Lenovo USB-C Charging Port Issues 

It has to become a standard for lower power Laptop. I refuse to purchase or recommend a laptop that doesn't charge via USB C in 2023. The issue is that most cheap sub $600 laptop are still mostly charging via proprietary charger.

It is a nice idea, but the mechanics are too fragile, especially for laptops.

They should have decided on a common port for laptops. Two pole, power only. Usb-c are fundamentally problematic, particularly for higher voltages where shorting across pins can cause more damage. I currently have 3 yoga 910s, all with dead usb-c boards which seem to be impossible to find replacements for.

In a first world country its fine

@@Jside68 everyone i know has problems with this usb c port.

I'm not buying a Lenovo pad again

Can you help me find my sim ejector? I can’t find the reset button on the bottom. I have the E15 PF-2FGYVR 2020/12

​@@Shewbirt2where is the sim ejector located? help me pls

your method works! Anyone who is having this issue, look for a very small hole in the bottom of the laptop.

It works! Thank you. One of my C ports had lost the ability to charge my 6th gen X1 Carbon, but was still able to do power out and data in. I shut it down, pressed reset 3 times and booted up and it is fully functional again.

@@natadechacha He's just saying you can use any tiny poking device like a sim card tool or a pin/paperclip to press the reset button. I just took the bottom cover off my laptop, inspected the cover to find the hole and used that information to find the tiny button on the circuit board and press it 3 times.

Same deal with my partner. She just got the laptop 6 months ago along with a new dock. Was having problems with her dual monitor setup, and then the laptop would run off battery power occasionally. Now it won’t charge at all 🤷 Update: sent it back to IT, they replaced the USB C port. Sounds like it’s not the first time either.

Maybe a wired connector like this would fit somewhere on the case (probably a version with a few more power wires): img.kwcdn.com/product/Fancyalgo/VirtualModelMatting/0ebb48772330e397611b268803c3f173.jpg?imageView2/2/w/800/q/70

mine is exactly the same as your problem, is there a solution for it?😭

Yes avoid it because that’s how mine stopped working

We've gone through about 40% of our fleet of Gen 9's with it. The chip will either burn itself up (Literally black on it) or the chip will fall off. Lenovo doesn't even question when we put in a warranty replacement for the motherboard anymore, and the new ones that come in, have a blue dot on each chip now (Common verification tool used for verifying a part)

​@@wolfejohn1i uploaded a vid, i think i joined the club. It unseoldered itself

I am inclined to do the same, (have a look at my last two shorts) i still have IC that overheated led to solder melt, and i know any technician will start talking about motherboard replacement(cause its easier) i am planning to resolder it or findeplacement

I think you are referring to the Keyboard Backlight not the LCD Backlight?

@@lapfix Yes please, thank you ... I forget to mention that. Much Appreciated

help me with this problem😭

Get t470/t460

Yeah, Lenovo after IBM hasn't been quite the same 🙃

Check the Wattage on the charging brick. If you are using an adapter meant for a phone, it won't have enough wattage to charge the battery...usually

@@lapfix let me explain it again. I'd like to use my Toocki 67W Power Delivery charger (original Lenovo charger is 65W). When I connect it, Windows says it's connected but not charging. I tried with the cable which has a power meter. T14 takes about 10W then and the icon PD on the display of meter doesnt showup - seems that notebook doesnt activate the PD protocol and is supplied from 5V voltage only. The problem does not occure with the original charger. Output voltages of both chargers are the same: 5, 9, 15, 20 V (and 12V on Toocki).

​@@Sparky112 I agree. This is a familiar problem to me. I have two 60WPD powerbanks, 3 60WPD aftermarket chargers and a 100WPD DeWalt system. I have 3 working Lenovos including a 920 and a 2023 X1Gen7. There are circumstances when only a directly-connected genuine Lenovo charger will do, even from the wrong model (e.g. the oldest Lenovo has a yellow square proprietary power system, but can only be charged by a genuine Lenovo usb C PD adapter from the later models when the battery is criitical even though the power demand is easily furnished by the 3rd party PDs), there are circumstances on the Gen7 when ONLY the usb-C port with the power icon on will do, and there are circumstances when even the port with the power icon won't charge from any 3rd party PD hub (yes I've got 4 of them too). It's not about the power demand as I can see that on my PD power meter, it is surely about the negotiation between the USB-C componenets. The 920 is the most reliable probably because it isn't too control freaky. Sometimes with a 3rd party power source I get a message on the X1 warning that my PD isn't providing enough power to properly charge the machine and recommending I plug in the original psu. Doing this does not increase the rate of charge. Hmm. To be frank PD is wonderful (apart from the USB-C plug/socket mechanical fragility) but every corporate struggles with engineering open systems whilst arguing with its marketeers about maintaining competitive advantage, and this family of problems has this kind of whiff about it. I don't mind the warning message if it protects me from unwittingly stepping outside the corporate umbrella or warns me I'm on my own, but the messages need to be honest and accurate and not prevent me from doing reasonable things with trusted and well-behaved 3rd party components, and above all not lead to incomprehensible situations where things refuse to work for no good reason other than the manufacturer trying to be too clever by half.

Not for this issue (and most USB-C charging issues). USB-C isn't just power pass through, it also has a data line. There is a circuit behind it as it is not your typical "dc jack". A replacement port would only work if there is phycial damage to the port itself which are more uncommon and if there is, it probably also shorted the USB-C circuit as well lol

@@lapfix Thank you for detailed explanation😊 And big thank you for sharing your expirience and knowledge with us! Ery apreciate evry video you male👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😍😍😍😍😍😍

@@lapfixso can it be fixed?

​@@lapfixhave a look at my last shorts,the IC next to chragin port unsoldered itself(on day the warranty ended 😅), (charging doesnt wprk on any port now) so is it in theory possible to reroute hackishly to just charge the battery?