The Thinkpad’s back
IBM turned it around much quicker than I expected. I dropped it off last Thursday and got it back on Tuesday. That’s a five day turnaround including the weekend, impressive.
A quick boot up test shows all 1GB of RAM, but the BIOS version is only 2.01. That either means they fixed the old board (doubtful) or replaced it with a old model board that’s been patched to work. Some reports I’ve read say that if you have a patched board the memory slot cover will have a slight bulge, but my doesn’t. I’ll have to investiage further to see what fix they did. But it does mean I can’t drop in more RAM without a BIOS upgrade. The Linux upgrade disk is currently only at 2.02, not 2.08, I’ll have to see if that can be hacked. I also need a floppy drive, but I think I found one on eBay for £6.35, so no great loss there.
The other good news is my hard disk is intact, no painful restore for me!
