From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Tue Nov 13 2001 - 02:49:25 EST
are those NOT multilayer PWB's..?
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Cordially, :-)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "STeve Andre'" <andres_at_msu.edu>
To: <epbrown01_at_att.net>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [TP600] Idle hands and CPUs
> This is a REAL pain, but I would look at the circuit boards with
> something like a jewelers loop, and a lot of bright light shining
> down on the board, and start a very systematic search for
> broken/cracked traces. Given that you think you pushed too
> hard on something, it is very possible that you broke some of
> them.
>
> This is not easy, and it takes a heck of a long time to do. You
> might want to start near the cache memory (if that's what that
> error was, according to previous mail I saw?) and look at it ALL.
> Like I said, a real pain. Anything that does not look like a good
> solder joint should be touched with the appropriate sized
> soldering pencil.
>
> I have tried this three time when banging my head against an
> item which I broke; twice I have been successful.
>
> Good luck! You'll need it!
>
> --STeve Andre'
>
> ps: don't forget about connectors, too. Make sure they are seated
> well, and if you don't think they are, pinching connectors together a
> little can work wonders for getting the @*#$&^# things to behave
> again.
>
> At 03:07 PM 11/12/01 -0600, Emanuel Brown wrote:
> >On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 15:58:05 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
> >
> > >I got this message when I successfully upgraded my 600E. I was able to
> > >bypass it by pressing something...F1? ESC?
> >
> > I tried those (and F11) as well - no luck. Heck, maybe I damaged
> >the board *and* the old CPU, but that's unlike me so I figured I'd
> >check things again. Weird that getting the 600X should spark my
> >interest in it again :-) Oh, and Bruce was right - I should have
> >bought the one from him! The X arrived with a dead drive and loose LCD
> >bezel.
> > Emanuel
> >"Everybody wants a normal life and a cool car;
> >most people settle for the car." Chris Titus
> >http://home.att.net/~epbrown01/1966-rolls.jpg
> >http://home.att.net/~epbrown01/1983-porsche.jpg
>
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