BrokenFloppy » Repair

Day 05 – N82 Saga

cypress — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:30:08 +0000

Nokia support rocks! They shipped me a replacement phone with overnight shipping!! The thing that sucks is that they sent it on Friday the 14th and it came to Maryland today, the 15th, but it will be out for delivery on the 17th, when I will be back at College Park. I will not get to play with it until the 25th, but it will make a sweet Thanksgiving gift. I am just hoping that they remembered to ship back my memory card.

Thanks Nokia for the quick service! I shall continue my loyalty to your kick-ass phones.

Day 04 — N82 Saga

cypress — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:00:18 +0000

The phone is in Nokia’s Repair Center. I have yet to hear from them. Here is what their site says:

Your Nokia N82-1 device, serial number 358985*********, was received for repair on
November 13, 2008 and is currently in the queue to be evaluated for repair.

Turnaround time for in-warranty repairs is approximately 7-10 business days.

You will be contacted if the required repairs are not covered under warranty.

Please note that in some circumstances turnaround timeframe may be longer (quote approval needed, parts on order, device transferred etc.)

Please check back for the latest status information.

Repair History:

Status Date	Status
11/13/2008	Received 11/13/2008
11/10/2008	Pending Receipt by the Repair Center

This information is provided as a courtesy. The online information reflects the latest status update provided by the repair center for customers and is the same information available to the Nokia Care Contact Center.

I hope they fix it soon!

Day 03 of N82 Saga

cypress — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:00:38 +0000

The phone has been received and signed for by “Murphy” as of 9:13AM. I hope Murphy can fix it!

Day 02 – N82 Saga

cypress — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:45:55 +0000

Just a quick update, the phone has made it’s way to DORAVILLE, GA, US. It arrived 2:34PM and left at 11:26PM. It should arrive at Huntsville tomorrow.

iPhone headphone suck on the metro. Granted, the N82′s headphones wouldn’t be much better, but at least it has a normal 3.5mm jack. Non-noise cancelling headphones do not mix well with the sound of the metro/subway.

Day 01 of N82 Saga

cypress — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:45:30 +0000

The phone is on it’s way to Alabama as per the UPS tracking number. It left Laurel, MD, at 4:08 A.M. EST and it should arrive in Alabama on Thursday the 13th.

iPhone still sort of sucks…Had to charge it a few times during the day to keep it going.

I also learned today that I was 1000 sms over my limit of 1500 messages. Due to the outrageous sms prices, that would have been over $100 for sms. Luckily I was able to upgrade to unlimited texting, back dating to the beginning of the month, so all should be fine.

Day 00 of N82 Saga

cypress — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:30:08 +0000

Last night, my beloved Nokia N82 refused reading any memory cards! I tried 3 different ones, 2 2GB cards and 1 8GB card. All to no avail. This morning I received my new 8GB card in the mail (had ordered it a few days ago) and it also did not work in the N82. Numerous times I reset the phone using the *#7370# code…no dice. I called Nokia Customer Support and after a few minutes was told to ship my phone in ( I dreaded the sound of that).

Getting together all the paperwork to prove when I purchased the phone, I ran to the local MailBoxes Etc. on campus and shipped the phone to Placo for the outrageous price of $22.89 via UPS. I hope that it gets to Alabama on time and that they are able to fix/repair the phone or send me a new one (free of charge would be nice).

I am now using my backup phone, a 2G iPhone, which i just upgraded to 2.1 and jailbroke. Hopefully it will be good and work until I get my real phone back. So far I am missing all my music from my N82, my downloaded podcasts, the keypad, and most of all MMS capabilities.

I will keep the blog updated daily until I receive my N82 back, in case others have to go through this, to let them know what happens.

hp pavillion dv9000 lcd replacement

cypress — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:45:57 +0000

Recently I was working on a new project for me, replacement of an entire LCD screen of a notebook. The closest I had gotten to that was the inverter replacement for my T40 (which I sold on ebay ). It was a friend’s system and I was afraid that I may screw it up badly.

After taking the cracked LCD off I began looking for a replacement screen. Oddly enough I found one through Google and NotebookReview.com from a guy who lives near me and was selling it for $50 cheaper than all other places. I messaged him and he said he would ship it. Paid him and waited. After about a week I got the screen yesterday. Immediately I got to installing it in the laptop. To my greatest surprise, the screen works and I was able to put the computer back together. I only have 2 left over screws!

Here is a slide show including the before and after:

T41 Update 1

cypress — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:46:59 +0000

The Thinkpad T41 update project is officially halted. The system is going to be sold on ebay for parts and repair. After purchasing a “new” inverter from ebay, and putting it, the system seemed to work more sporadically than before. The “new” inverter actually displayed the signs described of defective ones.

I will post a link to the auction of the system once it goes up on ebay.

I have found a IBM T60 to purchase which is working and I believe will suite me well.

Thinkpad T41 Repair Project

admin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:57:03 +0000

I recently purchased an IBM Thinkpad T41 from a shady man…but for a great price. I paid $75 for this beast of a system. At first, it seemed to have everything and it actually powered on….How wrong was I. The system lacks a hard drive at the moment. Once I was able to power it on it beeped like mad. After some research I found out that long beep followed by 2 short beeps means to check the System Board, DIMM, and LCD assembly, in that order. I took the memory out and tested it in my trusty T30. The memory works. I’m hoping the System Board is ok, since i have no way of testing that. Finally I called IBM support and they told me that the LCD inverter may need to be replaced. I used a tutorial from Laptop Repair 101on how to disassemble the LCD.

As it currently stands, I ordered an LCD inverter from Ebay. I am hoping that this would fix it as I can not wait to use this sweet computer.

If everything works out, this could be a wonderful system for about $100-130.

I will keep you posted on the progress of the system update / work status.

Edit:

Here are some pictures of the LCD taken apart: