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Ed, I keep reading about IBM fixing dropped thinkpads for free! Why is ours costing money? (Not that we really care about a few hundred dollars, nor do I think we should waste time on it.) --Lee Michael Klenner writes: | 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.