You're not supposed to tilt a Thinkpad if you spill something on it! It's designed to drain it out the bottom. Just let it sit - the system will not give a shit.
It is not idiot - proof, it only shows that it is not proofed against the most often accidents- coffee split. My husband did it to my lenovo and it was a total disaster.
Thinkpad laptop always has holes at the bottom for the liquid to spill out. You never want to let your laptop upside down like that. And never recommend other viewers to follow the stupid thing you did. It is not proper. It is water resistant, not idiot resistant.
Well actually, the X1 Carbon doesn't have any drainage holes, so the only way to get the liquid out is to tilt the laptop. But I do agree, these tests are pretty stupid.
Not all ThinkPads are designed to withstand liquids, but some are. The newer generations of X1 Carbon for example. I agree that the best to do in this case is to leave the laptop where it is until everything has dried up.
ThinkPads are designed so that if you spill some thing you should set it down on a flat surface so it can drain through the keyboard draining holes, NOT to tip it upside down.....
You know, I'm actually surprised it survived the oven. Also, I like how they didn't do a drop test... THE MOST LIKELY OF ALL OF THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN....
I call bullshit here, opening the keyboard opened the water reservoirs onto the motherboard instantly damaging it badly. If she had left it sitting upright and didn't touch it, it would have been perfectly fine.
This is why she should RTFM before doing such a thing. Nearly all ThinkPads have spill channels and her stupid messing around screwed them up from doing their job.
Sorry, but you are talking nonsense. I had that kind of accident and laptop was damaged inside, had to have keyboard changed and professional service cleaning. The drainage holes are from keyboard leak not from the side lead through the connection holes
As stated by others; flipping the laptop upside down after spillage is a big no-no. Lenovo laptops have an awesome draining system. Just look at the bottom of the laptop to find the special leak-holes. Just keep it straight and let the fluid come out at the bottom. Never flip it around. I don't really consider this a valid torture test.
The thinkpad's keyboard is designed to drain liquids at the BOTTOM. Ur NOT supposed to turn it upside down it'll drain and dry itself without ur help. Sheesh.
lol why would they do that? those holes are probably why my x230t is still alive. and dont say "not spilling anything on your laptop would be a better reason," lol cause i know that
This company has the worst customer service of all time. If I were you and I wanted to build a channel I would not showcase products to people that would force them to deal with their customer service wasting time. Buy Lenovo if you want: 1. Your order to be delayed by 2 months forums.lenovo.com/t5/General-Discussion/Extremely-Upset-Customer-NOT-Solved/m-p/3505736#M32010 2. Your order canceled www.reddit.com/r/Lenovo/comments/5h8c0n/the_worst_customer_service_in_the_17_years_i_am/ 3. No communication with them because you have to wait for hours ON THE PHONE Just don't!! Pay a bit extra if you can and get something else, don't go for dinner a couple of times or reduce your Starbucks a bit to save some more money if that is the issue. If you are a fanboy of Lenovo, like I was, one try to deal with their customer service will convince you that they should not be around and giving them money only does bad to the market....
Why did u ope it after spill testing it n finding its still working?? Also, you heated it more than the macbook air! If only you knew how to test things equally
In System Recovery mode you will need to use the Red Lines part of the Touchpad to click and select. Since the Touchpad drivers are not loaded yet as in a regular Windows boot to desktop. Second point in System Recovery only the Tab and Up Down Arrows will work in the screen you are on. I have 20+ X1 Carbons and they all work this way in System Recovery. Give it a try.
Uh, wow. That machine was designed to drain right side up. How does she not know that? All Thinkpads are made that way. Also, did she not know that the X1 Carbon Touch has a touch screen?? Why was she only trying to use the trackpoint and trackpad?? I am beyond amazed by her stupidity.
Lol I was thinking the same thing. She mentioned leaving it in a car. Like bruh cars probably get to maximum 150 degrees on the hottest of days and that's in the sun for hours
The problem with the trackpad and the keyboard is that when you took the machine apart, the connections of these were plugged out and you haven't plugged them in before you put the laptop together. Pls reply if you checked that.
Coffee's no good, because it add the extra variable of heat. The extra heat may alter the integrity of the seals as seen in the heat test, which makes the coffee test unfair
+Ben Bauer I think like most comments. the seals are broken in the heat test. plus this too. idiot in the video is wasted a good laptop. laptop in my far dream.
+deWaardt yeah. you are watching this precious laptop(want to eat it). and accidentally spills the water on this laptop. or you are use it like normal. but accidentally spills the water on this laptop? in the real life you actually need to spill water on your laptop that you got it from your hard-worked ? this video is unfair.
watching this video on my x1 carbon lol but she left the laptop on while water spilled on it...don't most people immediately react and turn it off? also, submerge in rice?
Hey thanks for the reply. I don't have an X1 Carbon, so I can't confirm if it has drain holes or not. I know my T430s does, as well as every other thinkpad I've seen. Just one question - how can the X1 Carbon have a spill proof/resistant keyboard without drain holes on the bottom? The liquid needs a place to go, and unless the keyboard is perfectly sealed (to prevent liquid from going in), it needs to have a way to let the liquid drain out.
you realize that it takes up to 3d to get ur keyboard back to work? after i cleaned the keyboard of my 2nd pc i had it on the heating for 2d and still didnt respond, the 3rd day it came back to live... u usually have to remove the keyboard tho
At last is an OS_operating system failed and if the os were installed those device may work back again and if not check the keyboard/mouse cable is cleaned or not.
