Thinkpad

[Dandasarge]

Can anyone tell me if the "shock sensor" in the thinkpads built onto the motherboards or are they there own part?

[Maxwell]

I may be wrong, but I always thought they were built into the hard drive...

[Dandasarge]

They take normal hard drives

[Mumps]

Can anyone tell me if the "shock sensor" in the thinkpads built onto the motherboards or are they there own part?

Well, the ones I have are *years* old. But everything, back when IBM produced them, was integrated. But then, back then, they also used standard IDE hard-drives, just with a custom connector. Nowadays, I'll presume they use standard SATA drives. But the sensor is most likely still integrated.

[DrBob]

On the T41 the APS chip is on the system board, no separate FRU for the accelerometer.
I believe this is the case with all Thinkpads but only have documentation for the T41 handy.

[Dandasarge]

So in theory you could get a mid-range think pad motherboard(other required parts) and get on the quake-grid thing?

[Fire$torm]

So in theory you could get a mid-range think pad motherboard(other required parts) and get on the quake-grid thing?

Roger that. I have a VERY old IBM 486 Thinkpad so I wonder.........

[Dandasarge]

Roger that. I have a VERY old IBM 486 Thinkpad so I wonder.........

Its only after like 2005. I dont think that one will work for ya

[Slicker]

ThinkPad T42's also work. Uses about 2 seconds of CPU time in 24 hours, so it is like getting free credit.

[Fire$torm]

Its only after like 2005. I dont think that one will work for ya

Oh well. Easy come, easy go...