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A (now useable) ThinkPad 600e

IPNixon

Well-known member
I got a ThinkPad 600e back in July, and I think its CD drive was broken, because no matter what version of Windows I tried (2000, 98, XP), setup wouldn't get past the same file every time I tried each version. This also happened with different copies of the discs, too, so it wasn't a disc problem.

Last week, I went ahead and ordered a 24x CD-ROM drive for it, and it showed up yesterday.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330279532844

Its battery -used- to work, but I found out last night that it won't charge. A quick googling session found this:

http://www.impactcomputers.com/02k6505-rb.html

So now I'm waiting for that battery to come; should be here by the end of the week.

Right now, I've got the bugger chuggin' along with XP. It's a Pentium II 366 with 228MB RAM, a 30GB HD, CD-ROM, and a WaveLAN Silver. It makes for a -great- internet browsing/word processing laptop.

:)

 

JRL

Well-known member
Very nice!

I have my ThinkPad 600, but the backlight is bad. It will flash on startup and eventually stop working at all.

 
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