It loaded for me, but maybe a bit slow.

Yeah... but all these number drops of "33" is getting old (33 stitches).

You can take it out and examine the touchpad. Usually the internal battery has to be removed to gain access to the screws that release the touchpad.

I have had to replace a few touchpads, but sometimes just taking them out, cleaning a bit and reinstalling makes them behave better.

The replacement touchpad part is not that expensive (usually) and should be fairly readily available for the T480 as that is a common model.

I know it is a painful process to go through, but if you can switch to a different bank or credit union.

Wells Fargo has a terrible track record with small businesses. I know several that have had thousands of dollars held or "lost" by Wells Fargo.

If you look up news stories about Wells Fargo, they've had bad reports and incidents for decades now.

Unless the repair shop does micro soldering, you are likely looking at a motherboard replacement.

And the micro soldering service could be around the same price as the replacement motherboard.

It is shame, but I don't do much soldering and finding local people with the skill is difficult. Maybe it is something that I can add to my services later, as one of my sons has an interest in it. I could always learn, too, but it wouldn't have a quick return on my investment for time (though I already have the majority of the equipment I need).

As for deep cleaning:

You'll probably want to do a thermal paste replacement, if you haven't done that yet during the time you've owned it.

While the laptop is open, you can use some kind of air blower to blow the dust out.

While you have the keyboard out, you can use a cue tip or damp cleaning rag to clean the area and edges where the keyboard went.

Avoid rubbing alcohol on anything except the top exterior of the laptop, as the alcohol can melt some plastics, especially the keyboard springs.

#ThinkPad

On the ThinkPad T480, the USB-C ports, both for power delivery and in the "dock" connector are soldered to the motherboard and not easy to replace.

#thinkPad #t480

I also downloaded and burned Xandros 2.0.1

It is a Linux distro based on Debian from around 2005.

Burning the Knoppix CD now.

@nevent1qy2...

Thanks. I downloaded Knoppix 3.3

That may be useful for attempting to boot old systems from that era.

#knoppix #linux #retro

I am looking for something "retro" -ish to download from Internet Archive to test burning a CD. Might as well download something interesting or that I may use.

Possibly Linux distros from the 1999 - 2005 era.

Got any recommendations?

https://archive.org/details/cd-roms

#retro #cd #cdROM #linux

From the picture, there's a good chance you do have it.

You probably know already, but the amps can be 1 or more and the power adapter will still work fine as long as the voltage and connector match. So a 1.5 amp or a 2 amp power adapter will work fine, but a 0.5 amp adapter won't.