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How to repair the parts that explode in Lenovo Yoga laptops (2019)
, especially those from the “900”, “920”, “930”, and “940” series, have a design defect where their power circuitry can self-destruct. The company will not acknowledge this defect as serious enough for a recall, and has left many customers with broken audio (or worse) on their notebooks.
Unless Lenovo straightens this out with the customers they have sold broken machines to, Iadvise avoidanceof yoga-branded laptops, as this is unacceptable practice for a manufacturer of thousand-dollar computers. If you have experienced the similar defects, were denied a refund, and are interested in joining me for resolution, please reach out to me [at] adammunich [dot] com with whatever evidence of your frustrations you’d like to share, or do so in the comments below. It is plausible that adding this simple thermal pad to their laptops, Lenovo could avoid future losses of both money and the goodwill of their customers.
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