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At 12:35 PM 4/23/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Well, I found one. A DX2-50 4M/510Mb 701C (or so the ad said). The owner had
>been robbed and so the machine did not have any cables or a battery, or the
>mini-docking station. It did have the floppy drive and it did have the system
>unit itself. I made a low bid on it and got it. Then things got...
interesting.
Wow... That really is a bummer, Jim. You might try contacting:
Nationwide Computer Support - Laptop Upgrades specializes in upgrade and
repair most laptop / notebook computers. We also provide parts such as: bare
hard drive, CPU chip, memory, PCMIA hard disk, AC adapter, battery, charger,
modem, network interface card, etc., for mobile professionals (road warriors).
Address: 6507 Oakburl Court
Sugar Land, Texas 77479, USA
Telephone: 800-565-1210 to place orders
713-565-7812 to inquire further about upgrade and repair services
713-565-3721 for technical support
713-565-3780 for fax
Email: ptran@hti.net
I can't vouch for these folks, but they are the only third-pary laptop
repair oufit I am aware of. They might be able to help you, especially
since they have surface mount gear, and would be able to replace individual
ICs and such, rather than board level components. Fortunately, my brother's
360ce, (formerly mine), went haywire (after having been dropped on an icy
sidewalk), when it was out of warranty by a couple of months. IBM fixed it
completely without complaint, (and gave him a brand new warranty too!).
Granted, they claimed to have no sales-date information for his machine, but
it was a US machine. My 755CX has never had a problem. IBM must really
believe something foul went on with your particualar machine.
It sounds to me like the owner got burglarized all right, and you bought it
from the burglar, who picked up the "juicy" looking component, (which was
probabaly plugged into the wall at the time, hence no battery), and the
drive which was next to it.
Unfortunate. Let us know what happens.
-M
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