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After the long time thinking, I ordered my IBM ThinkPad T60P 2623 DDU for 2199.

I add 1GB memory and a Ultrabay Hard drive adapter.

I bought this after compare the sale price with IBM EPP program and CISCO EPP program. They are all same at this moment.

The sale is going to end by 5/15. May this is the right time to order it !

I ordered at 5/10 and it will be here by 6/8. And I hope that I won't get the first mass production(the first 20,000 units) which has a yellow jump wire on the back of the motherboard.

Please don't hate me for talking about the Yellow wire again. I just read some thing on a website. One guy just got his T60 for 2 weeks. He cut the wire and want to know what it will happpen---

He said that everything is fine except the realtime clock won't hold the time anymore. Example: He turned his machine off at 12:00PM and turned back on after a couple of hours, it STILL show 12:00Pm.

What's the hell !

Thanks for your comments.

arthurcorell wrote:And I hope that I won't get the first mass production(the first 20,000 units) which has a yellow jump wire on the back of the motherboard. Please don't hate me for talking about the Yellow wire again.

I really don't understand the obsession with this fix. This sort of thing happens all the time. With such a large complex PCB it's nearly impossible to get everything right on the first rev. The fix wire is probably a better conductor than a PCB trace. I'd wager that at least one piece of electronics in your possession has a similar fix or worse. I think we should be happy that IBM/Lenovo testing was good enough to catch the fault.

arthurcorell wrote:I just read some thing on a website. One guy just got his T60 for 2 weeks. He cut the wire and want to know what it will happpen---He said that everything is fine except the realtime clock won't hold the time anymore. Example: He turned his machine off at 12:00PM and turned back on after a couple of hours, it STILL show 12:00Pm.

Wow. That's insane. Would you go under the hood of your car and randomly cut a hose or wire?

arthurcorell wrote:Please don't hate me for talking about the Yellow wire again. I just read some thing on a website. One guy just got his T60 for 2 weeks. He cut the wire and want to know what it will happpen---

What will happen? Well, for one thing, there goes his warranty.

And while I'm at it, go read the Rules of the Road about no discussion of EPP programs.