Comments on: IBM Thinkpad overheating chipset fix http://rdist.root.org/2007/06/18/ibm-thinkpad-overheating-chipset-fix/ Embedded security, crypto, software protection Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:16:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nate Lawson http://rdist.root.org/2007/06/18/ibm-thinkpad-overheating-chipset-fix/comment-page-1/#comment-2197 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:48:54 +0000 http://rdist.root.org/2007/06/18/ibm-thinkpad-overheating-chipset-fix/#comment-2197 From everything I could see on Lenovo’s website, opening the case (other than the slots for RAM) voids the warranty. They don’t sell any parts to users here, just ask you to send the whole thing in for them to swap parts. And of course, my R32 is long out of warranty so it would cost a lot to get it fixed.

]]> By: Don Zoomik http://rdist.root.org/2007/06/18/ibm-thinkpad-overheating-chipset-fix/comment-page-1/#comment-2096 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:29:09 +0000 http://rdist.root.org/2007/06/18/ibm-thinkpad-overheating-chipset-fix/#comment-2096 Actually, disassembling a Thinkpad doesn’t void your warranty, at least on the eastern side of the Atlantic. This is illogical, as how else could IBM/Lenovo provide user serviceable parts?

Best regards
DZ

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