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.
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:
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.
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.
). It was a friend’s system and I was afraid that I may screw it up badly.