From: Bill Morrow - http://thinkpads.com (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Sun Dec 13 1998 - 02:00:59 EST
Ron,
Ron Heiby wrote:
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> Thanks for the quick response, Bill. A quick look at the used IRQs may have
> convinced me that I want to disable the Mwave modem! Adding the Ethernet will
> almost certainly require an IRQ, right? At least it does on the 755CE. On that
> system, the single modem / Ethernet card share a single interrupt. It would be
> nice to have enough free IRQs after modem and Ethernet to enable both the
> serial port and USB, in addition to the IR port.
wishful thinking.. :-)
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> As it turns out, I have a few days to make up my mind on all this. The system
> arrived, and the screen looks beautiful. But, it crapped out while doing a
> Win95 disk scan. Plus, it fails its self tests (system board about half the
> attempts, and memory all attempts). Pulling the 32Meg RAM out didn't help the
> memory test, which means that the problem is with the system board or the
> memory on it, I suppose.
oh, oh..
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> ThinkPad support told me nothing I didn't already know about my problem. But,
> they did tell me a couple of things I didn't know about my TP 770ED. I had
> purchased it from onsale.com, knowing that it was a refurbished unit. What I
> didn't know was that (according to the guy I spoke with at support), the
> particular model number was not intended for US sale. However, despite this,
> and the fact that onsale.com is not an authorized IBM reseller, IBM will stand
> behind the 1 yr refurb warranty. However, they won't do so until they get a
> copy of my invoice FAXed to them and come back to work after the weekend. So,
> it appears that the earliest I can send it to EasyServe is Monday.
>
> I asked the support guy about how to upgrade my warranty to on-site. He said
> that IBM never did on-site service on ThinkPads. I informed him that I had
> purchased such an option for my 755CE, and needed to make use of the service a
> few times. He said he know nothing about it. So, it looks like I have to go
> hunting through IBM 800-numbers again, until I find someone willing to take my
> money to upgrade my warranty. sigh.
onsite for a TP may not be available any longer..
good hunting..
bad about the 770X crapping out, where was it made..??
japan of mexico..?? (look on the label on the carton or the bottom of
the machine)
the mexican operation is supposed to turn out a better product because
there are more engineers in the plant per 100 workers than in japan..
i don't entirely agree with this, so i gather info when i can..
all the 770X machines i have seen were made in japan..
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> Ron.
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