Ultimate Lenovo T440p Laptop Upgrade Guide | Screen, CPU, RAM, HDDs, & Keyboard
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The problem with you doing this is that you've now raised the prices on all this stuff
All in the price is between $400-$500. You won't find a new laptop with even close to these specs for double that. At the end of the day the only missing component is a graphics card but let's be honest, playing high end games that would require a descrete GPU on a 14-15 inch screen is a terrible experience anyway.
Yup, Tek Syndicate has that much clout.
@@GSImproved90 Has nothing to do with 'clout'. It's the same reason why I stopped doing write ups and guides. Especially when it comes to laptop Wi-Fi cards. The best thing to do with Lenovo laptops is flash a hacked BIOS on it that removes Wi-Fi whitelist, and then upgrade it with the fastest one available. Last one I did, I needed a $10 device to write the new, hacked BIOS. 1300 Mbps Wi-Fi. -- I've already done the research, and I have the specific part numbers of the few available cards that will work.
@@esnebta Nice
Yeah ;-;
Put 2x8GB DDR3, a 250GB Samsung 850 Pro, a 1080p LG IPS panel, T450 trackpad, Japanese keyboard and a i7-4700MQ in mine. Overall came to about £330, very good value.
What keyboard, if I may ask?
Could you tell me the part number of the 1080p panel?
Hi, I worked for IBM for 21 years as a field engineer and they always gave us the latest greatest laptops, as we were on the road in Asia or South America etc.. The last time I upgraded just before I retired, I had a W500 with 16 gigs of ram and they upgraded me to a W550 with the i7 quad processor and 32 gigs of ram..It was a beast at the time. They told me to keep the W500 and the W550 when I retired. I threw some ssds in them with the hot swapable bays and still use both as daily drivers and I retired in 2016. Great laptops, still going strong..I cant count how many times I dropped them om the floor in the airports going thru the TSA checkpoints and they still work like a top..Great solid upgradable laptop.
Having had a good look inside my T440P when I did the initial build, I have to say, I'm VERY impressed. They implement most of my wishes/complaint points about mobile tech. A good example is pigtailing a lot of the external connectors like power. I've lost count of how many times I've had to reflow/resolder people's power connectors in their laptops. Sure, it's cheap to just solder it on the board, but as soon as someone wants to browse the internet wrapped up on the couch, eventually "It only charges if I hold the cord a certain way". The only thing I can't say I'm a fan of is the DRM B.S. in some of them. None of mine seem to complain about batteries or other wifi cards, but I know lots of people who've had that issue. Overall though, the 440s/440p I have are outstanding machines. Especially now with a good unix on them (BSD). It feels almost too good to be true!
Minor correction, but Samsung has a larger market share than Kingston in the SSD space. Kingston doesn't make it's own NAND flash. Kingston's NAND flash is made by Toshiba, which is the second largest NAND manufacturer, after Samsung. The comment about the reliability stands though.
necrobard Toshiba makes amazing products 😉
@@joshpickle4371 ever tried their USB drives? Dies like flies on me.
@@ngon1111 Lots of fakes exist, though. I remember my dad getting a great Kingston usb stick cheap on ebay only to die a few days later and when he called Kingston, they asked him to describe details of what the stick looks like and concluded it was counterfeit.
Yep, Kinkstone only sticks their stickers, in most cases on toshibas.
here in this comment section we can see samsung staff and kingston staff are fighting with each other
Best video in a long time. Brings back memories of the old channel before everything fell apart and only 6 videos a month of inconsistent quality were uploaded.
What happened to the old channel? I've been thinking about that, I heard some old employee had a disagreement an just deleted it.
I just ordered a T440p yesterday and I can't wait to get it.
@06:00 Screen Details, @07:40 teardown @08:20 Ram & m.2 @09:19 m.2 model @10:10 HDDs @13:25 HDD mechanical @16:00 CPU B140HAN01.3 - is that ips? The one that was suggested to me was, n140hce-en1 rev.c2. supposedly IPS. 🤔🤷🏻♀️
Love this video. Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together and do the research! Watching this sealed the deal for me as I needed a spare laptop and I picked up a T440p after I watched this. Let the upgrading commence!
how did the upgrading go?
It's been such a long time since I've chilled out and just watched one of your videos till the end. I miss your content. I'm going to go in a binge run. I've been a sub for years many many years. So great to see you still doing your thing on KZhead. You've been here for way longer than most techie channels. You have such a chill presentation. Much Love brotha..I wish you continued success! 💯 🤘😎
@@zackz1985 It wasn't said to you, so what's it to 'ya?
