warranty question - please advise

[georgeb]

"Power surge on hub port" my computer (T43) has begun to tell me. Not sure what it is, I look it up and find lots of references to dying motherboards (not good). I've tried all the fixes I could find but it keeps happening (with increasing frequency).

This, of course, is all happening a mere 5 days before the end of the warranty. Now, before I call IBM warranty, I was hoping to get some advice from you all as far as the best strategy for dealing with this problem. Should I push the warranty people for a mobo replacement? Or ask them about some sort of warranty extension? Thanks

[ajkula66]

Just send it in. If the board needs replacement, they'll do it.

Extending the warranty is always a good idea IMO.

Good luck.

[Harryc]

+1, you don't need to tell Easyserv how to fix the machine.

[edcard]

It's less expensive to extend the warranty if you do it before it expires. You may have to do it directly with IBM.