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Lanx

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Nija said:
I think my Lenovo Legion 7 just kicked the bucket. Sometimes it shows the Lenovo graphic on bootup, sometimes it doesn't. It'll boot to windows and if I don't log in, it'll stay fine forever. When I log in though, it will crash at some point in the next minute or so.

I got a memtest usb boot drive going, and ran through memtest for 40 minutes. That passed successfully. I think the drives are fine. I tried to download a lenovo specific usb boot diagnostic thing but I haven't got it to actually get to the boot from USB menu since then.

Looks like there isn't a warranty offered for this one anymore via the Lenovo site. I did have the original 1 year plus a 2 year extension, but still I'm about a year out of warranty.

Crap. Maybe it's a sign to spend less time playing computer games. Thoughts on how to proceed? I don't even seem AMD offerings on the Lenovo site for new laptops. Guessing I'll go a different direction next time around.
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you mean if you leave it on the login screen, it'll stay like that forever, but once you do any activity, it'll crash?

maybe your cpu is overheating, legion 7 was released in 2021? maybe your paste is dry, can't hurt to open it up and replace the paste

 
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My little piece of shit is dying.
If you guys had a 1k budget, what would you get right now? Must be Windows, not Linux, light gaming would be nice.
 
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My Lenovo Chromebook is a piece of junk. Crashes randomly, can't use it for video conferences because of constant feedback if the mic isn't muted. I hate the trackpad, but I kinda hate all trackpads.

It was a cheap ass computer so I shouldn't have expected much but I thought Lenovo had a pretty good reputation. Maybe not so much in the budget Chromebook space I guess. All I use it for is web surfing while I drink coffee in the morning and the odd zoom call but it seems not to be up to even that.
 
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BrutulTM said:
My Lenovo Chromebook is a piece of junk. Crashes randomly, can't use it for video conferences because of constant feedback if the mic isn't muted. I hate the trackpad, but I kinda hate all trackpads.

It was a cheap ass computer so I shouldn't have expected much but I thought Lenovo had a pretty good reputation. Maybe not so much in the budget Chromebook space I guess. All I use it for is web surfing while I drink coffee in the morning and the odd zoom call but it seems not to be up to even that.
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You might be mad at Lenovo now, but imo, for a super-cheap laptop for business-ish purposes, nothing beats an old, ebay Thinkpad. Just keep good backups and get another when it finally dies.
 
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I only use my laptop once a month for a week while traveling and my travel will be restricted for a while after baby is born, it was just fresh on my mind because I traveled last week and fought with it the whole time. We'll see in a few months. Could just need to be reimaged which isn't a big deal since I've done a good job of moving about 95% of everything over to SharePoint and Office365 and not a lot is stored locally these days.
 
Nija

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Lanx said:
you mean if you leave it on the login screen, it'll stay like that forever, but once you do any activity, it'll crash?

maybe your cpu is overheating, legion 7 was released in 2021? maybe your paste is dry, can't hurt to open it up and replace the paste

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This was the issue. Took awhile for the good paste to come in but I'm back on it now. Good call. Appreciate it.
 
Lanx

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This was the issue. Took awhile for the good paste to come in but I'm back on it now. Good call. Appreciate it.
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i know you put new paste on it, if you don't ever want to deal w/ it again (but i don't know how long your laptop will last) you can try the phasechange pads
Thermal Grizzly - PhaseSheet PTM (50x40mm)- High Performance Thermal pad with Phase Change Material | Durable, not electrically Conductive | for CPU, GPU & Electronics Cooling

they won't dry out and it's what all the gpu's are using now

thermal grizzly is probably more expensive but you know it's real, there are a lot of fakes from chyna

i think the product number is ptm7950, from honeywell
 
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Lanx said:
i know you put new paste on it, if you don't ever want to deal w/ it again (but i don't know how long your laptop will last) you can try the phasechange pads
Thermal Grizzly - PhaseSheet PTM (50x40mm)- High Performance Thermal pad with Phase Change Material | Durable, not electrically Conductive | for CPU, GPU & Electronics Cooling

they won't dry out and it's what all the gpu's are using now

thermal grizzly is probably more expensive but you know it's real, there are a lot of fakes from chyna

i think the product number is ptm7950, from honeywell
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+1 for Thermal Grizzly, they have good stuff. Worth the extra cost.
 
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