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I’m so pissed. My notebook sounds like an old refrigerator, especially when under a load. It seems the GPU/CPU fan is about to die. It’s still covered on the 3 year warranty, but since currently I’m working in a remote place in Indonesia, where the nearest service center about 1500kms away. To make things worse, my scheduled home leave to Jakarta is still 3 months away.The CPU temperature still sits around 40C though, but I don’t know until when this will last.

IBM/Lenovo after sales service is very good, at least when you live near the service center. Just two months ago the notebook just stopped working. At that time I was lucky, the notebook broke during my home leave period in Jakarta, and I can quickly get it serviced. I was really satisfied with their service, it only took them 2 days to get my notebook repaired. The mainboard  is replaced, and for added bonus, they replaced the faded letters on the keyboard keys with a new one. My notebook looks almost new again. The CPU temprature dramatically decreased, previously it hovers around 55C minimum, now it sits around 40C. I was really satisfied.

Sending the notebook to Jakarta is really not an option, I really need it for work. Afterall, it can took 7-10 days to get it delivered to Jakarta by using DHL! I wonder will Lenovo/IBM just send me the sparepart (the fan), then I will replaced it myself. I choose thinkpad because its reputation of reability, and I’m expect it to last longer without any service.