Score another victory for gravity. My Scribbler slid less than two feet off my couch, landed on my 802.11g card, and broke the internal connector last night.Fortunately, I was able to come home early today and get into my tablet to fish out the broken part. And while the connector is hashed, I can replace the cage. The trick will be finding a compatible cage, since I'm not at all familiar with these things.
On the plus side, I found that I have an extra miniPCI slot so I might find something to use there and upgrade the memory while I'm at it.
I also need to apologize to my wife who had to deal with my anger over the incident before I could. I can't sleep off anger; I have to work it through and could not do so until today. Sorry gal. Please forgive me.
Gravity 1, PC Card Slot 0
posted by Sumocat at 5/17/2006 02:57:00 PM
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I feel your pain. I had a similar breakage with my M200 a long while back. They ended up replacing the entire motherboard.
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Anonymous, at 5/17/2006 03:59:00 PM
I'm just commenting to say that I love the inking-blog stuff. I've been mulling over getting a tablet for months, and within the past few weeks I decided I was going to do it. Today I came across your site as well as Inkiness and HughSung.com and think that inking+blog=my kind of people.
Well done, I'll be keep tabs on this site. Take care.
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Anonymous, at 5/17/2006 05:54:00 PM
Warner: Yeah, even though it could have landed on any of the other sides and been fine, I lucked out in that it was only the slot connector. But it looked bad that night, shut down and would not turn on a couple times. And opening it up to find loose parts floating around wasn't much better. Thankfully I was able to get it back in working order and rebound with an optimistic attitude.
carl: That's great news! If you haven't already chosen your tablet, check out the various sites in my "Tablet PC Links". In particular, Tablet PC Buzz is a top resource for new and interested users. It's highly valuable to weigh your options since tablets are very personal.
I briefly considered a new tablet when my Scribbler broke, but I did such a fine job of matching this machine to my needs that I honestly do not want another one (despite my love for hybrids and Transformers).
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Sumocat, at 5/18/2006 10:29:00 AM
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