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    T420 Keyboards - Why 3 FRUs per keyboard?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by arlab, Aug 12, 2013.

  1. arlab

    arlab Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi,

    I'm looking to buy a new T420 keyboard. The FRUs are listed in this Keyboard service parts - ThinkPad T420, T420i page.

    Why are there three FRUs per language? In the old days, there used to be 3 different keyboards: ALPS, Chicony and NMB... Is this what this is all about? Which FRU corresponds to which manufacterer? Which is better?
     
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  2. ajkula66

    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    I'm fairly certain that's exactly the case.
    For the life of me I can't figure out why they removed the names of the associated manufacturers, but if past is to be used as guidance it's ALPS - Chicony - NMB when looking at the columns from left to right...

    Good luck.
     
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