[ltp] T60p vibrating hard drive

Tue, 8 Aug 2006 12:23:03 -0400

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I have a T60 (1953-E4U).  The battery (9-cell) has noticable play, but not
as much as yours.  When the laptop is closed, there's a ~1mm gap between the
screen and keyboard half at the catches.  I haven't encountered any
vibration problems, though.

On 8/8/06, shorty (short101@internode.on.net) (Emailias:
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> Hi All,
>     Recently bought a T60p. After having an R40 for three years, I was
> very happy with it, and although expensive, thought the t60p would be a
> worthwhile purchase. I am a quite disappointed with the build of this
> laptop though. (not the build in general, just this particular one)
> Firstly, the battery sticking out the back, while annoying, is ok but
> there is a bit of slop in it. It can move around 1-1.5mm up and down,
> and also forward/back. Secondly, the strip of plastic on the right, and
> next to the keyboard can move about 1mm up and down also. The left side
> however is a snug fit. Thirdly, the thing vibrates :( I had noticed this
> earlier, but put it down to maybe a more powerfull fan for the cpu/gpu.
> Today however, I decided to investigate further. Much to my dismay, when
> i set hdparm to standby the disk after 5 seconds, the vibration stopped!
> I will be ringing support tomorrow, and sending the laptop back for
> repairs.  I hope this isn't indicative of lenovo  build quality, and
> that I just got a bit of a dud, but I would have liked to think that
> there quality control on such an expensive machine would have been
> better. I *want* to love this laptop, but I am disappointed to say the
> least. Question is, how have other T60 buyers out there found the build
> quality on their laptops? Look forward t hearing others opinions.
>
> Regards
>
> Glenn
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I have a T60 (1953-E4U).&nbsp; The battery (9-cell) has noticable play, but not as much as yours.&nbsp; When the laptop is closed, there's a ~1mm gap between the screen and keyboard half at the catches.&nbsp; I haven't encountered any vibration problems, though.
 <div>On 8/8/06, shorty (<a href="mailto:short101@internode.on.net">short101@internode.on.net</a>) (Emailias: REPLY-MASKED) &lt;reply-51622-71a9-linux-thinkpad-admin=-
<a href="mailto:linux-thinkpad.org@emailias.com">linux-thinkpad.org@emailias.com</a>&gt; wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Original Sender:&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;<a href="mailto:linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org">linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org</a>&gt; Given To:&nbsp;&nbsp;Linux Thinkpad mailing list <a href="http://www.emailias.com/mailclick/?id=51622">
http://www.emailias.com/mailclick/?id=51622</a> &lt;--------------------end emailias header--------------------&gt; Hi All, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Recently bought a T60p. After having an R40 for three years, I was very happy with it, and although expensive, thought the t60p would be a
 worthwhile purchase. I am a quite disappointed with the build of this laptop though. (not the build in general, just this particular one) Firstly, the battery sticking out the back, while annoying, is ok but 
there is a bit of slop in it. It can move around 1-1.5mm up and down, and also forward/back. Secondly, the strip of plastic on the right, and next to the keyboard can move about 1mm up and down also. The left side 
however is a snug fit. Thirdly, the thing vibrates :( I had noticed this earlier, but put it down to maybe a more powerfull fan for the cpu/gpu. Today however, I decided to investigate further. Much to my dismay, when
 i set hdparm to standby the disk after 5 seconds, the vibration stopped! I will be ringing support tomorrow, and sending the laptop back for repairs.&nbsp;&nbsp;I hope this isn't indicative of lenovo&nbsp;&nbsp;build quality, and 
that I just got a bit of a dud, but I would have liked to think that there quality control on such an expensive machine would have been better. I *want* to love this laptop, but I am disappointed to say the least. Question is, how have other T60 buyers out there found the build
 quality on their laptops? Look forward t hearing others opinions. Regards Glenn -- The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at: <a href="http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad">
http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad</a> </blockquote></div>

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