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    From Charles Pierson@2:460/58 to August Abolins on Fri Nov 6 11:37:44 2020
    I had some context in mind, but I failed to include it for fear of someone biting me.



    I don't bite unless asked.

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  • From August Abolins@2:333/808.7 to Charles Pierson on Tue Nov 10 20:31:08 2020
    Hi Charles!

    10 Nov 20 10:20, you wrote to me:

    Now that I have stitched up my disassebled T60 from about a
    monthe ago (to replace the fan and re-apply thermal grease for
    the CPU/heatsink) ..and have my favourite working environment
    back again, I might.

    So you got it fixed successfully? Congratulations.

    "successfully", depends.

    I have 2 screws left over which I am very sure are supposed to bolt down the keyboard and palm rest, but they seem to be too short and don't "bite" anything so that I can screw them down. I'm very sure I have the keyboard/palmrest resting down as far as they can go.

    So, I have to be gentle if the lid is latched. Otherwise the lid will pull and lift the palmrest.

    The machine runs really cool now. I used to be able feel very hot air being blown out. Now it is barely warm.






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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to August Abolins on Wed Nov 11 06:55:00 2020
    August Abolins wrote to Charles Pierson <=-

    I have 2 screws left over which I am very sure are supposed to bolt
    down the keyboard and palm rest, but they seem to be too short and
    don't "bite" anything so that I can screw them down. I'm very sure I
    have the keyboard/palmrest resting down as far as they can go.

    You can buy screw sets on eBay for each model Thinkpad; they even
    include the little adhesive covers over some of them.

    The T4x were nice, they had a legend on the bottom identifying the
    screw types with a picture and each hole was labeled with which screw
    went where.

    The machine runs really cool now. I used to be able feel very hot air being blown out. Now it is barely warm.

    I've got a T60 running the BBS now, and I did a similar fan
    replacement/cleaning/replace thermal grease, and a 13-year old laptop
    is running fine. (knocks wood)







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