====== 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

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====== 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.

  * [[https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_non-ThinkPad_hard_disks|solution here]]

====== Restore Disks ======

  * [[https://archive.org/details/39K92633|Thinkpad T43 recovery discs]]
  * [[https://archive.org/details/TPT43R52WINXPHOMEGR|IBM ThinkPad T43/R52 (Intel Graphics) Recovery Discs (Windows XP Home Edition - German)]]
  * [[https://archive.org/details/T43WinXP|ThinkPad T43 Win XP SP2 Recovery Disks]]
  * [[https://archive.org/details/thinkpad-t43-finnish|IBM ThinkPad T43 Product Recovery CDs (Finnish)]]
  * [[https://archive.org/details/39K8490|IBM ThinkPad T43/R52 (Intel Graphics) Recovery Discs (Windows XP Professional - German) - 39K8490]]
  * [[https://archive.org/details/39K9214|IBM ThinkPad T43/T43p (ATI Graphics) Recovery Discs (Windows XP Professional - German) - 39K9214]]
  * [[https://archive.org/details/WinXPProT43|Windows XP Professional SP3 x86 (ThinkPad T43)]] Windows XP iso specially for ThinkPad T43.
  * [[https://archive.org/details/T43SLIC2.17UNo1802No2010ByTTAV134|ThinkPad T43, T43p, R52, X41, X41 Tablet Custom BIOSes]]

====== CMOS (BIOS) Battery replacement ======

Battery used CR-2032, can be desoldered and soldered new one. You can use this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOpPH3Be_Ig|practice]] when soldering CMOS batteries. Or you can use this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DdAZrTZjEM|practice]] to use it without any soldering.

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====== 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.

  * [[http://www.ibmfiles.com/pages/t43.htm|Information and Software for the ThinkPad T43 / T43p]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaN5gIYOj6I|video]]

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