On Sat, 02 Nov 2013 14:53:46 -0400 Ken Heard <kensli...@teksavvy.com> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > In May 2008 I purchased new and started using a Lenovo R61 Think Pad. > Originally I installed Lenny on it and subsequently upgraded it to > Squeeze. > > Starting from 2013-01-01 various things started going wrong. For > example I began to get segmentation fault errors for packages that I > had used successfully before that date. Some of other problems where > intermittent sound, and failure to detect the printer, even manually. > > At first I thought these were software faults and sought help from > this list. Finally I decided to spend $100 for diagnostic tests. The > diagnosis was a failed main board, but the hard drive and the memory > modules were okay. The cost of repairs would approximate the cost of > a new laptop. > > Is it normal for any laptop to fail in fewer than five years, or is > such a failure rate unique to Lenovo's laptops? Any piece of electronics can fail, but I'm pretty sure that an R-series ThinkPad doesn't have a *higher* failure rate than laptops in general. My understanding is that the business class ThinkPad lines are beloved precisely for (among other things) their superior build quality; I bought a (refurbished) T61 (which ISTR is quite similar to the R61) for exactly this reason, and I've been very happy with it. > Regards, Ken Heard Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131103000313.b662033c3b2d0ed888b3d...@gmail.com