-=> August Abolins wrote to Nick Andre <=-

 AA> My first Thinkpad, T40p, developed a common screen fade/blank problem.
 AA> I sent it to a fellow in the States to replace the backlight.  Then, it
 AA> ran quite well until the fan started to make noise, and sometimes
 AA> refuse to boot because of that. Probably just needs some dust to be
 AA> blown out of the fan assembly, but I never had the confidence to open
 AA> it up before I moved to the T60 that I am using now.

If you still have the T40, it might be a good learning experience to take it 
apart. IBM has great hardware manuals with instructions, and they're easy to 
work on. 15 minutes,  8 screws, a can of air and a drop of oil might get it 
up and running...

 
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