Great video. As someone who works for IBM and buys these at an awesome discount, it's nice to have a video to follow. BTW, for the replier, I am smart enough to know that if I were going to put it back together, to put the scews in seperate containers. In and of itself, its a great dissassembly video to follow so thanks again!
@@lolvivo8783 I buy them on company discount although they have narrowed supply a lot. I save them for parts when no longer using them. I think I have two now.
I hope to buy a 2.4Ghz. R400 tonight, after midnight. A new credit card cycle. It has 2GB RAM. I might up it to 4GB. Machine will be used with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS like my late 2009 2.53Ghz. Mac Mini. Thanks for the instructive video.
regazzz Only 14+ hours from Nashua, NH, to Elk Grove Village UPS Center, Despite blizzards at both ends… But I was out to lunch at 12:35PM, today.. Expecting more like a 5:30 or 6:30 delivery, as normal…. So I have to hoof it over to my local PO to pick it up. The R400 was $29.95 on eBay from crtrelecteronics, in a S. Boston suburb.. $14 standard USPS shipping. They have another R400, in cleaner condition, for $39.95…. Mine is: 2.4Ghz. Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM. No HDD, but has the caddy… I have a 40GB SATA drive to go right in. Plenty big enough for the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS that on it. NO Windoze here, never will be. A Mac user, but Core 2 Duo MacBooks are WAY too expensive. I even have a brand new power supply. Was sent the wrong one for my older $22 thrift store find IBM R51 and $43 eBay IBM R52… Seller refunded the $10 but didn't want it back. We have some great people on eBay. I have a late 2009 Mac Mini 2.53Ghz. 4GB RAM as my main computer. Given to me by a blind Mac Club member.. I USED to recycle donated Macs through a mental health outfit, here in Chicago. 1997 -2008…. to worthies.. Lost to politics.. I need the Core 2 Duo for OpenGL For Stellarium… The older IBM Pentium's do not support it.. Cheers, everyone!
Hi. I really enjoyed the video. I got inspired to open up my broken T400, but I lack parts to repair it. I hope that you do not mind me asking, but is there a possibility that I can get or buy any of your spare T400 parts? Thanks!
Will it be worth fixing my T400? FAN FUSE or Motherboard not sure it was always running hot... BEEP BEEP - reboot - FAN ERROR So my Laptop is shot for now... Great Video!
Actually, for Lenovo laptops (at least the Thinkpad business series), there is a hardware maintenance manual on the Lenovo support website, which shows the exact steps - and the order in which to take them! - do disassemble each Thinkpad T-, R-, W- and X-Series model (I don't know about the Edge and L/SL-Series though, since these are more of a consumer category device). From watching your video, I guess you did not consult this manual ;-)
once, I was stuck with some hp keyboard, some probook series. I was going in circles trying carefully remove this keyboard... and I watched a video on HP site! Dude in this video removed this keyboard so easy, but it was not that easy in life. Looks like they are prepared to make a nice video there and it is far away from reality.
Hey Dave, I took hard drive out of it's caddy just because I always do that in this type of videos, not to show this electric screw driver few more times, just because this is a video how to take it completely apart. There are also antistatic wrist band that not grounded, and so on... some other problems. I hope if you will fix your laptop, you will be prepared and remember where all screws and cables coming from. And I hope you will get it back together.
Hello friend, how are you? I'm having a hard time finding references about the slots available on this motherboard. It has a slot below the processor, would it be a msata ssd? The slot just above the memories would be a wifi card? I have already performed this procedure on other devices by removing the wwan card and inserting a msata ssd, but there is this slot below the processor that is exactly the same size. Can you tell me or give me some reference that I can consult exactly what is each available slot on this board? I'm waiting. Hugs
Hi, thanks for a comment :) And you are right, people shouldn't use a drill, people should use a wired anti static band and ... do you want to see a real "amateur hour", find a video where someone sits in a pajamas on the carpet floor and without any (gosh, at least any) antistatic band taking his poor laptop apart ... what a show. Also find another channel (whole channel yeah) they sell parts via their site and PR it via channel... they use a drill too and they don't where any antistatic. ;-)
I don't solder much, not very good at it, but this is one of the things I want to learn some day. (Probably when I will retire, means never) :-) I had a boss once who was soldering and on one of the laptops where the fuse was blown at the DC jack, he just did some sort of bridge that it started to work without a fuse. Maybe it could work in your case too, it is not a DC jack, so shouldn't be too bad, right? and on the other hand there are always used motherboards on eBay...
