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Diagnosing ThinkPad T510 shutting down after ~30 seconds: heat problem?

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/06/27

A while ago, [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “The ThinkPad T510 problem was easier to resolve than anticipated: a dust problem after all. This video helped opening up the internals: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrjoiH5LS3g When it re-occurs, the next step is remove fan, re-apply thermal paste then add fan again. Thanks for all the tips!”

Below are some pictures (including some great tools I made/have) which I made after disassembling according to this video: [Wayback/Archive] Lenovo ThinkPad T510 disassembly and fan demontage [no audio]. – YouTube

But first the tweets that lead up to this repair:

  1. [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “Odd thing with an old ThinkPad T510: – power brick is OK – battery is OK – fan is OK It turns off about 30 seconds after turning the power on. Any tips/hints to investigate?”
  2. [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “Hardware problem. It suddenly appeared. Tried the standard things (remove power and battery, keep power button down for 30 seconds, try without power, tried without battery, use different power brick, etc). What steps next?”
  3. [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “@StOnSoftware forums.tomsguide.com/faq/how-to-solve-random-shutdown-issues-in-lenovo-laptops.188341“
  4. [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “@robert_ilbrink Thanks. I do have compressed air if the fan is dirty and thermal paste, so those are things I’m going to look into.”

Now for the photos:

  1. [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “My mini screwdrivers are not magnetic, so I have some round neodymium magnets with a hole in it that fits the shaft. They increased quite a bit in price since I ordered them in 2018: smile.amazon.de/-/en/gp/product/B0117002O0“

  2. [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “Photos series A: 1. upside down ready to disassemble 2. battery, screws, SSD and memory module 1 removed 3. removed parts and the golden tool: silicone ice cube tray (back then EUR 6.50): www.amazon.de/gp/product/B095C1CNCQ with more magnets in between the cells”
  3. [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “Photos series B: 4. detail of the magnets in the ice cube holder. The original link fails (smile.amazon.de/-/en/gp/product/B072MLYCDY) but they are 8x3mm 5. the ice cube trays have lids so 6. you can store them away closed 7. after cleaning the inside with compressed air”

–jeroen

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