Re: Thinkpads
  By: Andrew Leary to Kurt Weiske on Tue Mar 21 2017 12:59 pm

AL> T43s will take up to a Pentium M 780 (2.26 GHz) processor. There is a 
AL> modified BIOS available that eliminates the error messages with non
AL> approved hard drives and WiFi cards. I have one T43p using this BIOS along
AL> with an Atheros chipset WiFi card with no issues. I did need to tape over
AL> pin 13 on the WiFi card and ground pin 13 on the socket to get the laptop's
AL> WiFi LED to work. This is because some manufacturers of WiFi cards
AL> interpreted the specs differently than Intel, who manufactured the approved
AL> WiFi cards for the T43 series.

I dug up my old T43 yesterday in response to this thread. My T42 works with a
KingSpec and another brand SSD, but I can't get either to work in the T43.
PATA HDDs work just fine - I have a couple of 60 GB 7200 RPM drives from older
IBMs and a newer Samsung 7200 RPM 160 GB HDD. I'm spoiled by SSDs, though!

I was surprised that it's already running a M760 processor. 

If I can get it working, it'll be a nice upgrade from the T42.
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