Hi! As a dilettante i would like to ask you whether is it possible to change or put a better vga card into this laptop and if it is possible what kind of cards are suitable?. Thanks your asnwer in advance and sorry for my english :)
Hello I just want to ask, I have this laptop and I want to upgrade my Ram. I'm not a computer expert. So my question is, what part of this video in which where you remove the ram? where is location of the Ram in this laptop? Hope you can help me because I need to upgrade my ram as soon as possible. Thank you.
Hey man, you didnt take any care with where you took the screws from. You never got that back together again did you ? Also why on earth did you take the hard drive out of its caddy for this video - was it to show your electric screw driver a few more times ?
Hi do you by any chance know where the reset button is for the inside battery as my computer has completely shut down, ive tried new battery but to no avail. Thanks
The BEST thing about my "new" 2009 R400 is that the 2.4Ghz. Core 2 Duo supports OpenGL. Allowing me to use "Stellarium" out doors, at the telescope. My older IBM R52 and R52 Pentium M's did not….. The R400 also supports Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. The IBM's only want Ubuntu 12.04 LTS… Max...
At 4:30 you remove a white cable from under the modem(?). Is this wire actually connected to anything? In my T400 it is loose - I've a fan error, just wondering if this is at all related... Thanks
That anti-static wrist band doesn't do a thing without the grounding wire hooked up. I wouldn't let this joker work on my laptop with that power tool stripping out screws at a fantastic rate. Do you hear the thunk-thunk-thunk as every screw comes loose and some he keeps the tool spinning while moving from screw to screw? Its amateur hour here on youtube.
Hi, thanks, it is pretty much all the same. Motherboard, LCD, back cover/front bezel hinges, case bottom, palmrest, memory, hard drive, DVD, fan, heatsink, cpu... I can make annotations, but for each video it will be too much time consuming. Plus you can always ask what part did I removed at some particular time and get an answer...
I also found both a whole R61i 15.4" and a parts machine R61 15.4", both on eBay, for peanuts. The "i" has no TouchPad.... only the red mushroom thingy. A STUPID idea from Lenovo to save a little money. But I've built TWO complete machines, for less than a newer R500 would be there. Yet matches my R400, performance wise. And I found a 2.4Ghz. 4M C2D for the R61 A 2.0Ghz. 4M C2D for the R61i. For peanuts, yet again. discountedlaptopparts of South Florida advertises IBM parts on eBay. ALWAYS the lowest prices. Adequate service, quick shipping. But this month I'm going to EAT! I have 5 IBM's now R51, R52, R61, R61i and the Lenovo R400.. The R51 now supports OpenGL With a 2.13Ghz. Pentium M/ The R51 does not support OpenGL 1.8Gzh. Pentium M.. Slower bus... I guess. Cheers. Jesse
Put in the most RAM you can, 8GB The fastest Core 2Duo CPU, probably 2.53Ghz. $20-$30 on eBay. And make sure you have the right GPU/video in it.. NOT a gamer, here, but I know that sort of thing.
This video is stupid! There is absolutely no thought to getting the laptop back together again, otherwise, s/he might creatively has an 18 or 24 egg carton and put the removed screws and other parts sequentially in the egg so that the process could have been put back in reverse sequence, rather than scattered miscellaneously anywhere there is space on te table! The title is somewhat misleading, which seems to imply perhaps a specific goal related to the video, but since not parts are labeled and everything is completely disassembled, who and why would anyone EVER want to do this? Forget it! Lenovo, as Seegal (below?) points out, download the hardware maintenance manual and address a specific problem, not ending with the randomly strewn parts across a table!!!
