[olug] [OT] IBM Authorized service center in Lincoln...

[Rob Townley]

Some laptops have a bios level hdd test.  hp honored these bios level
test results for a new drive wo question.

too bad it doesn't have some kind of linuxbios in it bc then this
could be done remotely.

maybe lenovo would honor smartmontools results?  install as package or
sysresccd?

On 10/30/09, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> Last fall I helped a friend in Lincoln buy an IBM/Lenovo Laptop.  The
> HDD is starting to die and she needs it replaced under warranty.  She
> purchased the 4 year "carry-in" service since I was pretty certain
> there was someone in Lincoln who could do it (years ago I know the UNL
> computer sales group was...)
>
> Unfortunately the Lenovo search page
> (http://bplocator.lenovo.com/et.cfm) doesn't list ANY in the Lincoln
> area.  The closest one I can find is here in Omaha (110 and Q IIRC).
>
> Can someone point me to a more local IBM resource?
>
> Or, if we call IBM and convince them that the HDD is dying, will they
> cross-ship a new HDD to her, then let us swap it ourselves?
>
> Dan
>
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