On 10/14/2011 11:51 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > I'm going to call this `on-topic' because there are so many > Thinkpads in the Linux community--and because, since our > software doesn't just spontaneously `rot', so many of us > run them until the hardware just fails irreparably. So, I'm > hoping someone can give me some helpful comments on getting > my 4-year-old Thinkpad repaired.... > > It's an X60 convertible tablet/laptop, and that precarious > little multidimensional swivel-hinge just went `snap' > in some way such that the screen is no longer self-supporting > at any angle less than ~60 degrees. > > (and, while I'm at it, I guess I might look at fixing a few other > issues that have accumulated over the last couple of years: > broken palm-rest over the PC-card slot, broken HDD bay-cover, > no-longer-functional SD/etc. memory-card port...). > > Is there a local shop in/near Nashua to whom I should take this, > or am I going to have to call Lenovo? Alternately, is it > worthwhile to even consider just getting the parts and fixing > the thing myself? >
I've had pretty good success repairing my Thinkpads with parts from eBay; the repair manuals are available online at lenovo.com (maybe redirects to ibm.com?), and they are very thorough; just make sure you have a way to get at them that does not involve the Thinkpad being repaired. ;-) I replaced the hinges on my wife's T40 that way. I tried a local (Lebanon) retailer once, years ago, but they charged me $75 to tell me that it was broken without actually doing anything to fix it, so I haven't been back. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
