High-performance desktop alternatives with exceptional versatility; three spindle
Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor-M 2.0GHz with
enhanced Intel SpeedStep™ technology1 and 400MHz system bus
512KB / on die (at processor speed) / ECC
256MB std / 1GB max7 / PC2100 DDR-SDRAM / 266MHz30 / non-parity / 2.5v /
two 200-pin SO-DIMM sockets / std memory in one socket / one socket available
None standard / use optional Ultrabay™-based or USB-based diskette drive
DVD-ROM/CD-RW / 8X/16X/10X/24X21 speed / removable from Ultrabay Plus
Two modular bays for interchangeable devices / Ultrabay 2000 (left side) and
Ultrabay Plus (right side) / Ultrabay 2000 left bay empty at ship (uses Travel Bezel)
40GB8 (9.5mm, 5400 rpm), 60GB (12.5mm, 5400rpm), or 80GB (9.5mm, 4200rpm) /
upgradable and removable / 12.5mm bay / supports two additional disks with optional
HDD adapter in each modular bay
15.0" (381mm) UXGA-IPS (1600x1200) TFT color / Active Matrix / 400:1 contrast /
FlexView display with wide viewing angle and high density using IPS technology
ATI® Mobility™ FireGL™ 7800 / AGP 4X / 64MB DDR-SDRAM 183MHz /
supports OpenGL technology for 3D applications
External monitor support via analog DB-15 connector / up to 2048x1536x16.7M colors
at 75Hz / DDC2B / supports external digital monitor via the Digital Video Interface
(DVI) port on either of the optional docking solutions
87-key / Web navigation keys (6 total, 3 customizable) / ThinkPad Button / palm rest /
TrackPoint®, "Press-to-Select," Internet Scroll Bar13 / pitch: 19mm; stroke: 2.7mm
Illuminates the keyboard to improve visibility in low-light conditions
UltraPort connector on top of display for options such as digital UltraPort Camera
Color:
black;
Top:
ABS plastic;
Bottom:
glass-fiber reinforced plastic
Approximately 13.0 x 10.7 x 1.8"; 329mm x 272.5mm x 45.8mm
with battery and optical drive: 7.7 lb (3.49kg)
Lithium Ion 6-cell 10.8V 4.0Ah / intelligent / supports 2nd battery in Ultrabay 2000
2.0 hours / universal 72 watt AC adapter (16Vdc 4.5A)
Intel 845MP chipset / 82845MP Memory Controller Hub (MCH-M) /
82801CAM ICH3-M I/O Controller Hub (ATA-100 EIDE, PCI bus, ethernet MAC,
Low Pin Count (LPC) interface, USB [Bluetooth], Firmware Hub) / PCI bus 2.2 32-bit,
33MHz (Ricoh® R5C552 CardBus/1394 combo controller, Mini PCI, ext expansion) /
LPC bus 33MHz (PC87392 Super I/O for diskette, serial, parallel, infrared)
Optional ThinkPad Port Replicator or Port Replicator II
Optional ThinkPad Dock or Dock II (includes Ultrabay 2000 and half-size PCI slot)
2 Type I, 2 Type II, or 1 Type III / CardBus 32-bit / PCMCIA 2.1 / integrated door
Two USB (version 1.1) / one 9-pin serial / parallel / external DB-15 monitor /
infrared (4Mbps) / RJ-11 (modem) / RJ-45 (ethernet) / IEEE 1394 / no keyboard/mouse
S-video in and out ports / industry standard connectors / cable ships standard
IEEE 1394 (FireWire) port (4-pin connector)
One Mini PCI type III slot (Communications Bay) / customer upgradable
Some:
Mini PCI 11b Wi-Fi32 wireless4, Intersil® Prism 2.5 chipset, dual antennas in
display cover / 56K6 V.90 (V.92-designed29) modem combo, Lucent® chipset
Two Communications Daughter Card (CDC) sockets / customer accessible
Some:
56K6 V.90 (V.92-designed29) CDC modem card / Lucent® chip set
10/100 ethernet on CDC / Intel 82562ET chipset (physical layer) / PXE / Wake on LAN®
Some:
Bluetooth wireless technology / on CDC / power button on display
SoundBlaster Pro™-compatible / AD1881A AC97 codec / stereo speakers / 1 watt /
volume up, down, mute buttons / mic input jack / output jack / line in jack
Power-on password / hard disk password / supervisor password / security keyhole /
IBM Embedded Security Subsystem33 / hardware key storage / multi-factor
authentication / local file encryption / enhances VPN security16 / TCG-compliant
3 years/1 year battery - EasyServ™,19 onsite pickup and delivery courier service
Positioning
Processor
L2 cache
Memory
Diskette drive
Combo
Modular bays
(both 12.7mm)
Disk (removable)
Display
Graphics controller
Graphics - external
Keyboard
ThinkLight™
UltraPort™
Case material
Dimensions3
Approximate weight2
Battery - type
Battery - life10
Architecture
Port replicator
Docking Station
