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    IBM frustrated me

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by waterloo, Jan 6, 2006.

  1. waterloo

    waterloo Notebook Evangelist

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    Usually I am super happy with IBm, but man come on I try putting Gentoo on it and it was a pain in the arse cuz of video card. I didn't want to spend time on here cuz I gonna sell it. So i put mandriva. :p Anyway I want to know how to do some things.

    The Fan that turns on is loud as a ******* :) , and some of the keyboard keys stickin.... What should I dO?

    IBM R40 2.0 GHz Hyper Threading 256 MB of ram 40 GB HD Wireless RJ45 Modem Etc

    For SALE 800 BUx New!
     
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  2. waterloo

    waterloo Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks In Advance
     
    waterloo, Jan 6, 2006
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  3. dr_st

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    Before you give up - have you gone to ThinkWiki? They specialize in helping people running Linux on Thinkpads.

    Keys sticking - what do you mean?
     
    dr_st, Jan 7, 2006
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  4. waterloo

    waterloo Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah i been there thanks, got linux working... Key sticking... Umm click a key and it goes EEK and moves up very slowly and sometimes hen i press e the eeeee goes on forever until the key goes back up. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee like so...
     
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  5. Momo26

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    That's very odd comming from a ThinkPad. They have the best keyboards in the industry. Unless you spilled something in there, juice ect., I don't know why that would be happening. You must have got a lemon then. Contact customer support, see what they can do, it's their job.
     
    Momo26, Jan 8, 2006
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  6. Karl Gruber

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    I agree, contact customer support. After you contact customer support, take a writing and grammar course. You lack teh ability to form complete sentences, waterloo.
     
    Karl Gruber, Jan 8, 2006
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    It sounds like you got ice cream on your keyboard. I did once and it was extreamly frustrating.
     
    ExJxC, Jan 8, 2006
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  8. waterloo

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    I'm Asian... This notebook is used... Old Owner messed up?

    Ok THanks for help!
     
    waterloo, Jan 8, 2006
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    Last time, my classmate (girl) put the whole noodles with soup into her keyboad of the laptop. The keys can not jump up when she types them after the accident....
     
    thinkpadfan, Jan 9, 2006
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