Fixing an $800,000 Laptop?
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Published 2024-07-13
Let's take a look at this very cool piece of history and walk through the repairs that I need to do to bring it back to working order... which proves a bit more difficult that I anticipated.
Thanks to JOYALENS. They're not a sponsor but did send over the digital microscope used in this video that was a HUGE help. Here's where you can find your own: amzn.to/3LE4ucR
My 360PE Teardown Guide on iFixit:
www.ifixit.com/Guide/IBM+ThinkPad+360P-PE+Disassem…
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:25 - The Teardown
2:55 - Cosmetic Repairs
5:05 - Reassembly & Initial Test
5:31 - Repairing the Keyboard
7:11 - Repairing the Display
9:30 - I Messed Up
11:16 - How Much I Paid
11:55 - Vintage Price Rant
13:53 - Wrapup
Music: All music has been licensed through Epidemic Sound
Silver Maple - We Are Giants
Lofive - Yhello
Experia - Beyond the Mountains
William Claeson - Last Cassette
Ben Elson - Thyone
All Comments (21)
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I've got to say, not many people would even think of going through the lenght of repairing a weird laptop from 30 odd years ago. I've been watching your videos since the famous 701C one and you keep excelling at everything: the massive effort, dedication and most importantly patience are what amazes me in every project you do! Of course, all while retaining perfect filming angles and A+ editing. Please keep up the great work!
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strictly speaking you shouldn't replace one type of capacitor with another as they have other properties beyond just rated voltage and capacitance
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I own one to, got it years ago for free. As a passionate ThinkPad collector I restored mine as good as I could. I also have a broken spare unit (50 EUR in 2018) for donor parts since the hinges tend to crack out the base beside notorious leaking caps in the display which I replaced under sweat. For you display issue check the fuses on the inverter if they are intact. Many of your troubles are familiar to me in my journey to repair my unit. Great video!
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I liked what you said at the end of the video, I would say it's an act of love, which we all need to see more of.
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Really great to see that PE getting all that TLC. I spent a lot of time last year restoring a 360P I picked up from eBay. It was in an unknown state when I first got it and had visible vinegar syndrome. I got pretty lucky in finding a replacement new old stock panel and some other parts I needed. It is now one of my favorite project machines.
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I needed to replace the keyboard and CD-ROM drive on my IBM ThinkPad 760ED, and now the active matrix LCD has a bunch of rainbow pixels. It's my favorite to use for retrogaming and exploring old applications
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800k? That's three zeros more than this one should cost new old stock complete in a box. Reminds me of people trying to sell Super Mario Bros cartridges for s price of an average car.
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I used to be a warranty tech for IBM laptops in the mid-90s, watching this really brings me back... very nicely executed video, glad that your video appeared on my feed! 9:45 All of us have made mistakes working with electronics, releasing the magic smoke is the only way to attain wisdom... inhaling the magic smoke is a way to attain cancer...
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Great video Also love just seeing retro hardware being fixed
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Great video Matt. Love the calm voiceover and great shot selection and B roll. Excellent music as always. Also, new studio looks 🔥
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I'm completely baffled but it was fun to watch.
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I’ve had similar issues in the past with 760 it was the ribbon connector peeling away from the flex pcb, it looks like a signal wire issue somewhere
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Just came across your channel and watched this video to the end, great content with awesome quality, subscribed.
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i have been buying old thinkpads a lot. How much 360PE is worth? 300€ up to 500€ if its in good condition (might even pay 600€ if with some accessories) but anything above is clear stupidity. Really some sellers should glue themselves back to reality.
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ROFL. Ebay saying 5 people have that 818,888.88 dollar laptop in their cart. I call BS.
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I may not have an emotional connection, but if I saw one of these at a thrift or flea market I'd absolutely get it. It may not be a GRID laptop but it looks fun!
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The MS Surface Laptop Studio's Hinge is very similar to this ThinkPad on how it flips forward. This ThinkPad was so far ahead into the future with that convertible design, I love it
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I got one for 25$ like 10 years ago and still fully functional, the only caveat being the screen which is not a TFT one and the HDD caddy which is the proprietary IBM one. I was kinda horrified when the time will come to fix this, but thankfully there is a video like yours for guidance.
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Great video! Subscribed! This reminds me I have two IBM Thinkpad 730T's in storage (one with a busted LCD). I really need to revisit them sometime... very interesting little tablets.
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Oops. Still, looking forward to part 2! I enjoyed the part about pricing too, absolutely spot on. 🙂
