Re: Lenovo R61 Think Pad dead after fewer than five years
On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Ken Heard <kenslists@teksavvy.com> wrote:
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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?
I've had and I've seen laptops die faster than that...
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