Turn a $34 Thinkpad Into a Snappy Modern Laptop: Lenovo Thinkpad T400 Upgrade Guide

Usually in my videos where I showcase business laptops I show an upgrade montage quickly going through the process of adding each components. These montages do little to show the view the actual upgrade process for the laptops. I have decided to start publishing comprehensive upgrade videos which depict the process for most upgrades a user would want to make on a used business laptop. Today I am going to show you, step-by-step, how to upgrade the RAM, Hard drive, and how to add an additional drive to a Lenovo Thinkpad T400 Laptop.
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[@dragunovbushcraft152]

I've been rebuilding ThinkPads since 2000. I've rebuilt well over 1000 of them. The T400 is STILL one of the most useful machines out there, and they last forever. I had one for a "DD" for three years, then went to a T420, then a T440p, and my current "DD" is a W540. I still have my T400, and I still use it. My older daughter has my old T420/nVidia machine, and she loves it. My younger daughter has my old T430s/nVidia machine, and loves it. My Pastor has one of my old, T400 machines, and he uses it every day. I use my W540/K2100m/i7-4900 for everything. Haswell Quad Cores just ROCK. My only hold out is my wife... She LOVES her HP15 budget touchscreens, and I built her (from barebones, and NIB) an HP15/A8 Extreme Quad Core/R5, with 16gb/RAM. I can't get her away from the budget HP15. Well, in all fairness, she takes good care of them, and they do serve her well. Gotta be one in every crowd. :^)

[@FranciscoSilva-pd9wf]

Bom dia, amigo sou do Brasil. Como faço para entrar em contato com você? Pois, tenho interesse nesse tipo de notebook.

[@sovo1212]

These thinkpads are ideal for a modular laptop design.

[@mendozairis]

Thinkpads are literally the Tardigrades of laptops. As long as you have parts, they'll keep on working.

[@pawanyadav9854]

@@samanthatang9759 you are being sarcastic, right?

[@sneekz07]

@@samanthatang9759 Are you stupid?

[@damian9303]

But there's one thing that sets them apart; even if the black comes off from the cheap shit they put on the ThinkPads, it doesn't look like complete ass.

[@squirlmy]

They're cut like tardigrades too.

[@ravenpluim9050]

Dell Latitudes at least the older ones are this way as well.

[@DoctorX17]

A lot of these older ThinkPads are great for basic stuff. They're all super sturdy, I love them. If you're up for an adventure, you can rebuild the battery pack...

[@mwbgaming28]

Or do what I did www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/bqirur/thinkpad_with_custom_made_super_battery_almost/

[@ryzenplayergamer8196]

its always fun to fix these older laptops up and keep them from going to the land fill.

[@Pablus96]

I had one Acer Extensa 5620 with a dead ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400XT on a box for more than one year. Some months ago I bought a second hand gpu, a more powerful cpu and more ram and now the laptop is useful again 😃

[@Ronnocbot]

I rescued a T400 and R400 from an eWaste bin. Ended up having to pay $3 but still worth it in the end. Did all the same things you did, except I used (and still use) Windows 7 on these machines. I used the T400 laptop more than my $1000 daily driver for almost 3 years. I recently replaced it with a used T400s since it looks a lot more modern and costs practically nothing.

Your Thinkpad videos inspire me to join the Thinkpad family. Starting from T430s in late 2018 (Maxed out with 16GB RAM and 500GB SSD) then upgraded to T470 (Will max out to 16GB RAM and 500GB SSD with existing 256GB M.2). T480 is too expensive (over $2000, new) whereas I got a T470 for $700 with 2 year warranty.

[@SebisRandomTech]

Crimson If you look around for good deals on eBay or check the Lenovo outlets you might be able to snag a T480 for fairly cheap. I’ve seen them going for as little as $500.

[@jamesscott3290]

The t400 Is an amazing laptop for any student attending college that needs something cheap and reliable.

[@KingASE88]

Recently got an X200t in near new condition for around $30 and threw a 240GB SSD into it. Man is it amazing. Great video as always!

