Re: [tlug] Laptop repair: backlight

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

On 09/22/2010 10:43 PM, Lyle H Saxon wrote:
> 2010/9/20 Jean-Christian Imbeault<jc.imbeault@example.com>:
> > I kept looking and my perseverance eventually paid off when I found a
> > shop that did it for 7,000 (3,000 labour and 4,000 for the part). Best
> > of all they did it while I waited, taking only about 40 minutes.
> >
> > For future reference if anyone else needs some repairs on the cheap I
> > can heartily recommend this place:
> >
> > Maxus Computer UpGrade Service
> > マクサスコンピューターアップグレードサービス
> > 〒 101-0021 東京都千代田区外神田3-6-11
> > tel：03-5296-0486
> > tech-support@example.com
> >
> > http://204.3.198.144/
> > (for some reason they don't seem to have their DNS working quite right)
>
> Thanks for posting this!  What was the part replaced exactly?  For
> Y4,000, I'm assuming the back light - or was that for the whole
> screen?  That's a lot cheaper than I imagined it would be.  I had
> thought that general repair places avoided working on laptops.  In any
> case, I'm very curious what the exact part was.

I'll add a "me too," now that I am the not-so-proud owner of a Thinkpad 
T61 that got dropped on an edge and suddenly has a four-part screen.  If 
it _is_ the screen, I'm giving these folks a call.  Any idea whether 
they can change case fans, too?  The fans in this version were their 
Achilles heel and IBM wants JPY 13,000 to let you exchange parts 
yourself or JPY 33,000 if you let them do it for you.

--
CL