[TriLUG] Advice Please

[Dwain Sims via TriLUG]

I had thought about that too.  A really good idea.

Dwain


On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM John Mitchell <john280z at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dwain,
>
> If it was me, I'd look into a used one of your model with a cracked screen
> on ebay.
> john mitchell
>
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM Dwain Sims via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Generally have I had good luck with Thinkpads over the years.  Reading
>> more, this particular model with an AMD processor, which probably has
>> nothing to do with this failure, has been prone to GPU death and when it
>> does it takes the entire MB with it.  There appears to be no repair.  It
>> is
>> a very clean system with no real signs of wear.  It looks like it just
>> came
>> out of the shipping box.  I hate to see it dead.  A new MB is probably
>> 250-300 which makes it borderline unrepairable.
>>
>> Thanks for all of the tips!
>>
>> Dwain
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack at trilug.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, Dwain Sims via TriLUG wrote:
>> >
>> > > I left it on over night and I am recharging it today.  Still nothing.
>> > Just
>> > > a paper weight.
>> >
>> > Sorry to hear it.
>> >
>> > I guess you're now amenable to advice on what to replace it with.
>> >
>> > o I had Thinkpads for 20 years and liked them a lot. I understand that
>> > when they went full Lenovo the quality dropped. This may be what's
>> > happened to you.
>> >
>> > o I have a Dell laptop now. It's OK, but I dont need a wide screen (1440
>> > pixels) on a laptop and I'd rather have the smaller format of the
>> Thinkpad
>> > (1024*768) and the smaller size of the laptop. As well the large
>> built-in
>> > Dell mousepad, in the center of the keyboard area, is under my hands
>> when
>> > I type and I have to manually turn it off (which I can only do after
>> > bootup) and use an external mouse, which negates the point of having a
>> > built-in mousepad. The only way you can type with the Dell mousepad on,
>> is
>> > to hold your hands in the air. The Thinkpads had a small nubbin in the
>> > middle of the keyboard, for the mouse, which didn't get activated when
>> you
>> > typed.
>> >
>> > Joe
>> > --
>> > Joseph Mack NA3T EME(B,D), FM05lw North Carolina
>> > Don't upgrade a working machine - it won't work any
>> > better - it could work worse; it may not work at all.
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>> >
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