[@techgeek2994]

where

[@KingASE88]

TechGeek eBay

[@techgeek2994]

@@KingASE88 i am looking now there is nothing under 90 usd

[@KingASE88]

TechGeek pricing changes. Keep an eye out and maybe you’ll find one some day

[@comicsans1689]

@@KingASE88 Yea, you can find some great Thinkpad listings on Ebay. I managed to snag an X201t for $100 and a W520 for $225. If I bought Thinkpads listed for parts, I could get them cheaper and possibly have to do very little to fix them up.

[@Naeidea]

I got my uncle an old ThinkPad that was due to be sent for recycling, can't remember the exact model but it was quite old and had a Pentium processor. I put more RAM in, SSD and a fresh battery(refurbed) and it runs linux now and he's quite happy with it. He just checks his bank, daily browsing/buying and maybe some solitaire if he's bored but it's all he needs and it's great.

[@atklm1]

I remember when I really wanted T400 when it came out. But I can tell it had quite a bit different price tag back then than $34...

[@NiGhtPiSH]

I had a T400 with the ATI Radeon graphics and this thing was a beast, though it ran a little hot, but that's to be expected. I sold it, together with my X61s, and got a X200 instead of those two. Even without upgrades it's snappy enough (runs dual channel 4 gigs and a HDD), and the keyboard is out of this world. I still want to do the upgrades and get a new battery, since it's a bulletproof machine.

[@user-yr5gv6qb9v]

I have this laptop and trust me this is the most durable laptop ever created. I lost it one day and then found it after 11 years in my drawer and it was working perfectly. For 34$ this is a really good deal

[@andrewhooke3685]

great video. found a t400 at a goodwill computer center for $11 today, super hyped to fix it up

[@annaisannaing]

PSA: You don't have to buy a drive caddy cover; you can just use the one from the original drive.

[@milesrout]

As he said, the laptop was missing the drive bay cover when he got it.

[@DigitalBridge.]

Just got a 14" Dell Latitude E6410, 2.67GHz Intel Core i5-560M, 240GB SSD, 8GB RAM for $4O bucks on eBay shipping included, the guy didn't know how to install windows 10 drivers for the graphics card and sold it as is for parts. I upgraded the bios and looked up the driver on intel and am up and running right now as I type this comment! His loss my gain;)

[@Phoenix_SW20]

I absolutely adore older Thinkpads. Their modularity and upgradability are what make them so unique. I've got a T60 with an upgraded 2.0GHz C2D T7200, 240GB SSD, and 2GBs of RAM running Manjaro XFCE. It's fantastic for most basic tasks. Even 720P KZbin playback is possible on Chromium with hardware acceleration and H264ify limiting videos to 30FPS. Unfortunately I have one of those 3rd party batteries and only get about an hour's worth of battery life. That aside though, the keyboard is fantastic, and after getting used to the trackpoint a touchpad feels almost alien.

[@oddassembler]

After seeing your dock setup, I Got a t430 with a dock and monitor and peripherals. Its so powerful and so space efficient for my tiny room. I love it more than any surface pro or Asus laptop I have owned.

[@mwbgaming28]

I have a T420S that I have completely maxed out, so I decided to add a giant battery (since il probably never need to open it again) so i can brag about having more battery life than anything on the market www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/bqirur/thinkpad_with_custom_made_super_battery_almost/ The gen 2 battery (only gen 1 is in the reddit post) is 297wh, covers the entire bottom of the machine and I can get a full days use out of it (including games) full day as in morning to bedtime (and most of the time il still have charge remaining)

[@ccricers]

Semi-retiring my Acer laptop (which actually has a newer CPU) for a used T430. Can't wait to get into the Thinkpad master race.

[@theconjuror112]

I'm digging these step-by-step videos Braxton! This is my favorite channel on KZbin! PLEASE make a full-fledged step-by-step windows web-server video, running Windows 10, with dynamic-IP and WordPress on WAMP stack! That would be a great complement and use case for these ThinkPad upgrades!

[@gabrielgomez2483]

You've got to put the libreboot bios on that thing, it's a great project and vid that tons of people would want to see and follow along with. Only 14 and put libreboot on two of my supported ThinkPad, t400 and t500. You should definitely do it.

