FOUND! A31p motherboard/planar or entire inexpensive laptop

[ajkula66]

Long story short, my last semi-working A31p bit the dust last night.

Looking for an A31p system board/motherboard/planar, 64MB ATi Fire GL 7800 GPU only, with or without security chip, properly tested and working.

According to HMM, the applicable FRUs are: 26P8232, 26P8399, 26P8430 but I'm certain that there are others out there.

Willing to pay a proper price for a proper board.

I'm also interested in a complete working A31p in almost any shape as long as the motherboard is OK.

PM or email me directly to tataslonATaol.com.

[dr_st]

So, I have a question. Assuming it is the GPU syndrome - do tricks like applying pressure to the GPU (by means of a permanent pad under the frame or such) help prolong the life of these systems?

[ajkula66]

Not a GPU problem on this one. In general, pressure does next to nothing on these systems because of the GPU location.

Persistent "Fan Error" which won't go away with any fan.

[RealBlackStuff]

Fuse blown?

[ajkula66]

Fuse blown?

Maybe, but since that board was flaky in other respects to begin with, I'm just burying it with honours...

With that said, a machine has been located with the invaluable help of this forum, so I'm locking this thread...