IBM T42 USB ports

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frankiebeee · #1 Post by **frankiebeee** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:44 pm

I have damaged the USB port on my laptop - is there any way of replacing it (one of my dogs sent my lappy flying one day and there was something attached to the usb port and it bent it + the other one doesn't seem to be working well any more).

I used my old non-functioning T40 to replace the dvd drive but not sure if I can do same with usb

#2 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:13 pm

If you are good with a soldering iron, you should be able to transfer the USB ports off your T40 to the T42.

Neil · #3 Post by **Neil** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:57 pm

Even easier is to get a PCMCIA USB adapter. They work fine, but you can't boot from USB with 'em. At least my X40 won't.

frankiebeee · #4 Post by **frankiebeee** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:14 pm

Neil wrote:Even easier is to get a PCMCIA USB adapter. They work fine, but you can't boot from USB with 'em. At least my X40 won't.

knew there would be a simpler solution - thanks

GACrabill · #5 Post by **GACrabill** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:04 pm

Neil wrote:Even easier is to get a PCMCIA USB adapter. They work fine, but you can't boot from USB with 'em. At least my X40 won't.

frankiebeee wrote:knew there would be a simpler solution - thanks

The PCMCIA "inside hide" models work great :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-AKE-BC168-I ... 2a11f7ef5e

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