Monday, August 06, 2007

invincible ????

I bought a new laptop a couple of weeks ago...., I was pretty happy with it and I have had used it for only 2 weeks... Then I invited my work pals to my house for a working session..., after finishing work we took a beer or two and I misplaced mine just to the right of my laptop..., then when I finished using my mouse I spilled it over the keyboard and the screen.., I was like in shock or something.., but after a couple of seconds.., I realized that nothing wrong happened to it, except the smell that it was going to have for a couple of weeks..., no big deal anyway.... AND, AND the spill proof keyboard that the computer comes bundled with helped to avoid a greater damage..., peace of mind !!
I worked flawlessly for a couple of days (maybe 3 or 4, can't remember though)..., and I remember that it was a Monday morning...., I was thirsty so I asked my sister to bring me a glass with water.., she did it and I did put it exactly in the same place where the beer was placed a couple of days ago...., I did the same movement and for my surprise I spilled not a few drops but the hole glass over it.., the computer turned off immediately and this time I was scared like hell, I didn't know what to do because the water came from the side and entered inside my thinkpad by every single side you can imagine.., it was full f water everywhere..., "This is the END" I thought.... In that very moment I loose all the hopes to get it back..., and what really bothered me that day is that I already had a warning a couple of days before.., I was really mad at me for doing that... I unplugged it, disassembled it and started to dry it with a hair dryer (just air, not hot air....) until no water remained on it.., then I tried to turn it on.., no luck at all !! I tried to start but a weird sound came in, so I turned it off....., I lost it !! I lost it !! that was the only thing that was in my head...., and what really kept me sad is that it was a brand new computer..., because honestly if it had like 1 year or 1 year and a half that would be like more acceptable, but NOOOO, it just had 2 weeks of use !!!!!!!! ARRRGHHHHHH !!!!
I dissasembled it again and placed a heather by its side for 2 hours.., then I tried again and no luck !! So I tried calling to lenovo without any kind of hope because I knew that that kind of accidents are not covered by the warranty.., they gave me an appointment in town, so I went, and the tech guy told me that there was maybe a chance of saving it..., some hope came to me. He asked me to call him the next day in the morning. Next morning I called and the guy told me that they dried it, they did everything they could and that the thinkpad wasn't turning on.., and that the replacement of the damaged part (mainborad) could cost like US 900..., I said to him never mind.., I prefer to buy a new one than just getting the replacement part..
However he asked me to call him again a couple of hours later... I was hopeless this time.., but for my surprise when I called him he told me that the mainboard didn't have any burned part, so maybe they could claim warranty for it.., also he told me that the board inside it had some fungus..., weird !! having in mind that it was a brand new computer..... He asked me to call a few hours later, which I did and he told me that the warranty manager approved the change of the mainboard as warranty !! I couldn't believe until today that I picked it up and now I'm writing this post from it.
So from now on.., I think that thinkpads are like Phoenix.., they just reborn from dust.
So far, I can say that my experience with Lenovo has been the best of the best.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

EHHHHHH asi es que me gustan tus post, cuando los escribes tu y me entretiene.
Me alegra mucho saber que todos esas cosas raras por las que me rei como que se apagara si se caia y etc, sirvieron en algun momento a tu computador.

Al mio que se le rego ensima la coca cola no tuvo la misma suerte.
me rio mucho de imaginarme tu cara en esos momentos, es mas, me voy a seguir riendo jajajajaj

Que bueno que sea inmortal, se parece a mi hermano alejandro.