Bah, spilled OJ on my T40 yesterday...

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Hostile · #1 Post by **Hostile** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 8:01 am

I actually only spilled the OJ on the touchpad and buttons for the touchpoint. At this point the touchpad works but the buttons do not. The buttons for the touchpoint are also not working and my spacebar is sticking.

I took the palmrest and keyboard off and it looks like I'm going to need a new keyboard and touchpad. Does anyone know what these will cost to replace? I was looking at the parts list and it looks like I have to get a replacement palmrest as the touchpad is included with it. I seriously doubt IBM is going to cover the replacement under warranty.

Here is the parts list - http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.ws ... &loc=en_US

Greg Gebhardt · #2 Post by **Greg Gebhardt** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 8:27 am

I am afraid you are right and IBM will not cover the spill.

If you can't clean out the OJ then replacement will fix.

Hostile · #3 Post by **Hostile** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 8:53 am

I just finished putting the laptop back together and now the buttons for the touchpoint and the right button for the touchpad is working, but the left one is still not.

eriqesque · #4 Post by **eriqesque** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:42 am

Hostile wrote: I took the palmrest and keyboard off and it looks like I'm going to need a new keyboard and touchpad. Does anyone know what these will cost to replace?

The palmrest is $28.50 and it looks as if the keyboard runs $55.75 now.
keyboards have come down in price they were about $95.

jonathanlee · #5 Post by **jonathanlee** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:57 am

If you purchased the thinkpad protection services from IBM they will cover accidental spills.

Hostile · #6 Post by **Hostile** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 9:09 am

jonathanlee wrote:If you purchased the thinkpad protection services from IBM they will cover accidental spills.

I don't remember, is there anyway to check? I generally don't go for extended warranties though...

gcchatel · #7 Post by **gcchatel** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:00 pm

yeah, you can go to the ibm website and type in your serial number and it'll show the warranty on the system. Here's the link:

http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... arranty.vm

Gael

Bah, spilled OJ on my T40 yesterday...

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