@@zackz1985 and he is also the first computer tech I see mentioning Linux, respect for that alone... my guess is that most guys don't mention Linux because it can potentially get clients away from them, since Linux most of the time just works and there's no drama on it... it's not perfect, PUBG still doesn't work on it among other titles, performance on Cities Skylines sucks for some reason, but for most of the time it works
@@zackz1985 His comment was perhaps the most bizarre comment I've seen not only on tech stuff but also in general on YT vid :-)
I haven't watch your videos in years!! Glad you're still here
Please run the laptop show the performance. Waited the whole video for that -_-
Same!!
Yea brother, I want to see that monster running
There's only one benchmark I care about: Cities Skylines... if that thing runs it, it runs anything else XDD But please note: benchmark it with a bigass 100k population city, not an empty map like everyone does
Lol just look up benchmarks of the CPU there's hundreds
My dad gave me his old laptop, I am currently using it and was looking for the stuff to upgrade. This video had everything I needed in one place
Man, you totally rock. Have one 440p with cracked screen free, I was just searching for disassembly guide, but this is way cool. It's really rare to see content this high quality. Subbed without even doubting.
Yeah laptop screens are usually replaced the same way aka just take the bezel off the screen and then unscrew it lay it down and pop the ribbon cable off and then just reverse for the new screen.
À
These laptop builds with big upgrades are beautiful. More please!
Shout out to Comprenew! I was the guy who sold you that CPU
Love this video, wish i would have found it before I did most of my T440p upgrades, but I was still able to use your help on the keyboard, processor, and M.2 upgrades. For all you T440p people - something I didn't hear in the video but found out immediately after my CPU upgrade was that the machine now sucks a ton of power! My laptop came with he stock 45w power supply which is not enough to handle all the upgrades. I went ahead and bought a 90w model on Ebay, but a 135w would work great too! Also consider upgrading your battery pack to the extended 9 Cell version for extra life! :)
how'd you find the parts. the links dont work anymore
This is pretty cool! Thanks Logan!
This vid really sealed the deal for me when I bought my T440p. Now I've maxed out the upgrades and got dual boot too.
Hey man, I’m interested in doing this, wondering how your laptop is going?
Very nice demo ! I didn't know you could update in such a way a laptop. Well done !!!
Thank u for making this video now I have a project to do when everything is done with
i bought a t440p because of this video. i don't regret it! great video man :))
I heartily recommend the t440p too. I have a Thinkpad P1 (X1 Extreme variant) and an upgraded/modded t440p. I love both, but the t440p has the better keyboard and just feels right. It's a great option for a low-cost yet powerful and capable (and rugged -- and excellent ergos) laptop. The t440p is kind of like a perfect laptop. Just a bit chunky by today's standards (but that can be a good thing)
Brazilian watching here. Thankful by your information, bro! Good lucky!
Love this! I really enjoy modifying computers to make them better and your videos are super inspiring. You rock! :)
Nice video and perfect timing. I've been using a stock T440P for several years and it's getting long in the tooth. I snagged an Intel Core i7-4910MQ for a good price from fleabay, now to the SSD.
Isn't it too hot for t440p? I have i3-4000m. It is up to 55-60 degrees in 100% load. And it has 37w TDP. Now I got i7-4700MQ. Didn't install it yet and I'm concerned, that t440p cooling system will not handle it.
@@dechmusic It's been running for years, and still solid. I did pick up a new laptop, but the old T440P is hanging in there.
ALWAYS disconnect both batteries first otherwise you will fry your new screen......trust me on this .!
Is that specific to the 440p model? I've swapped at least a hundred displays on ThinkPads so far and haven't killed even one.
@@JohnnyCacheX Specifically the models with two batteries, one internal and the removable one.
You can also just disable the internal battery in the BIOS.
@@JohnnyCacheX The T440p doesn't have an internal battery. The internal battery was a thing starting with the x40 ThinkPads but for some reason the T440p wasn't included.
@@JeffreyAbbinante T440/450/460 models have the double batteries too
Loving this format of videos. Sweet work mate.
Thanks so much for this tutorial. Very informative especially with the suggestions of the components. Followed this for my T440p Including the trackpad and it is so perfect with Linux. Thanks again.
fun to watch and informative. I don't have a thonk (or any laptop actually) but I do like to read and watch videos on them. I've read that guide to modding thinkpads before too, but when I considered the total cost of upgrades, it seemed to me I would rather just buy a used Precision workstation, used latitude or maybe a newer Thinkpad if I could get a good deal with perks and ebates. Might have been a nice touch to tally the total amount of money spent on parts. i could see this being a good option for people who just like tinkering projects, and also for people who don't have $500 NOW, maybe only $200, so buy the used t440p, and upgrade it now and then when they see a deal or have the money
>Wasting time on the trackpad when one has a ThinkPad™ TrackPoint™ Blasphemy!
The problem is with the t440/p/s models the Trackpoint does not have physical buttons unless you upgrade the trackpad.. The clunkpad on the t440 really is terrible. Thankfully it's the only generation that uses it.
When the track pad has some vital parts of the track point, you are SOL, deal with it.
@@jbrooks4282 You can actually replace the crappy trackpad with the better ones, at least in some models. Not sure where you can buy them though.
@@ghostD0C Yes you can replace the trackpad with the t450 one as explained in the video.. but windows doesn't play nice with the drivers unless you do some very specific things (and even then I've only managed to make it work with a clean install of windows). This was also explained in the video.
cmon man don't use the word Blasphemy
Thanks for the info - did it, works great and was fun.
I am so glad this video popped up in my recommended
Amazing laptop. I bought out a used one from my firm with 1080p display, i7 (4600), backlit keyboard, 16gb of ram. For about a $100. I just had to replace the fan and a wifi card (+$30) and it performs like a beast.
now I'm eyeing an ssd caddy and a new battery but that can wait a while
Damn thats a steal
CONTENT! YES. Also a few months ago i upgraded a T400. Dropped in an X9100 cpu, 8gb ram, and an SSD. Worth it? Probably not but i wanted libreboot.
The Model T400 and T410 uses this generation processor !?
He's using a GPU for a drink coaster. Now I've seen everything
made me spit-laugh on my monitor you tool .
BFG Tech 8800GTX cards lasted longer as coasters than in actual use. Can confirm, it was my first ever GPU, and my first ever beer coaster too.
he's been doing that for .. a decade now.
I'm using an old DVD drive
Exacly... Total cost around $700. What a deal
Thank you immensely for this!
would like to see more performance differences from the upgraded to non upgraded version
Been awhile since I checked in on this channel but Logan be sporting Gary Oldman's Zorg look from the 5th Element with the hair, beard and painted nails! All that's missing is the long drawl accent! Am I right!? The video was cool too btw!
KZhead recommendation is solid on this one. I'm a big fan of ThinkPads. Your rant about the trackpad driver is spot on. I don't know what Lenovo would keep removing functionality for no reason. You can't use three finger back on them for some reason but the old driver you can
Just upgraded the screen on mine. Thank you!!
About that touchpad. If you have issue with drivers, try to go in BIOS and default it. Then when you boot in windows instal that driver. My tip. I have had problems with touchpad drivers with my Lenovo Y50 70, windows were thinking that my touchpad is Synaptics but actualy its ELAN. So those steps i wrote above worked for me.
17:26 well now you have my attention
I got ahold of yet another T440p (I think this is the fourth or fifth I’ve purchased) because of this video. I already have done all of this stuff before, but seeing this made me want to do it again! :P In the meantime I have a T520 as well that I found for super cheap that I’m playing around with.
Excellent excellent video!!! I was avoiding the laptops in the used category as they lacked HD screens. Had no idea this was changable nor did I have any idea that modern Thinkpads were so easily servicable as my experience is with the older IBM made ones, which though are completely repairable are far more difficult to get into.
The modern upgradeable Thinkpads notebooks/laptops are not as this 2013 model.. it's sad really and hold the industry back.
You fellas gonna do a video showing of the performance of these new beasts of yours??
Slow bus
Your T-shirt alone is worth the sub.
Nice video and straight forward i really enjoyed it and i am loving my T440P in 2022
What a great video, thanks!
Hi, I really loved the video, but a full price listing would be interesting and I think benchmark are in order for both models. Keep up the good work
Great video! Convinced me to nab a T440p after having a mishap with my 8570w, and I found a bluray drive for a really good price too! Sadly the trackpoint nublet on mine is reported not to work, but if that really bothers me I can always replace the keyboard later, lol. :P EDIT: Oh! Almost forgot to mention, I managed to find one of the nvidia models for under $200! It helps if you run the serial number through the Lenovo parts lookup website, it'll tell you all about what specs the machine shipped with.
Do you have a link for a blu Ray drive?
NVIDIA GPU is useless, barely faster than the Intel HD.
love these fidgety tinkerer videos, you do a great job more please. more!
I friend of mine has a HP Probook from 2011. Last year i did some upgrades and realized how great this probook is. All parts were upgradable >CPU,GPU,RAM,HDD > SSD and even the optical drive could be swaped to a gpu, second harddrive or other stuff. After upgrading windows start was reduced from 3min to 18sec after power button push. Still a great Laptop if you don't wanna play the newest AAA Games.
OMG. You're killing me. :) :) Are you using a coffee filter paper to clean the heatsink? Brillian!
Just bought and tinkered with one of these. DEFINITELY worth. It was 200$ t440p with a 4900mq and the 730m. Proceeded to throw a 256gig m.2 and 1080p screen for another 100. BUT looking recently, the only t440ps on sale now are base models or overpriced "refurbished" models. If you could find a 4 core t440p for less than 250, you want something to tinker with, dont mind a thiccc machine and are looking for a machine capable of playing skyrim then this would be something to consider, not to mention the prodock and the keyboard. ( though the fn and ctrl keys should be switched and it urks me so very much)
great video. outake at the end was a nice lol moment. I've got an old door stop thinkpad that I might just upgrade thanks again
Thanks . Just picked up a used t440p . After watching your video, I'm planning to mod it.
Thought this channel was long dead, but yet somehow it's still going. Not sure about the new hairstyle though. Solid video though.
I suspect he's growing it out and it's in the weird phase.
Uuiuuuiiiii
@@Sieg670 The hair or the channel?
@@Sieg670 guy is just weird period haha grown man with nail polish says it all
This channel is ancient. Glad to see it still alive
This is a special video for three reasons: 1. It contains good info 2. It is an end-of-a-era document on hackable devices. 3. The creepy voice asides are totes hillaire 😁
Why end-of-an-era though? If Louis Rossmann told me anything then its that a good'ol' hot air blower and some solder make everything hackable... ;)
@@slighter Intel 4th gen mobile CPUs are the last socketed processors made for laptops, everything else after is BGA
Best video mate. Learnt a lot
This is my new project, I have been trying to get a “new” laptop to take my 10 year old Toshibas place. I was looking at how expensive “modern” laptops are and got discouraged. Thanks for sharing this!
Went this route on an old Dell 15.6 inch M4600 Workstation laptop from 2012 ..Those along with the m4700 M4800 from 2013/14 and their bigger brothers the 17.3 inch M6600/M6700/M6800 from 2011 - 2014 Bought my M4600 on Fleabay for £250 with a Core I7 extreme and Quadro 2000m Nvida card already installed ,along with a Dell Ultrasharp 1080p panel. Upgraded the Wifi to a/c From N spec,Got a 500gb Crucial CX SSD, a Dummy CD drive bay and moved the 500gb HDD to that.running 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3.Total Cost £350...It's a beast. Now for gaming the 2000m quadro is ok for older titles at low resolution.However Guys...It's 2019, powerful gaming laptops are not now needed. PS4 Game Stream to the laptop from your Ps4 ..use Sony Remote Play XBox Game Stream to the Laptop ..Use the windows 10 built in xbox remote app baked in along with your Xbox. PC Game streaming from a main Gaming PC ..just use Moonlight app on the laptop and Geforce Experience on the gaming PC.Or use Steam Streaming app. Android Gaming on the laptop..no problem, just use an android emulator like Bluestacks etc
You can get gtx 1050 4gb mxm compatible, but for sick prices.
We are in the age of compulsive shopping disorder. Many people spend their money lavishly to be always updated, to have the best the newest... I appreciate what you did in this video man.
Great video, best wishes from the UK
I have an ideapad from 2012 that has sli 650ms and a 2.4-3ghz 4 cores 8 threads i7. As sli phased out I pulled the ultrabay gpu out and added better WiFi and a display driver in that area and added an easy way to setup an egpu. It runs vr games great now.
