Upgrades for T42

[dsi-ap]

Hi All

I like to upgrade the following parts since loaded windows 7 on my machine.
Recommendations on IBM branded parts welcome if not too expensive, thanks.

1. N-Range wifi card
2. DVD\RW drive
3. GFX card to give better gfx perfomance, atm have performanc eindex of 1 in Windows 7

[dr_st]

1) Don't know about that one, someone else will have to help you with it.

2) There are several options:

FRU 39T2507 (T43 DVD-RAM/RW/CD-RW drive) is the best that was originally offered with the T4x series, and it is a curved bezel drive, that fits the bezel of the laptop. It reads and burns all DVD formats, unlike the original drives of the T42, that did not support DVD+.

FRU 39T2829 (Hitachi-LG GSA-U10N) and FRU 39T2851 (Panasonic-M a t s u s h i t a UJ-852) are the fastest compatible DVD-RAM/RW/CD-RW burners. These are from T61, and they are compatible, but the bezel is flat, and does not sit plush with the side of the laptop (only an aesthetics issue, nothing else).

3) Video card cannot be upgraded. Only the entire motherboard can be swapped. The best motherboard that will fit the chassis is the T43p board with ATI FireGL V3200 (rebranded Radeon X600) card.

[ZaZ]

Yes, get a T60/T61 DVDRW. Though the bezel doesn't quite line up, they're much better drives than the T4x drives. I know I had a couple and they were junk.

[RealBlackStuff]

Wifi-N: see this http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=79335

[dsi-ap]

Thank you all for the responses.
Shame about the gfx card, hmmm might look into mobo upgrade if its not too much instead.

[sktn77a]

I believe you can use a PCI graphics card in the Dock II, but it won't be a portable solution.