T43 stuck in docking station

My T43 is stuck in the docking station (Type 2877). The button to release it does not pop up properly, and the locking lugs won't let go. Any help?
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Quoting from P/N 67P5254 (ThinkPad Dock II User's Guide):
Emergency Eject:
When AC power is not supplied, the Eject button does not pop up automatically. To make it pop up, do the following:
1. Press the Eject button.
2. Insert a small flat-head screwdriver into the emergency eject hole, which is to the left of the security keyhole.
3. Using the screwdriver, move the small silver plate in the hole to the left.
(This worked for me with my T43p stuck in the 2877 docking station.)

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This is the docking station the computer sits in not on. The front is held in by two little tips and the back just snaps in. There is a lever on the left that swings out that usually "pops" the computer from the station, however it is not working. (the lever does move, but it doesn't to anything). If I move the unit around I can hear something rattling around in there (sounds like something small).
Anyone have any ideas? I have tried to pry the unit from the dock, not happening. I tried to find a diagram of the dock so that I could at least see how it works, but of course I cannot find that either. I called Lenovo, but since this is out of warranty, no one could help--i was told the only option was for me to ship it to them.
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it is not easy, but you have to work at it.
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I have a t42 and t43 thinkpads, both are having the same problem.
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Welcome to the forum.
Have you considered the possibility of keyboards going bad? Improperly connected? A non-functioning ower button is pretty much a dead giveaway for one of these options...
It is not possible to disable an internal keyboard, BTW.
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taking it off and on the docking station while running makes no difference. oh wrong, there is a difference: as long it is OFF the docking station on battery only, I can get full speed with turbo boost through throttle stop, but beware if I put it on the docking station again ....
only thing I can do is restart the laptop, then I get the message: the wattage of the power adapter is too low compared to the one the system was shipeed with (I HAVE the original 170W power adapter on my docking station!!), and then it starts with TB working fine.
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As said the T420 uses the latest generation of docking station (series 3 docking station), the T43 docking is one generation older than the T61 docking station.
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T60 w/ Docking Station DVI - HDMI 1080p problems.

Hi,
Im currently running vista 32bit on a T60 with a docking station trying to externally display to a 1920x1080 LCD via the DVI port on the back of the docking station to the HDMI port on the LCD (Samsung N series 40").
The problem im having is when i set the resolution to 1920x1080 the output on the LCD is not crisp and there is a 1" black border around the whole screen. If you lower the resolution right down to 1024x 7xx (cant remember exactly what it is) it fills the screen and is crisp., but everything is just mega big..
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Wouldn't it be nice if a future version of iPad would have a connection for the docking station at the side as well ? Some apps don't work in portrait mode and I don't want to have my iPad on my lap all the time, because I use it as main computer in the living room.

KHvG wrote:
Wouldn't it be nice if a future version of iPad would have a connection for the docking station at the side as well ? Some apps don't work in portrait mode and I don't want to have my iPad on my lap all the time, because I use it as main computer in the living room.
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I've lost the docking station keys for my T420 during a move. I checked ITXchange as suggested on the Lenovo site, they don't even have them in their price list and their site doesn't actually work most of the time - not sure if this company is still in business at all.
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The web site works from here. Try this direct link to the page:
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Welcome to the forum!
No additional software is needed for docking a T43, presuming the original IBM pre-load is still in place.
Cheers,
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