Adding a Fingerprint reader

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Bluechair · #1 Post by **Bluechair** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:45 pm

Hi! I have a T42 without the fingerprint reader, i was wondering if it was possible to add this. I think there is a way to buy the hand rest without the touch pad so is there a way to but the handrest with the finger printer reader?

Thanks for your help!

Mike

Hammerstein · #2 Post by **Hammerstein** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:25 pm

I suspect not - the touchpad electronics are always on every motherboard, even if you cover it over with the other wrist rest. However, the fingerprint reader requires the chip and circuits to read the fingerprint, etc, and I suspect that those are not built into every mobo.

laz · #3 Post by **laz** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:53 pm

You could just get the USB fingerprint reader. http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/store ... 8425003211

Ground Loop · #4 Post by **Ground Loop** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:56 am

The internal (palmrest) device is just the same USB device wired internally. So yeah, I'd go with the link laz posted.. much easier than trying to rewire and replace plastics.

Dow Jones · #5 Post by **Dow Jones** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:38 pm

Would a third party fingerprint reader (PCMCIA or USB) work with CSS?

NeoteriX · #6 Post by **NeoteriX** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:20 am

Dow Jones wrote:Would a third party fingerprint reader (PCMCIA or USB) work with CSS?

Exactly. Furthermore, for the same reason that people desire their thinkpads to be prewired for bluetooth, wifi, etc. instead of using USB bluetooth dongles, etc. It's because it's a laptop. Having to carry around more things defeats the whole purpose of having a laptop--especially for a student that needs to consistently pull his laptop out of his bag over 10 times a day. If I needed to hook up a USB fingerprint scanner just to longon to windows to check my emails or whatever, I'd throw the thinkpad off a building.

#7 Post by **GomJabbar** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:23 am

NeoteriX wrote:........I'd throw the thinkpad off a building.

Let me be there to catch it!

opusitibm · #8 Post by **opusitibm** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:15 pm

Yes, it works well just replace the palm rest, but remember to update BIOS and set it to the factory default, you shall be able to see passphrase option in BIOS.

After that, get the Fingerprint software from below link, configure it in Windows.

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... VAN-EAPFPR

Now, what you need is to get a palm rest with fingerprint reader.

rojabuck · #9 Post by **rojabuck** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:22 pm

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andrey · #11 Post by **andrey** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:58 pm

As FYI, I recently added fingerprint to my 2373-GVU.

Adding only the palmrest with the fingerprint reader didn't do the trick. I had to install fingerprint motherboard as well.

-- Andrey

NeoteriX · #12 Post by **NeoteriX** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:37 pm

Is that a T42 or T43?

rssb · #13 Post by **rssb** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:22 pm

The 2373-GVU is a T42p. How much did the motherboard cost ?

andrey · #14 Post by **andrey** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:18 am

rssb wrote:The 2373-GVU is a T42p. How much did the motherboard cost ?

Yeap, 2373-GVU is T42p. Unfortunately I'm not too sure about the motherboard price since I salvaged it from another T42p with a broken case and cracked LCD. Amazingly enough, the motherboard works perfectly though!

-- Andrey

Jona · #15 Post by **Jona** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:30 am

Targus seems to have a USBand PCMCIAfingerprintreader compatible with IBM CSS solution. They seem to be discontinued though.
But I have to agree with NeoteriX about it. If you use a component that often it should be built in. Entering a passphrase is just much faster than finding and plugging in the USB reader and scanning your finger.

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