Taxi ran over R40

[jkirch]

Hey guys,

I am in China right now on a trip with my brother.
Today his R40 got hit by a taxi ... the taxi driver behind the taxi that we were loading up drove over an edge of my brother's backpack including his beloved thinkpad. Tomorrow we have to call up the taxi company and clear up the mess. I checked the R40 and it seams that the LCD is definately broke. the lower case looks fine, at least it doesn't have any cracks and seems stable. The locking mechanism on the left side is broke, too. I just checked where the harddrive is and it looks like it is on the left side where the usb drive is. this part seems stable.
Can anybody give ne a hint on what a replacement of the lcd (TP has wireless antenae) might cost and what we should tell the taxi company they should pay us. TP is out of warranty ... not if that might matter since it is no warranty case. but i just wrote down the number of the service contact in china and we are going to call there tomorrow to see what it might cost. and if there is a service center nearby.
We are in Hangzhou right now moving on tho Xi'an in 45 days.

Hope somebody can help me. Please give me an reply.

Cheers Jens

[Navck]

Wait, does it still work? As the Thinkpad page had some "Legends" thing, where this guy ran over his own Thinkpad.

[bhtooefr]

Well, he said the screen's definitely cracked...

So, it may well boot, but he won't see much on the screen. Plugging it into a VGA monitor would probably work, though.

If it DOES boot, copy ALL of the files off. Immediately.

FWIW, I did watch the "Legends" videos, and those were pretty awesome - especially the "Melted" one. The "Stolen" one wasn't too impressive - just wipe the mud off, and it's as good as new. I think the guy's laptop case was more responsible for "Crunched" being a success story than the ThinkPad itself (not to say that that isn't impressive - lesser laptops still probably would have broken).

[Navck]

FWIW, I did watch the "Legends" videos, and those were pretty awesome - especially the "Melted" one. The "Stolen" one wasn't too impressive - just wipe the mud off, and it's as good as new. I think the guy's laptop case was more responsible for "Crunched" being a success story than the ThinkPad itself (not to say that that isn't impressive - lesser laptops still probably would have broken).

You mean the ones mostly made of plastic and nothing else? (No company names will be listed to protect them, xD)

Well you can call IBM/Lenovo(Lenovo is in China) and get estimates for the parts on the TP. Then send the list to the Taxi company.

[K. Eng]

In the US, I'd say that parts and labor for a complete LCD replacement would run more than $800. Repair may cost significantly more than that if the motherboard and other components have been damaged and need replacement.

Replacement system board is about $400... if the bill is more than $11-$1200 US dollars, I'd just call it a total loss.

[bhtooefr]

OK, then in this case, this guy WANTS the motherboard to be destroyed. Can you say "free upgrade to at least an R50?" (The taxi company was supposed to pay for it, remember?)

[archinloaf]

I copied the videos to my site if anyone wants to see them (mov)

http://scottsizemore.com/files/thinkpad_legends/

http://scottsizemore.com/files/thinkpad ... unched.mov
http://scottsizemore.com/files/thinkpad ... melted.mov
http://scottsizemore.com/files/thinkpad ... stolen.mov