They told me I couldn't do it, so I did it again.

This is a Lenovo ThinkPad P71, it's the beast, the behemoth most gigantus ThinkPad ever (probably). What does it have?
- Intel Xeon 1505 CPU (3.7GHz)
- 32GB RAM
- 4K IPS Display

I bought this used for a pretty decent price, but it does have some issues. Namely there is no sound output at all. One of the hinges is broken, and one of the corners on the palmrest is broken off. The trackpad is worn all the way through and it's just not in the best shape. A perfect candidate for some mods and customization.

I wasn't planning on making a video on this but after disassembling it nearly completely I thought "ok, I'll just make a video". You'll see me go through the steps in this part one (of two) videos detailing both the repairs, modification and customization of this very nice P71.

One of my main concerns was the audio, I tried everything to get it to work but it just wouldn't. Even went as far as reflowing the audio chip and still nothing. I thought what if I get an external audio chip and somehow try to embed it? This led me to finding a WWAN adapter that gives you an internal USB port. Sadly Lenovo likes to lock down their WWAN ports with needing to "authorize" it. I've already jailbroke one of these adapters before and it is quite annoying to do so I may think of an alternative.

Disassembly was straightforward and painting went off without too many issues. I did forget to paint one panel accidentally but this was easy to fix after the fact.

Graphics took me forever as there were a ton and I probably overdid it. Lining up the print took almost as long as making the graphics as there were a lot to arrange, but ultimately everything was laid down as close to perfect as I could make it.

Lastly for this episode I fix the hing with a nail splint and a treacherous amount of JB Weld. Please follow along next time where we address even more issues and put it all back together.

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00:00 - Intro
00:49 - Audio WWAN USB Attempt
02:52 - Paint prep
04:04 - Painting
08:07 - Graphics
10:29 - Printing
14:25 - More Painting
16:26 - More Printing
18:29 - Details and Hinge Repair

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