Thinkpad T43 Reanimation
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Tags: computers, fan, heat sink, IBM
Outcome of the Project
Several weeks ago I decided to take a laptop from my friends that otherwise would be disposed in trash. Its condition could not be better described than as horrible – missing keys; burnt out DVD drive; broken CPU fan causing the computer shut itself down if you tried to turn it on. In addition to all mentioned above, the laptop was almost entirely soaked in vegetable oil – the attempt of the previous owner to fix the CPU fan problems. Finally, to top it off, the owner was a smoker and that in addition to a substantial amount of vegetable oil caused the laptop smell very close to unbearable. Read the rest of this page »
Being a curious person, I really wanted to find out whether I would be able to revive it.
