60$ usd not that bad IMO.
As someone that keeps buying e-waste laptops, using my main USB-C cable for everything would be amazing.
Guess I'll fix my laptops charging problem by making it usb-c compatible. Modern problems require modern solutions 👌
Hot dem , Even type -c port you can add on this modular beast of a laptop hot demm
Tbh, I like the rectangular ones that look like a USB-A adapter found on thinkpad produced around the mid-2010's. (My T570 does at least come with USB-C charging support tho)
This channel is a gem, but where are you now, man?
I'm your 666th subscriber. Well done mate, I really liked the 2 videos of modding this laptop.
Damn, sucks about the screen hinge mounts.
They DO make special types of epoxy to bond plastics, works WAY better than super glue. And given the high stresses in that area, I'd also try to reinforce it even after the plastic epoxy with JB Weld or Loctite epoxy or similar.
But that's a bit easier said than done when you'd prefer to do it in such a way where the laptop can still be reassembled and even disassembled again later in the future.
Tricky, but doable, I've done it that way before with excellent results. But the trick there is to get everything aligned flush with the screen hinge brackets while the epoxy cures, but also not having the epoxy cure to the brackets themselves. I found that a very light touch of WD-40 from a Q-Tip on the brackets can prevent epoxy from curing onto parts which you don't want it to.
Anyways, just some thoughts on techniques to fix busted screen hinge mount points.
Edit: I see you did apply epoxy around the area, good good. But I mean applying it in a way that's PERFECTLY flush, by using the hinge brackets themselves to shape the epoxy as it cures. If this is done correctly, you can REALLY fill the area in with a big gob of epoxy (use common sense where all you apply it though), and then install the brackets with a touch of WD-40 (only on the brackets, not on the casing, for any possible future disassembly), to perfectly align and flatten out the top of the epoxy. It ends up bonding with all that much stronger of a hold.
Thank you for sharing your experience on hinge repair.
My experience is to drill through the broken hinge base and use 2 mm screws and nuts to secure the hinge. I will use your epoxy technique if the hinge mounting base is not leveled with the other hinge.
@@Frank-Thoresen I do hope it proves as helpful for you as it has for me in the past.
I should probably also add, that you don't necessarily need to remove the hinges from the screen assembly to do this. Just use some pliers and carefully adjust the hinges where they sit evenly at the exact balance point while the epoxy cures.
Note on that: This might not be advisable for a shop with cats roaming around LOL!
He really knows how to fix something up
I beg for you to get some flux, what a great project and fun to watch! :)
oh you absolutely have flux haha I just saw it a few seconds later .. please use it more lol
I forget I have flux quite often lol
The laptop opening process just gave me flashbacks to that time i broke the hinge of my laptop because i forgot to take out a hidden screw while opening it
Great job! Now you got a future-proof laptop to outlast that bulky proprietary charging dock. Speaking of, that extra pin in the charging connector is to signal the maximum power the charger can deliver. Some Thinkpad models would throttle the cpu frequency if you got a weak charger with no battery attached.
good job man and tysm🥺,i did the same with my old laptop and i started a business in my neighborhood bc of your idea
Awesome idea, I’d be curious to see if a newer variant using a slim tip would respond well to it or if the software would pitch a fit about it being an unsupported AC brick.
Just buy a cheap 3$ USB C to Slim Tip adapter. Or even USB c to slim tip cable for 7$.
@@ligametis the point would be to eliminate the need for extraneous items in the bag. Dongles get lost all the time, slim tip will eventually be a pain to get. Not that I daily drive anything on a slim tip, but it'd be a good experiment.
From what I've seen people have USB-C PD modded T440p's so I'd expect it to be possible on other slim tip laptops too
@@Pasi123 Yeah it seems to be possible on some forums. Im wondering about the smaller laptops
@ligametis what's a slim tip?
what i learnt from having many braided cables is to not trust them they always break or theres a bump sticking out of the braided part which leads it to break
Jank shall not be shamed. Jank is an art form.
I feel like some kind of adapter might be better as long as your port isn't broken. You know with just an inline USB-C adapter...
This makes me want to do the same to my laptop. But I'm afraid because I'm not an expert in these things although I've already opened my laptop several times to clean it, upgrade the RAM, SSD, apply liquid metal compound.
Anyway, good content! I really enjoyed this video and the previous one where you actually upgraded the CPU.
Subscribed!
If your laptop also as pluggable connector for the charger on the PCB like this Lenovo has, you could try to buy a matching connector with a cable. This way you don't have to solder onto your Laptops PCB. You only have to solder the wires to the USB-C PD Board. The other side just plugs into the board.
@@DrLamalama no need to solder anything, Aliexpress sells ready-made cables...also, there are people making drop-in replacements for the original power port module.
I can tell you from experience the epoxy repair to the hinge will last for a while. but will be wrecked thr first time the laptop gets a little drop to a hard surface. I did the same repair to my laptop hinge. I recommend you get online and start searchiung for a replacement for the broken part. They are still out there. Good job though. And I love the usb-c port addition.
I literally just hot glued mine (Hinges). Been around 5 years, still holding :)
Nice work. I think I will add this to the AIO I am building.
that desk is lookin wildd
The dude is funny and great at the same time!
How quick and dirty. Nice
I feel at home looking at your work space.... :-}
Can't wait for the next project :3
There is no need to install the PD chip. You can buy PD to barrel plug adapter and unlike me, you can find one that fits corrently instead of having to search an adapter for hours. I have a Sony VAIO btw.
