Firmware update to T430 to support T420 keyboard.

Hi,
I found the backlit keyboard on my T430 unusable. The non-backlit chicklet keyboard is usable, but poor.
I know the T420 keyboards were at least OK.
I plan to compare the firmware of the T420 with the T430, and will hopefully find a block of code that I can cut and paste to make the T420 Keyboard work properly.
Anybody else interested in solving this problem?
(I am going to call in and request a T420 keyboard soon, I don't feel like Lenovo is obligated to give me one, but it might be worth their time because I plan to look at fixing the bios)
On some of my older computers, I was able to use a firmware splicing utility to upgrade the software on my SATA so that I could support a 1TB disk.. on a motherboard that the vendor had stopped supporting.
I am guessing that there are some sophisticated software signature checking, but this was bypassable in the past... If it is not... then I will need to ask Lenovo to sign it.

No idea who merged them, but I moved this part back to the T series board.
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When i booted my mb (with new mobo) and scanned for updates, several popped up, under which "Thunderbold firmware update 1". Im scarred as **** to run the update again.... since i don't realy need it, i decided to skip it for the time beeing ;-)
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