[TriLUG] Advice Please

[Dwain Sims via TriLUG]

Good idea.  I will take a look.

Dwain

On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM John Mitchell <john280z at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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