Thanks for the video! I recently had to find a 4 core laptop for a friend cheap so I just looked up the i7 4700m which came up with a few nice laptops. I ended up snagging him an hp zbook which had several nice features as well as feeling very rugged for $200. I7 4700mq, 16gb ddr3 1600 in 4 dims, msata port, 2.5 drive, quadro k1100m mxm card, and 15” screen. I think the 17” version has two 2.5” drive spots plus optical. A 1080p ips panel would look better, but I would stay at 720p for more fps in games. It would be nice to find a 720p ips panel!
You can play in 720p with a 1080p display
I highly recomend to go for liquid metal on the CPU die. this will give you 10 to 20% better thermals and extends the boost time. Try XTU to extend the boost time, tpo lower the vcore and enable higher watts for the boost.
Oh i want to save this comment for me later.
Me 2
I had a 4900QM in an old W series I bought a while ago, that thing was COOKIN but it was fast as hell. I loved that thing, had so much character to it
Great Job. Not too simpliied, not condescending, pragmatic, great advice, great planning and prep. Thank you. FYI I'm not a noob, used to support these laptops for my job (although I prefer the T430) They are built like little tanks, and FYI, they are not for sale to the public. as I understand, the T series, can only be sold to companies (something like that anyhoo) which is sort of dumb, but there you are.... You could reasonably expect at least 10 years to one of these machines, if it is looked after.
“Build your own laptop” “Build” and “Upgrade” are very much, very different
Colin McKenna True
Cat eye 456 I mean sure he did go way further than generally done in his upgrades but the bottom line is he just customized an already existing laptop.
@@PeachIceCreamy yeap but still it's not as much as I expected that he will build "one".
Nice
legit knew I was going to subscribe within the first 30 seconds
By far the best video on upgrading T440p....! thanks, bro...
can you please more details about that other trackpad, and it's config in linux because i use mainly Linux on my laptops, would be awesome
Great video! Another suggestion: Remove the wifi card as it may actually be a nvme x2 port and you can instead insert a nvme drive into the spot. I've done this in the past successfully. Then you can buy a stripped down USB hub, chipset only, and shunt the laptop's internal USB wiring to the hub, with the hub split into 2 outputs, with one being the USB port on the laptop, and the other being an absolutely tiny USB wifi device, again chipset only. You'll need to plan out where to put these 2 extra devices, though this can easily be done by removing the SSD chipset from the drive enclosure and connecting the chipset sans drive enclosure. That'll free up a ton of room for a USB hub + USB wifi. Then simply clip the wifi antenna to the prior antenna wiring. Once you do this, you now have a NVMe drive + likely a faster wifi, all for really cheap.
That sounds like a good way around the bios hack to upgrade the wifi card... I'll look into this. Thanks!
Hi, since I'm pretty much a noob for this, can you explain what do I need to do this on my t440p? Thans
Great video, thanks!
great Vid. .thanks. and love the Use of a video card as a Coaster for your mug.
Ah, I remember my first time on /g/.
Eat your heart out Apple!!! This is how to make a laptop!
This video is exactly i was looking for
Thanks for the entertaining, informative video. :)
Nice video! This exemplifies why myself and others are such Thinkpad fans. They are so well engineered and built yet still upgradeable if you have basic tech skills. My one gripe is their BS with the mini PCIe slots and BIOS lockouts. For example making simple, clean wifi upgrades nearly impossible. But other than that they're great. Ok so this video is awesome but what about the T540p? I assume most of the internal options are similar, but what about the screen? Is there a similarly great, inexpensive LCD panel upgrade for them? As for the touchpad, I almost agree though I generally couldn't care less about the touchpad and usually I disable it because I hate them and I love the Trackpoint. Though I do keep a mouse around for a few specific tasks that require fine pointer control. Like graphics manipulation. I'm not a gamer but I know a mouse is a must have here as well. I've hoarded a few of logitech's older mini laser mice because they do everything I need well. Final note. Why not put the spinning drive in the caddy and the SSD in the master, internal slot? This will reduce the boot delay slightly.
Sounds good in theory but 100 here 150 there soon adds up to a lot of money for a second hand laptop
plus you gonna spend 5 times the laptops value on the upgrades , and when its time to sell it you'll be lucky to get 200$ for it ...
@@Bobsyouruncle222 how much was the total cost for this upgrade?
@@iexecutionzi8400 for him it was around 800$ I believe , but if you look for the parts yourself it comes to 1200$ or more ...
@@Bobsyouruncle222 thats crazy. It was fun to watch, but not clicking on those affiliated links.. $1000 is just wow. Thanks! I rather just buy new laptop
@@Bobsyouruncle222 these laptops already upgraded sell for $400-$540 on eBay. Just check it out
Excellent video !!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!
