On Thursday, 19 September 2024 19:51:21 AEST Brian May via luv-main wrote: > I have a T480s and unfortunately, one of the USB-C ports become > damaged. It looks like one of the internal pins has become dislodged or > something, and preventing the plug going in. > > I did try to get Lenovo to fix this under warranty, but they refused, > saying it was obviously physical abuse. But I don't recall any such > incident that could explain in.
No company will replace sockets that are damaged under warranty unless it's under corporate support and they are planning to make the money back on the next 500 sales. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004982734351.html Looks like the ports are on the motherboard so with only a single USB-C port your only option for getting it going is to use the proprietary dock that apparently offers the same functionality with a different connector. But the motherboard is cheap and easy to replace. > I also complained about the common problem - one that I have seen on all > of my Thinkpads - of scratch marks from the keyboard on the display, and > they gave the same refusal, and gave a quote of over $2K to fix both > issues. That's common on all modern laptops. Make them thin and light and there isn't much space between screen and keyboard and not much strength to stop them touching when something is left on top of the laptop. > I asked how much just to fix the USB-C port, and never got an answer. New motherboard, expensive from Lenovo but cheap from AliExpress if you feel like doing it. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
