Yeah... I was also wondering how well the 16MB Radeon GPU copes with it. 1024x768x16 is 1.5MB, or 3MB for 32 bit colour. At SXGA 1400x1050x16 it is 2.8MB or 4.6MB for 32 bit. Should be okay even if Google Earth struggles a bit

How usable is a 12" SXGA screen?

I think I would have to increase the font size, but would still benefit from being able to show more of a web page (due to images etc staying the same size) and of course having sharper text due to increased DPI.

Wow, that is truly impressive!

I am surprised at the amount of modification you had to do to make the LCD fit. Maybe a different model would be easier. Still, it looks factory fitted, a really nice job.

fasterbybike wrote:A bit hard to see but the resolution is 1400x1050 !!!

EPIC WIN!

I really wish I had a screen now. Can't wait to see how you get on with the X32.

Yeah, sorry, that's what I meant by "mod", I was a bit distracted when writing that :) I repair PCs for a living, and have had to twist the cable a couple of times for clients who desperately wanted a particular laptop up and running (often due to legacy ports, it's hard to get a laptop with a real ...

If you have a spare cable, it is possible to mod it.

It should be fine to just connect them all without any modification.

It looks like it's just a simple serial ROM. Having the supply lines floating won't hurt it.

It should be fine without the EDID lines connected, as the modified BIOS does not use them anyway. It would be helpful to know if they are connected to ground or not connected at all though, because if the latter is the case you could connect everything up without any modifications what so ever.

Most people don't want the viewing angle on their laptop to be too good, so that people sitting next to them can't easily read what they have on screen!

Looks like it should work. Unfortunately screens are really expensive, as are all parts used in Thinkpads. You get what you pay for though.

The forum post linked to is talking about the X32, not the X41. The X32 has a Radeon graphics chip and needs a BIOS patch to work. There is a Radeon BIOS editor but it does not support the 6M mobile chip. To me, an X32 with SXGA screen would be pretty much the ultimate laptop, except of course of th...

I am looking for a suitable screen to try this mod. As soon as I find one, I'll give it a go.

I'm afraid I can't find the picture I took now, but I'll try and take some more for you.

I suggest you make sure you have the D+ and D- lines the right way around.

Now I'm going to say something stupid but... what about modifying the CF slot to connect it to the CDC USB line ? More mess, more complications... but if feasible would give a full speed booting CF slot... It would be extremely difficult. You would need to disconnect the CF slot from the motherboar...

Raceboy wrote:Does any other laptops other than X32 that have CDC slot have USB through it? Like X23? I know in Windows you can see three USB kontrollers, there's two ports and an UltraPort but does it have USB via CDC?

Any laptop that can take a CDC Bluetooth card has USB on the CDC port.

Sounds like an interesting project, wondering if you could post a picture (or some pics) to help us see what you've done. Would also be interested in what kind of read/write speeds you are achieving with what flash card. It would also be helpful to see what (solder) pads you are using for data / po...

1) I'm puzzled as to why the desperation looking for taps for internal USB for a flash drive. My X31 has a built-in CF port right on the lappie. Does the X32 not have a CF port? The CF slot is very slow, typically <1MB/sec. Also, it cannot be booted. 2) if your flash card needs 5v for power can't t...

I have one of these cables and an X32, but am having trouble making it work.

I think the problem is that the driver does not support the correct output resolution. If it did, everything would work,.

PowerStrip seems to be the most popular solution, but IMHO it sucks. There must be a better way...

I've just won a Toshiba M200 in a local auction. Hopefully it is fitted with the HV121P01-100 LCD. If so, let the fun (or frustration) begin ! Good luck with that! Please report back how you get on, and if you need any help just ask. I have taken a quick look at the X32 BIOS and I think I can see h...

Heh, technically, any dissasembly of their BIOS code is illegal. Says as much within the code. Oddly enough, I also have seen the phrase "use the force luke" buried within it. BTW, reading this post is illegal under international law ;) Just saying something does not make it true. Disassembling cod...

You don't understand bios code on thinkpad laptop. There is no resolution detection routine in oprom0 ~ oprom1. In case of t42, Resolution detetion routine of T4x is embedded into bioscod0 ~ bioscod5. Of course, There is no resoultion detection routine on x31/x32's bios code. Do you understand what...

microwave, can you tell us why you will not release the modified BIOS code? What you say makes no sense. You say we must modify the oprom0.rom to support SXGA. You also say that the X32 and T42 have the same oprom0.rom, but the T42 supports SXGA detection via GPIO. Either they are the same or they a...

From what I can make out from the comments in English and using machine translation for some Chinese, you just need to exchange them. The T40 has a Mobility Radeon 7500. The X32 has a Mobility Radeon 7000. The 7500 is very similar to the 7000, basically just a die shrink with a few minor architectur...

charles.atcher wrote:I think the cable jumpering is only for the SXGA on the X6x models.

It looks like you have to jumper for the X32 as well. The VGA BIOS from the T4x has the code to detect the jumpers.

sjthinkpader wrote:CF card slot is basically a PC Card slot. Booting is not supported. You can use a IDE-CF card adapter to boot from CF in the HDD slot.

That's a shame. I guess I'll keep working on internal USB.

HV121P01-100 Brightness 190 cd/m2 Contrast 500:1 Viewing angle horizontal/vertical 89 degrees (CR > 10) That's very, very interesting. It's only a 6 bit panel (is the standard X32 one 8 bit?) but the resolution makes it very attractive. 89 degrees viewing angle is a bit extreme for a laptop, normal...

I think maybe I'll also save up for a 4gb 133x Cf card or something, eventually. Is the slot fast enough to support that? When I installed a flash card it was detected as an IDE/ATA mode CF card so should be reasonably quick, but other people have posted messages about <1MB/sec performance from oth...

There are many CF PHS modem cards in Japan. They are being replaced with WCDMA modem cards as DoCoMo and other carriers change over to 3G. I'll look into that, it could be very useful. Mine is a Japanese model anyway, but even when I'm in the UK it would be much nicer than the USB dongles you usual...

sjthinkpader wrote:I tried a few CF-SD adapters and the one with 90 deg SD card slot is not compatible with many CF card slots. The type with SD/MMC/MS slots in parallel axis as the CF end works, but it sticks out a lot.

Thanks, valuable info there.

that seems odd. my X31's card reader is apparently an PCI one as well (according to thinkwiki), but it reads my 256mb CF card (from my mom's old camera) just fine. I use it to store documents. I just tried mine and it can see a 512MB flash card in Windows okay, but cannot boot it as far as I can te...