[@nakyer]

You're a bad influence on me. Your videos make me want to update, improve, and fix things. 8)

[@stevenreplogle8644]

Nice to see a new vid, especially about the Thinkpad T400 series! I just recently 'downgraded' a non-powering up, red blinking light T420 to a T410. Swapped batteries, snagged the lone 4GB stick (the T420 has 4GB sautered on, and the T410 2GB) and just got the HDD door off of eBay. A little sluiggish on Win 10, and I'm assuming very limited on Steam games. Viva la CheapPad!

[@JoshKeatonFan]

Your videos are like a little gold nugget dropping into my Subscriptions Feed! Thank you for this.

[@nikolaidisharalambos6396]

I enjoy the unique design features of the T400. I think that the removable battery is designed like this (away from the main body) so that it is not overheated by the heat produced by the processor, and the way the fan sucks the air is from the back to the side and the hot air is pushed from the side to the left! This helps not to think about whether air is coming from below if it is on your feet or on a non-flat surface. Also another advantage is that the fan is very quiet! in its cooling system there is so much copper (3 pipes run to the heat sinks, apart from the thick copper plates!) which makes it almost passively cooled! I wish the new designs came out like this again!

[@pdoherty926]

Thanks for the tips and suggestions! I'm currently upgrading a T400 which I pulled out of an e-waste bin. So far, it's got an SSD and 8 GB of RAM and it's feeling great. It's a joy to work on and use. The one glaring exception is the Esc key being on its own row, which has me constantly opening the help file when using Vim.

[@mmc5279]

I'm still using t400 thinkpad and it gets the job done. Thx for this upgrade vids 👍

[@anishemmanuel5916]

Can you ran video editing software and what about gaming?

[@chezcake8607]

Anish Emmanuel these things are for business if you want gaming you could build a pc for cheap

[@EduardoJGG2002]

T430 Screen upgrade to IPS 1080 it´s will be a brutal new episode!

[@hanoi97]

Jeez it has been a long time since the last time you uploaded !

[@AAComputersandTechnology]

I know, it's been very hard to find time to push videos out lately. Don't worry though, i'll keep them coming! It might just take longer than usual.

[@stripeysnake3624]

Great video, but a bit of constructive criticism: When you were demonstrating that the HDD was locked in place, you shook it pretty darn hard. Hard drives are vulnerable to damage from excessive jostling or vibration, so that may have had to do with why it stopped working later on.

[@menacerisamir198]

actually i got this same model with 4GB ram and 120 GB hdd , it is a great laptop build like a tank ,i will surely upgrade it in a near future .

[@gregdalton3517]

Got pretty much the same upgrades in my old T400. Just upgraded it to Linux Mint 19.2 today, great spare machine. Make sure the you get the "thin" ultra bay caddy...first one I got was slightly too thick. 👍

[@impermanenthuman8427]

That is actually much snappier than I was expecting to see!

[@navekeinan]

its amazing how easy it is to upgrade these machines.

[@maccesscorporation2905]

Great machines. First time Lenovo got it right. Much snappier with 2x4GB DDR3 PC 12800 Hynix for 8GB. It seems the chipset upclocks it to 10600 from stock 8500. Doesn't work with all 4gb modules, but many do.

[@cheng1991]

Thank you, just got a 680 RMB (about 100usd) T430, with i5 3320m , 64g ssd, 6g ram, 500g hdd , 1600*900 screen, 90w power adpter. WORKS LIKE CHARM . Think i'll sell my acer swift3 that i got last year

[@klwthe3rd]

I just subscribed because I love these thorough and detailed upgrade guides on Lenovo laptops. Awesome video.

[@VintageGearMan]

Great video. Got a free T400. Ordered a replacement screen, sata Barracuda 500gig HD, also HD caddy with screws, new CMOS battery. Original dock and power supply and 8 gigs of memory for around $70.00 bucks. It will rock with Libretto MX23.2

[@oussama4629]

why libretto ?

[@SenileOtaku]

The older UltraBay HDD trays used to have a holder that would simply snap in place to hold the HDD. Made it do you could readily switch drives in & out. And I wouldn't break the DVD drive, the purpose of the ultrabay is to let you swap between drive types, and you may still want the DVD capability.

[@o_o6869]

laptop is so clean than i thought.