Just got my T400p off ebay with an upgraded i7 and a new screen for $275 including ship. Only 4g Ram and 500 gig hdd. So time for some upgrades. I saw your video before i bought it and came back to use your W of Warships link! I'm gonna give it a shot on this puppy as is, with keyboard and mouse.
Watching this from my T440P with all upgrades except the screen and CPU which I plan to doing it in the next few months (saving money mode:on) Note: Don't forget to put laptop rubber feet on the corner of bezel, because the modded t450 touchpad click button will press the screen
not if you use a genuine synaptics trackpad, the middle button will be level with the spacebar if you use a genuine synaptics one, or so I heard anyway so take it with a grain of salt
I was just listening to this video and not watching it and I swore Alex Jones was upgrading this laptop...
The Alex Jones of the tech community ,forgotten :(. such a shame. .
I had the same thought but now I know it's true. He hasn't gotten totally rasped out like Jones, but he's not far away.
We all know what Alex Jones watches on his laptops...
Ha I was trying to figure out where I heard that voice before! Boom Alex Jones
Lmao
Wow what a strangely useful video, I have this exact laptop. I also bought it a few months ago for like 120 bucks used off eBay. If anyone is looking for one I highly suggest looking for used ones. In many cases they are barely used but sell for really good prices. Thanks for the video at any rate, I will definitely try this, though I beg to differ on the touchpad. It isn't amazing or anything, but it gets the job done just fine.
THE BEST laptop upgrade video ever! Well done now do a x220 please, and thank you.
Right when I was thinking how nice it would be to have a laptop lol
SOS. I did same upgrade. The stupid wifi keep kicking me off. I cannot figure it out. Can I update the wifi card?
Today I got a clean i5 t440p no HDD, 4800MQ, 135w charger and thermal paste for
Watching these videos over the years is like watching someone descend into madness. :)
What was the extreme edition CPU that you mentioned, just curious
@Andre Bertachini Thinking its the 2 MX CPUS AKA the 4930MX and the 4940MX since those are 57watt parts compared to the 47watt part used in the both the video and the 4980HQ part you listed.
@Andre Bertachini Never said it could but the 4980HQ you posted about is a 47watt CPU and its the 2 MX CPUs that are the 57watt parts so the T440p should handle the 4980HQ just fine
4980HQ is soldered and the chinese PGA converted ones are pretty expensive and hard to get
I have a ThinkPad T440p with an i7-4800MQ, 8GB RAM (I'm going to upgrade to 16GB), Samsung 250GB SSD, GeForce GT 730M, 1080p IPS panel, 3G modem, fingerprint sensor and backlit keyboard.
Woah sick build dude
A 3g modem lol
thanks for the awesome video !
Nice video - thanks for making this.
Just installed T450 synaptics trackpad on T440p with Windows 10 (latest v1903) and got all trackpoint and touchpad functions including buttons working well. Try forum.thinkpads for driver mod and install including preventing win10 updating and thus screwing your work
thelash54 Thanks! Can you give a specific link? Thank you again.
thelash54 I think I found it. forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=126860
@@GasPipeJimmy That's the link I used. I have installed the win7/8 driver and don't think I'll go to the win10 one (as per post #10 on the forum,) as the win8 one is working fine.
thelash54 Okay, I’ll try the Win 10 version first and if that goes sideways I’ll install the Win 8 driver. Thanks.
@@GasPipeJimmy How' it go?
I'd rather have a WWAN card than a second SSD, you also forgot wire more cells in parallel with the battery, no sense in improving performance if you can't use it unplugged for any appreciable length of time
Wire more cells ??
@@LuminousBars pull the battery apart and connect more cells to it
MWB Gaming how ??
@@LuminousBars wire more cells in parallel with the cells in the original battery, it's really easy, positive to positive, negative to negative across the whole battery
@@LuminousBars heres one i prepared earlier imgur.com/a/hMPnQnu
this is a really cool video and wonderful that this laptop has so much upgrade potential, but before/after performance comparison as well as a comparison to a modern equivalent in the same price range would have been interesting. how does the battery life compare with the 45W! CPU and higher resolution? is it still usable on battery power? etc etc. very cool that you went through the trouble though. theoretically and in principle i fully support this project, but an equally thorough analysis of whether it's really worth it is just as much part of the discussion.
Wish you guys posted more content like this