Funny, I was also thinking about doing something similar ... but I fully realize the monumental effort it would take. So that's a no. Has anyone looked at the Intel NUC boards? https://www.intel.ca/content/www/ca/en/products/boards-kits/nuc/boards.html Apparently you can get a low voltage i7 in a 4x...

Would you happen to know what sound chip the S30 has, and/or if the S30 has drivers for DOS sound compatibility?

I'm curious - would you happen to know if the S30 has DOS Sound Blaster compatibility? If I am not wrong, the S30 and the S31 has an Analog Devices SoundMAX AD1981A codec. The AD1981A appears to be exactly the same as the AD1981B, specifications-wise. If this is actually the case, that means the AD...

Welcome to the forum! If you browse deeper through the forum - especially this "classic" sub-forum - you'll see that there are actually quite a few posts regarding S30 and S31 models. A lot of folks around here owned them at one point - myself included - and some still do, including forum's owner.....

I don't think my battery has ever been completely flat. As stated above, it's in almost constant usage every single day. The lowest it ever gets is ~40% on the train to work. There were maybe only 1 or 2 occasions where it was left unplugged by accident and died, but I didn't notice any flickering ...

Absolutely no flickering issues. May I ask how long you have the kit? Mine originally was not flickering either, it came after few months of usage. The post was end of October, so most likely the beginning of October. I've been using it as both my primary work and personal machine, so it gets an al...

Does anyone here have a T430 with an upgraded CPU and this screen controller + FHD IPS screen that has no flickering issues? Yes. I made an in-depth post about it here. https://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=127358 Kit from e-qstore (I believe the original poster) with behind the display ...

You younglings have fun with that one, I'll stick with 1920x1200 on a 15.4" or even 17"... :mrgreen: Can't say I disagree. I went to the computer store and took a look at 100% scaling of a 4K 15.6" display and I took the machien and stuck it up to my eyes and said, "I don't know where this is usefu...

Thanks! It should probably also work with anything compatible with the Dock II or Dock I (such as your R52), provided it has Win9x drivers available for the system ... The only other problem I could see is if any DOS titles won't run under Windows - the A2* and X20/21 and T20/21/22 have a DOS compa...

@tdot This thing looks awsome! :D Thanks! It should probably also work with anything compatible with the Dock II or Dock I (such as your R52), provided it has Win9x drivers available for the system ... The only other problem I could see is if any DOS titles won't run under Windows - the A2* and X20...

Well, it finally arrived after 4 weeks! (Canada Post strike - they completely ignored all international shipments in favor of national ones) I'm not exactly sure which revision it is, but it's obviously a PCI version of the Voodoo 3 (since Dock II has no AGP port) Here is a picture of it: https://im...

My favourite PCMCIA cards back in the days were the Ralink ones, some of them even had "N" compatibility, albeit at 2.4 Ghz only. I'm certain that some of them must be still floating around, and for not too much money. The nice think about Ralink cards is that they allow WPA2 over Windows 9x. Since...

Discrete , not discreet. Even though they are pronounced the same, the words are written differently and have different meanings. :D discrete [dɪ'skriːt] adj. constituting a separate entity or part discreet [dɪ'skriːt] adj. 1. marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint 2. unobtrusively p...

Looks like some basic pin headers and glue logic...wouldn't surprise me if someone could run that design up for you in probably 30 minutes. Hmm? You mean figure out the pinout for a real IDE cable? Because the problem is the "IDE" header on the Dock I/II is a 60 pin header ... sure, I could probabl...

@tdot do you use the laptop for CAD or any graphical work? just curious :). Nope I don't. I'm currently using it for work (I don't want to be constantly tossing my T25 into a bag or mess it up, otherwise I'd probably just use that), so only software development really. I am planning on using it for...

