[ltp] power supply DC cords breaks?

Niel Lambrechts linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 12 May 2005 22:29:25 +0200


Henrik Brix Andersen wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 06:52 -0700, Dan Sawyer wrote:
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>>The DC cord on a couple of Thinkpad power supplies appears to have 
>>intermittent or broken. The plugs are available however I have no 
>>experience with the actual cords. Has anyone had this problem? If so how 
>>did you resolve it? I am thinking replacing the plug is the best way.
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>Mine broke like that about a week ago. I made an online Electronic
>Service Call [1] to IBM and received a brand new power supply by DHL the
>next morning. Kudos to IBM for their outstanding service...
>
>Sincerely,
>Brix
>
>[1]: https://www-930.ibm.com/support/esc/
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EER. Mine broken close to the actual power supply too a while ago and 
was rapidly replaced by IBM.
BUT
I rather think the point is that IBM should look at the number of 
failures and realise that something is designed badly.

Regards,
Niel