Disappointment with Lenovo Repair

The fact that I have to post about my extremely high level of dissatisfaction with Lenovo is ridiculous. Perhaps I am in the small margin of users who have encountered low quality customer service and repair, but I believe that every company has the obligation to provide the highest quality of goods and services to their clientele. So on to my case.
I own a Lenovo Y-40-70, a laptop, which blogs and many reviews informed me, was of the best bang for the buck. A computer that was reliable, fast and cost-effective. I bought the computer for 850$. Please forgive for improper lingo, as I am not too tech-savvy.
8 GB ram
1 Tb HDD
24 Gb SSD
i7
For the two weeks or so, all was well. Any games I played ran smoothly and all that jazz. Then the blue screens started. PFN List Corrupt, IRQL errors, and some others. For some stupid reason I ignored the errors; 1: because they occurred infrequently and did not cause any harm, and two: my family was of the Apple cult. So this routine continues for another month or so, same frequency, then around late October the computer is absolutely plagued by the errors. I can’t even run the computer long enough to load any screen up. Fortunately I backed up all my documents to google drive, so I was good there. As a good customer of Lenovo, the first thing I did was call up customer service and ask for help. I have a hardware warranty that was good for one year, so assumed that I could send in the computer to be replaced, maybe even at a nearby convenient place. Wrong. I don’t know if this is company policy or whatever, but the customer service representatives ended up convincing me that I had to buy the software reset USB for 70$ before my hardware warranty kicked in. So, I dug deep and shelled out the 70 bucks for the reset, received it several days later, followed all the steps; the computer still did not function. By the way, these crashes had become so frequent that I was not able to observe the error reports. Also, the screen was acting funny, with many dead pixels on some load-ups, and general screen glitching on others. In early November I wasted another a day, and a box, sending the computer to Lenovo’s qualified ‘Warranty Support and Service Team.’ A couple days later I receive this message:
Thank you for choosing a Lenovo Personal Computer. You are receiving this email to inform you that after performing problem determination, we have identified the failing component(s) in your computer. Despite our best efforts to maintain inventory of all repair components, the part needed to repair your machine is currently unavailable. As more specific information becomes available we will communicate it to you via email, SMS text messages, or a telephone call. Rest assured we are working diligently to complete the repair in a timely manner and will do everything possible to provide current status updates as additional information becomes available.
Sincerely,
Lenovo Warranty Support and Service Team
The estimated arrival time was early January! However, to some pleasure, the broken part arrives early and the computer is sent back ‘repaired’ on November 26. The infected part was the motherboard. The next day, I power the computer and begin the process of reinstalling my programs and applications, and uninstalling the bloatware. Ahhhhh…. how gullible I was.
The blue screen flashes up with the same errors. Shocked, flabbergasted, frustrated, I write this letter of complaint concerning the poor quality of service Lenovo has in general. I wasted not only nearly a thousand dollars, but three weeks of my time. Wasting time is my pet peeve. Not appropriate for a mature and respected corporation. Do I have to wait another three weeks to receive a ‘repaired’ computer? I feel that in this situation I am obligated to demand a completely new system.

I should add that the damage to the keyboard deck was present when I recieved the laptop. I did not cause it.

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  • Very disappointed with Lenovo. Want to contact supervisor.

    I ordered Lenovo Ideapad y410p at Dec 1st, 2013 and order information said estimate delivery date will be Dec 15th, 2013 (not shipping date).
    and they send order delay email Dec 16th, 2013 which is after estimate delivery date.
    How can be this happened? Even they can inform me regards to order delay at estimate ship date.
    I sell my laptop at their estimate delivery date and I couldn`t work because they inform it very lately.
    So I was contact Lenovo and they said they will give me concession for 5% credit back to my account after delivery.
    Finally, I got new laptop at Jan 20th and I was asking them to concession, then wait. but it didn`t get for a week and I ask it again.
    Then, can you believe it? I repeated it 3 times but I still didn`t get it yet.
    the chat assistance said 'I don`t know why, but it didn`t processed and I can`t find record.'
    At now, I feel they don`t want to give my concession. Of course, I already pay for order and they don`t have to do anything.
    I`m fully satisfying with my new laptop and concession is just 5% and I don`t have to get it. however I can`t believe how can this happened.
    Very disappointed with the service of Lenovo.
    If anyone know how can I contact supervisor, let me know.

