Thanks Tuus! -- T61 replacement board

I wanted to make a new thread, not only thanking Tuus, but to let others know that it is possible to get a fix for dead or dying T61s. There are other threads on this but I'd like to share my experience.
I got my T61p about 4 years ago and it had worked like a charm, with only a minor battery issue, for all those years. A few months ago (while abroad in the UK) it just decided to quit on me. The bios beeps on booting said it was a video chip issue, and that's exactly what was up. Thankfully my HD wasn't affected and I waited until I was home to figure out what to do. After loads of searching on the issue (which is prevalent) I saw posts on here thanking Tuus and about the fix. So I sent him a message which he quickly replied to. He explained that these boards (prior to 08/08) have a known faulty nvidia chip and they usually kick it earlier than mine did. I have started PC gaming more in the few months before it died so I assume it was a heat issue, which I now keep an eye on using TPfancontrol.
Through contacting Tuus I got my hands on an 08/08 system board with the entire bottom case along with it. It was a lengthy process to take apart my old machine and put the new bottom on, but if you follow the manual on Lenovo's site for your system, it's a piece of cake. Just set aside an hour or two and you'll be fine. The best advice I can give to stay organized with it all is to print the pages you need from the manual, and then tape the parts/screws to the corresponding paper. Then lay them out on a flat surface in order. When you get to the end of the disassembly, you just go in reverse to put it back and if you kept everything in order and together, it's really easy. Just remember to clean the contact of the old CPU and transfer it to the new system board and put thermal paste on the GPU. Tuus recommend Arctic Silver 5, which I thankfully had and used myself.
My new board works perfectly. This nvidia chip also is known to not be faulty so I have no worries about it dying out soon, and it also fixed my battery issue that I had since I purchased it. It's safe to say my knew board had made my laptop better than when I originally purchased it. It also helps that I used the new bottom case so now my laptop has the 08/08 model sticker and will have a higher sell price. But I'm not going to be doing that anytime soon.
For those interested, by battery issue was with the small backup on the system board. It wouldn't hold power so I would have to unplug the cord, take the battery out, wait a few seconds, put the battery in, turn it on, then put the plug back in every time I was booting from a charge. So if you are having similar issues, that's most likely your problem there.
Thanks again Tuus! You were extremely helpful, answered all my questions and helped me get my hands on a fantastic new system board! You're the best!
I hope this helps a few of you out as well!! There is hope for your T61!

You're very welcome, I'm glad I was able to help, and to find you such a rare board.
I wish you many of years of use from it.
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Jammin wrote:
although the 6457 does have an internal date stamp that is June, 2008 I believe.
If you are referring to the date on the nVidia chip itself, it uses a different coding system YY/WW (year/week) instead of YY/MM (year/month) that the laptop uses so an 08/06 would be febuary 2008 not June 2008.
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Welcome to the forum!
thermostat wrote:
After research I see if I can get the same motherboard after 08/08 it should be good.
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thermostat wrote:
Or is there another motherboard with a better GPU chip I can use?
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T61 NVIDIA driver not working?

Hello!
I have a really old T61 (Type 8895) and I updated it to Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit from it's original Windows Vista Home Premium recently, which means all the drivers are gone.
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Your model 8895 doesn't have nVidia graphics, it has integrated Intel graphics but this is a good thing since the nVidia chips sometimes fail on similar equipped models. You want to install the graphic drivers for the Intel GM965 that matches your windows version.
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Thanks, TuuS, sorry if my message was ambiguous,
The higher prices I was referring to are the ones I've seen for external monitors at the 16:10 resolution, not for replacement screens for my T61. Those external monitors, 1920x1200, not refurbished, do seem to start at higher prices than other resolutions.
That said, I know so little about it that I don't know whether I need to stick with that ratio if I attach an external monitor.
I couldn't agree more about liking the T61, and mine's been great, purchased used for $200, a couple of years ago, and used daily without a hitch since.
The only difficulty I have with the T61 is processing power, which is higher than I expected when I got the machine, but for what I want to do, a hyper-threading quad core, i7 somthing-or-other, is really called for.
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T61 8891-CTO split screen display on startup - nVidia drivers don't work

Greetings,
I have a T61 model 8891-CTO laptop. The laptop has the following nVidia part - 42X0809SBB NVID Q NVS 140M W/O-WWAN. Whenever I start my laptop I get a split screen display. I tried restoring an old system image and even tried re-installing Windows 7 several times and I still have the same problem. When ever I tried to install the nVidia driver, the OS goes into recovery mode upon startup. The warranty on the machine is expired. I read a few threads in the forum regarding T61 display problems, but was not able to find a solution to my problem. Does anybody have any suggestions or advice for this problem.
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bhaga,
Well, that would tend to unfortunately confirm that you have a problem with the video subsystem - mostly likely the GPU as lead_org suggests above.
If your system is still under warranty, or six months or less outside of warranty, please contact support and they should be able to service the system and replace the system board.
If you are otherwise out of warranty, you may want to check the support site to find the FRU number for your system board and do a bit of searching online for the best price on a replacement board and swap it out. It's not too hard - will take you about 45-50 mins start to finish.
You will want to pick up some artic silver and clean off all the old thermal paste and use the artic silver on the CPU and GPU when you install the fan / heatsink.
Wish I had some better news for you!
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