-=> August Abolins wrote to Nick Andre <=-
AA> My first Thinkpad, T40p, developed a common screen fade/blank problem.
AA> I sent it to a fellow in the States to replace the backlight. Then, it ran
AA> quite well until the fan started to make noise, and sometimes
AA> refuse to boot because of that. Probably just needs some dust to be
AA> blown out of the fan assembly, but I never had the confidence to open
AA> it up before I moved to the T60 that I am using now.
If you still have the T40, it might be a good learning experience to take it
apart. IBM has great hardware manuals with instructions, and they're easy to
work on. 15 minutes, 8 screws, a can of air and a drop of oil might get it
up and running...
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