Re: [Thinkpad] Swapping Thinkpad keyboards

And it is so simple and fast on modern ThinkPads (T and A series - hey, that
sounds like Baywatch or something!!!) that it is downright criminal to send
it in for just that!
----- Original Message -----
From: "James H. E. Maugham" <CaptJHEM@waterw.com>
To: <andres@pilot.msu.edu>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:22 PM
Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] Swapping Thinkpad keyboards

> STeve Andre' wrote:
>
> > I'm not saying that is what happens. I don't know in fact, and
> > as I mentioned before, called IBM up only to get a useless
> > runaround about this. No, I don't think it would make sense
> > to void a warranty because an authorized IBM repair place
> > changed out a keyboard, but I could see that such a place
> > might also send a record of their changes upwind, and noted
> > by someone.
>
> I don't know why your earlier message didn't show up on my computer STeve,
but
> in answer to your original question all of the Thinkpad keyboards are
available
> under both FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) and CRU (Customer Replaceable
Unit)
> order nos.
>
> Ergo, it's completely acceptable to IBM for a customer to replace a
keyboard
> without negatively affecting the warranty.
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>
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Received on Wed Jul 23 23:31:25 2003