IBM ThinkPad Port Replicator A/R/T/X Series 02K8668

IBM ThinkPad Port Replicator



Passthrough ports:

Ethernet (RJ45)

Modem (RJ11)

USB (1-port)

DVI (only works with select ThinkPads)

VGA

Serial (DB9-M)

Parallel (DB25-F)

PS/2 Keyboard

PS/2 Mouse

External Diskette drive

Audio line-in and line-out

Firewire (IEEE1394) on selected models

Kensington Lock connector

Power button



Pros amp; Cons



Positives: Inexpensive

Negatives: Requires AC adapter, only one USB port, doesn't secure Thinkpad

Compatibility: X20/30, T20/30, R30, and A20/30 series

Warranty: One Year



ThinkPad Docking Solutions HMM (February 2003) (248,638 Bytes)



IBM Partnumbers



Order P/N: 02K8668

FRU P/N: 08N1536

FRU P/N: 02K8669 (with firewire passthrough)



DVI pass-through



LCD monitors are getting larger and higher-resolution. Currently, DVI based on 165MHz TDMS transmitters can only (officially) support 1600x1200x32 at 60Hz, which is the resolution of your average 20" non-widescreen LCD. IBM's driver support for this resolution through DVI ports on docks has been inconsistent. Also in Linux you might experience problems even with this resolution and IBM officially states that the pass-through DVI port only supports resolutions up to 1280x1024. Read our page of information on how to solve these troubles.

NOTE!

DVI pass-through is only supported in combination with a ThinkPad T30, A20p, A21p and A22p and possibly the A31p (unconfirmed)

Supported ThinkPads



ThinkPad A20m, A20p, A21e, A21m, A21p, A22e, A22m, A22p

ThinkPad A30, A30p, A31, A31p

ThinkPad R30, R31, R32

ThinkPad T20, T21, T22, T23

ThinkPad T30

ThinkPad X20, X21, X22, X23, X24

ThinkPad X30, X31, X32