T61 ordered 8/12, shipped 8/15

I am very impressed with the ship time. My Vostro 1400 spent this much time in "Boxing" stage after ~3 weeks to get assembled.

 

Mee too I ordered a T61 with 14" SXGA+ on sunday, they expected to ship 8/30. It shipped today!!!! Only problem is that my shipping info now says:

CHEK LAP KOK,
HK 08/15/2007 8:35 P.M. A FLIGHT DELAY OCCURRED BECAUSE OF MECHANICAL REASONS

Bummer.

 

This quick shipment has caught me off guard, I need to order a bag, and I have a 2GB RAM kit coming in for the Vostro 1400 that got lost before shipping. I was going to use the 2GB kit in the T61, except now that I checked my order, it failed to get shipped from Fry's (I ordered it a week ago). So I gotta cancel RAM order, buy just a 1GB stick for the T61, and find a perfectly sized bag.

 

http://shop1.outpost.com/product/5331858

$23 for a PC2-5300(DDR2 667) 1GB.

 

Mine was supposed to be shipped on Sept.10 and the rep said it would be shipped within a day or two! Woo!

 

That is where I ordered my 2GB kit from. Last time I talked to them (two days ago), I got "Its under manager review" which means nothing to me however I could not cancel the order since they said it was "Shipping out tonight" If they manage to cancel my existing order without any drama, I will get this

 

nice man. i know we both ordered on 8/12. the only differences in our machines are, my harddrive is 7200rpm, and im getting 2 gig ram.
im too scared to check my status though.

did you go to the e-mail you got , and clicked that link? or did you login to your lenovo account? or did u get a e-mail saying it shipped.

 

I went to my order confirmation email and clicked the link while bored. I did not get any communication from Lenovo to indicate my order shipped.

 

I checked my email this morning and there it was. I received the email at 12:35PM EST. Email was straight from Lenovo, said my item shipped 8/14, had all my info, ect ect. Yours has not yet shipped? FYI: I ordered about noon EST on 8/12.

 

im a little too scared to check. i'll be too disappointed if i login and i see 0 new messages. i ordered at around 4 or 5pm. PST.

i'll play it safe and check later today after lunch with a friend.

 

What was your ESD?

 

8/30 estimated shipping date.

 

Good luck! Mine shipped much sooner than anticipated, hopefully yours does as well.

 

For those of you whose computers shipped, does it have your serial number on the order status page? or does that come along with the tracking and stuff? Mine has shipped, but there is no serial number, and it says tracking info will be provided next morning.

 

I dont think you will have serial number until you look at the back of your notebook, I could be wrong though. Mine has shipped, I didn't see a serial number anywhere. Anyway this is the latest on my tracking info:

LOUISVILLE,
KY, US 08/15/2007 4:36 P.M. THE SHIPMENT IS BEING HELD BY BROKERAGE FOR REASONS BEYOND UPS' CONTROL

Its in the US!! But.. what does it mean when the shipment is being held by brokerage??

 

Could be a payment issues with your CC? I would call UPS and find out.

 

The serial number will show up after they email your the electronic receipt for invoice (after the email shipment confirmation). Maybe you'll see it tomorrow.

 

You are right, I found mine. Can't seem to do a parts look up right now though, it doesn't seem to be working.

 

No, I don't think its that.

 

Can you find your warranty info using the link on the upper left of order status? Once you go there and enter your machine type and serial number, it's supposed to show the warranty info. I don't see mine, though, wonder why.

 

Nope doesn't seem to be working for me, unless I'm doing it wrong. Maybe the information isn't in their system yet? I don't know. Are you able to do a parts lookup?

 

At least they found a way to ship some...while thousands of us are still waiting for weeks if not months.

I sometimes which I had ordered a much simpler configuration with no extras.

 

Do you mean the capital lettered specs? Yes it's there. I was also able to see the warranty info of an earlier order that was later cancelled, but not the current one.

 

it basically means it has to clear through customs

 

The capital lettered specs.. I'm not sure if that was what I was reffering too, never doing a parts lookup I can't be sure what the results look like. What I meant was using the sticky at the top of the page, there is a link to do a ThinkPad Parts Lookup, it involves putting in the Type and serial number, just like you would for the warranty look up. This is able to tell you specific parts were put into the computer(ie. there are a few different types of keyboards/LCDs being put into these think pads and I'm curious which one I've got), the only way to tell from here is to do a parts look up.

 

I just checked. It doesn't work for my current one, but works for the earlier, cancelled one; the same with warranty info.

 

braddd, my warranty info has shown up. Parts lookup says "No parts to list" (this is still more "info" than yesterday when there was simply nothing). Perhaps they are in the process of entering the info?

 

Lucky you, nothing for me so far

Says:

 

Braddd, my parts lookup just showed up. Check yours maybe you are also getting it. I got

14.1 INCH XGA LCD DISPLAY FRU (TMD)
What is TMD? good or bad? (I chose XGA yes)

And what keyboard is this? Good or bad?
42T3177 42T3209 KEYBOARD FRU

Also there is something unavailable, but I don't know what it is:
42W2143 44M4361 NOT AVAILABLE

Anyone knows?

