[ltp] Hard drive and battery problems before 2nd birthday

[David A. Desrosiers]

> Not exactly linux related (unless it is possible that linux 
> exasperated the problems?), but about a month before my Thinkpad 
> t40p's 2nd birthday, I have an extended life battery that no longer 
> holds a charge and a hard drive that is in the process of failing.

	Check out my diary entry on this exact topic: 

	http://advogato.org/person/hacker/diary.html?start=177

	My T23 (bought from a frauster on eBay, horror stories are all 
over my advogato diary on it), was sent back to IBM a total of 7 times 
in less than 18 months for various internal failures, repairs and 
malfunctioning parts.

	I've recently upgraded to a T42p with TPP, so hopefully the 
amount of repairs will be minimal.

> Is this about par for the course?

	Yes, the batteries are only supposed to last a year, according 
to the various people I've spoken to at IBM directly.


David A. Desrosiers
desrod@gnu-designs.com
http://gnu-designs.com