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    Question Which laptop? Thinkpad L14, T15

    I want to buy a new stock laptop L14 g1: AMD® Ryzen™ 5 Pro 4650U 16GB DDR4 SO-DIMM M.2 SSD 256GB AMD Radeon™ Graphics "FHD(1920 x 1080) IPS 14 T15: Intel® Core™ i5-10210U 16GB DDR4 SO-DIMM M.2 SSD 256GB Intel® UHD Graphics FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS 15.6 I know...
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    Question Some keys not working after replacing internal keyboard twice

    Thinkpad X1 Extreme Gen 1 Initially, my letter "Q" was not working well and would press itself non-stop once in awhile, but the letter Q was still able to be typed onto the screen when I wanted it to. Then it completely stopped working when pressing Q, but would still input Q onto my screen...
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    Question Buying 32GB RAM kit for my Lenovo E440, need to know if it will fit

    Hi all, I have a Lenovo ThinkPad E440. Specs are: i7 quad-core 2.3GHz / 16 GB RAM / Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit / Intel HD Graphics 4600 / NVIDIA GeForce 840M I want to upgrade the RAM Memory to a 32 GB kit, with two 16 GB ones, as the laptop has two slots. But a while back I bought a kit and it...
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    Solved! ZenBook 14 UX425 (11th Gen Intel) VS Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 8

    Hi there! Today the latest Asus Zenbook 13.3" went on sale for 899$ (Amazon; 1TB NVME, 16GB LPDDR4, Intel 11th CPU, Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.0b...) Asus claims the battery should last 18 hours. I didn't pick one. I spent the entire day going over some laptops I wrote down a while ago. Crazy, I...
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    Solved! Is it worth it to replace my SSD?

    I currently have a 3 year old Lenovo thinkpad T470, with 8 GB RAM and 256 GB SSD. However my SSD crashed and now I am wondering whether it is better to buy a new laptop or only a new SSD (the costs are about a 100 euros). Any thoughts on this? CPU: Intel i5 7200U
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    Question Lenovo ThinkPad T590 shuts down when it's physically moved

    Hi, my Lenovo ThinkPad T590 shuts down when I physically move the laptop and sometimes also randomly shuts down. I already applied warranty on the device and they returned it from service place after two weeks claiming they replaced motherboard, but issue still persists. I'm kinda frustrated...
  7. ina_dee

    Solved! ThinkPad E590 games unplayable. *SOLVED*

    Hello, I'm sorry this had to be there at least milion times, but I'm truly desperate. I bought ThinkPad E590 i7, 8th Gen, RX 550 2GB 16GB RAM. I dont know where is a problem, but when I start any game after couple of minutes it start lagging as hell. Even games like Dota 2 or Skyrim sometimes...
  8. Hristomir Hristov

    Solved! Thinkpad T61p midleton bios instal

    I have a thinkpad t61p laptop. My bios version is 2.30. I want to install Middleton Bios. Do I need to install official version 2.29 or Middleton version 2.29 directly?
  9. ativsc

    Question Motherboard of new Thinkpad T480s fried for the second time within 3 months of purchase.

    I received my T480s around 3 months and, just after a month, the device suddenly stopped working (did not boot even to the bios). The motherboard was replaced by the service center. Again after 2 months, the device began to reboot spontaneously and after a while, it stopped working at all...
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    Solved! Llenovo W530's battery causing problems

    Hey everybody, I recently bought a used W530 in good configuration and condition, and till then the laptop has been charged about 5 times in about a week, so I had some worked to do in blender that would take around 6-7 hours therefore after charging the battery to a 100% i unplugged it and...
  11. leonhk

    Question Laptop doesn't turn on

    So, I have a problem with my Lenovo Thinkpad L430 (3 years old) It sometimes turns on and sometimes doesn't. When it doesn't turn on, the power button lights up but there is no display on the screen. However, sometimes it turns on if I try and works smoothly like it is supposed to. But, will...
  12. wuws

    Advice on purchasing Thinkpad e495

    After weeks of searching i am on the verge of buying the Lenovo Thinkpad e495. (639€) Here is the config and price: https://www.campuspoint.de/lenovocampus-thinkpad-e495-20nea001ge-set.html Since i had to compromise a lot to get there, I need some advice on the following questions: Is this good...
  13. Dominator2000

    Thinkpads keyboard

    Hi, I recently tested the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon 1st gen keyboard from the store. She felt fantastic. But I decided to buy a third generation. I was expecting a similar keyboard. But I was very disappointed. The keyboard was much worse with this generation. She was not so booming. I read...
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    Solved! Lenovo E550 Thinkpad fans & display not turning on, but Thinkpad light is on

    Hello all, My Lenovo E550 Thinkpad up and stopped working after being powered off one day. As described in the title, when I power the laptop on I can't hear any fans and the display is completely black. However, the Thinkpad light is still solid red. I have tried all of the solutions listed...
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    Lenovo Thinkpad shuts down instead of hibernating

    My Thinkpad X230 tablet shuts down instead of hibernating. Often it doesn't even warn me that I have a low battery, and just shuts down. My power settings are set so that it gives a Low Battery warning at 60% and Critical Battery at 30%. And the Critical Battery Action is to hibernate...
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    Solved! Laptop Fans Running Harder than Necessary

    I have a Lenovo Thinkpad x230 with fairly high specs: an i7 CPU, 16 GB RAM, and it runs with a single SSD in the mSATA slot. This is an Ivy Bridge era machine, so it isn't exactly new, but it has been well kept and is clean, physically and software wise with a relatively recent full...
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    Lenovo thinkpad P51s stuck in boot manager.

    My thinkpad (P51s, windows 10) crashed. Now when I start it up I see the lenovo splash screen that says to interupt normal startup, press enter. Then it will go to the boot menu (blue and gray screen with two tabs, boot menu and app menu, under boot menu my options are windows boot manager and...
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    Solved! Thinkpad T420S getting too hot?

    Hello I own a Lenovo Thinkpad T420s With the Intel Core I5 2520M, 6GB Ram, NVS4200M. Speccy says it is running windows (idling) around 55 - 90 Celsius which I'm not sure is good. Does anyone know if these types of Temperatures are normal? Thanks
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    Solved! Lenovo Thinkpad won't stay HDMI connected to my Samsung Smart TV

    I've connected my Lenovo thinkpad X1 Carbon Windows 10 to my new Samsung Smart TV model UN43J5202AF via HDMI to the HDMI 1 port on the TV. To get the connection to work, every time the laptop goes to sleep, I have to 1st turn the TV back on, then wake the laptop. Most of the time that works...
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    Thinkpad price comparison

    I've read these reviews and I'm still not sure what justifies a 2-3x (depending on the configuration) price difference when the specs seem more or less the same. Could someone please elaborate? https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T480s-i5-8250U-FHD-Laptop-Review.315374.0.html VS...