[@Scitch87]

CPU Upgrades for the T400/500 Series (or LS series as well) are actually pretty easy and really useful. A Core2Duo T9600 is currently the best CPU from a Price/Performance point since you can get those on ebay or aliexpress for around $10-15. On the contrary the highest Core2Duo, the T9900, is around $45 currently but it sure as hell hasn't 300% of the Performance of a T9600. I actually put the CPU in multiple LS510 and T500 so far and never had any problems. It's mostly just plug and play. Would recommend a CPU upgrade for these machines anytime.

[@SebisRandomTech]

Scitch87 I would love to modify a T400 to support the Core 2 Extreme X9000 just for kicks.

[@jenda386]

That's exactly the CPU I put in my R400 a few years ago. I've had it now for over 10 years and it still works rather well. The only problem is that the drivers for Windows 10 are not particularly good, e.g. the integrated GPU does not support hardware acceleration of 3D graphics. So I will probably relegate this laptop to a Linux server and buy a T480 or a T480s.

[@VintageGearMan]

It is so cool people do vids like this. I had to subscribe!

[@emdotrod]

The older xx00 series are still packing a punch for productivity stuff. Guess I’m about to buy the X200 again

[@Fishgod1216]

Web browsing has shown age the most on those machines, however. I feel it to a minor extent on my W510.

[@totommymmy]

I did similar upgrades to my T430 and it worked just amazing! The only pity was the heat sink, as I was about to get a >=45w CPU if there was a fan that can keep the temperature under control...

[@wangmat9219]

Dude, i have the same machine, except that mine didnt came with the fingerprint reader. I believe this is from 2009 and i bought it used in 2010. My battery doesnt work anymore. I upgraded the main drive to OCZ SSD in 2011 and bought the DVD adapter to put my mechanical drive in it. My adapter works fine although it is different than yours. I've been rockin 8GBytes of RAM since the beginning (2x4GB). Recently, I bought an Intel SSD 128 GB for the main drive and upgrade the mechanical hard drive to Kingston 480GB SSD. Do note that this is a SATA II device. Windows 10 Pro x64 runs fine, Office 365, Adobe Acrobat CC too. However, this device cannot play 4K videos. This device now perfect for me to use for lectures, running powerpoint, word, etc. This is in 2020, after more than 10 years. Of course this is no longer my main device but look forward for another Thinkpad in future.

[@wangmat9219]

... and I also had a Dell XPS bought in 2009 with identical processor. And that Dell had poor mechanical design although beautiful. My point is, this T400 is sturdy and someone said to me it was design to withstand airbag deployment in a car. That Dell wont even survived daily use. Hope Thinkpad still have the same quality today.

[@tomschmidt381]

Nice video, I'm a Thinkpad fanboy. The CD drive caddy comes in handy, I've used it to clone the installed drive to an SSD and install a 2TB second drive to use a T420 as a poor mans server.

[@aaronring4704]

Wow! The "questions, comments, concerns" at the end gave me STRONG Nuke A-school vibes! Lol!

[@christophert8796]

Love to see a quick productivity benchmark. Chrome as well since thier is a ram limitations. Otherwise loved the vid

[@lyfandeth]

The cheapest possible third party Lenovo replacement parts usually have problems. A "genuine copy" hard drive sled just uses a black plastic cam, no screwdriver needed. These kind of hints tell you to expect problems.

[@menacerisamir198]

i got one of this thinkpad t400 and now i will upgrade it with more ram and an extra ssd , this is a great computer , i use it with zorin os

[@DylanDurdle]

Great video. Great example of reusing perfectly good computer hardware.

[@Montisaquadeis]

Yeah I spent $70 for a Lenovo battery for my Thinkpad T420 when I got it so yeah it was expensive to replace it. The one in the 420 was one of the recalled ones so yeah it had to be replaced

[@teetehi]

Cool I’m early I can say something hmmmm Keep doing the good work you do it’s very good

[@AAComputersandTechnology]

thanks!

[@gertraba4484]

@@AAComputersandTechnology did this come with the power supply does it have bluetooth ??? Great vid

[@mdtaylor2274]

This looks like the perfect project for my CCNP Lab I'm setting up. Great video!

