Posts by bluejay73

I have an R50P for only a year, and then suddenly a couple of weeks it 'died'. Meaning it couldn't even turn on, so I called IBM to get some warranty service on it (wow, 3 yrs warranty). They sent me a box to ship it to them last...

Say I am interested on getting a T43P, but I am afraid it may have the problem that lot of recent Thinkpads have with the Motherboard. I currently have a R50P (only a year old) and had to send it back to replace the motherboard. Any...

Hey Sitti, You are right I still got the warranty!!! It showed the wrong date but I checked my documentation and it does says 3 years. But I still got an obstacle, I am not currently in the US. Should I try to send it to the...

Sitti. THe thinkpad I believe they offered me was with a 1 year warranty only, I checked on the web site it said that mine expired.

My beloved R50P with only one year of ownership died last week. It wouldn't even turn on, after so much autopsy it was determined that it was the motherboard. Now I look around for that board to see how much it goes for, and to my...

Guys, I need your help... I used to be a Thinkpad loyalist, but since times are hitting hard; I can't afford to get a new one. So my options are Alienware or Sager. The only gripe I got on both is that both are gonna be heavy and...

My IBM R50P got canned due to a dead motherboard, so instead of buying a replacement motherboard (1000 bucks) I was considering getting a new one. My options are : 1) IBM Thinkpad T43P 2) Sager 98xx series 3) Alienware Area-51...

Does that means that we won't be seeing the same quality of laptops in the future???

thanks, I guess I will try that. Only thing I hate about the ribbons is tha they are twisted to connect. Appreciate your input.

I did plug to an external monitor, it looks fine then. So does that mean that my LCD is shot? I just want to know why the LCD got this way, I understand dead pixels but a straight line!!!!