I’m in love with this big guy :)
And here are the upgraded components:
- 1080P IPS Screen
- 512GB SSD
- DVD caddy replaced by a HDD caddy (intalled an additional 512GB SSD)
- Processor upgraded to an i7-4712MQ
- Grizzly Kryonaut thermal paste upgrade
- US keyboard replaced by another one with Spanish layout (original, found on eBay)
- RAM upgraded to 12GB (enough for me)
- Brand-new original 9-cell battery (also found on eBay)
I don’t think I forget anything… well maybe the best upgrade: I use Arch, btw!
it just looks so clean.
It also deserves the Coreboot bios :)
I’ve seen some guides… but this is beyond my abilities…
Actually even better news! T440p supports now libreboot and it has an option for internal flashing! So from now on you have only excuses left ;) lol
https://libreboot.org/docs/install/#install-via-host-cpu-internal-flashing
It’s fairly safe process and teaches lots of new skills for you. You can use even Raspberry Pi 1 for it. Just build the image with computer and not RasPi.
The guide is just 12 mins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqjsM18pKCE&pp=ygUXQ29yZWJvb3QgVGhpbmtwYWQgVDQ0MHA%3D
I have a ThinkPad slightly newer than yours. I didn’t think about upgrading it until I saw your post. Now that’s the route I’m more inclined to take instead of replacing it when the time will be, so thank you for your post!
Did you have any issues with brightness control after upgrading your screen? At least for my model, I heard many people complaining about being unable to adjust the brightness after changing the part.
