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>"...system board PN 41H7180 (formerly PN 25H4883) $1140.00 >LCD Cover assembly PN 04H8326 $135.00 >Keyboard PN 04H6917 $151.00..." > >~~~~~ > >you want to spend over $1400 to fix a computer that still won't have a warranty >or a docking bar, when you can buy a new one with a full warranty for a few >hundred dollars more? if it were me, i'd call the ibm pc factory outlet >(thinkpad faxback: 800/426-3395 x3001) & see if they have a refurb in stock. >you may get it very close to $1400, *and* it will still have the full warranty >& you'll have your machine for spare parts. "Want to?" No, I don't want to spend that much. The economies of the situation haven't escaped me. Unfortunately, the availability of another broken machine (as Chris suggested) seems small, because IBM's warranty is so good (grrr). And the lowest prices I've seen for other machines are always the CS model (dual scan). I'll lay you odds that the system board is different for a C (Active Matrix) model (in my experience, they're the same board, but populated differently to drive a different screen, but that puts me back in the situation of having to work on the board). No, my first pass will be to attempt to _fix_ it. I posted the prices just for shock value (well, they sure shocked _me_ ;^). There's a great deal of information to gather before I spend dime one. How to get the case apart without breaking anything for starters. I have the star driver necessary to take the screws out (Radio Shack allen wrench kit), but it all seems perfectly tight and held together even without them. The top cover which goes over the hinges and keyboard folding mechanism comes off (and if you're careful you won't crack the plastic like I did). That's as far as I got. There are probably plastic interlocks that have to be unlocked and no doubt my machine will be covered with little scratches and nicks before I'm done <sigh>. I'll document what the steps are and post them for posterity. I just had a thought that perhaps it'll boot from floppy (not likely) or maybe it's only the eeprom that's bad (ha), or maybe it's the phases of the Venus... I have very little time to work on it right now (I'm involved in community theater and we open our next play in two weeks) but I'll keep plugging and posting. Jim Lewczyk --