Thinkpad R32 System Board Replacement Help

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My 18 mo. old R32 is plagued by lockups and flaky DVD access. It also has
difficulty shutting down. A complete reformat/reinstall of the OS made no
difference, so I am now considering replacing the system board. I found a
vendor online with it for $500, and I get $50 back if I ship them back the
old one.

I've put desktop systems together but am a little intimidated about cracking
open the laptop. I found a hardware manual at IBM support, but it's not
very detailed.

Is this a no brainer not worth getting worked up about? Any opinions about
whether this will fix my problems.

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I ran PC Doctor (IBM's diagnostic program). It showed no problems other
than failing to access the CD/DVD drive.

"Tony Hwang" <dragon40@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:s0cyc.727976$oR5.305742@pd7tw3no...
> Dave Morrell wrote:
> > My 18 mo. old R32 is plagued by lockups and flaky DVD access. It also
has
> > difficulty shutting down. A complete reformat/reinstall of the OS made
no
> > difference, so I am now considering replacing the system board. I found
a
> > vendor online with it for $500, and I get $50 back if I ship them back
the
> > old one.
> >
> > I've put desktop systems together but am a little intimidated about
cracking
> > open the laptop. I found a hardware manual at IBM support, but it's not
> > very detailed.
> >
> > Is this a no brainer not worth getting worked up about? Any opinions
about
> > whether this will fix my problems.
> >
> >
> Hi,
> B4 doing that, what sort of hardware/system diagnostics have you run?
> Tony
>

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"Wesley" <wesleyf@portablecomputer.com> wrote in message
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> Our company does flat rate board level repair for $295 and we provide
> a 6 month warranty. Please check us out before spending $500 on a new
> board.
>
> http://www.portablecomputer.com/re [...] ration.asp

What turnaround could I expect?

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"Dave Morrell" <nospamdmorrell@mail.com> wrote in message news:<2iu6pfFrh58uU1@uni-berlin.de>...
> "Wesley" <wesleyf@portablecomputer.com> wrote in message
> news:cee41efe.0406110623.2598091b@posting.google.com...
> > Our company does flat rate board level repair for $295 and we provide
> > a 6 month warranty. Please check us out before spending $500 on a new
> > board.
> >
> > http://www.portablecomputer.com/re [...] ration.asp
>
> What turnaround could I expect?

If you know how to put a dektop together from components, you can
replace the system board on a thinkpad. I was nervous too, but the
manual from IBM was enough for me. I don't know about R32 system
boards, but I know there are boards for other laptops on eBay. You
could try looking there and doing it yourself.