On Feb 1, 6:42 am, j...@nospam.com wrote:
> i have an older lifebook and just found out that it will cost between
> $200 to $500 to replace the $5 CMOS backup battery. fujitsu's
> documentation said that it may have to be replace after 3 to 5 years,
> which is reasonable to me but what is not reasonable is to design it
> so that it costs $200 to $500 to replace it.
>
> i can not recommend fujitsu as a source for laptop computers due to
> their design philosophy for replaceable parts.
>
> a "very unhappy" N3010 owner (but it has a very nice display)
>
> (i was just "unhappy" when i discovered that the N3010 had a design
> flaw that caused the mother board to over heat - i worked around that
> with a combination of a temperature measuring program (non-fujitsu)
> and blowing out the hot air discharge vents every once in a while when
> the temperature gets above normal. all this was no thanks to fujitsu
> who insisted that there was no problem and provided no help is solving
> it. so i guess i also can't recommend fujitsu due to their lack of
> support of their products, even when their is a design flaw!)
>
> (btw, the letter "I" key on my keyboard has stopped working does
> anyone know how it might be fixed? i hate to think what fujitsu would
> want for that)

Pry off the key, gently, and see if the pad still works. Don't break
it. It's hard to put back together.

Other than that. It's a new keyboard.




>
> (i guess that i should mention that the hard drive failed as well but
> replacing that was straight forward and with a disk image back up i
> had made. i was going again very quickly for about $100 and my labor)
>
> would apple do this kind of thing to their customers? i am thinking of
> switching to a macbook pro and i am hoping that i will get a better
> product and better support then fujitsu provided, and easier CMOS
> backup battery replacement. comments?

As far as turning to ****, yes, Apple had a couple of laptops that
did. (Icebook)