From: Toni (cruelpeep_at_yourvillage.com)
Date: Sat Dec 01 2001 - 23:54:34 EST
Hi,
I have to give a word of caution on replacing the hard drive in a 380D
series: The keyboard must be removed without tearing out the 3 ribbon cables
underneath.....then several metal encasement pieces must be removed to get
to the hard drive......lastly, the hard drive itself can sometimes be a bear
to remove from the motherboard connector. i would not recommend undertaking
this procedure unless one is technically inclined. I would gladly help but
Canada is a bit far for me! :O)
Just a thought,
Toni
----- Original Message -----
From: Bert Haskins <bhaskins_at_triton.net>
To: KEVIN BLATCH <kblatch_at_direct.ca>
Cc: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: Vancouver, Canada - Suggested Places to have new Hard Drive and
Ram installed in Thinkpad?
> Kevin, sorry to say this but this is really easy to do.
> The ram and the hard drive really won't go in wrong.
> If you open the cover on the ram, you can see which
> way to put it in.
> If you open the cover for the HD and pull it out
> You will see how to do that also.
> The one tip I must add since it's winter, is to
> get the humidity up in the place where you are working
> , do it in the kitchen with a pot of water boiling and wear all
> cotton clothes.
> Dry air and "plastic" clothing build up static electricity and thats
> murder on all electronic parts especially ram chips.
> You can check this out by kneading packing peanuts.
> If they stick to your hands, you have a high static condition.
> Cheers, Bert
>
> KEVIN BLATCH wrote:
>
> > Anyone have any suggestions of a great place to have a new hard drive
and
> > ram installed into my old Thinkpad 380D? I don't want to attempt it
myself
> > for fear of screwing up and damaging the TP, hard drive, or RAM module.
> > Would love an economical solution also......finances limited. Many
thanks!
> >
> > Kevin Blatch
> > Vancouver, Canada
>
>
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