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T480 Modification with Thinkpad T25 7-Row Keyboard
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 1:38 am
by RealBlackStuff
Re: T480 Modification with Thinkpad T25 7-Row Keyboard
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2020 3:37 am
by Tasurinchi
Wow...
He implies it's costly, but he did not mention any prices. On the hardware side, all it needs is a T25 topcover + KB and that's it?
Re: T480 Modification with Thinkpad T25 7-Row Keyboard
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:19 pm
by H-Atkinson
Ive priced some stuff out and it looks like if buying through Lenovo Encompass the mod can be done for just about 300 USD right now.
-T25 Keyboard (01HW487)
-T25 Palmrest (01HX686)
-T25 Trackpad (01LV506)
-T25 Power button, media key bezel (01HX690)
-T25 Power button cable (01HX688)
-T25 Power button PCB (01HX689)
-T470 hinges (01AX952)
-T470 fingerprint reader (01AX699)
-T25 M.2 caddy (01HX691)
My BOM may be missing things, but if there are errors hopefully someone points them out here:
viewtopic.php?f=68&t=130131&p=842213#p842213
Re: T480 Modification with Thinkpad T25 7-Row Keyboard
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 2:01 am
by RealBlackStuff
More people have started to do it:
Thinkpad 25/2 - T480 Hardware in T25 case
There's also a full parts list.