T61p back from depot after 1 month with same problems, phone support no help

I ordered this on Feb 8. My CC was billed March 5th which is around when I physically got it. I basically troubleshooted it until the end of the month before calling to get it sent for repairs. Got the box for the depot on April 3 and sent it the same day. Got the laptop back just on Monday May 12. Now it still doesn't work, and I'm wondering what the heck to do.
Problems with the T61p:
1. Cardbus non functional; The pci/cardbus bridge is detected fine and drivers not a problem. The system doesn't detect any card inserted in the T61p. I have a $100 firewire 800 card I've used without problems in many laptops (I can test in one right now), but this T61p doesn't see it at all. This is not a driver issue for any particular card, but the fact that windows doesn't detect any new hardware when a card is inserted.
Sent to the depot at the beginning of April and I got it back this Monday. They replaced the mainboard and pcmcia slot (as it says on the slip included). Still having the exact same problem.
2. Completely unstable with a 1394b expresscard; Since I cannot get the cardbus slot to work, my only option is an expresscard. I am using a studio quality sound interface, Fireface 800 from RME. This is a great piece of hardware that works flawlessly on my 5 year old AMD box. However, on the T61p if I playback audio through it, connected via a SIIG firewire 800 expresscard (high quality, and one of the _only_ 1394b expresscards out there) the system completely locks up in a matter of minutes.
The main reason for this laptop purchase was for music production with the RME Fireface. It is 100% the T61p causing the problem, not power management issues, driver issues, the SIIG card, or physical connections, etc. You can see my thread at RME from March when I was trying to figure this out:
http://rme-audio.de/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=11332
I haven't had a full month of use of this thing. I would very much just like a return at this point. I don't want to wait another month for a depot repair, seeing as the last one didn't resolve anything. If I could get a fully working model of this T61p that would be great, but I see this 14.1" SXGA+ isn't even offered anymore.
Talking to support is horrible. Last I talked to someone who was technically clueless, saying he would do research and call me back. I call back the next day and there isn't even a record of me talking to anyone...
Anyone have any advice? I'm coming to the forums because I'm just stuck here with a laptop I can't use, and don't know what to do with...
EDIT/update:
I managed to get this number finally (1-866-968-4465) and talked to someone who seemed to actually care. So I've gotten somewhere, I guess the forum post doesn't help much. I'll update the result anyway...
Message Edited by trancer on 05-16-2008 01:46 PM

Mine is the siig NN-EC2812-S1 2-port FireWire 800 ExpressCard/54 and the carbus card is a StarTech.com CB1394B3
Where do you read about chipset compatability probs with siig cards? What would be a better card?
Edit:
I could get one of these within a day or so:
belkin F5U514 $98 CAN
startech EC1394B2 $119 CAN
sonnet FW800-E34 $98 CAN
Know which would be better to try?
Message Edited by trancer on 05-16-2008 03:06 PM
Message Edited by trancer on 05-16-2008 03:07 PM
Message Edited by trancer on 05-16-2008 03:10 PM

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