So I REALLY want to get better graphics for my T400. Under Device manager - Display adapters it says "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series" and "Mobile Intel(R) Series Express Chipset Family." Also a T9600 core 2 duo 2.8GHz processor. At 3:48 to 3:58 you remove a card. Can anyone tell if that is the ATI card and is it possible to upgrade? I assume that is what I get graphics from and not from the cpu or some chipset on the mobo. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
@PC del Pueblo Many users who posted a comments, are not on TH-cam I guess. That's why some videos have tons of my replies without initial comments :-)
Do NOT unplug the CMOS Battery! Or you just bought another logic board. Mobeo EEPROM code will give you a Black Screen with blinking. Padlock prompt. Wanting a code or password YOU will not have. TRY IT and you WILL be sorry. J.C.
I don't see a real reason to even use a anti-static wrist band .Just make sure you touch something grounded. . Also don't put hardware ontop of a antistatic bag.
Depends on just which MacBook you are trying to get into. And just which ThinkPad you are doing the same, with. Such generalizations are USELESS, real world.
***** i was take apart mac from 2007 - 2015 .. and iMac from 2009 to 2014 .. and also Mac Pro from 2009 .. yes there's some mac i don't like to take apart, that is macbook black and white 2007,2008,2009, too much screw for me the rest is just easy to do.
i literally just rebuilt a whole laptop just like this within 8 minutes of watching this video in all it took me a hour thank you
great demonstration of human dexterity and know how. lots and lots of screws.
thank you for the fine demonstration
You are very welcome!
And thank you very much for that comment!
Great video. As someone who works for IBM and buys these at an awesome discount, it's nice to have a video to follow. BTW, for the replier, I am smart enough to know that if I were going to put it back together, to put the scews in seperate containers. In and of itself, its a great dissassembly video to follow so thanks again!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Do u resale them?
@@lolvivo8783 I buy them on company discount although they have narrowed supply a lot. I save them for parts when no longer using them. I think I have two now.
Cool !! Removing the whole lcd panel is what I was looking for :)
Helped me a lot !! Thank you !!
Nice video, but I'd like to se how you assemble back all this mess.
Literally the video is halfway done, so annoying!
I hope to buy a 2.4Ghz. R400 tonight, after midnight.
A new credit card cycle.
It has 2GB RAM.
I might up it to 4GB.
Machine will be used with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
like my late 2009 2.53Ghz. Mac Mini.
Thanks for the instructive video.
***** you are very welcome!
regazzz
Only 14+ hours from Nashua, NH, to Elk Grove Village UPS Center,
Despite blizzards at both ends…
But I was out to lunch at 12:35PM, today..
Expecting more like a 5:30 or 6:30 delivery, as normal….
So I have to hoof it over to my local PO to pick it up.
The R400 was $29.95 on eBay from crtrelecteronics, in a S. Boston suburb..
$14 standard USPS shipping.
They have another R400, in cleaner condition, for $39.95….
Mine is:
2.4Ghz. Core 2 Duo
4GB RAM.
No HDD, but has the caddy…
I have a 40GB SATA drive to go right in.
Plenty big enough for the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS that on it.
NO Windoze here, never will be.
A Mac user, but Core 2 Duo MacBooks are WAY too expensive.
I even have a brand new power supply.
Was sent the wrong one for my older $22 thrift store find IBM R51 and $43 eBay IBM R52…
Seller refunded the $10 but didn't want it back.
We have some great people on eBay.
I have a late 2009 Mac Mini 2.53Ghz. 4GB RAM as my main computer.
Given to me by a blind Mac Club member..
I USED to recycle donated Macs through a mental health outfit, here in Chicago.
1997 -2008…. to worthies..
Lost to politics..
I need the Core 2 Duo for OpenGL
For Stellarium…
The older IBM Pentium's do not support it..
Cheers, everyone!
Very good video and easy to follow. Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks!
Hi. I really enjoyed the video. I got inspired to open up my broken T400, but I lack parts to repair it. I hope that you do not mind me asking, but is there a possibility that I can get or buy any of your spare T400 parts? Thanks!
You are very welcome!
Will it be worth fixing my T400? FAN FUSE or Motherboard not sure it was always running hot...
BEEP BEEP - reboot - FAN ERROR
So my Laptop is shot for now... Great Video!
