[rant] What's wrong with LCD cable FRUs and eBay sellers?
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:29 pm
I was looking to buy an LCD cable for a 15 inch T60 with bluetooth. The FRU should be 91P6985 according to the HMM. Well, this doesn't seem hard, so I went on eBay, searched for the FRU and bought one. It came in the mail today, and guess what, it's an R60 LCD cable, not T60.
Alright, to be fair, the original eBay listing did say "R60" in the title and description, and there's a photo of the actual cable, so I should have recognized that. But still, how can people list something as "IBM THINKPAD LENOVO R60 15" LCD VIDEO CABLE 91P6985" when 91P6985 is clearly not an R60 part? And in fact, of the 6 listings for 91P6985 on eBay, those 4 that have actual photos are ALL R60 parts.
Also, apparently T60 15 inch LCD cables go by FRU 91P6970 (with bluetooth) and 91P6950 (without bluetooth), which is not referenced anywhere on Lenovo's website. What's going on here?
Alright, to be fair, the original eBay listing did say "R60" in the title and description, and there's a photo of the actual cable, so I should have recognized that. But still, how can people list something as "IBM THINKPAD LENOVO R60 15" LCD VIDEO CABLE 91P6985" when 91P6985 is clearly not an R60 part? And in fact, of the 6 listings for 91P6985 on eBay, those 4 that have actual photos are ALL R60 parts.
Also, apparently T60 15 inch LCD cables go by FRU 91P6970 (with bluetooth) and 91P6950 (without bluetooth), which is not referenced anywhere on Lenovo's website. What's going on here?