[ltp] power supply DC cords breaks?

[James Knott]

Niel Lambrechts wrote:
> Henrik Brix Andersen wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 06:52 -0700, Dan Sawyer wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> 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.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> 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/
>>  
>>
> 
> 
> 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.

So, perhaps you know what percentage of them fail?  Maybe the problem is 
not as prevalent as you think.  I've never seen one fail that way, even 
though I've worked with hundreds of ThinkPads over the years.