On Sunday 30 October 2005 01:44 am, Pete Theisen wrote:
> SOTL wrote:
> >>>>Toshiba satellite A15-S129, Celeron 2.4; 512; 40; Simply MEPIS, XP
> >>>>Home.
> >>>
> >>>Our company had to ship back nearly all of their new Toshibas because
> >>>they overheated and fried themselves (some had smoke coming out of
> >>>them). They went back to the IBM ThinkPads for subsequent laptop
> >>>refreshes. I suspect yours has befallen the same fate, but since you
> >>>indicate it's "new" it should be under warranty.
> >>
> >>Alas, not that new. I wonder how much to fix it?
> >
> > Yes, and if you fix it how long until you are back to connecting by smoke
> > signals?
>
> Hi SOTL!
>
> PCMCIA Wifi still works fine. I have a PCMCIA Net Card which also works
> so I have a reprieve for now. I have to get Simply MEPIS to
> differentiate between the two cards, however, and *that* may take some
> doing.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pete
After your smoke tests i suggest an IBM Thinkpad as an appropriate
replacement.
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