Re: 5300 REA - A No Go

2002-05-29 Thread vitoria
on 29/5/02 10:46 pm, motelsixx at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Get a grip people. This thing was guaranteed to be covered for 7 years. > What >> car was built with a 400,000 mile warranty? What Microwave is guaranteed > for >> 25years? Let's do some comparison, and reconsider how realistic (or >

Re: 5300 REA - A No Go

2002-05-29 Thread motelsixx
> Get a grip people. This thing was guaranteed to be covered for 7 years. What > car was built with a 400,000 mile warranty? What Microwave is guaranteed for > 25years? Let's do some comparison, and reconsider how realistic (or > unrealistic) this expectation is for Apple to continue servicing a

Re: 5300 REA - A No Go

2002-05-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Apple used somebody else's connector on the 5300, which turned out to be bad. > THey covered it. The plastics issues have been covered, albeit slowly. Do > you really think it's intelligent to be bashing the company that VOLUNTARILY > GAVE YOU AN EXTRA 6 YEAR WARRAN

Re: 5300 REA - A No Go

2002-05-29 Thread DavidWedge
Get a grip people. This thing was guaranteed to be covered for 7 years. What car was built with a 400,000 mile warranty? What Microwave is guaranteed for 25years? Let's do some comparison, and reconsider how realistic (or unrealistic) this expectation is for Apple to continue servicing a com

Re: 5300 REA - A No Go (and power conenctor repair info)

2002-05-29 Thread Robert Eye
A good site with info on fixing the motherboard power connector is here: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/3276/pb5300.html Regards, Bob Eye Dallas, TX >Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 09:40:15 -0700 >Subject: 5300 REA - A No Go >From: "David R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [ed

Re: 5300 REA - A No Go

2002-05-28 Thread Redrockcrab
REA is Apple's way of saying : We made some crummy 'puters in the mid-90's! It mainly deals with shoddy plastics and rotten A/C adapter ports on the Mobo. Call * 1-800-SOS-APPL * during biz hrs. Mikie -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: 5300 REA - A No Go

2002-05-28 Thread Thomas and Jodie Martin
I have a few 5300's, what is the REA for and how do I know if mine need it? All of them are in unk shape as I don't have a charger for them. Thanks! Thomas Martin > > Ditto for mine, too! :-( > > Jim / Taqwa91 > > Dave wrote: > > Called Apple this morning re the REA. Rats! Unfortunately,

Re: 5300 REA - A No Go

2002-05-28 Thread Jim
Ditto for mine, too! :-( Jim / Taqwa91 Dave wrote: Called Apple this morning re the REA. Rats! Unfortunately, it looks like I'm out of luck on sending the 5300cs in under the program. Apparently this machine had already gone through it for that very problem so they said they

5300 REA - A No Go

2002-05-28 Thread David R.
Called Apple this morning re the REA. Rats! Unfortunately, it looks like I'm out of luck on sending the 5300cs in under the program. Apparently this machine had already gone through it for that very problem so they said they won't do it twice. It had two date stamps inside battery too. I'm go