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On Wed, 28 Jan 1998 11:02:13 -0800, Richard Hamel wrote: >>Questions: >>1. What is the likely worst case scenario? >"Frying" of the motherboard and related components > I was lucky. I had my 355C in my backpack with botteld water, and the water bottle leaked. The ThinkPad didn't work for about a day, then started working again. I was lucky (then Easyserve and the local dealer TOTALLY destroyed it). >>2. Did my test this morning risk further damage to chips? >Possbile, you should let the unit sit (in a dry environment) for about 4 >days (with some of that packing stuff that absorbs moisture), Silica gel. Just look for the "Do not eat" label. :) by then >all moisture should have evaporated >>3. The next step will be to dissemble the entire unit. Tips on >dismantling a tp750 would be very welcome. >umm.. I imagine there is a schematic somewhere on IBM's web site that >shows a parts build for the unit. This could help. > >>Assuming the 750 is done for: >>1. Where can I get hardware to install the hard disk on a desktop so I >can retreive my old data? >you can try to rent a laptop > >>2. In the $3.5k range, am I better off with a low-end 765 or a higher >end 560? >I just bought a used (3 mo old) 765D with 72mg ram and a 100tx cardbus >adapter for $3,200 from a source on http://www.dejanews.com > Plus, ALL 7xx models have a 3 year warranty, 3xx and 5xx have a 1 year warranty. -- Paul =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Paul Khoury pkhoury@loop.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Running OS/2 2.1 on my PS/2 55SX Running OS/2 Warp 3 on my "DX2-50" Running OS/2 Warp 4 on my server and ThinkPad 701CS Donate your idle CPU time to a needy cause. Join Team Warped and help to crack RC5-64! Check out http://www.ionet.net/~colin/rc5.html for more information. The Operating System/2 Version is 4.00 Revision 9.029 There are 25 Processes with 89 Threads. This machine's uptime is 2d 2h 54m 1s 882ms.