Hello my fellow thinkhackers, I'm just reporting that I was able to install OS X 10.9.1 with Madara-san's kext pack v2 and Sieglind's dviDSDT on my R61i and it's working * almost * fine. Well, good job done here, guys - I'd like to thank you all :) Unfortunately, I'm still having couple problems wit...

I'm currently using HTC HD2 with Android 4.1 (CM10 kang) on it
This phone is quite old now, but (so far) never failed at me. It also feed all my needs (I don't play games on phone), so I see no point in getting rid of it (in near future).

I agree, I would keep it, too.

My R61 is also affected by Nvidia chip issue, but I don't much care about it - It didn't fail until now, so I have no evidences that it possibly can fail in future.

Even if it do so, my plan is simple - I will just bake it and sell cheap

I really enjoyed your story, because I did almost the same with my R61i :) Only thing left is to decide which device would be more usefull in the ultrabay (DVD-RW, 2nd Battery or 2nd hard drive). I'd go with 2nd hard drive in ultrabay. Since you have already SSD, I'd put here 500 GB or even bigger H...

It's cheaper, faster and more reliable (for me) to buy another 2 TB drive than store files on cloud.

Binh wrote:Can a T61 with faulty GPU boot with external video card installed in advanced dock? Does anyone try to do that?

AFAIK, it won't boot - faulty GPU means that it won't even POST.
Please, correct me if I'm wrong.

Raceboy wrote:I would rather use Notebook Hardware Control 2.4.3 which lets you undervolt the CPU and thus bring the temperature and fan noise down at the same time. Also battery lifetime increases by quite a bit.

... but it does not work with x64 systems

In my R61 with Nvidia GPU I can't get below 19.5W (WiFi on, screen @ 30%, powersave CPU governor) = ~3.1h on 9 cell batt = not that bad.

I belive only 800 MHz FSB CPUs will work in 61 series, while P8400 is 1066 MHz.

(correct me please if I'm wrong)

Hah, I'm curious too.
My R61i is equipped with Nvidia's faulty GPU, so it's definatly not about integrated graphics.

Make a ramdisk (tmpfs if you are using Linux) and move browser cache on to it.
It will be even faster than SSD

The case is the bitrate of movie. My old lappy with dual core 1.73ghz and X3100 couldn't play smooth 1080p with bitrate around 8-10k, coded with x264 and with DTS audio in any circumstances. DXVA - fail, no even video, CoreAVC - a/v out of synth, VLC - same as above, etc. Even gl acceleration under ...

With such CPU low usage while playing 1080p is *NOT* possible. And no, integrated GPU is too weak to take over acceleration, so I think you got wrong movie or misunderstood it's parameters (no offence ofc :)). It would be nice if you could prove your statement - get ~12GB movie encoded in x264 with ...

For DXVA playback you need MPC-HC. Read about it here: http://imouto.my/watching-h264-videos-using-dxva/
But don't be disappointed if it won't work - I doubt it will.

X40 is pretty cheap, about ~200 PLN.

th1 wrote:Core duo L2400

It won't play 1080p.
Integrated GPU is poor too, so graphic acceleration won't work either.

Your only option is ViDock.

It must be between heatsink and die, so it can't move itself in any conditions.

EDIT: Looks like goofyGAguy was faster

Works fine on my R61 too

It will stay the same.

Ahhh, hardware dimming switch... Why they get rid of it in modern notebooks?

billp117 wrote:A better solution might be upgrading to a newer model ThinkPad that uses SATA hard drives...

Or just do the SATA hack.

Avoid T61/R61 with Nvidia GPU.

Chromium@Linux + Chrome@Windows.

After some reading about incompatibility of screens/keyboards connectors between different brands, I've came to same conclusion, as all of you suggested: effect won't be worth effort. I will probably buy some old hardware (X2x series maybe, as they are thin and cheap) and use console-only Linux (mor...

IMO X9000 is (even today) not worth it's price.

I'd buy T8100/T8300 - those are relatively cheap.

$300? Not near Poland. 400$ here is minimum + add cost of new battery, HDD and RAM (another 200$?). Yes, I could ship it from different country, but it would create a big mess (shipping, taxes, new keyboard) that is probably not worth 100$. I don't find Atom CPU's slow - they can play 720p videos (a...

Hmm... You took "hammering" too real - I wouldn't dare to use such brutal thing on shiny ThinkPad! Things like this: http://www.e-techalltv.com/direct/images/usb-extension-cable.jpg will help me with connectors :) Yeah, this is going to be my "lazy evenings" project - I don't expect it to be finishe...

Just FYI, that PIII 800 will not fit in a 600X. You need a PIII 800 that is mounted on an MMC-2 board. Those are relatively rare. The PIII 850MHz on an MMC-2 is even more rare. That is where the maximum of 850MHz comes from: there were lots of PIII chips made that were faster than 850MHz, but a 600...

Were you disappointed with modern X Thinkpads? I've forgot to add - I want it to be cheap :) x61 cost almost the same as my actual r61, and I don't have any plans to spend such money another time. Atom based netbooks with broken screens (I don't need it anyway) are about 160$, and x3x series in sem...

I have no idea how it was 20 years ago, as I'm 18. Is brain really too little? IMO anti-viruses are targeted for peoples, who can't fight with viruses by themselves. I'm checking everything when doing maintance for machines (logs etc.) so I still can't believe that I must have anti-virus on Windows ...