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Thinkpad T43
CPU: Intel Pentium M 1.9 Ghz (Codename: Dothan, Instruction set: x86, MMX, SSE, SSE2, L2: 2MB, FSB: 400/533) RAM: 1GB (Compatible ram: DDR-333, DDR2-400, DDR2-533 SDRAM Max: 2GB) VGA: ATI Mobility Radeon X300 128MB (Internal DAC 400Mhz) 1024x768 TFT LCD Panel Audio: SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio AC'97 audio controller HDD: 100GB HDD Seagate Momentus 5400rpm ULTRA-ATA/100 386MBit/s CD-ROM: Yes Touchpad type: Trackpad and pointer Lan: Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Wifi: Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b USB Ports: 2x v2.0 irDA: yes DC: 16V 4.5A (original IBM charger) Battery: Yes and holds the charge OS: Win2k sp4 and OS/2 Warp 4.51
History
- 2022.06.30 02:19 AM Bought it from alegro.pl for €32.29.
- 2022.07.05 Bought two wifi modules for it Intel WM3B2200BG Pro/Wireless 2200BG and Cisco Aironet wireless LAN mini pci Card MPI350 91P7408 for a total of 20eur.
Problem with non-ThinkPad hard disks
When replacing the system disk with one that is not a ThinkPad option designed for the specific model, the BIOS will display an “Error 2010” warning during every boot. The system may still boot successfully, but may be unreliable or slow.
CMOS (BIOS) Battery replacement
Battery used CR-2032, can be desoldered and soldered new one. You can use this practice when soldering CMOS batteries. Or you can use this practice to use it without any soldering.
os/2 warp
Released in 2005, the T43 was the last official ThinkPad before Lenovo was brought into the picture. This meant that the T43 was the last ThinkPad to have preferable 'awkward' features such as: omitting the Windows keys, native OS/2 support & drivers, a characteristic colour scheme, the 'Access IBM' button, IBM BIOS splash screen etc.
