RE: [Thinkpad] A series chassis damage

Hi Mitchell!

It's too late to help with this particular unit, but something you might
consider doing for all the laptops you have to maintain is attaching one of
the stick on impact indicator devices that are used with high value shipping
cartons. They would provide a clear indication if the laptop had been
dropped or otherwise seriously mishandled. And no, I have no idea how much
the things cost.

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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	thinkpad-admin@stderr.org [mailto:thinkpad-admin@stderr.org]  On
Behalf Of Mitchell Yee
Sent:	Sunday, 06 July 2003 13:06
To:	thinkpad@stderr.org
Subject:	[Thinkpad] A series chassis damage
A while back, I put in a A20M in one of my client's
ham-fisted employees.  I believe that he has had the
A20 for about a year.  And of course, the warranty has
long expired.  He had previously "lost" a 600E.  Now,
the A20M has a bad crack starting at the right rear
corner extending beyond the hinge.
He claims that the Thinkpad developed the crack all by
itself.  Although I am dubious of this story, I want
to poll the list to hear if anyone else has
experienced "spontaneous" chassis cracking on their A
series Thinkpads before I mention this latest incident
to my user's manager.  I know of the hinge area
failures on some of the 600Es and the palm rest area
failure on the T20s.  I don't recall hearing of any
A2x chassis problems.  I think.
Thanks,
Mitchell
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