[ltp] What to do if I suspect I've got a lemon T60?

[WSR]

I thought the same thing when I tried to install SuSE 10.1 on my t60..  
I later realized that the dvd drive I was using to burn all the iso's 
was burning them with some corruption apparently. 

After I had a friend burn me a good iso, everything went fine...

Good luck, and hopefully its not a lemon :(

-scott

Whil Hentzen wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I bought a T60 from PC Connection about a month ago. (Been buying from 
> them since 1982, never been unhappy with anything.) First thing I did, 
> natch, was blow away Windows and install FC5. Well, I tried to, that is.
>
> After five or six days and perhaps a dozen attempted installs, I was 
> never able to get a complete installation to work. Several people on 
> this list suggested that perhaps the hardware was just a bit too new 
> for an OS that was delivered last winter.
>
> So then I tried installing Kubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake). Four days of 
> middling success: I got the initial install running, but the 
> networking never worked, and the machine kept locking up on me, say, 
> during an update, or when loading the system utilities.
>
> Today I'm trying to install SuSE 10.1, and the damn box has locked up 
> 3 times today. Haven't even gotten past the initial install process.
>
> I'm starting to think that the box itself isn't up to par. And I'm 
> getting rather angry.
>
> This is my sixth Thinkpad in the last 12 years, so maybe I am due for 
> a lemon, but before I start screaming, I thought I'd ask. Although I'm 
> not sure what to ask. :)
>
> - Given Lenovo's recent announcement, I'd sure like to think that 10.1 
> will run on a T60 'out of the box'. Any feedback?
>
> - Given that I didn't bother to 'keep' my original system OS, 
> suggestions on how to get the vendor to see if the box is bad?
>
> Thanks,
> Whil