Yep, my T42p is still up and running. In the meantime I found the cause of the sticky 'C' key. It was due to that weird sticky little grey pad that was in the middle off the new fan assembly. I didn't have such a pad on my old fan, but when I asked about it in this forum, someone suggested I just le...

I got my T42p working again! After 3 failed attempts, I had almost given up. This all started with a message "Fan Error" and in inability to boot. I couldn't hear the fan running, so I figured the fan had died. I ordered a new fan on Ebay, which arrived about 6 days later. For my the first attempt t...

Orclas wrote: Something tells me that you wrote the wrong model number. 2372 is an X40, whereas 2373 is indeed a 42p and with the following spec for the KTU version: ThinkPad T42p (2373-KTU) P M 755, 1GB RAM, 60GB 7200rpm HDD, 14.1 SXGA+(1400x1050) TFT LCD, 128MB ATI FireGL T2, CD-RW/DVD-R Multi-Bur...

I've never gotten that deep into fixing a computer, but, now that I'm retired and have the time, I'm interested in trying. I'll have to research what CPUs would work. I do not require performance equal to what I had before, but of course, it'd be nice. Can someone tell me how and where the high temp...

My T42p is a 2372-KTU . Oops, that was supposed to be 2373-KTU.

I just redid (for the 3rd time) the installation of a new fan assembly in my T42p Thinkpad. Alas, no change from the 2nd attempt :( . The system still powers off after about 15 seconds. The only changes between the 2nd installation and this last attempt was that this time I used a better (99.9% pure...

Earlier in this thread "ranchmom5" showed a picture of her old and new fans and asked about the grey (AKA gray) pad in the middle of her new T42 fan assembly. "Johan" replied with: The grey (thermal?) rubber-like pad, shown on the leftmost image you link to, is on the heatpipe side of the fan/heatpi...

Just in case it might help someone trying to replace a fan on a T42p (or similar) thinkpad, I had lots of trouble trying to get my old one out because the end of the heatsink seemed stuck to the GPU. I read that some folks resorted to dental tape or razor blades in the same situation and I was ready...