I appeal to those who are in St. Petersburg and who have a Thinkpad t520?

Question

Do it yourself

Yes, a previous generation thinkpad.
The fact is that at one time I bought myself a t530. Now I had an idea to change the keyboard on it to the old-style keyboard. Everything looks very similar to the eye, including everything on the keyboard and what is under the keyboard.
It's just that they don't sell it in St. Petersburg, so you need to order it. I just don't want to order and waste money.
Therefore, I ask those who have a T520 with whom you can meet in St. Petersburg and try to change the keyboard to yours, if everything goes well, I'll go order.
Whoever agrees with me beer and boundless gratitude!
Thank you for your attention.

Answer 1

According to the compatibility lists:

LENOVO Thinkpad T520 Keyboard Fit Laptop Model.
Thinkpad T520
Thinkpad T520i
Thinkpad T420S
Thinkpad T420
Thinkpad T420i
Thinkpad T400S
Thinkpad T410S
Thinkpad T410
Thinkpad T410I
Thinkpad T510
Thinkpad W510
Thinkpad X220T
Thinkpad X220s
Thinkpad X220i
Thinkpad X220

LENOVO ThinkPad T530 Keyboard Fit Laptop Model.
ThinkPad T430
ThinkPad T430S
ThinkPad T430I
ThinkPad X230
ThinkPad X230T
ThinkPad X230I
ThinkPad T530
ThinkPad W530

They are not compatible.

Answer 2

Latest generation *20 and *30 keyboards are compatible :
At least x220 and x230 example:
forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=104889
But there will be problems due to BIOS: many of the keys will not work.
It must be specially patched (which no one seems to have done yet).
But the trend is becoming more and more depressing - apparently, Thinkpad, as a brand of worthy devices for business, died completely and irrevocably at the time of sale at Lenovo.