Well, much to my disappointment, I opened up my T61 to upgrade the memory to 8GB (Mushkin, snagged for $41 shipped), and saw the part number sticker for the motherboard... it's 42W7649/42W3809. The manufacture date is 711. So looks like I not only got a Meron board but it's a 2007 board. I guess tho...

TuuS, you are the man! Thank you! I don't know how you know all this information. Yes, I will definitely be upgrading... to a T9500. Am keenly anticipating the uncovering of the GPU to see what hand I have been dealt. Just bought a Samsung 830 256GB SSD at clearance prices ($155), which I plan to in...

Tuus, thank you for the additional information. You truly are a maven when it comes to Thinkpads! Would you know why IBM lists two entries for the system board?: Mfg FRU part # part # Description Serviceable? 39T0494 39T0495 WRLSS ADPT FRU ADONID MDC-1.5 Y 39T5624 41W1155 FRU USB SUB CARD Y 39T7209 ...

256GB now $154.99 shipped at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-2-5-Inch- ... 5%22+256GB

Newegg has the Samsung 830 256GB (without installation kit) currently for $169 shipped. On October 15th, they had a promo code that took $10 off that price, making it $159. Snagged one for my T61. For patient buyers, I bet they run another promo eventually, if they don't sell out. So add a Newegg pr...

Hi, just bought a T61 with an nVidia G86-740-A2. It's in transit now. Eventually want to make a T60/T61 Frankenpad. It already has the Middleton BIOS installed and Windows 7 64-bit. I really dislike the squatty wide-screen format of newer laptops, and miss the 1600 x 1200 Flexview screen of my R50p,...

Hey, look at this! For those who need to flash an EDID, check out this tool available from Lenovo itself (made available July 2012): Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) Tool - http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS030190 This tool allows you to update the EDID on a Th...