    dhdhxk,
    I think the best course is to recontact sales and see what can be done - they should be able to help with your escalation.  If you have tried this and have had no luck, please send me your details including order number via a private message and I'll try to arrange further help for you.
    Best regards,
    Mark
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  • Very Disappointed with Lenovo Products & Support

    After spending times during the holidays researching the new laptop, I found out that T400 would be really powerful and slick and I was excited placing an order and could not wait to receive it.  Today, I received the product.  It was delivered couple days earlier than the dellivery date.  So far perfect!
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    The system ran very quietly - greatly, then the system is setting up the VIsta Business OS. 
    Than PING!!!  'Install Windows - can not complete installation.  Restart the installation' error message displayed!
    Can't be!  Next thing I know I spent 0/5 hours recyclying the power and the error message was still in the loop.  Got no where!
    I called support for help.  The first guy asked me to hit F11 to go to recovery OS.  Tried that - the system had problem recovering the OS.  It gave me an error about Windows recovery proble.  The support guy told me that I need to go online to register my product, so my warranty is activated and then call back the Lenovo support to ask for System Recovery discs.  DId that and called back.
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    I was on the phone for 1/2 hrs with the third guy trying to ask me to hit all those F8, F11 key for system recovery.  At this point, my head was all of steam and ran out of patience.  I asked him if he knows what he's talking about.  He counter-argued with me and blamed on me for not following the process.  He finally came back to me to go to Lenovo website to find instruction how to create my own system recovery discs.  I followed his direction and go the the website he recommended.  After reading the instruction, the assumption is that you must be in Lenovo thinkpad and in Windows Vista to create the recovery disc.  This is typical to all Vista OS.  Struck out for the third time for the lousy support.
    I decided to call back for the last time.  Talked to the fourth support guy.  He read the case and asked me to go online and register and call back to ask for the System recovery discs.  That's it for me.  I told him that I had enough of the BS.  I've decided not to tolerate this scrappy support and pack this brand new T400 which I now believe it was the worst laptop I've ever bought.  I could buy a no brand name laptop and it worked even better and I don't have to talk to these kinda support people.
    What a nightmare!  No more Lenovo!  I'm sharing a real life experience with highly overated brand name Lenovo!  It's off my list for now. 
    Jeff

    OK.  Thing just got worse and worse which I'm now convinced that Lenovo organization is far below inferior.
    In the last couple days, I've placed multiple calls to the RMA dept. and dealt with 4 different analysts trying to have the MFG defected T400 RMAed back to Lenovo with full refunds.  These analysts advised me that I had to pay 15% restocking fee or I had to order the new laptop for exchange.  I told that I do not feel obligated to pay for the restocking fee since this is a MFG defected brand new laptop; otherwise, this would be a good but scammy business model that Lenovo is running.  These guys stuck with their policy, so I asked to speak with the supervisor/manager on duty to have this matter resolved.  I've already requested three times couple days ago and have not heard back from them.
    I kept calling them back.  The last analyst I spoke to with the name Akshatha Rxxxxxxx (x. 17xxx) based in India tried to asked me with same old questions from the previous analysts (one of them is Ahmed Sxxxx - x17xxx) which I declined to go through the same scripted interview.  I told this lady that I was just simply wanting to speak with the supervivor or manager on duty to have the matter resolved ASAP.  She told me that I had to answer her questions, otherwise, she will not help me with my request.  I then just told her to end the call and file a formal complaint with Lenovo.  She said you do so.  So that is what I have to go through.
    I can't imagine Lenovo's customer service stands at this inferior level.  Rightnow, I'm getting a brand new laptop that doesn't work and have to deal with these kinds of service flows.  Where does Lenovo stand at the customer's voice?
    I'll definitely file a formal complaint and raise this matter publicly.  I'll keep you posted...
    Jeff
    Modertor Note; Full names and contact details from Lenovo employees edited as per forum rules.
    Message Edited by andyP on 01-10-2009 12:09 AM

