Perhaps one difference between the working T43 and mine is the bios revision? Jeff, can you give me your bios revision? Mine is:
1.05 2005-04-28 Embedded Controller Version: 1.03 -- Thinkpad T43 2.6.15-23/25, system slow to use due to CPU spikes https://launchpad.net/bugs/50024 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs