RE: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad R31 mysteriously dies (both AC and Battery) after 3-25 minutes of use

Hello,

I bought a 380E at Dayton Hamvention that had the same problem. I thought
it was the DC-DC converter board so I bought another one and the problem
did not go away 8-<. The computer worked if I blow air across the system
board but in trying to see if it was a fan problem I manage to cause the
board not to boot up at all now 8-<. The fan is okay.

I had a hard drive in my TiVO that behaved the same. Okay if you keep
a large air stream across it but it would die in the box.

I suspect a component near the CPU is going south when the CPU heats up.

I am depressed this week because a number of my electronic toys broke
and it is taking a bit of effort to fix them without breaking others.

I may get another 380 and used this one for parts. I guess this makes
up for all the money I saved on other computers 8->.

73 Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Markowitz [mailto:scosgt@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 6:39 PM
To: Peter Gilchrist; thinkpad@stderr.org
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad R31 mysteriously dies (both AC and
Battery) after 3-25 minutes of use

Probably a bad system board. I have had 600E's behave in a similar manner.
Should still be under warranty, send it in.

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Received on Fri Aug 1 10:23:57 2003