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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2023-11-17, 04:01

in Milliways
After driving that car for about 2 years or so I bought a brand new 2023 Toyota Camry AWD SE in July of this year. Really liking it so far! A quite nice ride; I absolutely enjoy my 2019 Camry. I have the Hybrid. I would say though that the main thing that sucks with the Camry are the hinges on the …

Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2023-11-14, 00:33

in Milliways
I just bought this, it's a 2010 Chevrolet Malibu. My 1990 C1500 truck has become very rotten around the cab corners and has developed some serious electrical gremlins this year, so it was time for a change. Hopefully this thing is a bit more fuel efficient too. After driving that car for about 2 …

Re: Thinkpad 770Z

Posted on 2023-10-15, 17:48

Did some more work on this old machine today. Put it most of the way back together, installed a new CR-2025 battery and now I'm going to memtest the memory it came with. I think I'll buy one of those 2.5" ide to CF card adapters and experiment with that on here. I managed to find a compatible power …

Re: Thinkpad 770Z

Posted on 2023-10-08, 23:26

It's middle-left under the keyboard, yes. Not too hard to get to I'd imagine. I don't have a 770 myself, but I've seen photos. They're there. Rule of thumb for me, and what I'd recommend for everyone is: If it's a laptop from before the 2000s, do a full teardown to check for a VARTA or other brand …

Re: Thinkpad 770Z

Posted on 2023-10-08, 18:20

I have to leave for dinner shortly but I decided to not wait and get the little bastard out right now. Found the battery in this spot, looks like there might be some corrosion on the connector at the end of the wires. I have to run right now but I think I'll end up taking out the mainboard and …

Re: Thinkpad 770Z

Posted on 2023-10-08, 17:50

3lectr1c wrote on 2023-10-08, 17:18: Yep, there's a VARTA battery in there too, used as a suspend/resume/hibernation battery. Damn, well I guess I'll tear the bastard apart tomorrow and get that out. I'm guessing it's under the keyboard, was hoping to get away without a complete teardown of this …

Re: Thinkpad 770Z

Posted on 2023-10-07, 23:02

Thermalwrong wrote on 2023-10-04, 23:51: I think no matter what, you should save it. Even if the hard drive is dead, the rare part of the 770 series is the caddy itself, so you've got a good starting point if the caddy is there. Hard drive is pooched but the caddy and it's connecting cable are …

Re: Thinkpad 770Z

Posted on 2023-10-07, 17:59

To my knowledge, the 770 rubber doesn't ALWAYS melt like the older ones (701 for instance), but it scratches and wears very easily in age. And it can melt, it just doesn't always seem to do so. Make sure to remove the CMOS battery when you get it though -there's a VARTA battery in there that will …

Re: Thinkpad 770Z

Posted on 2023-10-04, 23:56

It comes off easily enough, just use a plastic scraper and/or plastic scouring pad. Keep applying IPA and only use a rag you will throw away or lots of kitchen roll. Don't clean it with a cloth you intend to keep, that black stuff never comes off. Though I haven't seen a 770 in over 20 years, I …

Re: Thinkpad 770Z

Posted on 2023-10-04, 23:47

yes, scrappy scrappy you can just scrape it away: I think I NAILED this old ThinkPad restoration... polymatt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvyYPVkkztQ Hmm ok. Well I'll probably pick it up on the weekend. From what I've been told it isn't sticky to the touch as of now, the hard drive just clunks …

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