Thinkpads Forum

AK, there is a guy on Ebay selling a whole bunch (48) of T20s, for $109 each, plus shipping. They're missing drives and memory, as would be expected, but he says they work.

I'm thinking about getting a few, myself.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1

steve

That is a pretty good deal if they work, since they are marked as untested.

Also, for the record, they are marked in the auction as T21s.

I am trying to decide whether or not I might pick up one to test, since i have ram, hard drives, etc.

If you read further down, it says that they are tested to power on, and that the LCDs work. If the LCDs work, that is almost worth the $110.

The other thing, with those sitting there at $110,(for another week) it drives the prices on everything else down.

steve

Not to quibble, but just because they power on doesn't mean that it works. There could be eeprom errors or passwords.

Correct though, that the price with a good working LCD, as well as the base, keyboard, etc. is worth it.

In my head, I am just thinking worst case scenario:
T21 with dead board - $125
Working T21 board - $50
Decent hard drive (~40gb) - $40-50
HD Caddy - $20
256-512mb ram - $40-100 (if lucky)
Battery - $40-60

Total with working board: $265-355
Total w/out working board: $315-405

I know that AlphKilo470 has a few spare parts, which will save on the costs though.

I sent the guy a message, asking if they had any passwords on them, and they responded that none of them were locked down.

I also just ordered 5 of them, so we'll see.

If I get 5 good LCDs, and 3 good motherboards, I'll be kinda happy. Shipping (FedEx Ground) was only $20, for all 5, from Houston to Phoenix.

steve

Hi. My name is Rick. It's been 19 days since I bought a used Thinkpad. It has been hard, but I'm taking it one day at a time. I'd like to thank...

<browses the Marketplace forum>
<Goes to Ebay to look at an auction>
<Aaaaarrrghh!!! Original auction ended. New one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0000249595 >
<orders a T21>

Hi. My name is Rick. It's been 3 minutes since...

Rick

I wonder who "Captjhem" is? :D

Do we need to start a 12 step program for Thinkpads?

"Hi, my name is Steve." (all of you) "Hi Steve. (me again) "I am a Thinkpad addict, and it has been 45 minutes, since I just bought a Thinkpad..."

steve

Oh, there was a guy, who has a bunch of T30 batteries, for $25.99, and some Ultrabay HDD adapters, for the same price. He gave me a reduced price, and I got 4 batteries and 2 adapters, for $120 shipped

If you look, you can find some decent deals on Ebay.

steve

Those t21s are all in working condition and alot of those are in good cosmetic condition as well. That company is local to me. I just picked up a couple of barebone t23&22 from them earlier today.

How much were the T23s? I'd like to find a source for cheap barebones T23s.

That is REAL good news, since I've got about $570 invested!

steve

rkevans wrote:Hi. My name is Rick. It's been 19 days since I bought a used Thinkpad. It has been hard, but I'm taking it one day at a time. I'd like to thank...

<browses the Marketplace forum>
<Goes to Ebay to look at an auction>
<orders a T21>

Hi. My name is Rick. It's been 3 minutes since...

Aaaaarrrghh!!! Original auction ended. New one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0000249595

Rick

I got a couple of those t21 left. Let me know if you still need 1

Coolname, do you know if they come with modem-NIC cards? Or any drive in the optical bay?

steve

all of them come with model and nic, no module bay. I was able to find some cd drives for about $22 shipped each. The only part im having problem buying are the memory sticks. Somehow, those t21&t22 models are not backward compatible with the pc133. I have to find the pc100 version.

Well, I'm covered on the 5 I got, for ALL the parts I'd need to get these ready to sell. Unfortunately, I don't have much extra memory, and am hanging on to what I have.

Look for some PC133 of the 128 size. I am able to get this to run in the T20-22 stuff, but if you want the 256 size, it needs to be the low density PC100 stuff.

steve

Coolname1 and Skou,

Read the sticky I posted in the T2X forum WRT using PC133 memory from Crucial.

No more searching for expensive lo-density PC100 memory!

Regards,

James

coolname1 wrote:I just picked up a couple of barebone t23&22 from them earlier today.

Do they have anymore barebone T23s?

iIm looking for a couple.

Regards,

James

skou wrote:I wonder who "Captjhem" is? :D

Undoubtedly some low-life.

skou wrote:Do we need to start a 12 step program for Thinkpads?

"Hi, my name is Steve." (all of you) "Hi Steve. (me again) "I am a Thinkpad addict, and it has been 45 minutes, since I just bought a Thinkpad..."

Hi Steve, my name is James and I've bought 8 thinkpads in the past week!

Help me!!!

Regards,

James

JHEM wrote:Coolname1 and Skou,

Read the sticky I posted in the T2X forum WRT using PC133 memory from Crucial.

No more searching for expensive lo-density PC100 memory!

Regards,

James

Great news, James! Except you hid it in a Sticky, (Don't you know, the best way to hide anything, is to put it in a sticky? )(At least, that is how it works on every Forum I've been on.)

steve

I bought a couple of these ... one for a friend of my daughter & one for playing with. Unfortunately the two I received have broken keyboard bezels ... even at $110/each it doesn't seem to make sense to fix these up.

I guess what I'll do instead is turn both of these into digital photo frames. Unfortunately I had already ordered the battery/hard drive cover, so if anyone is interested in any of my unused/leftover parts, let me know.

Kevin

kodell wrote:I bought a couple of these ... one for a friend of my daughter & one for playing with. Unfortunately the two I received have broken keyboard bezels ... even at $110/each it doesn't seem to make sense to fix these up.

[censored]! That's a shame as the two I received can, at worst, be described as in B+ condition, In fact, I'd rate the one I'm typing this message on as an A-, except for the "springy" keyboard that will soon be replaced with a new one.

No HDs, drive covers, memory, optical drives, batteries, etc., and that's exactly how they were described and what I expected to receive. But no broken/cracked/loose bits either. Both have combo NIC/Modems installed.

I guess it's purely the luck of the draw.

Yes, I'd be very interested in any leftover plastic bits you wind up with after you finish your conversions.

Regards,

James

James, you might just need to put the screws in the keyboard, or put spacers underneath it.

In my days, I've seen quite a few keyboards with stuff placed under, to remove the springiness. And I know that the 2 screws make a real difference, too.

steve

Since the ebay sale specifically said that all bezels were intact, I contacted the seller about the two units I received with broken keyboard bezels & got a nice response in return offering a $15 rebate on each unit and shipping out replacement bezels.

I declined the rebate, but accepted the bezels. Anyway, seems like a pretty decent vendor.

Kevin

skou wrote:James, you might just need to put the screws in the keyboard, or put spacers underneath it.

The screws are in place and tight and I HATE stuffing things under the keyboard, especially when I've got a pretty good stock of new replacement keyboards.

Regards,

James

Man, here I am, sitting at home, waiting for the FedEx guy to show up.

Let's see how mine look.

Glad to hear the guy offered to give a rebate, AND the bezels. Makes me feel better.

steve

They just showed up.

One of them was missing a memory cover, but, under that missing cover, was a stick of Kingston 256MB memory.

So, I'm not going to complain!

Of the 2 I have booted up, both of them have perfect screens!

steve

FYI: I split these posts regarding the T21's from AlphaKilo470's WTB thread.

Well, out of the 5 I got, 3 of them have perfect screens, no dead pixels, and no bleeding or pressure spots. The other 2 have MINOR pressure spots, which is real surprising for the T20-22 stuff, since they have the grid stuff on the back of the outer LCD cover. (That is what causes the "keyboard" spots.)

I'm REAL happy on the whole deal, except I wish I could have gotten about 25 more!

steve