Re: [SLUG] Burned smell from Simply MEPIS notebook

From: michael hast (evylrobot19@cox.net)
Date: Sun Oct 30 2005 - 02:04:05 EST


SOTL wrote:

>On Friday 28 October 2005 12:08 pm, Pete Theisen wrote:
>
>
>>On Friday 28 October 2005 12:05, Steven Buehler wrote:
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>>>On 10/28/05, Pete Theisen <petet@acun.com> wrote:
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>>>
>>>>Toshiba satellite A15-S129, Celeron 2.4; 512; 40; Simply MEPIS, XP
>>>>Home.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Our company had to ship back nearly all of their new Toshibas because
>>>they overheated and fried themselves (some had smoke coming out of
>>>them). They went back to the IBM ThinkPads for subsequent laptop
>>>refreshes. I suspect yours has befallen the same fate, but since you
>>>indicate it's "new" it should be under warranty.
>>>
>>>
>>Hi Steven!
>>
>>Alas, not that new. I wonder how much to fix it?
>>
>>
>
>Yes, and if you fix it how long until you are back to connecting by smoke
>signals?
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Okay, so the standing arguement here is that you might be better off
getting a new laptop. So, what I wonder is how much could you piece out
the thing on ebay for? I see those parts going for a mint there. It
might be worth a thought...
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