[TriLUG] Advice Please

[John Mitchell via TriLUG]

The reddit  group r/thinkpad is always posting about mods and swaps.
johnm

On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM Dwain Sims <dsims at bayleafnc.org> wrote:

> 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.
>>> > Homepage http://www.austintek.com/ It's GNU/Linux!
>>> >
>>> >
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