ThinkPad Miracles... Anybody?

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ThinkPad R · #1 Post by **ThinkPad R** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:18 pm

Here are lists of my miracles:

1) I wiped off my little brother's drawings w/ highlighter easily

2) The B key that sank began to work again by itself.

3) The keyboard & the entire laptop survived my little brother's abuse (i.e. hitting).

4) I dropped the laptop and it survived. Only the left hinge was weakened.

Well... it was on the carpet. ha ha ha. R40.
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5) Also, 1 of my friends grabbed the entire laptop by the LCD. It was all rippling.

But, although it is slightly "darkened" in the areas (right & left), no dead pixels.

nyc03usmcr · #2 Post by **nyc03usmcr** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:36 pm

lmao ... funny post

makaveli559m · #3 Post by **makaveli559m** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:24 am

Installed a Pentium 2 300mhz cpu on a 770 and it worked

nyc03usmcr · #4 Post by **nyc03usmcr** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:16 pm

cool beans

DIGITALgimpus · #5 Post by **DIGITALgimpus** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:45 am

Gets me girls

Asbradley21 · #6 Post by **Asbradley21** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:15 am

Do you have a roomate?

christopher_wolf · #7 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:20 am

What is going on here?

Asbradley21 · #8 Post by **Asbradley21** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:24 am

What?

#9 Post by **Kyocera** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:13 pm

I dropped mine once on the concrete and it still works, should I call the 700 club? That's a joke there..But I really did drop it.....on the concrete.....i thought it was toast.....but it wasn't...

nyc03usmcr · #10 Post by **nyc03usmcr** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:25 pm

" I dropped mine once on the concrete and it still works, should I call the 700 club? That's a joke there..But I really did drop it.....on the concrete.....i thought it was toast.....but it wasn't...Very Happy " -- Kyocera

How hard was the fall ? Just curious...

Aroc · #11 Post by **Aroc** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:54 pm

On Feb 4, 2006 I was able to order an openbay CTO t43 without any ram/hdd/optical/windows.

I consider that a miracle. Saved me a bundle too.

mybellyisempty · #12 Post by **mybellyisempty** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:44 pm

My fiancée stepped on her X30. It cracked the screen's plastic bezel around the LCD screen, but the LCD itself was untouched.

It's Linda-proof

#13 Post by **Kyocera** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:19 pm

Marine Corps wrote:

How hard was the fall ? Just curious...

I was holding it about chest high (i'm 6'2") turning from the back door of my car, it fell on its rear corner, i tried to deflect it with my foot to break the fall a little, some plastic broke around the usb- ps2 area, obviously i was fearing the worst but it came right out of hibernation and has been perfect ever since.

ThinkPad R · #14 Post by **ThinkPad R** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:48 am

DIGITALgimpus wrote:Gets me girls

how?

ThinkPad R · #15 Post by **ThinkPad R** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:51 am

Kyocera wrote:I was holding it about chest high (i'm 6'2") turning from the back door of my car, it fell on its rear corner, i tried to deflect it with my foot to break the fall a little, some plastic broke around the usb- ps2 area, obviously i was fearing the worst but it came right out of hibernation and has been perfect ever since.

So even the earliest thinkpads were that strong?

#16 Post by **JaneL** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:41 am

ThinkPad R wrote:So even the earliest thinkpads were that strong?

Well, yes. I was pulling a either a 755Ce or a 760-something (EL? XL?) out of my computer bag after I got home one night. My hands were cold, the 75x/76x series was heavy, you get the picture. Landed on the uncarpeted kitchen floor on the left rear corner right where all the power and screen connections were. My heart just stopped.

I picked it up and looked it over. Not even a scratch. I opened it assuming the screen would be in shards. It was perfect. I turned it on assuming the hard drive would never spin up. No problems. The whole system never missed a beat.

#17 Post by **Kyocera** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:45 am

So even the earliest thinkpads were that strong?

This is a 15" t42 purchased in 0ct of 04, if that's considered earliest

ThinkPad Miracles... Anybody?

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