This is bad enough, and widespread enough, that owners of these computers trying to bring a class-action lawsuit against Lenovo: https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/consumer-products/electronics/lenovo-class-action-claims-some-desktops-contain-severe-freezing-crashing-defect/
There is a genuine hardware problem with the motherboard, curable only by swapping out the motherboard for a non-Lenovo equivalent.
So, I am simply going to swap the motherboard, take it as a bad decision to have bought this computer, and never do business with Lenovo again. A pity; I have used and enjoyed the ThinkPad series for a long time. But no more dealings with a company that acts like this.
On 10/25/23 16:21, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
| From: Peter King via talk<talk@gtalug.org> | Booted from a USB with Arch Linux on it; chroot into the now-working computer; | ran a system update (massive: 500+ packages). Something in there -- likely | the new kernel and firmware -- fixed the keyboard problem. So I didn't have | to reinstall, just get far enough in to do an upgrade. Wow. Heroic measures. | I now have a functional computer to replace the Lenovo T5. For those of you | keeping score, I *still* do not have the replacement MB I ordered from Canada | Computers on 27 September. I'm a broken record: I'd cancel the MB order and get Lenovo Warranty service.
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