Lenovo R61 Think Pad dead after fewer than five years
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In May 2008 I purchased new and started using a Lenovo R61 Think Pad.
Originally I installed Lenny on it and subsequently upgraded it to
Squeeze.
Starting from 2013-01-01 various things started going wrong. For
example I began to get segmentation fault errors for packages that I
had used successfully before that date. Some of other problems where
intermittent sound, and failure to detect the printer, even manually.
At first I thought these were software faults and sought help from
this list. Finally I decided to spend $100 for diagnostic tests. The
diagnosis was a failed main board, but the hard drive and the memory
modules were okay. The cost of repairs would approximate the cost of
a new laptop.
Is it normal for any laptop to fail in fewer than five years, or is
such a failure rate unique to Lenovo's laptops?
Regards, Ken Heard
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