[@jeffryzeyak4686]

Missed a screw on the optical drive removal. There is a screw on the bottom right by where the latch it. It unlocks the latch. Without this the latch will not slide. Someone else may have said this earlier.

[@Florin76]

Guides like this are all over KZbin. I think it's more interesting to do a guide how to max upgrade those old machines and how they perform in comparaison to today's ones. 8Gb of RAM is limit, 16Gb or 32Gb gives you even more horse power. Some of the T models has also mSATA internal slots and you can have 3 drives in total (standard HDD Bay + the optical drive bay + internal mSATA). The CPU upgrade cannot be ignored because gives the maximum upgrade power. And the last one is the display replacement with Led one at a higher resolution. You add all the prices and see if it worth in comparison to today's models. Thst would be really helpful.

[@josephroblesjr.8944]

Glad to see that you are releasing videos again! Any chance you might try upgrades on an HP Elitebook? I find that they are comparable to Thinkpads in terms of upgrade ability and availability.

[@surrealmemes3518]

Also some Elitebook models have MXM slots. And they are cheap. I upgraded the Quadro in my elitebook 8540p

[@SebisRandomTech]

I picked up a ProBook 640 G1 along with a ThinkPad T450, the ProBook is more equivalent to a T440p in terms of specs and upgrades. Decent performance and good serviceability, but the keyboard is junk and overall the ThinkPads are still better machines. I’ve seen a few decent EliteBooks though.

[@kashatnick]

Ah sata II, core2's were a bit toasty but for 34 bucks one can't complain. The slim models, much more of a pain to work on.

[@semco72057]

I like the upgrades you made to that ThinkPad and the computer is in nice condition, but I am surprised that it is able to run Windows 10 though. I have a Dell Inspiron and a ThinkPad which I got used and they both came with Windows 10 on them and I personally don't like it and put other OS' on them. The Thinkpad has ArcaOS 5 on it since it will take advantage of the resources of that latop and is running just fine where it struggled under Windows 10. On the Dell the computer just locked up after the setup was complete.

[@springer-qb4dv]

T400 is still nice laptop even 12 years after their production. Only limiting factor for these laptop is 8GB max memory, otherwise they are still great laptops.

[@coaxguy99]

If you install Linux, add zram and modify the config file to create 3X the ram using zstd compression algorithm as compressed ram, download/compile and start the ananicy service, and adjust some of the swappiness settings, and install and set up the earlyoom service, your machine will run like one with 16GB plus memory. I run a T400S with just 2.8GB of actual ram but I have zram set up such that it functions as if it had 11GB of ram. Also, I'm using an SSD. For everyday office type work, my Linux Mint T400S functions every bit as well as a brand new windows 11 machine with an i5 processor that I use at work. It's ridiculous how much faster Linux is and how it can make a 12 year old computer feel brand new.

[@mmc5279]

my wifi adapter was gone after updating it to windows 10, I've watched all yt vids but none of it works, any suggestion sir?

[@JohnLClark1]

Thank you for doing this video, It answered some questions I had. Just picked up a x230t and am going to change the hard drive to a 500gb ssd and add some ram.

[@dakbailey]

I actually just bought a 2120, do t regret a thing

[@johnmal5975]

Awesome video just subscribed! I love my old T410 that I run Manjaro KDE on.

[@fdgvieira82]

You forgot the os upgrade. Try the performance with a linux distro. I'm running Manjaro with a 3gen core i7, ssd and 16gb of ddr3 in a hp elitebook 8740p and it is very fast and powerfull. And still has 6h of on time with the bigger battery. Also have a Dell E6400 with a core 2 duo p9200 with ssd and 4gb of ddr2 and it cannot run windows 10 fast, but with linux is a very useful.

[@theGoodTheBradAndTheUgly]

“I use Arch btw”

[@azi8451]

@@theGoodTheBradAndTheUgly I use arch-based distro btw

[@squirlmy]

If somebody doesn't already know how linux extends the useful life of PCs, they're not going to now. This was promoted back in 1999 when I started using Debian, when upgrading to XP slowed many old PCs to a crawl.

[@yuan.pingchen3056]

The most important advantage of this machine is : it defends against full disk encryption virus/trojan, because it does not have aes-ni feature.

