ThinkPad T43

IBM ThinkPad T43 1872-V2B

Base system

  • Made in China (Lenovo)
  • BIOS Version: 70ET67WW (1.27 )
  • Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) M (Dothan) CPU @ 1733 MHz; L2 Cache: 2048 kB
  • RAM: 2x (: 512 MB (Double-bank Connection) )

PCI/USB

# lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller [8086:2590] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2592] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2792] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2660] (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2664] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 [8086:2658] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 [8086:2659] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 [8086:265a] (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 [8086:265b] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:266e] (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:2641] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller [8086:2653] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:266a] (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:167d] (rev 11)
04:00.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac56]
04:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4224] (rev 05)
# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
# acpi -V
Battery 0: Unknown, 98%
Battery 0: design capacity 4155 mAh, last full capacity 237 mAh = 5%
Adapter 0: on-line
Thermal 0: ok, 45.0 degrees C
Thermal 0: trip point 0 switches to mode critical at temperature 99.0 degrees C
Thermal 0: trip point 1 switches to mode passive at temperature 79.5 degrees C
Cooling 0: Processor 0 of 10

Storage

 # lsscsi
[0:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      FUJITSU MHV2060A 0084  /dev/sda
[1:0:0:0]    cd/dvd  MATSHITA UJDA765 DVD/CDRW 1.02  /dev/sr0
# lvs
  LV   VG     Attr   LSize  Origin Snap%  Move Log Copy%  Convert
  home system -wi-ao 30.00g
  root system -wi-ao  8.00g
  swap system -wi-ao  1.00g
# cfdisk -Ps
Partition Table for /dev/sda
               First       Last
 # Type       Sector      Sector   Offset    Length   Filesystem Type (ID) Flag
-- ------- ----------- ----------- ------ ----------- -------------------- ----
   Pri/Log           0        2047*     0#       2048*Free Space           None
 1 Primary        2048*     321535*     0      319488*Linux (83)           Boot
 2 Primary      321536*  117209087*     0   116887552*Linux LVM (8E)       None
   Pri/Log   117209088*  117210239      0        1152*Free Space           None

Software

Oct 2012

# lsb-release -a
LSB Version:    n/a
Distributor ID: SUSE LINUX
Description:    openSUSE 12.2 (i586)
Release:        12.2
Codename:       Mantis

History

5+ years and still going!

  • 2006-12 purchased as used; Frugalware -current / 2.6.19-fw1
  • 2006-12 OpenBSD 4.0 (secondary system)
  • 2007-02 attempt #1 to sell failed (HUF 180000)
  • 2008-03 FreeBSD 7.0 attempt - unusably slow (secondary system)
  • 2008-03 NetBSD 4.0 (secondary system)
  • 2008-05 attempt #2 to sell failed (HUF 110000)
  • 2009-11 +4 used batteries, each of them capable of max. 30 minutes
  • 2011-04 status: standby (replaced by a T400)
  • 2011-11 FreeBSD 8.2; status: home server
  • 2011-12 openSUSE 12.1 x86; home server
  • 2012-09 openSUSE 12.2 upgrade