IBM service, tian ji zhou
Skipped my lectures and went down to IBM service centre just now. Didn’t bother to boot up the T43. Bro came to school in a taxi and fetched me there.
Reached the place, got my queue number. Number was 1022. Waited for quite sometime before 1022 was flashing next to the text “counter 5”. Elder brother and me made our way to the counter while a customer was kp-ing at counter 4. He used 3rd party battery and the laptop fail to charge it and demanded reason why the battery wont charge. The service counter personnel attached an IBM battery and it was shown charging.
Then he “crossed” the counter and demanded the service person attending to me to answer him question. Initially my bro and I thought that it would be a short question. End up he demanded more and more til my bro dulan and shoot him in the face. “Why don’t you and another number and go back into the queue if you want him to answer your question. I been sitting here waiting for my stuff to get serviced.” Only then the guy stopped. And the person who was attending to us was like relieved. Idiotic customer used 3rd party battery and demand IBM to answer why the battery don’t charge. He should ask the 3rd party battery manufacturer!
Anyway, I asked the service counter a question and even he cannot answer cos it is a new feature of IBM restore. Haha. Was told to email the question and problem to a address and he will escalate it. Tsk tsk. He even commented that the internal RAM can be user upgraded without voiding of warranty. He showed me the screws to remove and how to remove the keyboard. tsk tsk. Then he added,
“The ram must be by IBM one”
“Huh? IBM got manufacture RAM one meh?”
“Erm, RAMs authorized to use by IBM”
“How do I know what RAMs IBM authorized?”
“Those with IBM sticker lor”
“Pss, you got IBM sticker to spare?”
He look at me dumbfounded once more then replied
“Use color printer and print and stick on”
Hahaha. Ok lah, I know he is talking crap with me. Keke. Guess I will look out for cheap rams once my T43 is back.
Then he asked a question. “When water spill never immediate plug out the harddisk ah?”. I was like huh? Do you mean battery or harddisk? Then he flipped over the laptop and removed a screw with his philips screwdriver. And out comes the harddisk. -.-‘
Then my bro commented, “Next time bring a test pen to school”. Hahaha
Well, he marked my case as urgent. Keke. Pretty cool. Means it will get processed faster.
After the servicing, we hopped on to a taxi to China Town. Lunch time! Ate some Froggy Porridge. “Gong BaoTian Ji” + Porridge. Then after that he left for town and I left for home. Sigh.
Recalling this morning. My mum still smsed me in a fit of anger “Later ah ger wake up, I get her to transfer 4k to your account and you go buy laptop”. Zzzz. Then my sis still sms me “Eh, send your current one for servicing then go buy new one ok?”
Dot. They are rich. How about my data inside the laptop? Something money cant buy.