[PLUG] thinkpads off the shelf in portland?

[John Jason Jordan]

On 05 Aug 2008 21:49:40 -0700
Russell Senior <seniorr at aracnet.com> dijo:

> >>>>> "John" == John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> writes:
> 
> Russell> An old laptop my boss uses died today on the eve of a trip on
> Russell> which he needs one.  Where in town can we lay our hands on a
> Russell> thinkpad in a hurry?
> 
> John> I got mine at Computek, 1615 SW Jefferson, Portland,
> John> 503-274-4384. They are an authorized Lenovo dealer. 
> 
> I remembered that, vaguely, and dug up the old email and called them.
> They couldn't tell me what they could get overnight, but asked me to
> figure out what I wanted and they'd tell me if he could get it.  We
> ended up punting and ordered one from lenovo.  Probably three weeks
> away, but we decided we could wait.
> 
> Interestingly, as we were working on ordering (lenovo's website is
> dumb), the old Compaq Presario came back to life spontaneously.  I
> think there may be a problem with the charger.  It seems to need a
> charged battery in order to boot up.  I think maybe sitting there, it
> recovered enough of a charge to work.  The batteries (we have a spare)
> are something like 8 years old and pretty well shot.
> 
> Thanks all for your feedback.  I appreciate it, even if I didn't end
> up using any of it.

I have a Compaq Presario R3240 - dead, bad hard drive connector on the
motherboard. But I have a couple of batteries for it that are still
functional. Yell if they'll help.