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   Hello Kurt!   
      
    KW>  If you're handy with a screwdriver, they're easy to work   
    KW>  on. It's worth opening them up, blowing out all of the   
    KW>  dust from the nooks and crannies inside, replacing the   
    KW>  fan if it's making noise, and replacing the thermal paste   
    KW>  on the CPU.   
      
   Yep.. I did just that to my T60 last year or so.  But it wasn't     
   exactly fun. I ended up with an extra screw and it didn't quite     
   settle in one of the last places.   Consequently, the palmrest     
   at the front left corner isn't secured very well.  I'd swear     
   that I kept the various screws grouped together when I took     
   everything apart - but obviously I messed up somewhere.   
      
   My project took several days to complete. I had the laptop     
   already partially disassembled about a week prior the last     
   remaining item arrived - the CPU thermal paste.   
      
   I was disappointed that the wifi radio and seating material     
   around it had to be removed before the fan and its copper tube     
   could be removed - something like that.   
      
      
    KW> Parts on eBay are cheap - I replaced the fan for around   
    KW> $10, I've seen keyboards for under $30, and if you want to   
    KW> put it back to original condition, there are screw cover   
    KW> sets on eBay, so you can replace those little adhesive   
    KW> covers over the visible screws.   
      
   I had ordered a new palmrest and touchpad for my T40 many years     
   ago.. but some family distraction took place, and now I can't     
   locate that replacement palmrest.  So.. my T40 sits cold and     
   silent at the moment. It too needs a new fan.   
      
      
    KW> Lenovo publishes a hardware maintenance manual for most of   
    KW> their systems with the steps outlined clearly for most   
    KW> replacements.   
      
   Yes.. well aware of that. The manuals are excellent.   
      
      
    KW> Now that the BBS is running in a virtual machine, I should   
    KW> dust off my T60 and make it usable as a plain ol' laptop   
    KW> again.   
      
   Sometimes the wifi radio on the T60 has issues being detected     
   right after a ful reboot. But it seems to be intermittent and     
   rare.   
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