The flying notebook

[kmike75]

A couple weeks ago I did some work for a guy and he gave me an IBM notebook that his son threw across the living room (I'd turn him into a daughter for that). Anyway, it's a Thinkpad 760el. I was wondering where a good place would be to get parts for it.

thanks,
kevin

 

[Louie1961a]

what kind of parts does it need?

 

[kmike75]

Sorry, I had to go to work after posting this... The laptop will not power up at all, even with the power cord. I have the manual but I'm not sure where to start. I gotta read up on this thing and figure out where it's power supply is, ect.... It is actually in good shape. Nothing is really cracked or broken, but I know that it doesn't take much to screw up a motherboard either. This is sad. It's a 133mhz with a 2.1gig hard drive with 48meg of ram. I would have killed this kid. I wanna get this thing running, as it would be my very first laptop.

 

[skeletal29]

yea man check out ebay they have ALOT of stuff.

 

[jschuk]

If it won't power up at all, then there is a chance that some connections could have gotten knocked loose inside. You definately need to open it up anyway to check for damage.

 

[Louie1961a]

Unfortunately, those 760 units are very obsolete now (although I still know people who have them as their primary PC here at IBM..go figure) You can get a working 760 unit on e-bay for about $100. So I am not sure it is worth the effort of fixing it. Buy a working unit for $100, and use yours for parts. E-bay also has parts listed there, if you really want to try and fix it.

E-Bay 760 listings

If you want a thinkpad for little money, go check out our refurbished equipment site:

IBM Global Financing Refurbished PC Wharehouse

However, you may find cheaper units on amazon and e-bay, but at least the refurbished units hava a warranty (90 days?).