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by haosquared
Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:54 pm
Forum: GENERAL ThinkPad News/Comments & Questions
Topic: Customer Service Problem- Please Help
Replies: 5
Views: 1176

Thanks for the links, I downloaded both of those and hopefully they will solve the problem if I cannot get a refund. I am not sure about the specs of my computer (I am somewhat computer illiterate) but from the invoice it says: MICROSOFT WINXP PROFESSION INTEL CORE DUO PROC. T5600 ATI MOB. RAD. X140...
by haosquared
Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:39 pm
Forum: GENERAL ThinkPad News/Comments & Questions
Topic: Customer Service Problem- Please Help
Replies: 5
Views: 1176

I got those BSOD's with the default factory settings, once within 24 hours after getting it back from their repair center. The exact message on the screen says: *** Hardware Malfunction Call your hardware vendor for support *** The system has halted *** NMI: Parity Check / Memory Parity Error and th...
by haosquared
Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:10 pm
Forum: GENERAL ThinkPad News/Comments & Questions
Topic: Customer Service Problem- Please Help
Replies: 5
Views: 1176

Customer Service Problem- Please Help

Hi all, thanks in advance for any advice/help. I will try to keep this as short as possible. Sorry if this is posted in the wrong place. I purchased a T60 on May 22nd, received it June 11th On the 24th of June, I got a BSOD with the message memory parity error. I called tech support in Atlanta, they...
by haosquared
Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:39 am
Forum: ThinkPad T6x Series
Topic: New T60 Hardware Malfunction Question
Replies: 3
Views: 813

Thanks for your reply. I have run the PC doctor test both before and after I sent the T60 to IBM fore repair and each time, every test passes.

If I cannot get a refund, I guess they'll have to keep guessing.
by haosquared
Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:03 am
Forum: ThinkPad T6x Series
Topic: Help- Annoying ZEEECH sound when on Battery!
Replies: 4
Views: 463

I have a T60 and the exact same problem. However, I get the 'zeech' sound regardless of whether or not I'm on battery or AC and it's very sporadic, not consistent like yours seems to be. I just wait a few minutes and it usually goes away. Call the support number (I mentioned above) to have it fixed...
by haosquared
Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:37 am
Forum: ThinkPad T6x Series
Topic: Help- Annoying ZEEECH sound when on Battery!
Replies: 4
Views: 463

I have a T60 and the exact same problem. However, I get the 'zeech' sound regardless of whether or not I'm on battery or AC and it's very sporadic, not consistent like yours seems to be. I just wait a few minutes and it usually goes away.
by haosquared
Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:33 am
Forum: ThinkPad T6x Series
Topic: New T60 Hardware Malfunction Question
Replies: 3
Views: 813

New T60 Hardware Malfunction Question

Hi, I purchased a T60 8743CTO roughly 2 months ago. After the first 2 weeks, I got a blue screen that said NMI: Parity check/Memory parity error. I called IBM support and was told that I needed to update my BIOS. So I did and my T60 worked fine until early last week. I got the same error message and...

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