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J_F said:
screwdriver set arrived

took the back off - RAM is integral to the MoBo :(
was able to re-create the freezing by flexing the board at the RAM chips

so I'm guessing a physical connection problem
rather than a bad chip problem

don't know what to do with this POS
it's 3 years old and been nothing but trouble - and it was not cheap
the 5 year old thinkpad just got a new battery and otherwise not a single issue
and it gas NOT lived an easy life
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You have a few options:
1) Find somebody with a hot rework station to try and fix it
1a) Look up the ghetto home oven reflow technique - it may create other problems
2) Buy a replacement motherboard on eBay
3) Smash it into pieces

For all options consider copying important **** off the main drive first
 
TwistedKestrel said:
You have a few options:
1) Find somebody with a hot rework station to try and fix it----- best option
1a) Look up the ghetto home oven reflow technique - it may create other problems-----sketchy :)
2) Buy a replacement motherboard on eBay-----looks like $200 minimum
3) Smash it into pieces------tempting

For all options consider copying important **** off the main drive first
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thanks
yeah I'll take the SSD out whatever the plan becomes

if I had any confidence that a MoBo would make the thing reliable
I'd go that option
but it was replaced under warranty when it was 6 months old

has had very little usage since as the off-lease thinkpad is my travel machine
now the thing is fukked again, junk

maybe I'll try the easy bake oven ghetto fix
nothing to lose....possible upside is that it fuks the board
then I have the satisfaction of smashing it to bits
 
Given the provided history of it and the fact that it's not known to be a well built machine I would go with Option 3.

Unless you have the time , patience and like to experiment.

Even if you do try to fix it and are "successful" you will probably never have the confidence that it is a reliable machine and will always be cautious while using it for more important tasks.

Get another off lease Lenovo and call it again. (If you need one).

I picked up a Lenovo X1 Carbon with a 512 M.2 drive for $500. Awesome machine for on-the-go
 
I’ll hijack the thread a bit @Joe Bass ....

how hard is it to swap out a hard drive in a Mac mini? I already tripled my RAM, which was easy, but not sure how to go and replace the drive with an SSD I bought.

I think the cloning confuses me most as to how to transfer everything onto SSD before install?

thanks!
 
Cloning is fairly easy
All you need is a cloning device . Key is that the drive you want to clone onto needs to be the exact same size or bigger than the source drive

I have one if you need it borrow it.

The cloning machine copies sector by sector of the drive. That is why it needs to be same size or bigger. If smaller it will fail.
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I should also add that with this method you do not need to choose what data is copied over as it ALL gets copied to the new drive

The new extra space on the new drive is just added as “new additional storage” to the end of the drive.

It’s more an automated process rather than a manual pick and choose of the data you want copied.
 
Macrium Reflect cloning software. Thought I use a separate PC and connect the source and destination drives there to clone.

I backup each PC at home by cloning the drives monthly.
 
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+1 for Macrium

free for home user
used it 2 weeks ago when moving my desktop from HDD to SSD

flawless operation
Win 10 installation and all files moved - 100% clone
booted from new drive without issue
machine is MUCH faster

and yeah that dock is really handy
can also be plugged into your router and used like a NAS

www.macrium.com

Macrium Reflect Free Trials

Macrium Reflect - Incredibly powerful software that allows you to create and schedule effective backups
www.macrium.com www.macrium.com
 
Great thanks guys. I'll try to move them over next time I'm around. Highly appreciate the responses.
 
I used MiniTool Partition Wizard, but I don't know how it stacks up against Macrium.
 
when i move to my next house with the same internet provider, can I just hook up my existing modem to a cable wire in the next house and shazam I got internet???

Yes, I am that simple....
 
Should work if the cable line is live I used to move one between London and Waterloo and it worked.

Sent from my moto g(7) plus using Tapatalk
 
Might be an issue if the line is upgraded, the modem needs a flash, or the provider deems it obsolete, but otherwise, it should work fine.
 
if your ISP is Bell or Rogers or one on the prime infrastructure owners
then probably, no, if your'e moving within their service area

if you deal with a re-seller, teksavvy et all
then yeah

your modem will have to be provisioned for the new location
 
J_F said:
+1 for Macrium

free for home user
used it 2 weeks ago when moving my desktop from HDD to SSD

flawless operation
Win 10 installation and all files moved - 100% clone
booted from new drive without issue
machine is MUCH faster

and yeah that dock is really handy
can also be plugged into your router and used like a NAS

www.macrium.com

Macrium Reflect Free Trials

Macrium Reflect - Incredibly powerful software that allows you to create and schedule effective backups
www.macrium.com www.macrium.com
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I use EaseUs ToDo Backup for imaging and partitioning. Works very well

If you need a Paid version me.
EaseUS® | Data Recovery, Backup, Partition Manager & PC Utility Software
 
crankcall said:
when i move to my next house with the same internet provider, can I just hook up my existing modem to a cable wire in the next house and shazam I got internet???

Yes, I am that simple....
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That’s what we did. Called Rogers. Gave them new address and date of move. Connected power and cable line to modem and boom internet worked.

guy on the line said way too many people are freaked out so they can send a guy out to do it.
 
Anyone know about Instagram?
Yeah, I'm incompetent at that as well.
When I go into my stories the only option is for "normal" mode.
No create
No live
No boomerang

When I switch over to my side biz account, all the options are there.
I log out of second account, no difference.
Pixel 3a latest update.

Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
 
Joe Bass said:
Anyone know about Instagram?
Yeah, I'm incompetent at that as well.
When I go into my stories the only option is for "normal" mode.
No create
No live
No boomerang

When I switch over to my side biz account, all the options are there.
I log out of second account, no difference.
Pixel 3a latest update.

Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
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Damn JB you made me feel tech dumb.
 
GreyGhost said:
Damn JB you made me feel tech dumb.
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Fyi my GoogleFu has come up with nada
I just may be the only person with this issue
Figures
Damn you 2020! *Shakes fist at sky*

Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
 
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