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TSafiq10
post Jan 1 2022, 05:14 PM, updated 4y ago

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- Under 1 week of using Lenovo Yoga 6 (2 in 1 touchscreen) :

There is a gap between Bezel and the Screen and its making some weird noise.


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Left Speaker Sound Crackling/Distortion

Lenovo refuse to make 1 to 1 replacement.

I am in the PROCESS OF RETURN AND REFUND through lazada





- Under 1 year of using Lenovo Ideapad 3 Gaming :

Sent to the warranty center and they said motherboard got fried. They denied Warranty.

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EDIT 3/1/20122 - Just now got a call they would replace some parts...

what on earth is going on with these lenovo products?

This post has been edited by afiq10: Jan 3 2022, 06:08 PM
nordtty
post Jan 1 2022, 08:38 PM

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No company can guarantee every single laptop has perfect quality, but if we look at statistics, lenovo is actually okay la
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post Jan 1 2022, 10:50 PM

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everyone experience might vary

urs might be unlucky
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post Jan 2 2022, 09:58 AM

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Lenovo quality on lower end devices is sometimes questionable, Legion and ThinkPad probably higher quality...
(Even then some Legions have hinge issues)
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post Jan 2 2022, 11:54 AM

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Try not to set your CPU to 100%, set to 90% (maximum processor state) and disable boost mode (processor performance boost mode). Minimum processor state to 2 or 3%. (during idle state). With this, then try set to 100% for the processor performance core parking min cores (for responsiveness/gaming). Maximum processor frequency to approx. 90% of the max clock speed. Then the laptop won't be overstress, overheat during gaming and likely to last much longer. Battery life is likely increased too. Always try get the highest spec CPU, then set as such. Basically, you overprovisioned your CPU but set to 80-90% ceiling and the thermals will be much better.

And use a laptop fan cooler underneath. To divert the heat away.

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kongmingdao
post Jan 3 2022, 07:00 AM

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Lenovo laptop quality is bad.
Even I install Windows for customer, the key board key not function well.
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post Jan 3 2022, 07:21 AM

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QUOTE(afiq10 @ Jan 1 2022, 05:14 PM)
- Under 1 week of using Lenovo Yoga 6 (2 in 1 touchscreen) :

There is a gap between Bezel and the Screen and its making some weird noise.


user posted image
user posted image

Left Speaker Sound Crackling/Distortion

Lenovo refuse to make 1 to 1 replacement.

I am in the PROCESS OF RETURN AND REFUND through lazada

- Under 1 year of using Lenovo Ideapad 3 Gaming :

Sent to the warranty center and they said motherboard got fried. They denied Warranty.

user posted image

what on earth is going on with these lenovo products?
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Lenovo consumer products do suck.

Which is why I never touch them except for ThinkPads.
TSafiq10
post Jan 3 2022, 12:50 PM

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QUOTE(nordtty @ Jan 1 2022, 08:38 PM)
No company can guarantee every single laptop has perfect quality, but if we look at statistics, lenovo is actually okay la
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I know... But now I have a bad laptop and a bad warranty.


QUOTE(chkwong @ Jan 2 2022, 11:54 AM)
Try not to set your CPU to 100%, set to 90% (maximum processor state) and disable boost mode (processor performance boost mode). Minimum processor state to 2 or 3%. (during idle state). With this, then try set to 100% for the processor performance core parking min cores (for responsiveness/gaming). Maximum processor frequency to approx. 90% of the max clock speed. Then the laptop won't be overstress, overheat during gaming and likely to last much longer. Battery life is likely increased too. Always try get the highest spec CPU, then set as such. Basically, you overprovisioned your CPU but set to 80-90% ceiling and the thermals will be much better.

And use a laptop fan cooler underneath. To divert the heat away.
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Not much gaming more to browsing...It just suddenly stopped turning on one day... Ryzen 7 4800H too much to handle? Anyway it seems closely connected to the battery.. im not sure.. bad battery? Im not sure what component is fried in the motherboard..

QUOTE(kongmingdao @ Jan 3 2022, 07:00 AM)
Lenovo laptop quality is bad.
Even I install Windows for customer, the key board key not function well.
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Forgot to mention that my ideapad 3 does also have some keyboard not functioning..

edit: Just now got a call they would replace some parts...

This post has been edited by afiq10: Jan 3 2022, 06:08 PM
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post Jan 12 2022, 06:42 PM

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QUOTE(afiq10 @ Jan 3 2022, 12:50 PM)
I know... But now I have a bad laptop and a bad warranty.
Not much gaming more to browsing...It just suddenly stopped turning on one day... Ryzen 7 4800H too much to handle? Anyway it seems closely connected to the battery.. im not sure.. bad battery? Im not sure what component is fried in the motherboard..
Forgot to mention that my ideapad 3 does also have some keyboard not functioning..

edit: Just now got a call they would replace some parts...
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Any update bro? Did they fix it?
TSafiq10
post Jan 16 2022, 06:08 PM

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QUOTE(DonaldXuck @ Jan 12 2022, 06:42 PM)
Any update bro? Did they fix it?
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Yup they did replace the motherboard ... Yoga 6 refunded n bought hp envy 360 instead.. Very nice speaker placement..
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post Jan 17 2022, 10:10 AM

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QUOTE(afiq10 @ Jan 16 2022, 07:08 PM)
Yup they did replace the motherboard ... Yoga 6 refunded n bought hp envy 360 instead.. Very nice speaker placement..
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so lenovo eventually honored the warranty? seems ok I guess.
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post Apr 2 2025, 02:25 PM

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Poor quality issue with Lenovo laptop.

I had my charging port fried and they refuse the warranty claim. Saying this is not covered.

I asked them again what is not covered, and 101 excuses were given to me.

No more Lenovo for me.
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post Apr 2 2025, 02:49 PM

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Long back thinkpads used to be durable leased few hundred units for my organistaion. The last batch that we used during 2020 covid time was really bad, m/b issue, screen burn, port fault, just name it. Terminated the lease and went with HP probook till now.
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post Apr 4 2025, 10:59 AM

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I'm not sure how is everyone's experience with Lenovo... but mine are bad so far...

IdeaPad have the tendency to corrupt the HDD (aka BSOD), always needs to reformat. Sometimes even a simple Windows Update will cause the same problems too, maybe some hardware drivers are not compatible... just no idea... rclxub.gif

Most ThinkPad kind of a bit of good quality build, but still encountered many problems... things like SMR HDD instead of CMR, causing system to be slow over the time & have the tendency to suddenly unable to boot... no system boot error and tons more.

So to me, I have bad experience with this brand irregardless whether its Consumer or Corporate model... all just sucks... yawn.gif

My POV, stay away from Lenovo brand...


I do have good experience with Acer, Dell & HP brands... I have 2 Acer TravelMate (9yrs), 2 HP EliteBook (10yrs), 1 Dell Inspiron (8yrs)... all still working & of course with some upgrade like RAM & SSD but it just works fine albeit the battery unable to last long only.

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post Apr 4 2025, 05:13 PM

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I trusted ThinkPad for a long time until things failed, it cost me time and efficiency to repair it.
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post Apr 4 2025, 05:22 PM

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Lenovo consumer products all suck one. Made entirely out of plastic just like Dell Vostro laptops. Can flex with just 2 hands and this will warp the motherboard.

Always opt for ThinkPad which has reinforcement fiber plastic components or magnesium depending on models.

 

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