[@pnnytx]

and intel management engine isn't exists on older machines

[@lambchop777]

You can get those hard drive caddy/cover bundles on amazon for about $8 and if you have prime thy can ship in 2 days. Just got one for a x220t iv been fixing

[@largewoodenbadger7195]

Thanks for this video! Thanks to you, I have ordered myself a T420 and am looking forward to messing around with it!

[@killertruth186]

Come to think of it, that some of these old laptops they do have amazing display.

[@cryptocomputer-man6629]

Dude you should run a benchmark on these systems after you upgrade them. I use Passmark. I would love to be able to add your results to my benchmark list.

[@kosztaz87]

Lol I had the same exact issue with that hdd faceplate. I ended up cutting out a small piece from the plastic there, so now it fits perfectly.

[@SebisRandomTech]

Excellent video as always!

[@Jimmycozad1980]

I got the t41 with the Pentium m for free. For old school retro gaming Just installed 98Se/Windows ME for DOS gaming Plays games way better then DOSbox has an Ati Radeon 9700 in it.

[@surrealmemes3518]

Dude get an HP Elitebook 8540p or 8540w. Or an 8560w and upgrade the GPU. they have mxm slots and are cheap laptops. I upgraded my 8540p from a Quadro NVS (NVS series so it's crap consumer grade Quadro) 5100m to a Quadro 2000m and from an i5-520m to an i7-740qm and 8gb of DDR3. I also put a 500gb 7200rpm drive in the DVD slot and got an 80gb Intel SSD. It has a 900p display and I can play GTA V at 30fps on normal settings and full 900p resolution. It's really a solid laptop for being about $140. I also got a 120w ac adapter to get full performance.

[@tmcode2010]

Why ThinkPad so good? I buy T430s, add more memory and second HDD. Run AndroidStudio so smooth

[@stevethea5250]

Where do I get T400 for 34$

[@Fishgod1216]

@@stevethea5250 eBay and lots of patience. Right now all of the Thinkpads have shot up in price lately. The x220 went from $70-$100 USD to $100-$140 and even t61 is up about 20 USD. I watch these prices a lot because I really like those machines; but have noticed this trend lately on most thinkpads.

[@anman366]

Friends don't let friends use the Edge web browser

[@hellsing0999999999]

It uses less battery and its pretty snappy, don't see anything wrong with it.

[@bbseal6174]

@@hellsing0999999999 falling for the ads, rip

[@hellsing0999999999]

@@bbseal6174 It's true on my thinkpad, although, right now the new edge browser uses the same engine as Chrome, so its pretty much the same, but with better night mode.

[@Nick-yj4yi]

The new edge is really good!!!

[@bbseal6174]

@Maksim Radevski ^

[@GutnarmEVE]

sexy thing with (former ibm, now lenovo) thinkpads (or, actually, their whole business line) is: they're just built to run forever, and be easily serviceable. apply new thermal paste to a ~10yo sony vaio's cpu and gpu? ~30 screws using 2 different heads, minutely minding the order of disassembly or it won't really re-assemble in a working condition again, and lots of bending things close to the point of breaking, and then pray. thinkpads? all it takes to switch your keyboard, for example, is removing a couple of screws (bought a firesale with french keyboard? no worries, it's about 3 minutes of work, and spare parts are all over ebay, craigslist, what-have-you). you _do_ pay for that extra, though. still waaaaay less than, for example, you do in the apple ecosystem -- if you don't go for today's machines, but rather work with yesteryear's ;) . but then again, why am i rambling? you're p1mping a t400 right here in 2019 ^.^

[@dustinschings7042]

I love these laptops just as much as you, but honestly, the Core2Duos are really struggling these days. HD video streaming can be an issue. I'd start thinking about recommending at least the Sandy Bridge generation. The C2D machines were built for Vista. I know they can still be useful, but they are at the end of their lifespan for sure. You've spent over $125 here on some very old tech. However, the SSD and RAM can always follow you to a new machine, so there is that.

[@peacockli]

Watching on my T430, good vid!

[@VintageGearMan]

A new battery maybe but this thing will doubtfully ever leave the house.

