A place to buy a zif adapter for the x41 locally?

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bronevaya · #1 Post by **bronevaya** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:41 am

I guess the adapter I bought from china doesnt work. Anywhere I can buy an adapter locally? I am going on a trip soon and I would like to buy it in country. (north america)

#2 Post by **Tasurinchi** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:53 pm

Try putting a "LF" (looking for) post in the marketplace here. Maybe some other user has an adapter for sale.

I've bought three adapters from Ebay sellers in China and never had a problem so far *knock on wood*, why do you "guess" that the adapter isn't working? Did you try to install a ZIF drive?

ThinkRob · #3 Post by **ThinkRob** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:33 pm

You can get them on eBay from a number of US sellers.

bronevaya · #4 Post by **bronevaya** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:18 pm

Tasurinchi wrote:Try putting a "LF" (looking for) post in the marketplace here. Maybe some other user has an adapter for sale.

I've bought three adapters from Ebay sellers in China and never had a problem so far *knock on wood*, why do you "guess" that the adapter isn't working? Did you try to install a ZIF drive?

I posted about this before but as soon as I install the drive and adapter the thinkpad wont start. I can start the thinkpad with no HD and the original HD but as soon as I have the adapter in it will not power on. Even without the zif drive attached to the adapter.

bronevaya · #5 Post by **bronevaya** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:18 pm

ThinkRob wrote:You can get them on eBay from a number of US sellers.

maybe i just dont know what to look for but can you point me in the right direction?

#6 Post by **Tasurinchi** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:05 am

bronevaya wrote:I can start the thinkpad with no HD and the original HD but as soon as I have the adapter in it will not power on. Even without the zif drive attached to the adapter

How did you install the adapter? Did you remove the keyboard and palmrest? Was the ZIF cable properly attached to the drive? And the last question, which adapter do you have, something like this?

ThinkRob · #7 Post by **ThinkRob** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:28 am

bronevaya wrote:maybe i just dont know what to look for but can you point me in the right direction?

No, you're right. Huh. The ones that I had all bookmarked are gone!

(Bad news for me, since I still see a fair number of X40 re-fits...)

#8 Post by **Tasurinchi** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:51 am

ThinkRob wrote:(Bad news for me, since I still see a fair number of X40 re-fits...)

As said above I was lucky with the China ones I bought ... So there may be some light at the end of the tunnel

I think it's worth a try...

ThinkRob · #9 Post by **ThinkRob** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:03 am

Tasurinchi wrote:As said above I was lucky with the China ones I bought ... So there may be some light at the end of the tunnel I think it's worth a try...

Oh, I certainly have numerous non-US sources. I was just hoping to have a US supply, since I don't like to keep a big parts stock (I don't do *that* many refurbs...) and ordering from HK/CN adds about a week of transit time.

bronevaya · #10 Post by **bronevaya** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:46 am

mine looks like the one you linked. zif was properly attached. did not remove palmrest as I didnt think I needed to. It slid right into the slot and into the right pin position. what purposes would I need to remove the keyboard/palmrest?

#11 Post by **Tasurinchi** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:05 pm

bronevaya wrote:It slid right into the slot and into the right pin position. what purposes would I need to remove the keyboard/palmrest?

To avoid this

It happened in my first attempt to ever put a ZIF adapter in my first X40, since then I always disassemble the keyboard and palmrest.

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