 

You have an ALPS keyboard my friend. According to:
42T3209
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-67916.html

They are said to be great keyboards.

Do you have a serial number for the screen? and what does your shipping info look like today?

My warranty info is finally up but..
For me it says 3 year warranty but I don't remember ordering that?

 

Yes, braddd, sorry I didn't copy the serial number of the screen:

42T0366 42T0367 14.1 INCH XGA LCD DISPLAY FRU (TMD)

Thanks for the good news about the keyboard. I also just did a little search and learned that NMB is the best, ALPS comes second, but you say it's great so must be great!

Well, what more could you ask for? So much the better!

Shipping is expected tomorrow (delivery). Right now it shows only:

LOUISVILLE,
KY, US 08/16/2007 3:27 P.M. WAREHOUSE ENTRY CLEARANCE DETAILS, NECESSARY FOR CUSTOMS CLEARANCE, HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FROM THE RECEIVER / BROKERAGE RELEASED SHIPMENT. SHIPMENT IS SUBMITTED TO CLEARING AGENCY FOR FURTHER CLEARANCE

 

It looks like this is the site for the 14.1 inch standard screen people to check who made their LCD screens:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/s...ocid=MIGR-68222&velxr-layout=printLenovo#SXGA

I found yours under number 42T0367, it says the manufacturer is TMD. I don't know if that is a different company then Samsung or Philips/LG? I'm not sure about that. Maybe the standard size screens are made by different companies all together. For my model, the 14.1inch sxga+ screen, the only 2 manufactures of that is Foxconn and Hitachi. So maybe we will just have to see the quality when they get here.

 

Thanks for the link. I don't get it, it's supposed to be XGA, but it's shown under WXGA. I think I just saw some past post says TMD is Japanese made.

 

iqcar did you order on 8/12?

 

Yes (how do you know?--oh I see this thread's title).
I just searched google and found the 44M4361 "NOT AVAILABLE" is SHELL TOP. What the hell is that? I hope my laptop will not come without top shell.

 

Braddd, I found that TMD stands for "Toshiba Matsu****a Display". Don't know how it compares to others.

Gee what the hell is going on? I can't type M a t s u s h i t a.

LOL, I see why!

 

hahahahaha. I'm glad you got a good quality keyboard, I have heard only good things about the ALPS keyboard. I hope I am just as lucky.

 

Hey, even if you get a Chicony, they are still top notch. You're comparing three of the best keyboards on the market. Of course one is going to be the worst of the three, but it is still an excellent keyboard.

 

Thats what I've heard. I'm sure I wont be disappointed with it, I own no other laptops. The only one I use sparingly is a POS acer that belongs to my parents. This has got to at least be better then that. I think its arriving tomorrow, so time will tell.

EDIT: nevermind I just checked my UPS tracking and now its says: Rescheduled Delivery: 08/20/2007

 

Good to hear...I have a chicony KB coming and I was really worried about it

 

I hear you. Over the last few days, my tracking has had Rescheduled Deliveries for 8/16 and 8/17. Now my computer went from KY to AK and is now on the way back to KY. Not a chance that I'll get it tomorrow. 8/20 it is.

 

amitface...I thought you already received your comp?

Mine did the same thing...KY-->Alaska-->KY...wtf?

 

I did, but I returned it because of the bad screen. I reordered.

 

I heard something a bit out of context but it may be true.. They were saying the the whole KY-->Alaska-->KY thing has to do with UPS sending paperwork up to alaska, so the paper work gets scanned up there and it looks like your package is up there, but its actually not.

 

I read that too, and it's probably the case. My tracking said it was in KY and then a few hours later, it left Hong Kong.

They should really change their tracking system up a little. It's pretty misleading.

It's only a matter of time until we can see where the UPS truck is in real time.

 

How do you know you won't end up with a samsung screen again? Or did you think that maybe your's was just a lemon?

 

It's only a matter of time until we can see where the UPS truck is in real time

Thats known as "stalking"!!

 

Well, the original plan was to open if it's an LG and not open if it's a Samsung. Unfortunately, my Parts Lookup is displaying "No parts to list." (Maybe I'm just getting an empty box). Now I'm thinking I'll open it either way, and just hope that my first was a lemon. I really haven't heard many complaints about the screens, and I'd think if anyone was going to complain about quality, it'd be a Thinkpad user.

 

did they waive your 15% restocking fee to order a new one? And are they letting you keep your current one until you get the new one...or did you have to send it back right away? Thanks

Hopefully that first one was just a lemon...i have a samsung coming my way too

 

Yes, I called tech support, told them about my issue and that I wanted a replacement. The guy was very easy to deal with and gave me a case number. I called sales, gave them the case number, and he said I'd have to return it, no 15% fee, and reorder. (The return process allows me to keep the computer for 10 days, so really, I could probably have kept it after I got my second one, since the second shipped in two days. But I knew I was going to send it back anyway, so I didn't bother keeping it)