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duel (ThinkPad X201/X200s hybrid)

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Summary

Thinkpad X200s/X201 hybrid. Chassis and motherboard are from an X201. Display is from an X200s (1440x900).

Notes

Was my college machine. Second x200s I've owned. The first was bought new, and this was bought used, but in excellent shape. X201 upgrade was due to C2D becoming too slow. Trade-off is a bit thicker chassis, and louder cooling while maintaining the hard to find high resolution display.

Hardware

Make Lenovo
Year 2010
Model ThinkPad X201
Chassis ThinkPad X201
Processor Intel Core i5-560M
Memory 8GB DDR3 1066
Ports 3x USB A 2.0
  3.5mm Headphone
  3.5mm Microphone
  RJ-11 Modem
  SD card slot
  USB C Power Input (mod)
  VGA
  RJ-45 LAN
  ExpressCard 54
Graphics Intel HD Graphics
Storage Crucial 256GB CT256 MX-100
Display 12.1" 1440x900
Int. Peripherals Conexant 20585 SmartAudio HD
  Broadcom BCM2045B Bluetooth
  HDA CX20585 Soft Modem
  Intel 82577LM Gigabit Ethernet
  Intel Ultimate-N 6300 AGN WiFi
Ext. Peripherals ThinkPad X200 UltraBase
  CSEXCEL 87WH battery
  Lenovo 94WH battery
Dimensions  
Length/Depth 21 cm
Width 29.4 cm
Height/Thickness 3.9 cm
Weight 1.33 kg (2 lbs 15 oz) - with 48WH battery

Software

Operating System Windows 10
  Debian 10 (buster)
Unique applications -

Log

[2014-06-26 Thu] Another X200s

I got rid of the previous unit sometime after 2011. I know it had an issue with the screen coating, but I can't recall if there were other problems.

Bought this one on ebay with 6GB memory, 160GB hard drive. I had one in the past. I was looking for this model because of its small size, and it has a higher resolution display than was typical in that era.

[2017-02-20 Mon] Board swap plus new case

New parts: x201 i5-560M motherboard, hard drive bay cover, x200 chassis, 6300 wifi, x201 heatsink, x201 palmrest. I think the chassis required breaking out a some internal supports.