Discussion of my recent X31 purchase.

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solitude · #1 Post by **solitude** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:09 pm

I bought this X31 from Ebay for GBP£177 + £20 P&P. (inc VAT)
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Model: 2673-C27

Intel Pentium M Banias 1.6 GHz

256 PC2100 Ram

20gb HDD
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I had to order a Clover leaf Mains Power Cable myself. (£2.98)

These are the upgrades I've ordered for it privately:

New IBM Li-Ion ThinkPad X30 Series Extended Life Battery, P/N: 02K7041. (US $35.05 // £17.83)

Hitachi Travelstar 7k100, 100GB ( £75.51 inc vat)

Crucial 1GB 200pin SODIMM PC2700 DDRRAM Non-Parity (PC2700 costs less than PC2100) (£56.71 inc vat)

CAS Latency
CL2.5

Data Integrity Check
Non-ECC

Features
Unbuffered

Form Factor
SO DIMM 200-pin

Memory Specification Compliance
PC2700

Memory Speed
333 MHz

Module Configuration
128 x 64

Registered or Buffered
Unbuffered

Storage Capacity
1 GB

Supply Voltage
2.5 V

Technology
DDR SDRAM
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The warrenty expires September 2007.

I think I got a pretty good deal on the original laptop, what do you think? The laptop came with a weird smudge and marks on the lid, but I removed it all with WD40, and its now in A grade cosmetic condition.

Also, what do you think of my proposed upgrades? I plan to add a 2nd 1Gb stick in the future.

The laptop will be dual booting Windows XP Pro SP2, and either Ubuntu 7.04 or Gentoo 2006.1.

cmarti · #2 Post by **cmarti** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:21 pm

solitude wrote:
Also, what do you think of my proposed upgrades? I plan to add a 2nd 1Gb stick in the future.

Great upgrades, you will have a nice system.

solitude · #3 Post by **solitude** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:29 pm

Thanks. :)

I'm getting a intel 2100 card for £5 to tide me over until a/b/g/n cards come out at a good price and I decide to do the bios hack. ^^

boon · #4 Post by **boon** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:35 pm

I dunno if the 802.11n would be able to fit in x31. The current new releases mini pci only fits core duo laptops as they use mini pci express. Hope if there is a release for n wireless mini pci non express

but hey, you got a good deal on the laptop. 1.25gb ram is really good enough though IMO...

johnson · #5 Post by **johnson** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 12:22 am

About $350 for the laptop? That's a pretty good price with a few months warranty. When I got mine, the Cisco 802.11b card wasnt working and I called IBM and I had a working card the next morning.

zappb · #6 Post by **zappb** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:55 pm

solitude - they look like wonderful purchases -

i'm bidding on an x31 at the moment on ebay UK and am based in Ireland - could you let me know where you bought your addons - ram, hd and battery?
I would like to copy you (the sincerest form of flattery).

edit:

yup won the bid -
X31 - 215 pounds
1.4ghz P4 M - not quite as fast as your one, but still not bad i think,xp pro
40gig hd
512mb Ram

mazzinia · #7 Post by **mazzinia** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:36 pm

Not bad price

Maybe a lot of people will kill me for writing this... but also a seagate 5400 rpm perpendicular drive would be a nice upgrade. Very silent, and not so slow response launching apps.

If you find a good deal on a 2200 wifi card, would be a better addon.
Last, an Ultrabase X3 has its usefulness.

PS
On ebay there are a lot of cheap (under 15 euro, if I remember) Dock I from a german company. They ship with a lot of care and good packages

http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-ThinkPad-Dock-D ... dZViewItem
12.99 euro

solitude · #8 Post by **solitude** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:00 pm

I bought Ram and HDD from dabs.com

Ram: http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Qu ... 4294957152
Hdd: http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Qu ... 4294960493

And the battery was from ebay from the seller xsparts-inc (choose the cheap shipping)

hope that helps you. :)

zappb · #9 Post by **zappb** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:49 am

nice one thanks for that solitude - will do the same.
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DannyE · #10 Post by **DannyE** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:23 am

Hi Solitude,

I bought a X31 1.4GHz 512RAM 40Gb HD + X3 base (inc DVD drive) for £415 inc delivery about a month ago... You got a very good deal!!

I was hoping to change the processor at some point but I gather it is soldered onto the board so that isn't possible without a lot of expense so I, like you am going to whip out one of the 256Mb sticks and replace that with a 1Gb stick and go for the hdd upgrade to Hitachi 7k100, 80/100Gb when cash allows so I can run Win XP, Fedora 6, Solaris 10. Make sure you get the ATA drive instead of the SATA drive though, the 7k100 comes in both guises!

I'll definately check out the battery as well as mine is only lasting for about 2 hours at the moment...

Anyway certainly a good find for you there!!

Dan

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