T400: broken plastic in USB port?

[wulfman]

hi everyone,

in a recently bought T400. one of the usb-ports just failed. when pulling off a MF628-umts-modem, the plastic nose from the port stuck inside the plug. when lenovo was called up about it, they quoted a ~130€ repair fee, and suggested that this was most likely caused by the user, and that the customer would have to prove otherwise.

I quickly checked around on the net, and found this: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=350291

apparently, it is not a single case. anyone else having the problem?

thanks,
w

[jt.waleson]

I have had the same problem. Currently looking for a replacement connector (I've soldered the old ones off the system board) See this post on notebookreview

[richk]

They are the same as those on T61. Busted T61 boards are more common

[Eto]

ok so what is the fix? replace motherboard? replace USB sockets? Dump thinkpad all together for having [censored] USB connectors?

what has everyone/anyone done to solve this?

thanks eto

[RealBlackStuff]

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=99286
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=105129
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/R-L-Series- ... a-p/301526

[Eto]

thanks rbs10000