<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <style type="text/css"> @import url('../css/main.css'); </style> <title>Changing the heatsink or CPU on a ThinkPad T60</title> </head> <body> <div class="section"> <h1>Changing heatsink (or CPU) on the ThinkPad T60</h1> <p> Using this guide you can also change/upgrade the CPU. </p> <p><a href="index.html">Back to previous index</a></p> </div> <div class="section"> <h1 id="hardware_requirements">Hardware requirements</h1> <ul> <li>rubbing alcohol or isopropyl alcohol, and thermal compound for changing CPU heatsink (procedure involves removing heatsink)</li> <li>thermal compound/paste (Arctic MX-4 is good. Others are also good.)</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section"> <h1 id="software_requirements">Software requirements</h1> <ul> <li>xsensors</li> <li>stress</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section"> <h1 id="recovery">Disassembly</h1> <p> Remove those screws and remove the HDD:<br/> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0001.JPG" alt="" /> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0002.JPG" alt="" /> </p> <p> Lift off the palm rest:<br/> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0003.JPG" alt="" /> </p> <p> Lift up the keyboard, pull it back a bit, flip it over like that and then disconnect it from the board:<br/> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0004.JPG" alt="" /> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0005.JPG" alt="" /> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0006.JPG" alt="" /> </p> <p> Gently wedge both sides loose:<br/> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0007.JPG" alt="" /> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0008.JPG" alt="" /> </p> <p> Remove that cable from the position:<br/> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0009.JPG" alt="" /> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0010.JPG" alt="" /> </p> <p> Remove the bezel (sorry forgot to take pics). </p> <p> On the CPU (and there is another chip south-east to it, sorry forgot to take pic) clean off the old thermal paste (with the alcohol) and apply new (Artic Silver 5 is good, others are good too) you should also clean the heatsink the same way<br/> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0051.JPG" alt="" /> </p> <p> This is also an opportunity to change the CPU to another one. For example if you had a Core Duo T2400, you can upgrade it to a better processor (higher speed, 64-bit support). A Core 2 Duo T7600 was installed here. </p> <p> Attach the heatsink and install the screws (also, make sure to install the AC jack as highlighted):<br/> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0052.JPG" alt="" /> </p> <p> Reinstall that upper bezel:<br/> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0053.JPG" alt="" /> </p> <p> Do that:<br/> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0054.JPG" alt="" /> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0055.JPG" alt="" /> </p> <p> Attach keyboard:<br/> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0056.JPG" alt="" /> </p> <p> Place keyboard and (sorry, forgot to take pics) reinstall the palmrest and insert screws on the underside:<br/> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0058.JPG" alt="" /> </p> <p> It lives!<br/> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0071.JPG" alt="" /> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0072.JPG" alt="" /> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0073.JPG" alt="" /> </p> <p> Always stress test ('stress -c 2' and xsensors. below 90C is ok) when replacing cpu paste/heatsink:<br/> <img src="../images/t60_dev/0074.JPG" alt="" /> </p> </div> <div class="section"> <p> Copyright © 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org><br/> Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. 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