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Dickie2679 · #1 Post by **Dickie2679** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 1:39 pm

I have just bought a thinkpad 760e, but it has a Danish keyboard

can I just fit a English one in its place? are the keyboards the same fitting for this series of thinkpad?
Also what is the max memory I can fit (I'll be installing windows 98SE)

Thanks

#2 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:45 pm

I'm pretty sure you can swap the leyboard with an English one but I'm not 100% on that as I've never dealt with a non-English keyboard on a ThinkPad. As for memory, you can get 80mb by installing 2 32mb 144pin EDO SODIMMS if you have the model with 16mb onboard and 72mb using 2 32mb EDO SODIMMS if you have the 760E model with 8mb onboard. There'es also kits availible here and there every now and then on eBay that let you upgrade to 104mb which is the maximum.

Dickie2679 · #3 Post by **Dickie2679** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 3:02 pm

Thanks, it's 74mb, so it looks like I'm about at the memory max, this should be alright for windows 98SE.
I've seen a keyboard on ebay for £1.00, so I may buy that, the Danish keyboard has some of the letters in different places, difficult to use as you have to look at the keys

Thanks for your help

#4 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:04 pm

No problem, anytime.

72 should be more than enough RAM for 98. I've run 98 just fine on 24mb RAM back when I had an old 120mhz 760E a friend gave me. 16 is the mimimum so anything above that should work but once you install those mWave drivers, the system really starts to lag so you so I'd reccomend at least 24mb or better.

As for the keyboard, I think you can just replace it with another one but since I don't know if IBM has the layout set up through the keyboard wireing or in the BIOS, I can not be 100% sure.

Dickie2679 · #5 Post by **Dickie2679** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:01 am

I think the keyboard is the same layout, but the printing on the keys is different.

Dickie2679 · #6 Post by **Dickie2679** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:06 pm

Will this fit? I don't have my thinkpad yet so I can't compare.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... %3AIT&rd=1

#7 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:14 pm

No, it has to be a keyboard specifically for the 760. Do an eBay search for 760 keyboard. It doesn't matter which 760 the eyboard comes from but it does have to be a 760 to fit, nothing else will work.

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