Bluetooth Indicator Light Redux

[Dodge DeBoulet]

My T60's Bluetooth indicator light/led (just to the right of the WLAN indicator on the bottom of the display bezel) no longer lights. Bluetooth works fine, but there's no obvious indicator that it's on or off.

A search turned up a number of occurrences of this particular situation, but no solutions. My guess is that this started after the 2nd on-site service visit from Qualex, IBM's incompetent hardware service subcontractor in my little corner of the Northeastern US.

I'm quite reluctant to have their guy come back and break yet something else on my laptop (the 2nd visit was to fix something he screwed up on the first visit, and the damage this time was not limited to the BT LED; he also snapped a piece of plastic off the corner of the display cover).

Has anyone uncovered a way to repair this without a service visit? I've certainly seen the keyboard, bezels, display, etc. removed enough times that I could most likely disassemble the thing and put it back together again with my eyes closed (my rocket scientist service technician had to try to reassemble the laptop twice on his first visit, and his skills hadn't improved at all for the second).

I really don't think there's anything I have to worry about warranty-wise; I've already registered my complaints about Qualex's incompetence with IBM. At this point, I just want a fully functional laptop. It's barely a month old.

[rmarshll]

Im having the same sort of trouble as you with the burnt out led. my WLAN LED doesnt work and this [censored] thing is Brand New! Did you happen to find a solution to the problem? I wonder if a new led can be soldered in or if the whole piece needs to be replaced.

[Dodge DeBoulet]

Nope, haven't heard anything from anyone here, and I haven't called IBM for another service visit. I really don't want something else broken at this point.

Back to Dell for my next purchase, though. The T60 is a great machine, but if this is the quality of service I can expect from an on-site contract, I'm better off dealing with Dell.

[rmarshll]

Ill be calling them today to get the part number that is need to fix this.. ill let you know so you can get the same part. And your right.. I have had this this t60 and many others apart and there are just a few things you need to becareful of. like not to break tabs and such.

[Dodge DeBoulet]

I appreciate that, rmarshll. I trust my own hardware service abilities far more than those of the folks IBM's subcontracting to in my area.

And although opening the laptop oneself technically voids the warranty, I've seen mine disassembled enough to know that there's no way they can tell I've had it open.

[Dodge DeBoulet]

My Bluetooth light is again functioning. It appears to have been that the ribbon cable that runs between the motherboard and the lid/display was faulty; it had been replaced when the LCD panel was swapped out a month ago.

At the moment, my T60 is fully functional