X210Ai is a new motherboard to upgrade ThinkPad X201/200

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Post by walterbell » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 3:12 AM UTC

Re: X210Ai is a new motherboard to upgrade ThinkPad X201/200

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Post by idiotsecant » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 5:00 AM UTC

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Post by thinkmassive » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 5:07 AM UTC

idiotsecant wrote: post #2

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Post by samtheDamned » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 5:34 AM UTC

This is super cool!

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Post by GaryBluto » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 5:37 AM UTC

Sounds great, but the website is down.

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Post by bfrog » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 5:46 AM UTC

I love the x220 chassis, I wonder what it’d take to make a board with a modern risc chip and open firmware for Linux for this sort of thing.

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Post by fsckboy » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 6:14 AM UTC

anybody know if this motherboard will fit the x220 or x230, or just the x200/201? i've cornered the market on x220 and x230, i must have two dozen

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Post by jdboyd » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 7:03 AM UTC

Currently $1,299.00 for the Ultra 7 and $1,449.00 for the Ultra 9. I won't say it isn't a fair price, but it is a really hard one.

It would be perhaps more interesting to start making ARM or maybe even RISC-V motherboard replacements for some of these beloved chassis.

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Post by rkagerer » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 7:11 AM UTC

Anyone know if there's anything like this for the Dell Precision M6600?

(Or upgrade suggestions for someone who loved that laptop? Framework? Thinkpad?)

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Post by rramon » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 7:32 AM UTC

Is the X200s (s = low power variant) chassis too different or is it compatible as well?