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Who made my keyboard?
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:08 pm
by RonS
On one of my T60p machines, I have Mfr part # 39T0988 and FRU part # 39T7118.
How do I tell who made this keyboard?
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:28 pm
by Mandrake
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:57 pm
by RonS
I have here on my desk four Thinkpad keyboards:
T60p with Alps
T60p with Chicony
T42p with NMB (thai)
T42p with Alps
I'm *really* splitting hairs here. All of these keyboards are excellent. My judgement on quality is that the Alps and NMB are tied for first place. The two Alps are a little more "clackaty" noisy but have a good tactile feel, at least as good as the NMB. Between the two Alps keyboards, the T42p version has just ever-so slightly more resistance.
The T60p Chicony is much quieter than the others, but feels mushy to me. If I were taking notes in a business meeting or classroom, I'd grab the Chicony. For everything else, I'd grab the Alps or NMB.
To be fair, the NMB for the T60p may be different than that for the T42, so this isn't a totally fair comparison.
The worst of these keyboards easily trumps the best notebook keyboard by any other manufacturer, Dell, Sony, etc.
Does anybody know if I can put the T42p keyboard in the T60p? Maybe I'll give it a try...
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:00 pm
by Mandrake
RonS wrote:I have here on my desk four Thinkpad keyboards:
T60p with Alps
T60p with Chicony
T42p with NMB (thai)
T42p with Alps
Do you collect keyboards???
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:38 pm
by RonS
Mandrake wrote:[Do you collect keyboards???
No, unless they happen to be attached to Thinkpads.
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:02 pm
by astro
RonS wrote:
Does anybody know if I can put the T42p keyboard in the T60p? Maybe I'll give it a try...
This is a question I have been wondering about for some time.
Even if the entire keyboard assembly cannot be mix-and-matched, perhaps the key-spring system can?
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:45 pm
by darrenf
The T60 keyboard is very different from the T4x. For one thing, it attaches with only one screw. It also has drain slots at the bottom that match the new drain holes in the case, and the connector is different and in a different place.
-darren
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:56 am
by RonS
The above link for keyboard parts is for the Z60 series. Even though the models share keyboards (part numbers are the same), here's a link for the T60 keyboards:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-62728
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:21 am
by movado
What's involved in changing a key board?.
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:41 pm
by deforest
See
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-62800
I just ordered another keyboard using the warranty.
On my keyboard the F6 key gets stuck if you press to hard. Then you have to wiggle the key for it to pop out.