Actually, for Lenovo laptops (at least the Thinkpad business series), there is a hardware maintenance manual on the Lenovo support website, which shows the exact steps - and the order in which to take them! - do disassemble each Thinkpad T-, R-, W- and X-Series model (I don't know about the Edge and L/SL-Series though, since these are more of a consumer category device). From watching your video, I guess you did not consult this manual ;-)
For sure, this guides are good. I don't like to RTFM :)))
once, I was stuck with some hp keyboard, some probook series. I was going in circles trying carefully remove this keyboard... and I watched a video on HP site! Dude in this video removed this keyboard so easy, but it was not that easy in life. Looks like they are prepared to make a nice video there and it is far away from reality.
thank you so much for making this video,ibm make it look so easy.
Hi,
fan error is probably because of dirty fan/heat sink or just because of this fan. White cable is a wifi antenna cable.
Hey Dave, I took hard drive out of it's caddy just because I always do that in this type of videos, not to show this electric screw driver few more times, just because this is a video how to take it completely apart.
There are also antistatic wrist band that not grounded, and so on... some other problems.
I hope if you will fix your laptop, you will be prepared and remember where all screws and cables coming from.
And I hope you will get it back together.
helped me a lot, thank you very much
Such comments always make my day, thank you!
Te lo agradesco amigo; un saludo desde Mexico.
Thanks!!!
Hello friend, how are you? I'm having a hard time finding references about the slots available on this motherboard. It has a slot below the processor, would it be a msata ssd? The slot just above the memories would be a wifi card? I have already performed this procedure on other devices by removing the wwan card and inserting a msata ssd, but there is this slot below the processor that is exactly the same size. Can you tell me or give me some reference that I can consult exactly what is each available slot on this board? I'm waiting. Hugs
Hi, thanks for a comment :)
And you are right, people shouldn't use a drill, people should use a wired anti static band and ...
do you want to see a real "amateur hour", find a video where someone sits in a pajamas on the carpet floor and without any (gosh, at least any) antistatic band taking his poor laptop apart ... what a show.
Also find another channel (whole channel yeah) they sell parts via their site and PR it via channel...
they use a drill too and they don't where any antistatic. ;-)
Did you put it back toghether afterwards?
Gracias por el video amigo me ayudo mucho con la computadora... thx :D
gracias por el video, me sirvio de mucho, tratare de recuperar mi t400. Thanks
Mucho Gracias! :) Have a nice day!
I believe my t400 has a blown fuse from a bluetooth issue. I want to repair the fuse and remove the bluetooth but don't know where to find the fuse.
I don't solder much, not very good at it, but this is one of the things I want to learn some day. (Probably when I will retire, means never) :-)
I had a boss once who was soldering and on one of the laptops where the fuse was blown at the DC jack, he just did some sort of bridge that it started to work without a fuse. Maybe it could work in your case too, it is not a DC jack, so shouldn't be too bad, right? and on the other hand there are always used motherboards on eBay...
very good
Hi! As a dilettante i would like to ask you whether is it possible to change or put a better vga card into this laptop and if it is possible what kind of cards are suitable?. Thanks your asnwer in advance and sorry for my english :)
Hello I just want to ask, I have this laptop and I want to upgrade my Ram. I'm not a computer expert. So my question is, what part of this video in which where you remove the ram? where is location of the Ram in this laptop? Hope you can help me because I need to upgrade my ram as soon as possible. Thank you.
Hey man, you didnt take any care with where you took the screws from. You never got that back together again did you ? Also why on earth did you take the hard drive out of its caddy for this video - was it to show your electric screw driver a few more times ?
is there a video of you putting everything back together?
Hi do you by any chance know where the reset button is for the inside battery as my computer has completely shut down, ive tried new battery but to no avail. Thanks
The BEST thing about my "new" 2009 R400 is that the 2.4Ghz. Core 2 Duo supports OpenGL.
Allowing me to use "Stellarium" out doors, at the telescope.
My older IBM R52 and R52 Pentium M's did not…..
The R400 also supports Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
The IBM's only want Ubuntu 12.04 LTS…
Max...
***** imho, these old IBMs are so robust and build so well.
At 4:30 you remove a white cable from under the modem(?). Is this wire actually connected to anything? In my T400 it is loose - I've a fan error, just wondering if this is at all related... Thanks
Nice video. Very helpful.
