Henrycc in the marketplace section might still have some X40 batteries. I picked up two (never used, manufactured in late 2006) 4-cell batteries from him a few weeks back for $30 each + shipping. I purchased these in anticipation of getting a dead battery with the X40 that I got from ebay, but I was...

There's a jumper that lets you configure one side as slave/master. From what I recall, the distinction between slave and master doesn't matter with just a single device. In any case, removing the CF connector on the back is just a physical modification of this adapter. To the laptop, it will still a...

It might not be a total wash. I'm going to desolder the CF connector on the back side (without the "CF-IDE44...ADAPTER" text). I'll lose dual functionality, but at least it won't be completely worthless. Interestingly, this backside connector is TALLER than the frontside connector by about 2mm. From...

Bah! Apparently, the white diagonal mark (upper left) in the photo above indicates pin 1 on the IDE connector. It only fits into the X40's drive bay oriented as pictured, which, as syzygy pointed out, is not happy at all: pin 1 should be on the right side. I guess I'll just have to save that for a n...

I purchased two X40 batteries from henrycc, and the transaction went wonderfully. I paid on a Sat., and the goods were in my hot little hands by Weds., coast-to-coast.

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=50820

Just a heads up: 4gb and 8gb 266x Kingston cards can be picked up from http://www.adraycamera.com for $86-$50 (rebate)=$36 and $152-$75 (rebate)=$77, before shipping at the moment. They've got good reviews from http://www.resellerratings.com , too. I took my chances with a 4gb Lexar from http://www....

you've probably sold them all by now, but i sent a PM to try my luck.

The Kingston card is great. It recognizes as a fixed disk at UMDA 5. Using HD tun Min TR: 12.7 Max TR: 41.9 Average: 39.9 Access Time: 0.5 Burst 34.6 CPU 3.1% I did all the things Lewster 215 summarized. I have an old copy of XP, no OEM disk, so it took me a while to get SP2 and the drivers. As a r...