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@@kylelothian3266 I don’t know… try looking it up on google

@@PyoWol. switch the hdd to an ssd. Hands down the number 1 performance booster.

@theartshow1476 do you have any ssd recommendations? I dont know which one would fit in my t410 sorry

@@PyoWol. finding this information online is very easy. Just type in ssd for Thinkpad t410 and just about every option that pops up will work. Watch a video about how to replace the hard drive and you’ll get a good idea for the size and how easy it is. Samsung is pricey but pretty reputable as far as quality and reliable goes. Owc is a popular budget brand for laptop hard drive replacements.

Ok thanks for the info

People literally throw old laptops out just because of faulty hard drives and in the case of this one, it’s literally one Philips screw to yoink out the drive and toss in a ssd. Hell, even if you buy a new laptop, ssds are so cheap now that you still might as well fix the old one for a back up. Linux is free. The ssd upgrade alone is always the biggest performance booster for any computer that came stock with a HDD. This computer was perfectly usable with the 4gigs of ram and i5 it came with. It just needed a ssd!!!

Thanks for watching. The answer to your question is NO, this laptop will not take the quad core i7 740. Only the dual core i7 640 or i7 620, which are still capable of running 4 threads at once thanks to hyper threading tech. I could be mistaken, but I think it’s the larger model, the T510, that utilized the quad core processors like the i7 740qm you mentioned. If you have the same model as mine, it’s dual core only.

@@theartshow1476 I think it may work considering that I've seen someone do it with a Dell Latitude E6410 (with dedicated NVIDIA graphics) which is basically the Dell version of the ThinkPad T410. It would need to be the T410 model with the dedicated NVIDIA graphics though since the i7 740QM does not have integrated graphics. It may not work but I've never seen it attempted.

@@SimSimsTECHcrunchtwo completely different manufacturers my guy. Although they used similar parts like the track pad, The dell latitude is not just a Thinkpad. The T410 did have integrated graphics options from the factory, but still were not compatible with the quad cores of that time. Trust me. I looked into it well before actually purchasing the i7 640. all information I have found online says that any t410 model, with or without dedicated graphics, cannot utilize the quad cores. I do remember reading somewhere that the larger t510 model could be upgraded to a quad core, but didn’t ever come stock with them. I could be wrong though. I’m not the end all be all expert when it comes to think pads.

Thanks for watching! T530 has quad core and dedicated graphics right? I wish I scored one of those but I’ve wanted an old Thinkpad to tinker with for a while, and getting one for free was great so I really can’t complain.

@@eximdpd6077 Linux and ssd’s are the greatest things since sliced bread.

Right on maybe I can find one on Amazon

It's 34mm ExpressCard slot.

@@maikelpeeters7328 I mean I did the swap and tested it myself dude. The i7 absolutely made this computer faster. It is a bit warmer too. battery life is a bit less. But no, the i5 will absolutely not run faster don’t be silly. Throttling mostly occurs under a consistent heavy load like rendering a video or moving large files from drive to drive. It’s not like the cpu just runs on maximum overdrive at all times. And yea I tested that too, rendering a 5 min video on the i7 took about 3/4 the time that the i5 took to render the same video. definitely faster. Not by a huge margin or anything. The i5 was still usable, but noticeably hitched from time to time. These Thinkpads had different i5s too. You are probably referring to the i5 m540, which performance wise has very little difference to the i7 640. Mine had the i5m520. The slowest cpu these computers came with. They wouldn’t have sold the i7 models at a premium if there wasn’t a difference. And yeah they sold these with i7 models at a higher price when they were new. The biggest difference between these 2 cpus is cache size, which I believe is mostly the reason the i7 is faster. Even if you somehow were to lock these cpus at 2.9 gigaherts with proper cooling installed, the i7 would be inherently faster because of its larger cache size. Even when throttling down the i7 would be consistently faster because 2.9ghz is its base frequency. 2.93 is the i5s max boost frequency. Also these cpus have the same tdp rating of 35w so there isn’t any reason the stock cooler wouldn’t be sufficient enough.