Hello! I just want to ask whether it is possible to change or put a better vga into this laptop?
You are very welcome :)
You are welcome!
yeah, I know its not a good one:) that's why I grounded the metal legs of the table. Touching it from time to time.
Never got a problem.
if i just want to replace the power jack, what components should I remove?
which one is cmos battery specify the duration time please it will be help full for me
Just as well you have the Chinascam 2000 (tm) floating resistor cordless wrist strap or you might do some ESD damage :D
+Brek Martin wireless esd is useless.
Wicked, man!
Do you have to do all that just to get to the ram?
Stephen Winfield
IBM's are EASY to get into.
TRY Sony VAIO , HP TX-2000 and some others.
The house that Jack built stuff!
Trust me.
Thank you
you learn me😊
Sorry to tell that but graphic card is not removable. At 3.48 WiFi card was removed.
I can imagine how frustrating it is.
Have a nice day!
Well, thanks for that :)
What about an IdeaPad p400 Touch? Thanks!
That anti-static wrist band doesn't do a thing without the grounding wire hooked up. I wouldn't let this joker work on my laptop with that power tool stripping out screws at a fantastic rate. Do you hear the thunk-thunk-thunk as every screw comes loose and some he keeps the tool spinning while moving from screw to screw? Its amateur hour here on youtube.
may i know if i can insert a PCIe card into this notebook so that i can have GPU card for playing game ?
What is the name of the tool you are using to loosen the screws?
Drill is SKIL and some drill bits that fit. But for onetime project you can easily be fine with a normal Stanley screwdrivers set.
at 3.25 I removed one memory stick. There can be to, but was only one. So, that's it over there! :)
CPU is a little thing that was removed after Fan/heatsink was removed.
which one is cmos battery specific the duration time please reply
The cmos battery looks like a watch battery, it's directly on the motherboard
good for you :)
This comment made my day :)
how to fix t400 it will shutdown itself and wont turn down again..and fan error issue also pls help
Is this the model with 256MB Nvidia GPU?
Hi, thanks, it is pretty much all the same. Motherboard, LCD, back cover/front bezel hinges, case bottom, palmrest, memory, hard drive, DVD, fan, heatsink, cpu...
I can make annotations, but for each video it will be too much time consuming.
Plus you can always ask what part did I removed at some particular time and get an answer...
I also found both a whole R61i 15.4" and a parts machine
R61 15.4", both on eBay, for peanuts.
The "i" has no TouchPad.... only the red mushroom thingy.
A STUPID idea from Lenovo to save a little money.
But I've built TWO complete machines, for less than
a newer R500 would be there.
Yet matches my R400, performance wise.
And I found a 2.4Ghz. 4M C2D for the R61
A 2.0Ghz. 4M C2D for the R61i.
For peanuts, yet again.
discountedlaptopparts of South Florida
advertises IBM parts on eBay.
ALWAYS the lowest prices.
Adequate service, quick shipping.
But this month I'm going to EAT!
I have 5 IBM's now
R51, R52, R61, R61i and the Lenovo R400..
The R51 now supports OpenGL
With a 2.13Ghz. Pentium M/
The R51 does not support OpenGL
1.8Gzh. Pentium M..
Slower bus... I guess.
Cheers.
Jesse
***** It is sad how Lenovo changed their laptop outlook to a cheaper side. I liked how it was before!
Well, buy one made between 2004 and 2009 and you will be quite happy.
Pentium Ms work almost as well as Core 2 Duos.
which one is the processor?
I wan't to upgrade my lenovo thinkpad t400 to it's able to run minecraft any tips?
Put in the most RAM you can, 8GB
The fastest Core 2Duo CPU, probably 2.53Ghz.
$20-$30 on eBay.
And make sure you have the right GPU/video in it..
NOT a gamer, here, but I know that sort of thing.
Thanks a lot bro
*****
An Intel 2.93Ghz. T9800 Core 2 Duo will set you back $50 on eBay.
Thank you for honest comments! This video has one dislike as for right now... does it belongs to you? :)))
isnt this the T420 model?
