Sold: R30 Near-MINT 1.0GHz/40GB/512MB/Combo/WiFi $210 *PIC*
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:30 pm
SOLD: Near mint condition IBM ThinkPad R30. The R30 is not a very common model. This one is in excellent plus condition, it's fast and well equipped, please read on.
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I recently received it from the original owner that I assisted with purchasing it with nearly six years ago. He is a co-worker. (He just replaced it with an R61!)
It was used in his home office for word processing and Internet, very sparingly over the years.
When I received it, the battery was near dead. I replaced the battery with a new one and did a few other upgrades to the stock machine, see below.
One major upgrade, I installed dual wifi antennas (behind LCD) and a Broadcom mini-pci b/g wireless adapter. It works great. Sleep mode and hibernate work perfectly, no errors at all.
The hard drive I used for the upgrade had an XP Pro service partition but the COA is for Windows 98. If you have a spare XP Pro license, feel free to use it as is, otherwise, you should completely reformat the drive.
Please review the pictures carefully, the only visible wear is the space bar. In the top cover picture, a reflection makes it look like there is a small scratch, it is not there, the cosmetics are near mint, no scratches, no dead pixels, etc.
GREAT basic machine! The price is $210 delivered in the U.S. ($220 if you'd like an IBM Port Replicator 02K8668).
Full details:
Product: ThinkPad R30 2656-62U
Original description:
Mobile Pentium III 1.0GHz (256KB) CPU
128MB RAM --> upgraded to 512MB (2 x 256MB)
30.0GB 4200rpm HDD --> upgraded to 40GB 5400rpm HDD
14.1 XGA (1024x768) TFT LCD
8x-3.3x DVD --> upgraded to Combo CDRW/DVD
Modem (CDC)
Ethernet
Li-Ion battery --> new battery, less than 5 cycles now, shows 3 hours runtime!
Win98 COA
IBM AC Adatper
Added Broadcom b/g internal wireless adapter with dual antennas!
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More huge pix -> *Link Removed*
I recently received it from the original owner that I assisted with purchasing it with nearly six years ago. He is a co-worker. (He just replaced it with an R61!)
It was used in his home office for word processing and Internet, very sparingly over the years.
When I received it, the battery was near dead. I replaced the battery with a new one and did a few other upgrades to the stock machine, see below.
One major upgrade, I installed dual wifi antennas (behind LCD) and a Broadcom mini-pci b/g wireless adapter. It works great. Sleep mode and hibernate work perfectly, no errors at all.
The hard drive I used for the upgrade had an XP Pro service partition but the COA is for Windows 98. If you have a spare XP Pro license, feel free to use it as is, otherwise, you should completely reformat the drive.
Please review the pictures carefully, the only visible wear is the space bar. In the top cover picture, a reflection makes it look like there is a small scratch, it is not there, the cosmetics are near mint, no scratches, no dead pixels, etc.
GREAT basic machine! The price is $210 delivered in the U.S. ($220 if you'd like an IBM Port Replicator 02K8668).
Full details:
Product: ThinkPad R30 2656-62U
Original description:
Mobile Pentium III 1.0GHz (256KB) CPU
128MB RAM --> upgraded to 512MB (2 x 256MB)
30.0GB 4200rpm HDD --> upgraded to 40GB 5400rpm HDD
14.1 XGA (1024x768) TFT LCD
8x-3.3x DVD --> upgraded to Combo CDRW/DVD
Modem (CDC)
Ethernet
Li-Ion battery --> new battery, less than 5 cycles now, shows 3 hours runtime!
Win98 COA
IBM AC Adatper
Added Broadcom b/g internal wireless adapter with dual antennas!