From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Wed May 12 1999 - 11:19:28 EDT
Randy...
you can take the connector apart and resolder the cable (its a co-axial cable) until
you get the new ac adapter..
(in the past, ibm has not wanted the old ac adapter back)
if you get in a bind, i'll send you one and you can either return it or send me the
new one when it gets there..
Randal Whittle wrote:
> At 02:30 AM 5/12/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >IBM tends to be very conservative when it comes to replacing perhiperals.. (ac
> >adapter and the like)..
> >while they say 2 weeks, often the part will arrive in a day or two..
>
> I got confirmation that they expect the battery to arrive to me on Friday.
> They claim the delay is that its held up in customs (battery is coming
> from Mexico). Whatever the reason, I called on Monday morning of last week
> and expect to get it on Friday of this week. 9 working days, 11 calendar days.
>
> >also, the battery MIGHT be part of the ac adapter problem.. but i think you
> >would
> >know the difference if it were not getting a charge rather than not
> keeping the
> >charge..
>
> When the "beep" occurs and the pop-up comes up (and I also watch the fuel
> guage software applet), and it shows me I've switched from AC to Battery,
> yeah, I know that means I'm not getting AC juice. Its the same behavior as
> if I had unplugged it. And upon wiggling the wire just right, the same
> behavior as plugging it back in. The battery is acting like a UPS when the
> AC gets get off, but since my battery is weak and I have to use my 600 for
> two presentations in the next couple of days, this is of no small concern
> to me.
>
> >also, i think is is unlikely to be the ac adapter, but more LIKELY is the
> >socket..
>
> When I wiggle the connector itself, no change. When I re-position the
> wire that goes into the barrel connector, that's what fixes (or un-does the
> fix) the problem.
>
> - Randy Whittle
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