IBM ThinkPad T61 Hard Drive Upgrade

One of our neighbors was in this week with his IBM ThinkPad T61. His 100GB drive was nearly filled. This particular T61 came stock with a 7200rpm 100GB SATA hard drive. Our customer wanted the biggest, fastest drive out there.

Well, that ended up being a choice- biggest OR fastest.. Speed was important so we got him the largest 7200RPM Hitachi drive available, which happens to be 200GB at the moment. The drive is a HTS722020K9SA00. They're under $200.

IBM ThinkPad T43: Fan Error

An IBM ThinkPad T43 was in this week with a Fan Error. This is yet another laptop that passed through with a little Best Buy sticker on it. Anyways, after our customer was (mis)informed that his laptop was junk, he went home and went online to find out the truth, which is when he found us.

It turns out this T43 was still under warranty. Our customer could've had it repaired for free by IBM but he wanted the repair expedited and we had a fan in stock. He left the unit with us and came back by 4hrs later to pick the unit up, fixed.

It just needed a new fan!

Panasonic Toughbook CF-51

A Panasonic Toughbook CF-51 laptop was in for repair this week. This one was getting bluescreen errors and misbehaving. The laptop just ended up having a bad hard drive. Even in the Toughbook's rugged shell a hard drive will still go bad. Laptops, especially this one, get moved around a lot and it is really inevitable.

A new look for 2008!

We have cleaned up our small storefront for 2008. Some of our oldest customers have already been in and so far the reaction has been very positive! Interestingly enough, our DHL driver came in and asked us if we had a new couch. We laughed out loud as everything BUT the couch has been changed. We painted- the walls are blue.. The doors are purple.. Other items are bright orange.. It sounds funky but it came out excellent! We'll post pics soon!

Happy New Year!