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I finally got my hands on my Thinkpad 755CX today, after several weeks of shipping domestic within US before being forwarded to my current home in Hong Kong.
The power supply (a new Yustda unit from Amazon) and laptop arrived on the same day coincidentally so it was a good day of unboxing. This is one glorious looking chunky laptop.
I believe there are two batteries to check on the motherboard - the CMOS and a backup, if I’m correct. Then the issue is with a likely dead battery that might be swelling one day. HDD, FDD (potentially look for a working CD-ROM drive) - all things to check and test.
What else should I be doing in order to avoid damaging it? And is there a specific order I should be doing them in? I have yet to turn it on as I suspect I should check battery leakage first.
Thanks in advance, gurus. Will post photos tomorrow.
Links that have helped immensely with information specific to the Thinkpad 755CD/CX:
Official 755CD OS/2 Museum
http://www.os2museum.com/wp/ibm-thinkpad-755cd/
Official IBM Thinkpad 755CX Press Release
https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?do … -131/index.html
The Official 755 Upgrade & General Info thread at forums.thinkpads.com:
https://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=123592&start=60
Drivers & BIOS
http://ps-2.kev009.com/pcpartnerinfo/ctstips/b236.htm
Main battery replacements
https://www.abeststore.com/laptop-battery-md. … +laptop-battery
https://www.power-supplier.co.uk/laptop-batte … Pad%20755CD.htm
Official Part Numbers:
Li-ion battery
85G8554
Ni-MH battery
85G1510
CMOS Battery
NiCD FRU85G1038 / FRU85G1039
HDD
82H8489
CD-ROM
73H9983
FDD
66G5060