Motherboard for a IBM ThinkPad T43?

[fothsn]

Hey I need some help tracking down a replacement motherboard for an IBM ThinkPad T43 model 2668.

I have searched high and low but to no avail.

Id appriciate any help on the above,



Thanks Nigel.

[ultim8um]

Do a worldwide search on Ebay as there are plenty of sellers on there flogging IBM parts (and I know cos I have bought a few bits for various IBM thinkpads that I have fixed lol).

[fothsn]

Done that already m8 but no luck, pleanty of old motherboards but no T43's i guess its just a matter of hoping one will show up, or if anybodys knows of any web sites etc theyd like to share

Regards.

[Syfer]

Done that already m8 but no luck, pleanty of old motherboards but no T43's i guess its just a matter of hoping one will show up, or if anybodys knows of any web sites etc theyd like to share

Regards.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IBM-39T0324-Th...QQcmdZViewItem

The part number for this is 39T0324.

Probably not what you wanted to see but with the price of that I think it may be cheaper to sell yours as spares or repair & look for a new laptop

[Syfer]

Shame its not a T22, I have a few of those in bits......

[Syfer]

http://www.servicesource.co.uk/

These guys are the most likely to get you a new one.

[fothsn]

Thanks Syfer for the ebay & website find I had an idea the motherboard would be expensive but not £350 + £70 shipping ive emailed servicesource, have you used them before?

Nigel.

[Syfer]

Thanks Syfer for the ebay & website find I had an idea the motherboard would be expensive but not £350 + £70 shipping ive emailed servicesource, have you used them before?

Nigel.

I know, a bit steep!!

I have used them before for Tosh laptop spares, but it was a while ago. IIRC I once had a Tecra 8200 board from them. It was just about the only place I could find one. It was around the £200 mark.

[Syfer]

BTW, the Tosh board I bought was a current model at the time, not an obsolete product.

With the T43 being a current model I would expect it to be slightly cheaper than if it had gone out of production.

[fothsn]

Hey Syfer thanks a lot for the help so far I think its an impossability of finding one of these IBM ThinkPad T43 Motherboards, I have found out the motherboard model 39T0043 which is the ATI X300 PCI Express Version,


Any more help would be greatfully appriciated.


Nigel.

[alsenior]

i think the reason why it is so hard to find part's for ibms is that they are build so well.