IBM ThinkPad R32 2658-CXU Video Problem

This notebook came in today with a video problem. The unit has a bad system board which is not that uncommon with the R32s... New boards are around $500 from IBM and appear to last around 2 to 3 years under normal conditions. We thought that was a little too high and put the customer into a ThinkPad T30 for around $550 more. The T30 is still under IBM's great warrantee until the end of 2005. It is a Pentium 4 Mobile 1.6Ghz, 512MB, DVD/CDRW, WiFi and more.