From: David Ross (ross_at_math.hawaii.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 19 1998 - 19:44:22 EDT
> (I hope this is the right list for 560's).
Yes.
> I have a Thinkpad 560 (type 2640), which just burned out its
>second motherboard.
Can you elaborate for the rest of us 560 owners? Do you really
mean burned out (e.g., from badly regulated power), or do you mean
something like a blown solder connection (which can be a consequence of
too much case flex - happened to me, not too surprising in a thin machine).
>IBM wants $700 or $800 to replace it,
>which is far more than I'd like to spend.
Besides the 'authorized' supplier in Boulder (who I think will be happy
to ship you a motherboard for self-installation), there are lots of parts suppliers for Thinkpads on the web, but I don't know how
many have
motherboards. Try http://www.ambry.com/html/ibm_pricing.html
and http://www.usapc.com/ and http://www.bluestarusa.com/inventory.htm
for a start. Sometimes a web search on a part number works, too.
- David R.
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