[TriLUG] Advice Please

[William Sutton via TriLUG]

I might get heat for this, but I don't recommend Dell to people I want to 
talk to again.  25 years of horror stories from friends, relations, and 
business associates.

William Sutton

On Fri, 21 Feb 2025, Dwain Sims via TriLUG wrote:

> 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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