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    Does your T400/T500 Keyboard Flex? Post your part number!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by raxen, Oct 15, 2008.

  1. raxen

    raxen Notebook Guru

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    In an effort to dig deeper into the T400/T500/W500 keyboard flex problem, I decided to go snooping around the parts lookup system and check what part number my keyboard was. Seeing how some people are perfectly happy with their keyboard and others are complaining, there has to be some variability similar to the Chicony/ALPS/NMB situation for T60/T61.

    I am hoping to compile a list of keyboard part numbers and relate it to the "flex problem". I guess I'll start off...

    Keyboard Part Number : 42T3904
    Keyboard Flex: Yes

    Click here, type in your computer type and serial number (found at the bottom of your laptop), and scroll down to find out what part number your keyboard is.

    http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/s...=/partslookup/partsLookup.vm&sitestyle=lenovo
     
    raxen, Oct 15, 2008
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    zachman123 Notebook Geek

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    Keyboard Part Number: 42T3904
    Keyboard Flex: Yes
     
    zachman123, Oct 15, 2008
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  3. somethingclever

    somethingclever Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm the same:

    Keyboard Part Number: 42T3904
    Keyboard Flex: Yes
     
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  4. raxen

    raxen Notebook Guru

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    Hmm... maybe this might be a futile endeavour... I spent the last 10 minutes trying different serials, and have yet to encounter something different.
     
    raxen, Oct 15, 2008
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  5. acerbits

    acerbits Notebook Consultant

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    T500 no flex
    042T3143
     
    acerbits, Oct 15, 2008
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  6. raxen

    raxen Notebook Guru

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    Now we just need a T500 user with flex to confirm...
     
    raxen, Oct 15, 2008
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  7. acerbits

    acerbits Notebook Consultant

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    mine shipped with a t61p NMB keyboard.
     
    acerbits, Oct 15, 2008
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  8. Mark@Lenovo

    Mark@Lenovo Company Representative

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    Raxen, et all,

    Great initiative here... I'll follow this thread as more members weigh in with experience and P/N's. The keyboard P/N is one of the variables we would have gotten when I asked for the serials over on our forum.

    Thanks!

    Mark
     
    Mark@Lenovo, Oct 15, 2008
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  9. happyfirst

    happyfirst Notebook Enthusiast

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    Wow. How'd that happen? I'd like to get that keyboard.
     
    happyfirst, Oct 15, 2008
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  10. happyfirst

    happyfirst Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oh, almost forgot.

    T500
    42T4034
    Lots of flex
     
    happyfirst, Oct 15, 2008
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  11. acerbits

    acerbits Notebook Consultant

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    dunno, the first KB i got had a warped spacebar so I got got them to send me a new one and it was the exact same part. T61 NMB keyboard. It's my first thinkpad so i dunno how it compares to other keyboards but its very stiff.
     
    acerbits, Oct 15, 2008
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  12. raxen

    raxen Notebook Guru

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    Bump

    I'm sure there are more people out there.
     
    raxen, Oct 18, 2008
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    veemexx Notebook Geek

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    Keyboard Part Number: 42T3937
    Keyboard Flex: Yes

    I wish I had my W500 to be shipped with the NMB keyboard too!
     
    veemexx, Oct 21, 2008
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