Good luck for the sale, it's a very nice unit and by what i can see ... the location of that line on the lcd is so near the border that's practically not visible during operation

Doubt I would have more luck to find something ( I just tried ). I remember there were options back some years, but it's understandable that now is not like that anymore

Well... the method I used was probably not standard... I've used a small brush, and used the bristles to get it to pop But I did only some letters... those do not have any metal underside, unlike the shift / spacebar and such. Personally I don't know if I would risk touching those One more question...

That's quite early but.... thanks, and happy new year

Merry belated xmas

wow,

didn't expect to see those being put up for sale. Hope all is ok @bill

Nice set of mods, congrats

Hello,

Maybe you could try asking here http://toughbooktalk.com/ , I think they have a marketplace, too

Rolling in random ways... I did what I felt could work, simply. ( and it depends on the brush dimension anyway )
Bottom line : played by ears, as I think it's said

It's just one of this kind

https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1YhNPw8yW ... rawing.jpg

as for the movement, is random ( involves rolling ) so...

Well... the method I used was probably not standard... I've used a small brush, and used the bristles to get it to pop
But I did only some letters... those do not have any metal underside, unlike the shift / spacebar and such. Personally I don't know if I would risk touching those

I've removed a couple of keycaps a couple of times on the travel one (since the silicon under got lightly softer and didn't allow autorepeat on keypress), but has been quite a mess. It feels easy to break everything

Hello,

one I know used a shop to simply recell the original batteries.

Hello,

you could try to contact this seller

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r463861444

and see if he would ship internationally. At least one seems working ( even if the screen backlight looks not optimal )

Interesting mods, but personally ( note, this is just a personal opinion ) I would not have used a panasonic let's note to bump up a classic thinkpad. Again personal opinion, but Let's Note and thoughbooks are on another level ( above ) thinkpads (the only issue they have, is that they can lose the ...

It's really in a nice shape

You could dualboot, and so have the best of the 2 worlds, as they would say.
Alternative would be using a 2nd hdd in the ultrabay in the ultrabase , and boot the 2nd os from there

Well, if you ever want to give it a try, check solydxk ... I've it on my x31 since a year or a bit more, and it's decently polished ( is based on Debian ). It's definitely quicker than XP ( that's what I had installed previously, and still have. I swapped out the hdd for a brand new 120gb ide I foun...

Yes, the x31 cpu is not pae friendly. As you noted, there are less distributions that can be used... personally I would add Solydxy to the group, works quite well and it offers a better playback of multimedia files / youtube. (same goes for Raspbian)

No, the seller is in Berlin and not on ebay. He was briefly on a classified sites ( germany ) and that's how I got mine... I took a risk (but he accepted paypal goods, so no real risk) and it paid off. After I received it, i started chatting by email and that's how I found out why they got changed, ...

Workstation. Believe it or not, i'm still having data to move over because I keep not getting convinced what to buy as data hdd ( as brand / model and also as a good price bargain ). Do you want me to ask if the seller has still those 2 identical units ? (warning, original price was 899, somehow he ...

Thanks ( I think he may still have one or two to "dispose" of. This is one of those funny stories where some company boss got brainwashed somehow to swap to hp because they are sexier looking... ) Yes, that's correct. 4 hot swappable caddies, in dell flexbays. The caddies are plastic and made to acc...

Yes, it should detect.

You mean normal updates of 18.04 ?

hello, thanks for bumping. I've ended going a totally different route, in the form of the so called 'offer you cannot refuse' (add your godfather voice there). Dell Precision T7820 reasonably loaded ( dual silver 4110, 32gb, 1tb nvme pcie, quadro p600 ) with warranty until july 2021, for 750. Went o...

Hello,

I'm considering the option of getting one and I was wondering if anyone here would know possible issues , quirks , reasons to avoid , and so on.
One of my worries is the highly proprietary psu.

Add on

https://imgur.com/ls0xrIL
and even the ultrabase is made in japan
https://imgur.com/cdKgQHa

Would you consider an x31 "made in Japan" ? how is it any different than other X3* ? Well, it's stamped as made in japan like an S30 would (it was purchased in Tokyo at the end of 2006), and the keyboard has also japanese characters. About the individual components manufacturing I have no clue

Would you consider an x31 "made in Japan" ?

Beautiful unit

I see you removed the x3x lineup from the options