tiny kestrel
My Legion Y540 laptop has become completely unresponsive.
Won't switch on.
No light when charging.
Same with a different charger.
Bought a new battery.
Replaced the old battery.
Still no light when charging.
Still won't switch on.
Feels completely bricked.
Any ideas on how to bring it back to life?
icy saffronBOT
Legolander The Skelim
warm plinth
My Legion Y540 laptop has become completely unresponsive.
Won't switch on.
No...
if a hard EC reset won't work (article above) then take the laptop to a shop or buy a new motherboard on ebay
tiny kestrel
Yes, did try the 60 sec. button press. Went to a shop and was told it wasn't worth repairing this brand. So, how involved is it to change the motherboard?
warm plinth
Yes, did try the 60 sec. button press. Went to a shop and was told it wasn't wor...
fairly involved, but doable if you have the tools.
get the hardware maintenance manual from https://pcsupport.lenovo.com
you'll also need paste and likely new thermal pads/putty. repaste guide is here, thermal pads/putty uh i don't know someone else will know more
icy saffronBOT
GhostFellow
tiny kestrel
Looked at a video, and it seems to even include soldering (which I have never done before).
warm plinth
fyi i personally replaced my old laptop motherboard when it died a few years ago, it went well
warm plinth
Looked at a video, and it seems to even include soldering (which I have never do...
wat, there should be no soldering in a motherboard replacement
tiny kestrel
Or I might be confusing things - I looked at so much stuff trying to figure out what to do.
I guess the GPU is soldered on to the motherboard, which makes is quite expensive here. Almost 3000 Dkk. At the shop they wanted more than 4000 Dkk to replace it. And people are selling similar used computers for 5000. New computers with a similar 6 GB VRAM Nvidia card is starting from 6000-7000 dkk. So, it's a lot of money for something which may fail. Been thinking about buying a bamboo computer and just replace the HDD from the Lenovo computer to get access to my old files and my old setup, of course, I wouldn't be able to run any of the Cuda heavy stuff. Is there something I should be aware of before I presume this path?
warm plinth
I guess the GPU is soldered on to the motherboard, which makes is quite expensiv...
why are you thinking of replacing the GPU, if the whole board won't power on the problem is likely something other than the GPU
wait i completely misread this sorry