From: Allan Ballard (aballard_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: Sun Aug 15 1999 - 22:36:13 EDT
When the unit is on, a sort of semi circle shows on the LCD readout.
Once, a quick message flashed on the monitor, something about
bad things for scsi.
I am going to ask for a replacement, or a refund.
On Sun, 15 Aug 1999 15:26:08 -0500, Charles McDaniel wrote:
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Charles McDaniel <wcmcdaniel_at_prodigy.net>
>To: Carlos de la Puente <delapuente.carlos_at_sympatico.ca>
>Date: Sunday, August 15, 1999 3:19 PM
>Subject: Re: Dock II : Keyboard issue
>
>
>>Carlos informed me of this problem when I bought mine and he's right that
>>little board is in a very bad place and could be broken easily IBM really
>>didn't design this very well when they built the Dock II..I was very
>careful
>>when i took off the cover,
>>Later Charles
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Carlos de la Puente <delapuente.carlos_at_sympatico.ca>
>>To: Allan Ballard <aballard_at_ix.netcom.com>
>>Cc: thinkpad_at_CS.UTK.EDU <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
>>Date: Sunday, August 15, 1999 12:30 PM
>>Subject: Re: Dock II : Keyboard issue
>>
>>
>>>>may be a bad dock.
>>>>
>>>>the eject button does not work; the fan does not work.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Does anything show on the Dock II LCD when you dock the 760?
>>>
>>>If the eject button on the Dock II doesn't work (I assume you used the
>hole
>>>above the lock to eject the tray) and nothing shows in the Dock II LCD
>when
>>>you dock the 760, you may have a circuit board -- where the Dock II LCD
>>>panel mounts-- broken.
>>>
>>>This is a very common problem. When I see someone selling a Dock II
>>>"as-is" -- claiming they do so because they can't test it -- bothers me
>>>because they can at least plug the power cord to the wall and press the
>>blue
>>>button. If it doesn't eject, chances are good that this board is broken. I
>>>suspect they know this and thus don't even offer a "no DOA" guarantee.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Carlos
>>>
>>
>
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