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T25 with Quad-Core CPU and UHD LCD Panel
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 6:22 am
by RealBlackStuff
Roaming the web, I found this:
A FrankenPad Story: T25 with Quad-Core CPU and UHD LCD Panel
A price-list of the required parts for this mod can be seen here:
https://i.imgur.com/eUMjh3O.png
I'm sure some of you will get a kick out of this!
Re: T25 with Quad-Core CPU and UHD LCD Panel
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 5:29 pm
by DaKKS
Absolutely insane. I love it.
Cringe moment when i read about the liquid metal. I've been tasked with repairing the results after somone incorrectly put liquid metal in a laptop. There was liquid metal everywhere and it shorted everything. Dayumm. Hate that stuff.
Re: T25 with Quad-Core CPU and UHD LCD Panel
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 7:45 pm
by Thinkpad4by3
DaKKS wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2019 5:29 pm
Absolutely insane. I love it.
Cringe moment when i read about the liquid metal. I've been tasked with repairing the results after somone incorrectly put liquid metal in a laptop. There was liquid metal everywhere and it shorted everything. Dayumm. Hate that stuff.
Liquid metal isn't so bad when you tape off your entire motherboard to make sure that DOESN'T happen.
Re: T25 with Quad-Core CPU and UHD LCD Panel
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 2:26 pm
by DaKKS
Yeah, i'm sure if you do it right it would do fine. But seems like an silly risk to me after seeing what happens when you screw up.
Think i'm gonna stick with mx4 in my machines though.
Re: T25 with Quad-Core CPU and UHD LCD Panel
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 9:02 pm
by ajkula66
Well, this goes to show that the tradition of FrankenPadding lives on...
to the person who envisioned and performed the mods, quite impressive.
Re: T25 with Quad-Core CPU and UHD LCD Panel
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 9:06 pm
by Thinkpad4by3
ajkula66 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2019 9:02 pm
Well, this goes to show that the tradition of FrankenPadding lives on...
to the person who envisioned and performed the mods, quite impressive.
I'm stealing this quote from another forum but I think it applies here:
The Manual- "Just the manufacturer's opinion of how to put this together."- Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor
Re: T25 with Quad-Core CPU and UHD LCD Panel
Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 5:23 pm
by chx1975
That imgur thing was put together by me when looking for hardware hackers to make me one of these FrankenPads. I would pay for the work. No need for liquid metal
Re: T25 with Quad-Core CPU and UHD LCD Panel
Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 10:35 am
by dr_st
Does this mod properly expose the new docking connector to work with the T480 mechanical docks? I assume so, but wasn't 100% certain after reading that post.
Re: T25 with Quad-Core CPU and UHD LCD Panel
Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 7:42 am
by kitsunyan
dr_st wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2019 10:35 am
Does this mod properly expose the new docking connector to work with the T480 mechanical docks? I assume so, but wasn't 100% certain after reading that post.
The docking connector is fully functional. A base cover from T480 is used, so all mount holes should be the same as on T480. Docking connector should work unless there are some hardware incompatibilities.
Re: T25 with Quad-Core CPU and UHD LCD Panel
Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 9:29 am
by dr_st
Welcome to the forum and thank you for clarifying this.
There should not be any HW incompatibilities, since by using a T480 board, your laptop is essentially a T480.
Re: T25 with Quad-Core CPU and UHD LCD Panel
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 9:35 am
by kitsunyan
dr_st wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2019 9:29 am
Welcome to the forum and thank you for clarifying this.
Hi!
dr_st wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2019 9:29 am
There should not be any HW incompatibilities, since by using a T480 board, your laptop is essentially a T480.
I'd not be sure in this. For instance, if I disable NFC in ThinkPad Setup, the touchpad and the trackpoint stop working after suspend. Both GNU/Linux and Windows affected, so it's definitely hardware incompatibility issue, not OS-dependent. I asked some people with T480 to disable NFC and try to reproduce my issue, and it seems that only my "T480" is affected. It seems that something works wrong in my setup: it can NFC, touchpad or even trackpoint. I solved it just keeping NFC enabled, since I don't use it all. And I'm not so interested in further investigating this issue.
So, I can't be sure in anything regarding hardware compatibility :>
Re: T25 with Quad-Core CPU and UHD LCD Panel
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 2:05 am
by Richard.Tung
kitsunyan wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2019 9:35 am
dr_st wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2019 9:29 am
Welcome to the forum and thank you for clarifying this.
Hi!
dr_st wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2019 9:29 am
There should not be any HW incompatibilities, since by using a T480 board, your laptop is essentially a T480.
I'd not be sure in this. For instance, if I disable NFC in ThinkPad Setup, the touchpad and the trackpoint stop working after suspend. Both GNU/Linux and Windows affected, so it's definitely hardware incompatibility issue, not OS-dependent. I asked some people with T480 to disable NFC and try to reproduce my issue, and it seems that only my "T480" is affected. It seems that something works wrong in my setup: it can NFC, touchpad or even trackpoint. I solved it just keeping NFC enabled, since I don't use it all. And I'm not so interested in further investigating this issue.
So, I can't be sure in anything regarding hardware compatibility :>
I recently performed this mod to my T480(to install a T25 keyboard), thansk for your guide.
all photos here:
https://forum.51nb.com/forum.php?mod=vi ... 030&extra=
I also found T470 frp reader is needed(T25 frp reader is different with T480, but same as T470 so we can use T470 frp reader)
Besides, after mod my T480 doesn't have suspend issue(my T480 doesn't have NFC module, so maybe remove it could resolve this issue?)
Re: T25 with Quad-Core CPU and UHD LCD Panel
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 3:31 am
by w0qj
Welcome to our ThinkPads forum!
Just curious, how did you get your hands on a T25 keyboard?
Heard that ThinkPad had been very strict with their supplies of spare T25 keyboards,
sometimes even asking if you own a T25 before passing out a spare T25 keyboard?
Richard.Tung wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 2:05 am
I recently performed this mod to my T480(to install a T25 keyboard), thansk for your guide.
all photos here:
https://forum.51nb.com/forum.php?mod=vi ... 030&extra=
I also found T470 frp reader is needed(T25 frp reader is different with T480, but same as T470 so we can use T470 frp reader)
Besides, after mod my T480 doesn't have suspend issue(my T480 doesn't have NFC module, so maybe remove it could resolve this issue?)
Re: T25 with Quad-Core CPU and UHD LCD Panel
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 1:12 pm
by pitchdown
Is for the T25 an compatible lcd-list available?
I am looking for a 400 nits or higher lcd instead of the default 250.
Thx
