[ltp] Re: T30 owners - Memory bank problems?

[Errikos Pitsos {secure}]

We have 5 T30s, all of them needed new CMOS batteries right after 
delivery, we have had 3 times flickering displays due to some ac/dc 
problem(only flickered during charging and load or doing battery use) 
and we had about 7 times to replace motherboards for mem bank problems. 
Right now 4 of our 5 machines are somehow broken. Hope we are going to 
have more luck with our T40ps now.

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D. Sen {u} wrote:
> At what point do they recall their products if there is a design flaw? 
> Its fine for now while its under warranty but after the three years are 
> up, these machines are doomed (it seems from the majority of the 
> responses) to only have one memory bank.
> 
> At the very least they should offer a cheap upgrade to a T4x, I should 
> think.
> 
> DS
> 
> Ben Pfaff wrote:
> 
>>"D. Sen" <dsen@ieee.org> writes:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>Just wondering if any of the T30 owners using both memory banks on
>>>their system boards have noticed a problem. [...]
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>Yep.  Three of us in one office at Stanford have T30s with 1 GB
>>RAM as 2x512 MB.  All three of us have had a memory bank go bad.
>>Two of us have had motherboards replaced, and one of those
>>machines has in fact had two new motherboards.  I just haven't
>>got around to getting mine repaired yet; 512 MB RAM is still
>>plenty.
>>
>>We've had other problems, too, like the TFTs going bad.  I
>>wouldn't recommend buying a T30.  They're crap for reliability.
>>  
>>
> 
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> Dr. D. Sen
> School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
> University of New South Wales
> Sydney
> NSW 2052
> Australia
>