This video seems like to make Lenovo Thinkpad series a lot worse then it is. I am no Lenovo enthusiast my any how, but the type of rugged features this laptop has used to make me wonder to have one,then I got my Lenovo Thinkpad X240. Since then it has been split with water,coffee.milk shake's accidently of course and is yet to show a single bit of disturbance. I even have a video of it getting it rolled by my car and it proved out to pass its MIL SPECS with flying colors. I can bet that this lady has been bribed by another laptop company out there which I assume is Apple as she has made a video on the IMac and Macbook Pro to be the toughest to withstand all the so called torture tests she shows do put them through (I doubt the tests she did was on the same Mac at all). So hypocrites there you go!
+Ehteshamul Hoque I think it's like that. x1 claimed to be water resistant. but problem in the video happen because she's not reconnect it tightly enough as it should? it's sad that x1 is in her hand. not in the people that should have it.
As an owner of both a Thinkpad W541 and a Macbook Pro 15 mid 2014, I have to say that both machines have their advantages and disadvantages in regards to build quality.
It probably warped the water reservoir on the oven causing it to leak inside the motherboard, this video is just hilarious, anyway I'd still get one of those thinkpads.
Sounds like you did not reconnect the keyboard and trackpad properly? I always wash my thinkpad keyboard in the sink and i've had it completely submersed in water, and alas no damage. If nothing is responsive, it's probably disconnected. My sister's laptop had the same issue (an HP) after I did not properly reconnect the keyboard after cleaning it out from a coffee spill. Just sayin'
I have owned this laptop for quite a while now and I have had it go trough laptop hell and it survived better than any laptop I have owned, including macs.
The X1 Carbon doesn't have drain holes, same as the edge series. It simply holds water out of the keyboard using rubber gaskets. The T and W series with drainage holes would probably hold up better.
What is the point of the oven test? Who in any kind of circumstances would accidentally put a laptop to oven? I am not expecting that any laptop needs to survive from it and it will do damage to the battery in every laptop, because lithium ion battery doesn't like heat. The cold test instead is relevant as some areas are cold.
+quotidianlight on a 130 F day, on the dashboard or on the seat, constantly getting direct sunlight... Maybe. And if that somehow happens, the series of improbabilities we managed to tie up also tell us that we should not own any electronic gadget from the get go. Secondly, she is not even being consistent on her ridiculous torture tests. Spills room temperature water on a macbook air and decides to switch to a super hot coffee on a thinkpad. That, itself damages the credibility of this already nonsense test series.
***** I highly doubt that's air temperature. The meter may of course be 200c, if it's directly in the sun. :) But I am not sure, you might be right . . .
Well, Near the beginning when you mentioned the MacBook Air not waking up after the cold test, that was because you HELD the power button down too long...
having the name 'thinkpad' in itself shows that it has gone through military testing. they specifically make and test thinkpads to survive the cold, hot, sandblasted, liquid and everything else that i dont know.. haha
I miss those days when Lenovo had not (yet) messed up IBMs quality. Used to have a T520 which was rugged like a brick. The new P15v's housing is cracking without dropping...charging port defect, screen frame cracked....and so on. Never again thinkPad...miss the old IBM quality :/.
If your Thinkpad has drainage holes at the bottom don't ever turn it upside down just force shutdown and unplug. It's gona need a while of drying and cleaning, like a week depending on the method, but it can be saved like new.
A lot of ThinkPads, including this one, have small water reservoirs which collect water and save the laptop from being damaged. The water is then drained from the holes on the bottom of the laptop. Putting it upside down or taking it apart to try and dry it will actually harm the laptop rather than fix it. It's capable of draining most, if not all of the water on its own.
Sorry, but you are talking nonsense. I had that kind of accident and laptop was damaged inside, had to have keyboard changed and professional service cleaning.
Wrong! The 'terrarium of death' as she states in a recent video could barely reach 190°. Also the Thinkpad is rugged enough to handle twice the drop height of the MBA easily. About the swimming in water: She kept turning it around making water flow everywhere, which she doesn't with the MBA and all that while it was still on, what would be the worst? A turned of MBA in a tray of water which later dried for days or a turned on laptop with fluid turned in it? Later on even opened....
it makes sense there are people who may leve their laptop in a car and its in the middle of the winter or have it int heir backpack and its cold out some electronics freeze up and slow down when they are cold
I've definitely spilt coffee on my laptop before. More than once. Dell Latitude D600 - Dead immediately. Dell Adamo 13, came back to life in a week but then died to some Pepsi.
I don't think she should have tilted the laptop upside down after pouring the coffee on it. Most thinkpads are engineered with drain holes on the bottom; so the liquid can pour out. I think the keyboard sits in a "trough" with holes on the bottom. Tilting it upside down may cause the liquid to end up in places where it shouldn't. This is a fail on the tester's part.