>Say Mark, while you're in there, can you figure out how MCE does their
>cardbus upgrade for us? ; ^)
>
>Seriously though, I would guess it would be important for DT&T to be "vague"
>about what they are actually doing for their $295 logic board fix, but it
>would disturb me to know that the flat fee charged could be for fixing a
>broken connector. When my 2400 when down for the count it happened during a
>heat wave, which would lead me to believe something fried. It's probably
>just easier to just swap out a board than diagnose the problem in the long
>run.
>
>Andy
Andy,
Here are your first clues: often, what is blown is a $5 fuse on one of
the boards, or a collection of capacitors. It is having the ability to
replace those fuses (and having the fuses :) ) that you are paying for.
Depends entirely on mode of failure, of course. DT and Brian have
figured out a lot of the failure points -- also including the thermal
transfer problems the list has discussed before. Marc also brought up
what should become obvious: there may be fit tolerance issues with the
newer upgrade cards working loose, another cause of green-light-of-death.
After Hours has done the same types of repairs on dozens of 2400s (so I
know a think or two about which I pontificate :) ) -- but we are not
advertising as much due to the demands of the webhosting on us. If only
there was a replacement for the 2400. Hell, I'm even thinking of selling
my 3400 for an iBook to frankenstein into a brushed metal case.
back to the shadows for me.
laters
paul
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