@tdot please post an update when you get a voodoo running in their. I would love to see something like that! It would essentially make it a fully fledged 90s desktop. Still going to try! I have a Voodoo 3 on the way. It *looks* slightly smaller than the Voodoo 2, so I'm really *hoping* it will fit ...

Does anyone know anything about the 60 pin IDE cable that was used on the Dock II (3546)? I ended up buying a "ThinkPad IDE Adaption Kit For Dock I and Dock II", as I assumed that was required to convert the 60 pin connector to a standard IDE connector, but this also has a 60 pin connector on both s...

This is the most beastly T430 I've ever seen! If I had the money I would get a T430 and go all out on it. But, My R400 serves me perfectly well and this winter I plan to do some major upgrades to it :D. Thanks! That was the goal :) After having used it for 2 weeks now, I feel like the size of it is...

Just as a follow up to answer my own question, a) I was being stupid - 2 of the 3 drivers missing drivers were the LAN/modem, which I assume it just prompted me for (again) since I had done a fresh install and had never installed them in the first place. b) There is ONE Win9x driver required for the...

Sometimes I really admire you Americans. Maybe if I was American I'd have a gun collection as big as my Thinkpad collection. Lets look at Canada for a second - apparently the criminals here have no problems getting guns and shooting at each other in the middle of busy intersections. Even though weap...

My guess would be something related to "IRQ channels". IRQ = Interrupt Request Channels. In DOS and Windows 95/98, you had to manually configure which devices would use which channels. With Thinkpads, you could do some of this using the Thinkpad Configuration software. For some devices, it was even...

I've heard that but that's actually what I don't understand ... and like dr_st I don't quite understand why. (i.e. RMSMajestic asking why don't they support other panels) The T420, T420s, T430, and T430s do not know how to talk to eDP. eDP and LVDS are different languages. Rather than just making a...

There might not be any Windows 98 drivers because as you said there were no 95 drivers and those OS'es are built on the 9x kernel. I'm pretty sure they would exist ... somewhere ... the A20m was released before XP was released, and was supported by the docks. I don't think it would be like IBM to r...

The screens that are compatible are so because they are specifically programmed to be compatible with the adapter board, which identifies itself as the LCD to the laptop. So I don't think that screen would work. I've heard that but that's actually what I don't understand ... and like dr_st I don't ...

I guess I'll ask this here. Just FYI I have one of the T430 kits (the older one, with the board behind the display), and it works flawlessly with a B140HAN01.2 other than some light bleed from the board being behind the display (which I don't care). But I'm curious - do these T430 kits work with B14...

I decided to put it in this section since it covers multiple different sections of ThinkPad models ... I recently got a Dock II (2877) for my A22m. Windows XP detects/installs all drivers no issue. Windows 98 gets very lost with half the controllers. Does anyone have the Windows 98 drivers for a Doc...

Thank you for your detailed write-up. I am glad you get to enjoy this amazing maxed-out system. As I user of a similar-yet-different modded T430s I can totally appreciate the magic of these machines. 6-cell vs 9-cell absolutely should not make any difference on stability, so your other battery is d...

Well, I finally completed my build - after hours of BIOS diving and a fresh re-install, I'm ready to use it as my work machine! I've decided to call it a T430F, as it's essentially completely maxed out in every way a T430 can be (if I'm missing anything let me know!) https://imgur.com/4o13bEel.jpg S...

I've built up quite a little collection that I need to get rid of, If anyone wants to make an offer on a bulk buy (or to take it all!) let me know, All prices exclude shipping New: X220/X220i Palmrest Cover FRU 04W6531 - $25 USD Used: T60p heatsink/fan PN 26R9434 / FRU 41V9932 - $10 USD 4 GB DDR2 (2...

Hey there, I've finally decided to sell the T601F I've built - I mostly built it to compare to a highly modded T430 to decide on one as a work machine, but at the end of the day, the T430 benchmarks at over 5 times the performance of the T601F. I do however, greatly prefer the UXGA resolution, but I...