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Date:	Sat, 10 May 2003 12:18:52 PDT7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: ThinkPad failure

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Gary wrote:

> I called IBM back and they will ship me an EZServ box
> to ship the ThinkPad to them. They bought the
> argument about the hotter the machine got, the more
> likely it would freeze and not the fact that the MBR
> or BM was at fault. In fact, when it froze this
> morning, it was trying to boot from the MCP2 CD's.

Was this a laptop purchased new ?

As has been the case at different times, IBM is currently offering some good deals on
refurbished notebooks

http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/HelpDisplay?storeId=1&catalogId=-840&langId=-1&subject=2576396

, but I would be somewhat leery of taking that route . . . unless price was absolutely critical,
and I happened to be in a gambling mood. Maybe their inspection and certification process
is outstanding, but I'd be concerned about inheriting someone else's problem, which may have
gone undetected, and then lacking the full-on, long-term warranty to cover it.

Jordan

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