New Apple Macbook Pro RAM is soldered to the motherboard

Re:New Apple Macbook Pro RAM is soldered to the motherboard ... by henrikeh on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @09:07AM (#4105660)

Kind of off-topic: I've got a T60 with a broken graphics card (Honestly, not sure, but all evidence points in that direction). It still works, there just isn't any image on the internal monitor (and severe problems on external). Can I fix the graphics card? Nope, but I can still install another OS and keep it running until something truly critical fails.

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Re:New Apple Macbook Pro RAM is soldered to the motherboard ... by gouranga on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @09:10AM (#4105677)

Nope but you can grab another T60 with broken screen or chassis off ebay for a few dollars and do a frankenstein job (takes about 30 minutes):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-T60-MOTHERBOARD-BASE-FRU-42T0116...

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Re:New Apple Macbook Pro RAM is soldered to the motherboard ... by eli on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @09:34AM (#4105785)

Shine a bright light on the internal monitor -- a much more likely explanation is that the invertor or backlight died. If that's the case you should just barely be able to make out what's on the dark screen if you look closely.

It's relatively easy to replace the invertor. There are service manuals on the Lenovo/IBM site that tell you how to replace all things that are replaceable.

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Re:New Apple Macbook Pro RAM is soldered to the motherboard ... by freehunter on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @09:49AM (#4105873)

Dell used to make mini-PCIe video card on some of their laptops. No idea if they still do. I know on my Inspiron E1705 I had in 2006, I could swap the video card for a new one provided I could actually source a new one. I don't know anyone selling mini-PCIe cards outside of eBay, but it is possible to make a modular laptop.

Newegg actually sells barebone laptop kits.

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