[ltp] Re: R40 - mainboard replacement

Shannon McMackin linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 08 Sep 2004 10:38:12 -0400


Greg Meyer wrote:

> On Tuesday 07 September 2004 07:51 am, Erasmo Gargiulo wrote:
> 
>>My thinkpad have a problem and is still covered by warraty, but the ibm
>>dont want recognize to me the changement of the mainboard. the only
>>possibility for me to not completely lose my computer is the definitive
>>sabotage of the mainboard. There is somebody who can give me some advice on
>>how to provoque a permanent failure to the mainboard in order to obtain the
>>under warranty replacement of it by the ibm service? Someone can help me,
>>please?
>>Thank you!
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, doing something like that would void the warranty.  What is the 
> problem that you think is the mainboard but that IBM says is not?
I still haven't seen any justification for replacing the planar in this 
string.  Is it because a fan is running?

Shannon McMackin
mcmackin@earthlink.net