[@jimtalor7971]

Got rid of my thinkpads long ago,I wonder if I can upgrade this "Trash" 80,a relic of the past!

[@karolus0xA]

You don't need a dedicated ultra-bay caddy for it to look nice, you can use the front panel and any other non-standard part from existing ultra-bay optical drive :).

[@sburton015]

Its just like the Dell Presicion m4300 laptop that I have. Seems like it was released in June 28th, 2007, however on mine, I have in a 160 gb intel SSD with 4 gb ddr2 ram and its cpu is a 2.5 ghz Core 2 Duo and I have it running the 2019 version of Windows 10 pro 64 bit and it runs fine at least for browsing the internet, watching KZbin videos in 720p, checking e-mail, facebook, ebay, and other online shopping, doing office work, and also even some light gaming like playing candy crush, solitaire, slots, and other casual games as well as some old 3d games like the original Deus Ex.

[@Tiki2002]

Waiting for a T420 guide :)

[@mckoybruce394]

I have a t400 laptop and I could say its still usable in hdd and 4gb ram in windows 10

[@VintageGearMan]

I cannot wait to build it!

[@EirikrTinkerTries]

Can you do a T410 with “before and after benchmarks”? Upgrade the T410 to a Core i7, have an SSD, and then a 1TB drive in the optical bay? That’s a dream setup right there.

[@MrSamadolfo]

😃 yay ur back, i was wondering when u were going to post anuder video ✌️😏 ☺️ here im working on three Core2Duo Laptops, two of them im gifting to family members, and the third im keeping for me as another spare laptop 🐢🐢🐢

[@travisbyron7205]

I have a Thinkpad T400 and I am very surprised how fast this runs on windows 10 and it can run my younger sisters games like roblox and minecraft windows 10 editon perfectly fine.

[@timwilkins2008]

I have a T-400 with 8GB of RAM and a 1TB hard drive. It is a great workhorse with Arch Linux on it. I added a new battery, memory, a new charge cord and hard drive. Right now I am having issues with the AC plug. It seems loose but I cant figure out where.

[@mr_beezlebub3985]

I plan on doing the same thing soon, though I’ll be using an X220

[@మరుపిళ్ల]

You can remove the DVD caddy strip of original and keep it to HDD Caddy

[@protoman1214]

O wish I never sold my t400. God I loved that laptop so much

[@Angryjenkinsdigital]

Seems like a nice unit, especiallywith the capacity to upgrade CPU. I just can't bear taking a keyboard off - never have, prob never will...

[@grabsmicug7622]

you have to takeof the cover from the cd drive the put it on to the adapter

[@michaelarson9616]

Thanks. I think it best pc in you hands

[@cheezyfriez12]

Not just thinkpads, hp probooks and dell latitudes are also a great option on a budget.

[@davidw.r.7801]

I have 3 of these!. One is still new in box. Added SSDs to two of them, but having trouble with Windows 10 Pro on one. May convert it to Linux. Great machines though.

[@claritoresdiano1021]

wich problem ?

[@davidw.r.7801]

@@claritoresdiano1021 Have tried multiple times to install windows 10 on the ssd and it never completes. Screen goes black during initial setup and never recovers.

[@claritoresdiano1021]

@@davidw.r.7801 Lastest BIOS ?

[@davidw.r.7801]

@@claritoresdiano1021 I'm not sure if it has the the last BIOS update but I will check it and try again. Thanks

[@krispayne729]

I watch a lot of your videos this one's a year old but I bought an HP ProBook think it's like 2013 I upgraded it with the Kingston 500 gig SSD and I upgraded the ram with the factory for gigs and I put a Samsung high- high speed Ford gigs on top of that because the speed of the original Ram plus the new Ram I put in all match stop but I left a DVD once in awhile I like to take the CDs I have and convert them over to mp3s that's why I put such a big hard drive in it what's not really that big it's only a 500 gig but I'll never use that amount of memory

[@SebisRandomTech]

No processor upgrade? 😥#sad

[@magicarmyman]

my thinkpad t420 doesn't have a drive caddy and instead uses these rubber spacer things to secure the drive.

[@djstolenwords]

I really want to see how to swap a laptops CPU and what other laptops can we do this too .. thought this was just for desktop