IBM Thinkpad 650X upgrades?

Post #33,227 by orion 3/23/02 4:33:47 AM Reply	IBM Thinkpad 650X upgrades? My brother just got 5 of these from an auction. They have 200Mhz Peniutm MMX chips, 32M to 64M of RAM, floppy drive, AC Adapter, and built in audio and video. No CD-ROMs. What are the upgrade options on these things? They are so old (Made in 1997) that it may not be possible to find replacement parts for them? I'm looking for a CD-ROM drive for him, and possibly memory and CPU upgrade options. Will it take a 400Mhz K6-2 Chip, as it appaears to be a socket 7 system. Any ideas? *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*
Post #33,231 by Andrew Grygus 3/23/02 9:53:15 AM Reply	Thinkpad 650X upgrades You can certainly get memory, and there are probably some CD-ROMs floating around, but keep in mind that notebook CPUs are generally special low power units, not the generally available PC CPUs. A standard unit couls fry the power supply circuitry. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #33,262 by orion 3/23/02 8:23:22 PM Reply	Upgrading the Thinkpad 560X It appears that the 560X model does not have a CD option. So it would have to be an external CD. It looks like it has a 1.0 USB port on it. It was made in 1997, so I am guessing USB 1.0? Google is no help, tons of stuff, forum postings, etc. Or it could be because I have a big headache and a headcold? Anyway my brother is looking up parts for it. I might be getting one discounted or free because I helped my brother put Windows on those laptops without a CD-ROM drive. Nice use of a Zip Drive and PCMCIA Ethernet card. :) *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*
Post #33,272 by Andrew Grygus 3/23/02 9:49:27 PM Reply	Generally Thinkpads have . . . . either a docking station connection on the back, or a small micro-D connection somewhere, for the drive they lack. I haven't seen one that used USB for that purpose. There should be CD-ROM units that attach with a PCMCIA card, but they may cost more than the notebooks did. On my 780 (486) I loaded OS/2 over the network (it came with DOS / Windows 3.1) using the facility that comes with OS/2. I put in a Linksys PCMCIA network card and use a network drive for anything else I need. The information that came with the 10BaseT Linksys NIC stated clearly that OS/2 was not supported, but there were OS/2 drivers on the disk and they worked fine. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #33,264 by orion 3/23/02 8:24:40 PM Reply	Thanks Thanks for the info, does AMD make laptop/notebook versions of their Socket 7 AMD K6-2 CPUs? I recall that some laptops had AMD CPUs. I will avoid the desktop ones. *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*
Post #33,278 by kmself 3/24/02 4:08:20 AM Reply	As-is, maybe more memory ...they make excellent Linux laptops. And very rugged. I've got a TP560 myself. `-- Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com] [link\|http://kmself.ix.netcom.com/\|[link\|http://kmself.ix.netcom.com/\|http://kmself.ix.netcom.com/]] What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?`

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