Keyboard for X40

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WildEye · #1 Post by **WildEye** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 2:38 pm

I've been trying for a while to find the FRU number for a norwegian keyboard for my X40...

Could anyone here help me, as the people at IBM norway wasn't very helpful. As I understand it there are two types of keyboards, which is better, and is it available in the norwegian version?

IBM gave me the number for one of their retailers in Norway, but they didn't know the part number either......

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

monty cantsin · #2 Post by **monty cantsin** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 8:26 pm

WildEye wrote:I've been trying for a while to find the FRU number for a norwegian keyboard for my X40...

Keyboard FRU parts list - ThinkPad X40

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... 53666.html

DavidNZ · #3 Post by **DavidNZ** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 11:05 pm

what i don't understand is why it can't find those FRU when i enter the part number in the "ready to buy' section. I'd really like to know what a new keyboard costs....

eriqesque · #4 Post by **eriqesque** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:18 am

X40 US keyboard is $60.50 using FRU#91P8319

DavidNZ · #5 Post by **DavidNZ** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:05 am

well, dunno how you found that price. I enter that part number and I get nothing. And that's using the main .com site.

WildEye · #6 Post by **WildEye** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:17 am

What is the difference between the two colums?

Part number ASM-NMB and Part number ASM-Chicony

Norwegian 91P8333 and 93P4652

Thanks for the prompt replies...

monty cantsin · #7 Post by **monty cantsin** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 9:09 am

WildEye wrote:What is the difference between the two colums?

The manufacturer of the part.

WildEye · #8 Post by **WildEye** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:03 am

Ok... next stupid question, which I asked in the first post, which is the "good" one? Saw somewhere something about malaysian vs chinese?

NMB = ? and Chicony = ?

monty cantsin · #9 Post by **monty cantsin** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:15 pm

WildEye wrote:Ok... next stupid question, which I asked in the first post, which is the "good" one? Saw somewhere something about malaysian vs chinese?

Can't comment on that. I've only heard of such serious quality problems with different keyboards (Thai vs. Chinese) with regard to the T4* series, not the X40.

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... +keyboards

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... +keyboards

NMB = ? and Chicony = ?

NMB appears to produce in Thailand, Chicony in China, yet I'm not 100% sure. But please notice that the (apparantly bad) Chinese keyboards in the T4* series were made by ALPS (also well-known for the worst touchpads around), and not Chicony.

monty cantsin · #10 Post by **monty cantsin** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 8:32 pm

WildEye wrote:Ok... next stupid question, which I asked in the first post, which is the "good" one?

Btw, why don't you simply look up the FRU of your existing keyboard...

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... sLookup.vm

...determine with the keyboard FRU parts list I posted above who made it and order a Norwegian replacement from exactly the same manufacturer?

WildEye · #11 Post by **WildEye** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 8:52 pm

NMB appears to produce in Thailand, Chicony in China, yet I'm not 100% sure. But please notice that the (apparantly bad) Chinese keyboards in the T4* series were made by ALPS (also well-known for the worst touchpads around), and not Chicony.

Thanks. Thats the info i was looking for. I didn't know it was a T model only problem, i assumed that it was a problem for all thinkpads...

Also thanks for the link. didn't know about that.

Apparantly i have the China version of the english-us keyboard
93P4639 93P4638 KEYBOARD FRU YES

Anyone know if there is a difference between the two keyboards on a X40?[/quote]

#12 Post by **JaneL** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 9:34 pm

>Also thanks for the link. didn't know about that.
>

It's #9 in the FAQ.

WildEye · #13 Post by **WildEye** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:27 am

Must have missed that point in the FAQ.

Thanks!

But the question remains. Does anyone know if there is a difference between the NMB and Chicony versions?

I guess not...

oaftab17 · #14 Post by **oaftab17** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:22 pm

The Chicony 93P4630 (made in China) has a much better feel. It has a click to it when the key is pressed and released.

The NMB keyboard (91P8319) feels very soft, doesn't have any audible click, and you just don't get feedback from your typing. My X41 came new with the Chicony keyboard, but I had to get a replacement (for an unrelated reason) - and I wound up with the NMB.

I'm typing on the NMB right now, and am seriously considering calling IBM and asking them to send me a Chicony keyboard.

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