Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 09:49 -0800, Don Russell wrote:
This machine may be on its last legs... some keycaps tend to pop off if
you don't press the center of the key... it's relatively old... a few
months ago I put in a bigger hard disk... :-( so, it may be time to cut
my losses..."pull the plug" and let it go. RIP.
Don,
I faced the same situation with my ThinkPad a few months ago. I decided
that since IBM/Lenovo doesn't [yet] offer an Athlon64/M ThinkPad, I had
the backlight repaired and the keyboard replaced. Unless there's a new
toy you REALLY lust after, I'd recommend fixing what you have.
Check it out on the internet -- there's a good chance you will find
something about was part(s) might need to be replaced, and how to DIY.
I had a Gateway laptop whose screen died a traumatic death (my daughter
dropped it), and I was able to exchange the top with a similar laptop
that wouldn't boot at all anymore, based on information I could get by
googling. Cost: $0. There was no way I would pay for the repairs on a
laptop with a 333MHz PIII processor.
Greg
