IBM ThinkPad 570 and 570E

The ThinkPad 570 and 570E are subnotebooks that were released in April 1999 and February 2000 respectively. They were the final models in the ThinkPad 500 Series, as they were replaced with the ThinkPad X Series, starting with the ThinkPad X20.

Specifications

Spec	ThinkPad 570	ThinkPad 570E
Release Date	April 1999	February 2000
CPU	CPU Type: Soldered BGA Intel Mobile Pentium II @300, 333, or 366MHz	CPU Type: Soldered BGA Intel Mobile Pentium III @450 or 500MHz
Chipset	Intel 440BX
RAM	Type: SDRAM, 1 slot Standard: 64MB Soldered Maximum: 192MB	Type: SDRAM, 1 slot Standard: 64MB Soldered Maximum: 320MB
Storage	2.5" IDE Requires Adapter: Unknown Standard: 4.0 or 6.4GB	2.5" IDE Requires Adapter: Unknown Standard: 6.0 or 12.0GB
Display Options	- 12.1" TFT LCD @800x600 - 13.3" TFT LCD @1024x768	13.3" TFT LCD @1024x768
Graphics Chipset	NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV (NM2200) VRAM: 2.5MB
Audio	Crystal CS4280 - Mono Speaker - Microphone
Main Battery	Lithium Ion
CMOS Battery	Unknown
Power Supply	Barrel Jack
Media Drives	None, external drives supported
PC Cards	2x PCMCIA/CardBus Slots (2x Type II/1x Type III) - ZoomVideo Support
Networking	56k Modem
Other I/O	- 1x Parallel - 1x Serial - 1x VGA Out - 1x PS/2 - 1x Dock (UltraBase) Connector - 1x USB 1.x - 1x External Floppy Connector - 1x Mic In - 1x Line In - 1x Headphone Out - Infrared
BIOS	IBM BIOS
Pointing Device	TrackPoint

Resources

Link	Details
	IBM ThinkPad 570 User Manual
	IBM ThinkPad 570/570E Hardware Maintenance Manual
	IBM ThinkPad 570 Product Brochure (Japanese)
	IBM ThinkPad 1992-2001 Personal Systems Reference (PSREF)

Common Faults & Maintenance

Hinge Failure

The 570's hinges are a very weak design and wear out very easily, going completely floppy. This is not a plastic-based failure and requires replacement of the hinges themselves when the failure occurs.