Other than that: Nice video.
Great job, I want to install this in my Tesla.
According to my guesstimations it would only take about 24 days to fully charge with a 100w USB C charger. Or maybe you could drive it for 15km every 24 hours.
Recommend you to clean up your work bench. What a mess. A clean work space makes a repair job easier
in my xp, that middle pin if not connected will reduce processing power to 30% if plugged.
Why did you stop uploading my guy?
I wonder how easy changing the controller would be in a more modern Lenovo that uses the new rectangular plugs. I have some that only pull 65w and use that fat plug. It might be cool to 3d print a new "port hole" and swap to usb-c for the convenience.
thats pretty dope man nice job
might do this too my 100 dollar black friday laptop, save me some issues in the long run :D
come back ashsibe! i loved watcing this video!
Where are you brother?
Its been a year, do you still have that ancient laptop?
Well it's a Lenovo so the hinge always goes. My ideapad 320s hinged is busted and I've dropped it twice. My new Dell latitude hinge feels so solid and robust.
Well, the IdeaPad's are cheap consumer laptops while the Latitude's are business laptops like ThinkPad's
By the way you can solder a gpu to the laptop and add vram right next to the fan
This is like a laptop version of the RUclipsr dankpods...
good job, also was funny video mate 😄, thank you
nice dude keep up the good work
I would recommend getting an iFixit kit and organization tray.
next video: adding a lightning port to a MacBook
This was a fun watch.
this is content i really like! u should try to upgrade a lenovo thinkpad t430s, i had one and i really wanted to upgrade it myself but sadly it broke and some of the keyboard buttons didnt work i tried fixing it but sadly i failed, it would be nice to see a upgraded lenovo thinkpad t430s.
Dude you're a madman lol
It seems you get lucky with the Lenovo power supplies. Dell systems use an identification chip in their power supplies. Connect a non-Dell power supply to the system and it refuses to charge the battery. So no USB-C modifications allowed unless you have an old Dell PSU to harvest the identification chip from!
With regards to the overheating issue that you faced with the Quad core CPU one solution to this is under-volting the device rather than under-clocking it. Most of Intel's CPUs will tolerate under-volting really well and this will directly translate into reduced power consumption and less heat. So the same performance basically but for less power draw. The easiest way to experiment with this that I've found is with a program called throttlestop.
This is the kind of stuff I would do. Replace a perfectly good barrel jack with a USB C, just because I could he he 😂
Well damn....I'm speechless.
If you need to fix hinges then just melt it further into the plastic if you have enough space before it goes through the case. Then use a longer screw if you "welded" it too far down. I did it to a several old laptops and only couple of them needed some more welding. This method is better because superglue does not stick very good to some plastic or don`t last long.
A quality epoxy does the job too.
Looks like there's pads on the board for a gpu and some vram, now that would be some upgrade.
Ah yes a bulletproof 10000 year old thinkpad
You could buy magnetic mat for screws .
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1:20 You can use a wick for easy desoldering. I'm personally following Louis Rossmann's advice and using the "goot wick" brand. Known good stuff.
Also there are external adapters (USB-C to barrel connector) that are very handy. Still a great video.
I'm going to do the same thing with my 2009 e-waste netbook.
What a great idea this is, really want to do it to my gaming laptop but something tells me it's not the best idea to give the laptop 100w from usb c, when it thinks it can pull the full 230w...
I would do it on my laptop (portege z30-c) but it's made out of metal as making a hole is hard
Need more ThinkPad content
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In my opinion used charger is very cheap. And you dont need to disassemble/assemble your laptop. Last week I bought absolutely new original charger (120w) and docking station for my 2012' HP elitebook only for $17 (not in the retail of course). So, lets say, charger was 50% of this, $8,50. I think good USB-C cable suitable for charging laptop will be more expensive.
That is awesome man
Thanks for the video!
You literally just appeared to me in recommended
they make a usb c to lenovo adapter as well
Very cool 👏
No need to open the laptop. It would be easier to just make an external adapter using the barrell plug.
Where did this channel go
now plug both of the wires at the same time
BEST BET IF YOUR HINGS ARE TIGHT YOU FIND IT HARD TO OPEN THE TOP HALF JUST DROP A SMALL AMOUNT OF FINE OIL ON THE HING'S STOPS IT FROM SNAP'IN THE SCREW HOLDERS
I'm surprised that it charged without the signal line from the charger. I've had laptops before that refused to charge the battery (but would happily still run) because the pin in the middle had broken.
2:22 🤣literally 3 or 4 times the paste you needed
ah the days when laptops had removable cpus
If it was me I would have made an external adapter in a small box with an output barrel plug job done then you could just plug it in!
Show us how it handles heavy tasks after the cpu and ram upgrade
Msata ssd would have made a nice touch
That was awesome work. I may have to see what things I can try to adapt with that usb-c pd type plug module. Where did you get yours from?
Aliexpress
buddy just use a smaller soldering iron tip and de-soldering wick.
Man that solder blob on the USB-C module was :[
I would convert a USB C laptop to the old barrel plug...more robust.
What if i loose 2 of my chargers ?
I should just change the charging socket !
this is a really really sad follow up video 😭
You mod like I mod :D
sorta sound like me cat when sped up.
I have type-c charger in my thinkpad l390!
You did all this just to charge it in the same speed as with the original charger . A small price to pay for salvation 😅😝