PC Card Std slots
Ports
Video in and out
IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
Mini PCI
11b Wi-Fi32/mod
CDC
Modem
Ethernet
Bluetooth™
Audio support
Security
Limited warranty12
IBM® ThinkPad® A31p (August 2002) - withdrawn
See footnotes for important warranty information *80GB for systems manufactured after May 2003
US models announced on August 27, 2002 or March 12, 2003
US models withdrawn effective January 2004
(A31PG) © IBM Corp. January 2004
PC 2001-compliant
ACPI 1.0b and 2.0 support
CIM and DMI 2.0-compliant
IBM ImageUltra™ Services available
IBM Rapid Restore PC available to
protect software image and data
Setup Guide, Service and Trouble-
shooting Guide, Windows manual
International Warranty Service17
24x7 toll-free support18 for warranty-
related issues during the warranty
period12
ThinkPad A30 Series Li-Ion Battery 02K6878
Ultrabay 2000 Li-Ion battery 02K6646
Multiple Li-Ion/NiMH Battery Charger 02K6719
ThinkPad Port Replicator II 74P6733
ThinkPad Mini Dock 287810U
ThinkPad Dock 263120U
ThinkPad Dock II 287710U
IBM Optical Travel Wheel Mouse (black) 31P7410
ServicePac®, 22 2yr IOR 9x5 NBD 30L9190
ServicePac 3yr IOR 9x5 NBD 30L9197
ServicePac 4yr IOR 9x5 NBD 69P9198
ServicePac 5yr IOR 9x5 NBD 69P9200
ServicePac 4yr P&L P/U Depot 69P9199
ServicePac 5yr P&L P/U Depot 69P9201
Other options at
ibm.com/us/pc/accessories
2653-R3U Pentium® 4-M 2.0 256MB15” UXGA 60 or 80GB*8Combo Open 10/100 Modem Yes XP Pro NoSep 2002
2653-R4U Pentium 4-M 2.0 256MB 15” UXGA 60 or 80GB* Combo Open 10/100 Modem Yes Windows® 2000 No Sep 2002
2653-R5U Pentium 4-M 2.0 256MB 15” UXGA 60 or 80GB* Combo 11b Wi-Fi32/mod10/100Bluetooth Yes XP Pro No Sep 2002
2653-R6U Pentium 4-M 2.0 256MB 15” UXGA 60 or 80GB* Combo 11b Wi-Fi/mod 10/100Bluetooth Yes Windows 2000 NoSep 2002
2653-R8U Pentium® 4-M 2.0 256MB15” UXGA 40GB Combo Open 10/100Modem Yes XP Pro NoMar 2003
2653-RBUPentium 4-M 2.0 256MB15” UXGA 40GB Combo Open 10/100Modem Yes Windows® 2000 No Mar 2003
2653-R9U Pentium 4-M 2.0 256MB 15” UXGA 40GB Combo 11b Wi-Fi32/mod 10/100 Bluetooth Yes XP Pro NoMar 2003
2653-RCUPentium 4-M 2.0 256MB15” UXGA 40GB Combo 11b Wi-Fi/mod 10/100Bluetooth Yes Windows 2000 No Mar 2003
2653-RTU Pentium 4-M 2.0 256MB 15” UXGA 60 or 80GB* Combo 11b Wi-Fi/mod 10/100Bluetooth Yes XP Pro O ffice XP SB28No Sep 2002
Type-model Processor GHz ScreenMemory Disk Ultrabay
optical CDC
mod/Blue Preload Avail
dateMini PCI
128MB PC2100 DDR-SDRAM CL2.5 SOD 10K0028
256MB PC2100 DDR-SDRAM CL2.5 SOD 10K0030
512MB PC2100 DDR-SDRAM CL2.5 SOD 10K0032
Second HDD Adapter for Ultrabay 2000 08K6068
20GB Hard Disk Drive 08K9686
40GB HS Hard Disk 9.5mm (5400 rpm) 08K9816
IBM 256MB USB 2.0 Memory Key 22P9025
IBM USB Portable Diskette Drive 05K9276
ThinkPad Removable Diskette Drive 08K9603
Zip 250MB Ultrabay 2000 Drive 00N8253
DVD/CD-RW Combo IV Ultrabay 2000 22P6991
Travel Bezel for Ultrabay 2000 08K6070
Portable Drive Bay 2000 19K4480
IBM Portable USB 2.0 CD-RW Drive 2295297
ThinkPad 72W AC Adapter 02K6699
CDC
ethernet
SOFTWARE14
Windows XP Pro models
- Microsoft® Windows® XP
Professional
✧Disk-to-Disk Recovery
(in hidden Service Partition)
Windows 2000 models
- Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional13
•ConfigSafe®
✧Disk-to-Disk Recovery
(in hidden Service Partition)
INCLUDED SOFTWARE14 (all)
Preloaded
•Access ThinkPad
-Access Connections
-Access Help
-Access Support
•Adobe Acrobat Reader
•InterVideo™ Win DVD
•MGI VideoWave 4
•PC-Doctor™
•ThinkPad Utilities
•IBM Update Connector™,15
•Veritas RecordNOW and DLA
Downloadable
•IBM Rapid Restore™ PC
•Sofware Delivery Assistant
•System Migration Assistant
•IBM Director Agent
•Client Security Software (security
chip models)
License (CD not included)
- Lotus® SmartSuite® Millennium and
Lotus Notes® Stand-alone Client
Office XP Small Business models
only (Model RTU)
- Microsoft Office XP Small
Business28 (Word, Excel, Outlook,
Publisher, Small Business Tools)
✧Office XP Small Business CD
Workhorse or
Global model
Created by IBM PC Institute
Personal Systems Reference (PSREF)
Security
chip Small bus
software
Certified software
- Visit ibm.com/pc/thinkpad/cert.html
for a complete list of applications
certified to run on the ThinkPad A31p