Mysterious ThinkPad T43 Port Replicator II Part

[debrahms]

Okay, I give up. What is this strange, flat, black thing that came with my ThinkPad T43 Port Replicator II?

To see it, go to http://www.newegg.com/Product/Showimage ... scription=.

It's on the far right, next to the user's guide.

It's IBM part number 13N9421. I could find no reference to it on the Web or IBM site, and there is no reference to it in the user's guide.

Thanks for the help. Looks like I'm a DF.

[bill bolton]

Okay, I give up. What is this strange, flat, black thing that came with my ThinkPad T43 Port Replicator II?

Its a positiong template to stick one of the included "arrowhead" stickers on the back of the "lid" of a Thinkpad if you need it. When the arrowhead on the closed ThinkPad screen/lid is aligned with a similar mark on the dock, the Thinkpad is correctly aligned for docking.

Most, but not all, T4x ThinkPad models come with a small arrowhead permanently etched into the lid, but I personally had a T41 which didn't, and needed the sticker applied, using the template.

Cheers,

Bill

[JHEM]

Most, but not all, T4x ThinkPad models come with a small arrowhead permanently etched into the lid, but I personally had a T41 which didn't, and needed the sticker applied, using the template.

Neither of my T40s had the arrows on the lid either, although all of my machines since then have them.

Good catch Bill, I wonder how many people just throw these away?

Regards,

James

[debrahms]

Bill, you are a gentleman and a scholar. Thank you!

What bugs me most is that this official IBM part-numbered part is not in their database (at least as far as I know). I pride myself in being able to put together just about anything without reading the manual, but this thing stumped me from the get-go.

Thanks again, Bill.

[JHEM]

If you open the plastic pack and look at the cardboard installation template the instructions printed thereon are fairly intuitive.

Yes, it would certainly be nice if the part number were soemwhere in the support database.

Regards,

James