Quick questions regarding T42 and T41P motherboards: urgent

[irus]

1. Does 39T5495 have fingerprint support?

2. Is US $170 a good price for 27k9987/93p4159 board?

3. what are some of the differences between the above boards? (ethernet/wireless model/FSB/SATA/PATA/RAM/etc.)?

4. will either of the above fit a 14.1" t42 even if the boards were originally installed in a 15" t42??

thanks

[poshgeordie]

1. No it doesn't.
Having a look at the official parts list, the boards which support a fingerprint reader are:

27K9910 (with ATI M7-32 graphics chip)

27K9911 (with ATI M10-64 graphics chip)

27K9912 (with ATI M10-128 graphics chip)

From your other post here you require a board with a Radeon 9600 graphics chip aka ATI M10-64, so the last two will be OK.
A quick price check and they are very high.

The other thing to consider is if you don't use your fingerprint reader get a none-fingerprint reader palm rest which is cheap (UK around £15) and then the board you've already found will be fine - or you may be able to use your existing palm rest and accept the fingerprint reader won't work.

2. I think it's a fair price, possibly slightly on the high side, but if it's the board I'm looking at on eBay, it looks OK.

3. I'll do my best here but I could be wrong.
Wireless is on a separate card.
FSB will be 400MT/s (I think - taking it off the CPU's which can be fitted so I could be wrong)
Hard drives will be ATA /IDE/ PATA(??) but not SATA
RAM will be up to 2G

4. 15" T4x has a 14" board with an extender board (called an Interposer Card) so the CD/DVD can connect to the main board.

[ajkula66]

Just posting to confirm that poshgeordie has given you a ton of excellent advice.

Instead of dealing with fleabay, you may also want to post a WTB ad in the Marketplace here...and no, I don't have a planar to sell you...

Good luck.

[irus]

1. No it doesn't.
Having a look at the official parts list, the boards which support a fingerprint reader are:

27K9910 (with ATI M7-32 graphics chip)

27K9911 (with ATI M10-64 graphics chip)

27K9912 (with ATI M10-128 graphics chip)

From your other post here you require a board with a Radeon 9600 graphics chip aka ATI M10-64, so the last two will be OK.
A quick price check and they are very high.

The other thing to consider is if you don't use your fingerprint reader get a none-fingerprint reader palm rest which is cheap (UK around £15) and then the board you've already found will be fine - or you may be able to use your existing palm rest and accept the fingerprint reader won't work.

2. I think it's a fair price, possibly slightly on the high side, but if it's the board I'm looking at on eBay, it looks OK.

3. I'll do my best here but I could be wrong.
Wireless is on a separate card.
FSB will be 400MT/s (I think - taking it off the CPU's which can be fitted so I could be wrong)
Hard drives will be ATA /IDE/ PATA(??) but not SATA
RAM will be up to 2G

4. 15" T4x has a 14" board with an extender board (called an Interposer Card) so the CD/DVD can connect to the main board.

Thanks posh thats very helpful in making the decision, very actionable advice. i guess thats the board i will go with then . i hope the seller agrees to send it over to india, atm he ships only to us. will update here with what happens

Just posting to confirm that poshgeordie has given you a ton of excellent advice.

Instead of dealing with fleabay, you may also want to post a WTB ad in the Marketplace here...and no, I don't have a planar to sell you...

Good luck.

@ajkula66 thanks for the suggestion a WTB is already there!

[irus]

update: the seller wants to transact via paypal alone and not via ebay. Is this a safe way of transacting? any precautions to keep in mind as this will be my first purchase from ebay/paypal. Thanks.