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Spent 4 hours on a dead Lenovo ThinkPad that just needed a BIOS reset
Customer brought in a ThinkPad T480 that wouldn't post, and I went deep down the rabbit hole checking RAM, the CPU, even reflowing the board. Honestly, it was just a corrupted BIOS from a failed update, fixed with the reset jumper on the motherboard in about 30 seconds after I found it. Anyone else have a simple fix that took forever to figure out?
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thomas_johnson352mo ago
Four hours for a jumper? That's rough...
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adamcoleman17d ago
And the worst part is, you start questioning every single step you made along the way. Like after you finally find that jumper, you replay the whole four hours in your head and realize you could have just looked at the service manual page one time. I've done similar stuff where I've replaced parts that weren't broken because I was too stubborn to check the easiest thing first. It's like your brain just skips over the simple answer because you're so sure it has to be something more complicated. The embarrassment fades, but the frustration of wasted time sticks with you for a while.
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stellag212mo ago
Tell me about it. I once spent a whole afternoon taking apart a laptop to check a hard drive, only to realize the power strip under the desk was switched off. The customer watched me do the whole thing. I wanted to just melt into the floor. Those simple fixes that hide in plain sight are the absolute worst for your pride.
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