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by attila-lendvai 492 days ago
sometimes my Thinkpad Carbon X1 gen6 refuses to turn on until i disassemble it and disconnect the battery... about once a year.

it's rare enough to scare me for a moment each time that it has died on me...
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pjmlp 492 days ago
That is what happened to my Asus 1215B netbook. Taking out the battery used to fix the boot being stuck on UEFI, until not even that last year.

It took about 4 years to die, and served me from 2009 - 2024, so still quite a long life.

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grapesodaaaaa 492 days ago
I have always had issues with this on my Lenovo X1 series laptops. Why is that?
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buccal 492 days ago
I had same issues with some quite new Dell XPS Carbon and Asus ROG gaming laptops. Battery disconection is first thing I do after laptop is not turning on.

Crappy BIOS/power management controller does not depend on price of the laptop or manufacturer.

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