Thanks, i only removed ram
9:43 is it graphics adapter?
This video is stupid! There is absolutely no thought to getting the laptop back together again, otherwise, s/he might creatively has an 18 or 24 egg carton and put the removed screws and other parts sequentially in the egg so that the process could have been put back in reverse sequence, rather than scattered miscellaneously anywhere there is space on te table! The title is somewhat misleading, which seems to imply perhaps a specific goal related to the video, but since not parts are labeled and everything is completely disassembled, who and why would anyone EVER want to do this? Forget it! Lenovo, as Seegal (below?) points out, download the hardware maintenance manual and address a specific problem, not ending with the randomly strewn parts across a table!!!
Hey Charles Curmudgeon thanks for being very critical about my video :)
+Charles Curmudgeon you don't understand the purpose of this video.
I like the idea of an egg carton; I had to create a grill to store the screws of an compaq when i tried to mod it.
Hi,
nope, you will need to use a serious technic to do such thing. And I am not sure where to get this better GPU that will fit...
wow!!! talk about stripping the screws!!!!!!
So I REALLY want to get better graphics for my T400. Under Device manager - Display adapters it says "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series" and "Mobile Intel(R) Series Express Chipset Family."
Also a T9600 core 2 duo 2.8GHz processor.
At 3:48 to 3:58 you remove a card. Can anyone tell if that is the ATI card and is it possible to upgrade?
I assume that is what I get graphics from and not from the cpu or some chipset on the mobo. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Agreed.
How many slot ram on this laptop??
2 slots, 8gb max
Lenovo/IBM are pretty hard to put back :)
@PC del Pueblo Many users who posted a comments, are not on TH-cam I guess. That's why some videos have tons of my replies without initial comments :-)
@PC del Pueblo yeah, I had a few comments like "look, uploader talking to himself in comments" hahaha
Can someone please explain how to get into a Lenovo p400 touch. My fan is grinding and I can't get to it.
Sure like you son, but you're hard on equipment! How many of those screws got rounded off?!
I unscrewed everything to take the bottom off but it won't come off
+HeatherDoesTheGameyThingy button is like a base where everything goes into.
+regazzz I got it but thank you I had to slide it off
could you tell me where the internal mic is it wont stfu so im going to just hack it.out..thanks
i want that too lol
I just want to take the hdd out of this ancient piece of shit and this is exactly what I'm looking for
Geez that seems a bit of work i gotta do just to clean off some dust inside , XD
:) Yep, it is.
T400 only use Intel GM45 or ATI Mobility Radeon 3470 GPU, not Nvidia
Motherboard chahiye isi model ka
Jesus, you are brutal with tearing this laptop apart lol using power tools and just yanking cables.
hello friend in the minutes 8:12 to 8:19 that seems like a sim as it says that fuincion meets thanks.
I do not remember that, sorry.
Do NOT unplug the CMOS Battery!
Or you just bought another logic board.
Mobeo EEPROM code will give you a Black Screen with blinking.
Padlock prompt.
Wanting a code or password YOU will not have.
TRY IT and you WILL be sorry.
J.C.
+375GTB how do I solve this?
I don't see a real reason to even use a anti-static wrist band .Just make sure you touch something grounded. . Also don't put hardware ontop of a antistatic bag.
FUCKING THX U BRO !!!!!!!
Nope, sorry.
Interesting video....but needed talking. Silence doesn't help identify parts etc. Shame really.
NO PUES ASI SIN EXPLICASION CUALQUIERA SE PIERDE :-)
it's not easy like a mac
Depends on just which MacBook you are trying to get into.
And just which ThinkPad you are doing the same, with.
Such generalizations are USELESS, real world.
+375GTB I think he was joking
***** i was take apart mac from 2007 - 2015 .. and iMac from 2009 to 2014 .. and also Mac Pro from 2009 .. yes there's some mac i don't like to take apart, that is macbook black and white 2007,2008,2009, too much screw for me the rest is just easy to do.
tiene muchos tornillos
Cuando montas el ordenador, si no eres extremadamente cuidadoso, luego siempre sobra alguno.
asmr ajaj like
No.
Me gane unos 200 dolares gracias amigo
lkj