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Hi, so a while ago, I did the classic keyboard modification on my ThinkPad T530. However, I would like to get another keyboard because this one I've got has a few issues, and when I search for these FRUs on eBay (45N2211, 45N2141 and 45N2071) I only get results for ANSI US keyboards, and I would like to get an ISO keyboard, but I don't know what the FRUs of genuine ISO keyboards for an xx20 ThinkPad could be. Could anyone help me out on this? I would like a Chicony or NMB keyboard. Thanks in advance and have a happy new year.

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[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This site seems to have a list full of the official FRU numbers: https://libthinkpad.github.io/fru/?t=T530

I'm not sure which keyboard is 'ISO', though. It seems like individual countries.

[–] TheTechDude07@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Thank you for the list, although I'm looking for a ThinkPad T420 keyboard to perform the classic keyboard mod on my ThinkPad T530... does this website also have a list of the official FRU numbers for the ThinkPad T420? Also, by ISO keyboard (the keyboards that are commonly seen in Europe), I mean the keyboards that have a left Shift key that's smaller than the one at the right and an enter key that is an upside-down L shape, and an ANSI keyboard (the keyboards that are commonly seen in the USA) has an enter key that is a wide rectangle and both Shift keys have the same size. I'm not the best at explaining this, so have a look at two pictures I'm going to link to right here:

ANSI keyboard

ISO keyboard

And here's a whole page that explains everything about ANSI keyboards and ISO keyboards

Edit: I didn't know about this thinkpads.org page before, and they have FRUs for most (if not all) ThinkPads, and I easily found the FRU catalog for the T420 there. There's no need for you to be searching for the T420 FRU catalog for me, thank you.

[–] humanplayer2@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

In addition, I think the HMM contains the FRUs, too.