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spare parts for T30
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:45 am
by Alejandro Audisio
After a lot of thinking & looking around, Ive decided that I will patch up my old T30 and use it for another 12 or so months before trying to buy a refurbished T43p... hence Im now in the market for a few spare parts.
Dont know if its possible to still source these new (straight from the box, etc.), but I basically need a battery and a keyboard.
Any tips on where I can source these...? Again, if possible I would prefer to get parts that are new - dont know if that is realistic or not.
Thanks,
Alejandro
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:10 am
by ajkula66
Have you tried getting them from IBM in your country?
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:35 am
by Alejandro Audisio
Not really... pricing for IBM original stuff down here in Argentina is usually outright crazy. I guess I could ask.. but Im sure they will probably want north of 250 US Dollars for a battery.
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:04 pm
by ajkula66
That would be no fun...
I'm fairly certain you could find some NOS parts on eBay...that's definitely worth a shot.
Good luck.
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:13 pm
by Johan
Alejandro:
Have you considered posting a "WTB" (Want To Buy) or "LF" (Looking For) advertisement at the
Marketplace in this forum? That's surely where I would start looking! Best of all: Very friendly and helpful sellers!!
With reference to
System service parts - ThinkPad T30 pointing to
Keyboard FRU parts list - ThinkPad T30 a T30 (APPS) keyboard with 08K4699 cost $97.66 (!!!) if purchased through
IBM US Parts and Maintenance parts site so I'd say... go elsewhere!! Also, try get a
NMB keyboard (08K4670 if "US English), rather than an ALPS.
Johan
Johan
Re: spare parts for T30
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:57 pm
by schen
Alejandro Audisio wrote:After a lot of thinking & looking around, Ive decided that I will patch up my old T30 and use it for another 12 or so months before trying to buy a refurbished T43p... hence Im now in the market for a few spare parts.
Dont know if its possible to still source these new (straight from the box, etc.), but I basically need a battery and a keyboard.
Any tips on where I can source these...? Again, if possible I would prefer to get parts that are new - dont know if that is realistic or not.
Thanks,
Alejandro
I'll look around, but I think I have a T30 battery in pretty good shape somewhere around here, but I doubt I have a keyboard though. Send me a PM if you are interested and we'll figure something out for you. I hate to see a forum member stuck for parts just because they are in a foreign country!