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Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad

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Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

> I thought there were lots of clones for the Ultrabay Slim HDD trays
> but I see they're advertised as "Ultrabay SLIM For Lenovo Y410
> Y510P Y510PT Z400 Z500" and the Ultrabay page on Thinkwiki notes:
> 
> "The IdeaPad Y400/Y500/Y410p/Y510p's Ultrabay is different from the
>   Ultrabays used in ThinkPads."
> 
> So I guess it's not that easy. Still the original IBM ones will be
> out there, I got an Ultraboy Plus one for my R31 on Ebay some years
> ago though I had to wait a while for one to appear.

Ah I'm always on the look out for more accessories and whatnot, I'm sure 
I'll have the chance to pick one up at some point, somehow I've managed 
to snag myself the original IBM Travel Mouse (with the box!) and a 
UK-layout SpaceSaver II Keyboard all for under £60. I've been fairly 
lucky I'd say, so hopefully that streak may continue!

> Yeah I made a mess of pulling apart the IBM battery many years
> ago, so I bought a couple of third-party ones. But they've both
> pretty much worn out now and I'll have to see if they're any easier
> to disassemble to replace the cells since I don't think they're
> making them anymore now either.
> 

I remember a while ago I saw a somewhat guide on the internals of both 
of the kinds of batteries (stick battery and the embedded case-fitting 
ones too) with the internals, they didn't seem all too bad overall. I 
think the hardest part is probably de-soldering and re-soldering the 
battery controller. Although, I haven't much to lose, I especially want 
to try it for my X41 batteries because I've got 3 and it'd make good 
practice, even if I only get one to work.

Much cheaper than attempting to find a replacement (which seems near 
impossible for those models) or probably mostly dead OEM from 2002.

I know I've got a soldering gun somewhere, if I try it out and it goes 
well I'll probably try and make a forum post about it, I haven't seen 
many out there for it and batteries are probably one of the greatest 
annoyances in trying to get these laptops in proper working order again.

-- 
- Mokka

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

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  Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2026-06-22 13:05 +1000
    Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad Caffeine Canidae <samuel.common@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-22 06:26 +0000
      Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2026-06-22 18:08 +1000
        Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad Caffeine Canidae <samuel.common@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-22 08:21 +0000
          Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-06-23 09:49 +1000
            Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad Caffeine Canidae <samuel.common@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-24 15:10 +0100
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