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Model - MTM - Production Run
T430 Standard
2344 2347 2349
2012 06 -- 2014 08
T430s Slim
2352 2353 2355 2356 8614
2012 07 -- 2014 08
T430u Edge-style Ultrabook
8614 3351 3353 3352 6273
2012 08 -- 2014 05
T431s Ultrabook
20AA 20AC
2013 03 -- 2014 08
ThinkPad’s main business laptop in 14″ form factor and Ultrabook variants.
T Series, 6th generation (making it up), Intel Core 3rd Gen.
Prices
| Model | Sold | Low | Mid | High | EX+ |
| T430 | 312 | 55 | 80 | 125 | 255 |
| T430 coreboot | 11 | 150 | 220 | 300 | 482 |
| T430i | 9 | 74 | 98 | 117 | 156 |
| T430s | 121 | 59 | 84 | 150 | 242 |
| T430si | 1 | – | 74 | – | – |
| T430u | 2 | 50 | 65 | – | – |
| T431s | 15 | 60 | 70 | 82 | 120 |
Price History
Documentation
| Support Page | PSREF | HMM | PARTS | |
| T430 | US WE | T430/i | t430_t430i_fru_bom_20140722.pdf | |
| T430s | US WE | T430s/i | t430s_fru_bom_20150409.pdf | |
| T430u | US WE | T430u | ||
| T431s | T431s | US WE | t431s | 20AA 20AC |
Processors
| DC i3 | DC i5 | DC i7 | |
| T430 | 3.1 i5-3210m 3.2 i5-3320m 3.3 i5-3360m | 3.5 i7-3520m | |
| T430i | 2.3 i3-2448m 2.4 i3-2370m 2.4 i3-3110m 2.5 i3-3120m | ||
| T430s | 2.5 i5-3210m 2.6 i5-3320m | 2.9 i7-3520m | |
| T430si | 2.3 i3-2350m 2.4 i3-2370m 2.3 i3-2370u | ||
| T430u | 1.8 i3-3217U | 1.7 i5-3317U 1.8 i5-3337U 1.8 i5-3427U | 1.9 i7-3517U 2.0 i7-3537U |
| T431s | 1.8 i5-3337U 1.9 i5-3437U | 2.1 i7-3687U |
Only the plan T430 and T430i have socketed CPUs, and yes you can upgrade to quadcore if you so wish to. You’ll want the beefier nVidia heatsink for better cooling. T430s, T430u and T431s are soldered, not upgradable.
Graphics
| Integrated | Dedicated | |
| T430 | HD4000 | NVS 5400M 1GB, 2GB |
| T430s | HD4000 | NVS 5300M 1GB |
| T430u | HD4000 | GT 620M 1GB |
| T431s | HD4000 |
Graphics are soldered onto the motherboard, and they were optional, so check the MTM look up before buying. And no it’s not worth buying another motherboard w/ a dGPU to upgrade nVidia graphics. Besides, a 8th gen T480 will whoop these processing/graphics/battery wise… but wont have the classic build quality.
The ‘rare’ T430 w/ the 2GB VRAM have the following MTMs
2349 -N4G, -N3G, -PWG, or -PVG
Memory & Storage
| Model | Slots | Type | Base MHz | Soldered | Max |
| T430/i | 2 | DDR3 204 Pin | 1600 | – | 16GB DDR3 |
| T430s/i | 2 | DDR3 204 Pin | 1600 | – | 16GB DDR3 |
| T430u | 2 | DDR3 204 Pin | 1600 | – | 16GB DDR3 |
| T431s | 1s | DDR3L 204 Pin | 1600 | 4GB | 12GB DDR3L |
| Standard | Internal | UltraBay HDD | |
| T430 | 2.5″ 9.5mm SATA III | mSATA | Yes |
| T430s | 2.5″ 7mm SATA III | mSATA | Yes |
| T430u | 2.5″ 9.5mm SATA III | mSATA | |
| T431s | 2.5″ 9.5mm SATA III | mSATA |
Display – 14″ 16:9
| Cable | HD 1366 x 768 TN | HD+ 1600 x 900 TN | FHD 1920 x 1080 IPS | |
| T430 | LVDS 40 pins | Standard | Optional | Mod Chip |
| T430s | LVDS 40 pins | Standard | Optional | Mod Chip |
| T430u | LVDS 40 pins | Default | ||
| T431s | eDP 1 Lane 30pin | Default | Drop in |
During this era, the screens of these laptops were terrible. 250 nits luminance and a 500 to 1 contrast ratio at best, people were upgrading screens from the X1 Carbon on the T430.
Sometime in 2015, users from 51nb forum had concocted a board adapter with a shortened LVDS cable and had used a eDP 30 pin cable. Users were able to upgrade to the new 1080p IPS panels that was offered with T440p and other 14″ premium laptops.
Because the T430 and T430s had different motherboard and frame layouts, the chip had different types and the eDP cable was also a different length. Additionally the original run for the T430 mod chip had a panel flickering defect due to the location of the mod chip was close to the DC jack & it’s frequency would interupt the signal. For some the placement of the chip behind the LCD was a fix, but that would push against the lid and screen itself just a bit.
On the T430s, for some it required a bit of filing down of the chassis so that it would fit. Although I was able to snugly fit the chip w/o removal of the motherboard and had no problems with the keyboard.
ThinkWiki Article about Screen Upgrades (2015)
Sevarg.net’s 2019 Write Up