I would argue in your favor, however, just like many laptops at that time, that the cooler was never designed to be efficient enough from the get-go. Sorry for ranting. Thanks for watching

The i7 620 was a CPU that this laptop wass available with from factory. My t410 has the nvidia chip and still does not throttle with the i7 cpu.

你说的这个问题确实有一定的道理 所以一般我会选择去找一个原装i7处理器型号的散热器 或者使用低功耗版的i7

顺便说一下 我把我的R400做了升级 包括 cpu 内存 ssd 以及 wifi 还加入了3G模块

@@verovieira1 I’ve wanted one for a while. I love this old brick of a laptop!

@@onurertekin6954 oops no going back now lol

@@SatelliteDish-ub5fu I’m really stoked actually

That is where the good Reputation come from. Actual the Lenovo Laptops now as shit as all the others

@@adamturtle69 man my buddy had a newer Thinkpad provided to him by his work and the thing had 1 or 2 usb ports and took about 3 minutes just boot to get to the log in screen. It was pretty thin, but had a HDD in it. That may have been installed by the school he works for. Also no upgradable ram. Locked at 4 gigs soldered to board. Core i3 soldered to board. That shit straight up sucked.

@@samuelshterenberg7809 6g is faster data transfer speeds. You can get the 6g owc ssd, in the 2007 iMac, but the 2007 won’t utilize the full 6g speeds. It would just run as if it’s a 3g ssd. So it would be a waste of money. Get a less expensive 3g ssd with more storage capacity. If your computer is 2009 or later, then get the 6g speed.

@@ClarkBeattie14 hrutkay mods I think was able to get Sanoma to run on one of these. Sanoma isn’t supported natively though so I’m sure it’s a bit of a process to do. Honestly, I’ve figured out that these older Mac’s absolutely kill it with linux installed. Especially if it’s just a shop computer. Also you can just skip the cpu swap if you decide to install Linux, because the cpu swap is only needed if you want to update to a more modern macOS, and doesn’t really give any noticeable performance gain. I don’t recommend patching newer macOS to older machines anymore because it really bogs them down performance wise. If you are willing to switch to other software for your needs, the best thing you can do for your iMac, is install an SSD, upgrade to max ram, and use a distro of Linux’s

Yes It’ll work without upgrading your ram.

It did this to me as well. It’s a glitch of some sort. After benchmarking, I found that the results showed that the processor was indeed running at its rated frequency, it just doesn’t show it in “about this Mac” I believe that 700 is the base frequency for each core. Something along those lines

Do it! Just take your time and ORGANIZE THE SCREWS VERY WELL!!!!

@@theartshow1476 you responded later than what i thought.. anyways yes i sucessfully upgraded my pc

@@proluigi410 haha sorry I’m a busy guy but I’m glad you handled it like a boss

@@theartshow1476 i did suceed with the cpu but not the gpu as it makes the fans go on maximun speed.. had to deal with this because i didnt want to waste too much time replugging cables as i am not careful with internal componements being too small.. after all, i just bought an 2011 21.5" iMac12,1 for 50$

You can. Data transfer speeds through usb are slow though.

@theartshow1476 appreciate it , this is a whole situation over here ... the mac im working on is 10.6 snow lepord... no start up boot partions.... so gona try dvd with Linux or something of the sort....

Unfortunately didn't work for my mac, it would recognise the ram. So have it running on Linux mint, which is OK but there are a few issues.

Try kunbuntu if you aren’t dead set on Mac OS. I found out recently that these machines fly on Linux. They play retro games pretty great too. And it’s easy to install

Linux would probably turn this thing into a beast of an old computer.

Sim. 4gb + 2gb. O meu ainda tá 2+2 mas vou ver se acho uma ram de 4gb.

@@angelotelesforomalaquias2874 obg pela dica, eu instalei 4Gb de RAM agora está funcionando normalmente com 2GB + 4GB Foi upgrade máximo pra essa máquina, infelizmente não aceitou 8GB de RAM

Thanks man it was just a quick little track I made on reason. I made it on that iMac in the vid.

Can you still boot into the older OS? If not, try booting into recovery mode by holding command and the R key at the same time when you power up the computer. From there you can reinstall an OS . Once you can boot into Mac OS normally, you have to find the link for El Capitan on apples website via safari

The thing is it’s allready in recovery mode and I don’t know if the older os is still usable because El Capitan has to download from AppStore and that’s not avalible anymore I’ll see

@@Diesr like I said. You can still download El Capitan from apples website on safari. NOT the App Store. Good luck

Not sure about the x7900, but the t9500 is penryn based which allowed me to utilize a newer operating system via the dosdude1 patch. But if you are running windows that probably isn’t even a problem for you. However, Performance wise I would say for windows the extra cache might do you good. Windows isn’t all that optimized very well for some of these older laptop cpus so the extra cache might benefit you. 2.8 ghz vs 2.6ghz just isn’t a very big difference.

@@theartshow1476 Thanks. I am thinking about an Intel Core 2 Duo t9550 unless the FSB on the iMac 7.1 is limited and has to be 800 MHz. The Intel t9550 is 1066 MHz not sure if that is supported or not. If it's not supported then I'll try the t9500. Presently system has an Intel Core 2 Duo t7700 inside, so either CPU is an upgrade if they are supported by the board

@@pillowpannts honestly as long as you swap the stock hard drive for an ssd, it’ll perform much better regardless of the cpu. Max out the ram and throw in a ssd and it’s still a very useable machine regardless of which OS you prefer.

@@pillowpannts I have the same cpu. On my mid 2007 iMac. The patcher won’t work for me. I will try a t9600 2.80 ghz. I think the t7 core duo is not compatible even tho it’s technically penryn too. Do you have any updates on your install?

@@WilliamJoseph2015 I actually decided to go with an Intel Core Duo t9300 CPU which was mentioned by others as significantly cheaper than the t9500 I had considered. I am on the iMac in question typing this out right now. I have 6 GB DDR2 SDRAM installed PC2-5300 speed. A 4GB module and a 2 GB module. My OS is Windows 7 Pro x64 and it is on a SATA SSD 1 TB size. It operates very well. I usually watch videos on it or I play 3.3.5 WoTLK on an Eastern Euro Server without graphical or processor bottle-necking. It can run X-com Enemy Unknown on medium settings and Fallout 3 / Fallout New Vegas GOTY also on medium settings very well. I also do a lot of emulation on it such as Redream, Dolphin, PCSX2, ePSXe, and PPSSPP without much issue beyond the software itself. I can say that this works completely. Now the early 2009 iMac model I just tried to work on after the 2007 project finished was much more of a headache. I tried installing an Intel QX9300 Quad core Penryn CPU on that 2009 iMac to replace its Duo Core Penryn CPU and although it fit into the slot perfectly the power supply unit was insufficient to use it. So that one is still running the 2.8 Ghz Duo Core CPU it came with and 8 GB of DDR3 RAM with Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on a 1 TB SATA SSD. I don't recommend Windows 8.1 or Windows 10/11 for either of these iMac models for anyone reading this, stay with Windows 7 x64 editions, considering the CPUs are Duo Core in both machines those newer mobile/touch focused OS run poorly on them. I am very happy with them and what they can do though especially with the emulator capacity they have. Good luck with your modding hope this helps you and others

Yes it’s important to check what kind of Broadcom card is installed before performing this upgrade. I didn’t have any problems using WiFi after the upgrade, but I’ve heard from many people that they have.

TRUTH! J.C.

@@theartshow1476 what Broadcom card needs go be installed for me not to lose wifi?

Hello! I’m pretty sure the early 2008 can utilize pc2 6400 ddr2 ram up to 800 MHz speeds. And I believe you can get 4x2gb sticks for a total of 6 gigs of ram, just like I did in this video for my 2007 model, Even though Apple says it will only utilize 4 gigs of ram.

You are correct. Mac OS 10.11 El Capitan is indeed the latest os this iMac supports with stock hardware.