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I dusted off my X61 this past week. Repasted, threw a cheap SSD in, and newer mPCIE Wifi card. After playing around with undervolting and fan control it idles s

I dusted off my X61 this past week. Repasted, threw a cheap SSD in, and newer mPCIE Wifi card. After playing around with undervolting and fan control it idles silently. Battery life on the 6 cell is 5-6 hours light use. It was a pretty amazing package for that sort of power in 2007, and it's still a joy to use -- especially with modern improvements. Now if I could just find a nice SXGA+ screen...

lqet 6y ago
> Now if I could just find a nice SXGA+ screen... Took me a few months to find one on eBay, a replacement part of a X61s. Fitting this thing into the X61 was... interesting. It involved a few hours of Dremeling. I am convinced it was poor luck I didn't break it.