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    Screen busted any vendors you know?

    I've delt with http://www.storksystems.com/ for a couple of years and I've always been satisfied.
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    Vaio Laptop support, fact of fiction?

    Keep your receipts. The company I work for bought a few Sony monitors, LCDs and a couple notebooks. They were all nice and generally did what they were supposed too. The biggest problem we ran into everytime we needed warranty repair service we had to provide proof of purchase and it was...
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    putting a new motherboard in?

    You have to replace the board with a system board designed for that notebook model. You can buy it from Dell spare parts or search ebay or go to a vendor that specializes in notebook parts such as parts-people.com or stork systems for example. I wouldn't expect the board to be that expensive...
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    ThinkPad really worth it?

    dunno the particulars, but it happened recently to a client of mine at an airport and I had to replace a cracked LCD.
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    ThinkPad really worth it?

    You'll pay 30% more then pretty much any other brand to get if fixed. I work on alot of IBM laptops and many of the repairs I do are due to accidents like drops, getting them jammed in automatic doors, and spills. IBMs are just like any other laptop as far as components go, they're just...
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    ThinkPad T40's

    The company I'm doing work for now doesn't have thousnads of these, more like 250-350 units. Items 1 and 2 that you mention above are problems I see consistantly with the 40s and 41s.
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    Minor water spill on keyboard, dead laptop?

    It only takes a drop of liquid to kill a system board. If I were you, I would buy a new laptop and part out your damaged laptop on ebay to help cover some of the cost of the new system. As far as component costs, $500 for a laptop systm board from a reputable dealer or manufacturer's...
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    cleaning the screen of a laptop

    I use windex and a paper towl, or If I have some laying around the office the spray Hood cleaner.
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    What's in your toolbox?

    I carry a toolbag :) I use xcelite 99-series nutdriver/screwdrivers , it saves me alot of space/weight over craftsman tools with, IMHO, the same quality if not better. They can be pricy though. http://www.jensentools.com/product/group.asp?parent_id=99 I have found this mini ratchet...
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    Who made this keyboard?

    Except for the windows keys, this keytronic keyboard looks pretty much just like the IBM model M.
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    printer streaking problems

    It is possible that the mono cartridge is defective. Return your black cartridge for a replacement and see if that solves the problem. If not then return the printer.
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    Pawn Shops and my old systems

    well, see if they itemize...maybe you can a few bucks there :D
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    Pawn Shops and my old systems

    If you itemize your taxes, you could donate them to Goodwill or a church or other charity for the writeoff, or see if your area has a mini-merchant type paper and list it there.
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    Do you have any parts from your first PC still in use?

    I'm still using the floppy drive from the Trigem 486 I bought in '94.
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    Fun with NewEgg.com RMA's...

    yeah, I've returned a couple of things and never had a problem. I'm not sure, I imagine the restock fee is based off the price you paid.
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    Just for fun, what was your first PC?

    Commodore Vic20 was the first computer I ever owned, though it wasn't much. 1. Delta Gold IBM XT compatable. A blazing fast 8088 CPU, 512KB RAM and duel 51/4 floppies. Dos 1.25 2. Laser 286, 2MB ram, 20MB hard drive. had Geoworks, a cool little gui. 3. The first real PC I bought for...
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    Should I wear sunglasses while cutting metal with a dremel?

    go to a hardware store and get a pair of safety glasses with side shields. You will find thay come in handy when your working with power tools. They aren't very expensive.
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    Fun with NewEgg.com RMA's...

    Newegg has 7 day return on CPUs, 30 on everything else. 15% restock fee applies if the product is not defective.
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    Project...erm...Redneck, mayhaps?

    heh, I read the title and thought you were mounting a gun rack on your case or something :D
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    Cool device to have at a LAN party

    Remove the cigarette lighter and plug in a mini-fridge full of beer..
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    Dells must get dusty

    I did computer repair at a bearing and steel manufacturer for six years. I used to pull Gateway towers out of operator pulpits that would have 4 inches of dirt and soot in the bottom, found a dead mouse in one. Heck, in the bearing plants, some of the old HP printers I had to work on had to be...
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    Gigabyte 9600XT *NO HL2 Coupon*

    Heh, I was looking at my Box. Above the oval that reads "saving U.S. Dollars 120" is a sticker, peal it off and it says "free half-Life2 game) and there is a logo and a picture of the hero (can't recall his name". So it is actually on the box, it's just covered. I'm with you tho, I'll take...
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    Gigabyte 9600XT *NO HL2 Coupon*

    I just got one of these cards from Newegg and it does indeed rock. The box I received though says nothing about a HL2 coupon.
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