Feeler: Heavily upgraded T40, originally 2373-14U
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:10 pm
Hi all,
I'm on the verge of selling my lovely T40 to "expand my computing horizons" so to speak. But before I do, I'd like to know A) just how much I can get for it, and B) if anyone is interested. I've spent the past few months putting upgrades in it, and right now it it quite a formidable machine. It has a few "problems" here and there, but nothing that affects the functionality of it.
Current specs:
1.7GHz/2MB cache Dothan, with a month old long fan on it. No icky fan noise.
Two 1GB sticks of PC2700 RAM, both sticks are the same brand and have lifetime warranties.
Original motherboard with Radeon 7500. Does not have the GPU problem that mant T4xs suffer from. Very stable, has never crashed on BSOD'd/Kernel panicked on me.
Very nice SXGA+ LCD from a T41p. This is the only area of the entire machine where there are "issues". The most noticeable is that the screw covers for the three screws on either side of the screen, and the two for the top (next to the thinklight) are not there. The three for the bottom of the screen are there. This is merely cosmetic and you can get new covers just about anywhere, for very cheap. The other issue with the screen is that in the lower right quadrant of the screen there is a small mark. Most if the people I've asked about this refer to it as an "age mark" and say it's inevitable on many screens. After actually using the the machine for a while, you don't even notice it anymore.
Brand new Hitachi 100GB 7200RPM HDD, model #HTE721010G9AT00. This thing has a warranty until January 2012, and is very quiet and fast.
Ultrabay Slim HDD carrier with 60GB 5400 RPM hitachi travelstar HDD, with a warranty until February 2009. (no, not my old 60GB 7200, I need that
)
(note: warranties checked on Hiatchi's Warranty/RMA page, so they are correct.)
Ultrabay Slim CD-RW/DVD-ROM. FRU 13N6769. No problems. Reads and writes CDs just fine, and reads DVD's with no problems. Haven't tried any CD-RWs, but I have no reason to think they wouldn't work. This drive is very new, I purchased it a month and a half ago and it came in an IBM-Sealed antistatic bag.
Keyboard - Normal wear for a laptop of this age, but not nearly as bad as I have seen. The trackpoint is the one with the little bumps on it, and is hardly worn at all.
Palmwrest/ultranav - No problems, looks nice, little or no wear on the trackpad buttons, trackpad still has a nice texture.
Battery - decent. Lasts one to one and a half hours, down to 45% wear, not bad considering it's the original. Since other people use laptops differently than I do, I can't guarantee that you'll get 1-1.5 hours.
Misc - Ethernet is 10/100, wifi is the atheros a/b/g, no problems. Both cardbus slots/ejectors work, USB does not have the "drops to 1.1" problem, works at full USB2 speed. speakers/mic/audio jacks are all fine, thinklight works. BIOS is fully updated. Power supply is the 16v/4.5amp version, with the IBM logo. No modem/bt card is installed, but I have a 56k modem around for it. If you want it I'll go through my parts and put it in.
Here's a CPU-Z generated page for this machine - http://dectop.nfshost.com/cpuz.htm
Pictures - http://picasaweb.google.com/john8520/T40Pictures
(note: I took these at a rather dark time of day, so I had to use the flash, which causes every singly spec of dust to light up, this making the case look terrible. In person the machine does not look anywhere near that dusty, or really dusty at all.)
What's included: T40, Power supply, CD Drive, HDD & Caddy, spare palmwrest/trackpad, spare keyboard (worn, but hey, spare parts are nice), and a no doa warranty. Will ship in one of those nice fedex laptop shipping boxes, via ups insured ground.
Thoughts on price? Would kinda like to sell it within the next few weeks.
Feel free to PM or AIM me, I respond quicker via AIM.
John
I'm on the verge of selling my lovely T40 to "expand my computing horizons" so to speak. But before I do, I'd like to know A) just how much I can get for it, and B) if anyone is interested. I've spent the past few months putting upgrades in it, and right now it it quite a formidable machine. It has a few "problems" here and there, but nothing that affects the functionality of it.
Current specs:
1.7GHz/2MB cache Dothan, with a month old long fan on it. No icky fan noise.
Two 1GB sticks of PC2700 RAM, both sticks are the same brand and have lifetime warranties.
Original motherboard with Radeon 7500. Does not have the GPU problem that mant T4xs suffer from. Very stable, has never crashed on BSOD'd/Kernel panicked on me.
Very nice SXGA+ LCD from a T41p. This is the only area of the entire machine where there are "issues". The most noticeable is that the screw covers for the three screws on either side of the screen, and the two for the top (next to the thinklight) are not there. The three for the bottom of the screen are there. This is merely cosmetic and you can get new covers just about anywhere, for very cheap. The other issue with the screen is that in the lower right quadrant of the screen there is a small mark. Most if the people I've asked about this refer to it as an "age mark" and say it's inevitable on many screens. After actually using the the machine for a while, you don't even notice it anymore.
Brand new Hitachi 100GB 7200RPM HDD, model #HTE721010G9AT00. This thing has a warranty until January 2012, and is very quiet and fast.
Ultrabay Slim HDD carrier with 60GB 5400 RPM hitachi travelstar HDD, with a warranty until February 2009. (no, not my old 60GB 7200, I need that
)(note: warranties checked on Hiatchi's Warranty/RMA page, so they are correct.)
Ultrabay Slim CD-RW/DVD-ROM. FRU 13N6769. No problems. Reads and writes CDs just fine, and reads DVD's with no problems. Haven't tried any CD-RWs, but I have no reason to think they wouldn't work. This drive is very new, I purchased it a month and a half ago and it came in an IBM-Sealed antistatic bag.
Keyboard - Normal wear for a laptop of this age, but not nearly as bad as I have seen. The trackpoint is the one with the little bumps on it, and is hardly worn at all.
Palmwrest/ultranav - No problems, looks nice, little or no wear on the trackpad buttons, trackpad still has a nice texture.
Battery - decent. Lasts one to one and a half hours, down to 45% wear, not bad considering it's the original. Since other people use laptops differently than I do, I can't guarantee that you'll get 1-1.5 hours.
Misc - Ethernet is 10/100, wifi is the atheros a/b/g, no problems. Both cardbus slots/ejectors work, USB does not have the "drops to 1.1" problem, works at full USB2 speed. speakers/mic/audio jacks are all fine, thinklight works. BIOS is fully updated. Power supply is the 16v/4.5amp version, with the IBM logo. No modem/bt card is installed, but I have a 56k modem around for it. If you want it I'll go through my parts and put it in.
Here's a CPU-Z generated page for this machine - http://dectop.nfshost.com/cpuz.htm
Pictures - http://picasaweb.google.com/john8520/T40Pictures
(note: I took these at a rather dark time of day, so I had to use the flash, which causes every singly spec of dust to light up, this making the case look terrible. In person the machine does not look anywhere near that dusty, or really dusty at all.)
What's included: T40, Power supply, CD Drive, HDD & Caddy, spare palmwrest/trackpad, spare keyboard (worn, but hey, spare parts are nice), and a no doa warranty. Will ship in one of those nice fedex laptop shipping boxes, via ups insured ground.
Thoughts on price? Would kinda like to sell it within the next few weeks.
Feel free to PM or AIM me, I respond quicker via AIM.
John
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), but in its current configuration, it is almost a T42 in a T40 body. I'd say that $450 would be a reasonable starting point, but you could make a bit more on the sale by doing what Harry suggested.