  • X100e: Too disappointed with Lenovo to have it again

    My mummy had an IBM, so did my friend, very good quality, nice keyboards and display, also fast and stable, good experience for them.
    So I bought one too, unfortunately, after IBM becomes Lenovo.
    I got a Lenovo x100e, from internet, it's rumored to be light, compact, good design and appearance. All this I agree. Yes the appearance is strikingly business like, very easy to carry, and display not bad either-ONLY that the quality is so horrible that I am thinking about returning this product to Lenovo, and NEVER gona touch it again.
    I bought it in August, at the starting it's functioning is pretty annoying, but still acceptable. It's incredible slow, loading a webpage alone can take up to 30 seconds, even slower than my previous SamSung netbook which was bought at only S$600. The CPU can become so hot that I have to shut it down, my older netbook never had this problem. Then one day I accidentally tapped my charger onto it, and when opened again it started blinking really violently, even to the point of whole page blanking out, flashing blue and  white and refuse to display anything. Frustrated, I made up my mind to return this faulty machine, but when I brought it to repair, it miraculously came back to life again. Thinking that it might just be unstable, I decided to put up with it a bit longer, to see whether it can improve its abysmal performance.
    Bad decision. One day I was doing my things on it as usual, it grew very very very very slow, takes 5 WHOLE minutes to shut down ONE single webpage. Frustrated,  I shut it down. Another bad decision, because I couldn't start it again.
    So the dear laptop forced me to use the system recovery, which is a very good feature, I must say, but not in my case though. After reinstalling the system, abandoning ALLL my not-too-important-but-sad-to-lose information, as I don't know how to back up, I keyed in the password and start to use the newly installed system again-bad decision. Why? The keyboard is faulty! After I logged out and tried to log in again, I realize I can't log in with the password which I set MYSELF, because certain keys can't be pressed. So patiently, I reinstalled the system without password again, hoping that the keyboard can miraculously resume functioning. ANOTHER bad decision. JUst 10 minutes after reinstalling, it crashed again, showing me a lovely blue screen before it did. So I installed system AGAIN, and this time dear system recovery made me wait 10 WHOLE hours before telling me the system can't be restored, making me REINSTALL  the system AGAIN. Which I did,  at very thin patience. So dear machine behaved QUITE alright for a few days, then today it crashed AGAIN!!!!
    And when I let people check it for me, they told me that the freaking harddisk is COMPLETELY ruined.
    I am going to call customer service today, and they better fix it for me for FREE, I would consider not to be too angry aboout it.
    BUt please take note, I'm NEVER going to touch LENOVO again, this kind of quality is just NOTacceptable!
    Lenovo, can you please CHECK your hard disk before you ship them? So that at least our time would not be wasted.
    Thank you.
    Regards.
    Moderator Note: Edited subject to match content.

    Ok so you had a bad hard disk big deal happens all the time...
    Post back if the new hard disk doesn't fix it but seriously these hard disks are not made by Lenovo and they are made by the millions some are ok some not ok but if they were all perfect we wouldn't need warranties.

  • A bad experience with Lenovo repair service...​got more problems now than when I brought it in

    Paragraphs with ** may be skipped if you just want the short and sweet version:
    **I bought my X61 in April 2008 and everything was great. I loved the laptop except for one thing: it had an extremely tight PC slot (although it was completely functional). I had a difficult time inserting my PCMCIA soundblaster sound card and removing it was even more difficult. I literally had to brace the laptop between my left arm and chest and manually pull the card out because it was so tight. I am an university student so I did not have time to deal with that problem because it was during final exams. I finally found some time recently to bring my laptop for repair. I called Lenovo and they recommended me to bring it in to my city's authorized business partner repair shop because they said it would be faster. So that is what I did. It turns out that they have to replace the system board because the PCMCIA slot was attached to it. In the end it took 3 trips (30 min drive each way) over a span of 2 weeks before I actually got my laptop fixed because the system board was backordered. Finally 2 days ago I got my laptop back and indeed, the PCMCIA slot is not tight anymore...yay! And that was when all the trouble started:
    After bringing it home, I started to find more problems with the laptop than before I brought it in:
    First thing I did was try to reactivate the TPM chip but it turns out that the TPM chip already had an owner. I found that strange and tried my previous passwords and none worked.
    I can no longer output my display to my external LCD monitor. It doesn't work regardless of whether I plug the VGA cable directly to the laptop or via the Ultrabase 6. I know it's the not the cable because it works with my older laptop. I spent countless hours trying to figure this out and uninstalled and  reinstalled several versions of Intel X3100 video driver as well as Thinkvantage Presentation Director. Even during boot-up it does not show up on my external monitor.
    The Bios date/time and other settings get reset each time the external power is lost (e.g. remove battery or unplugging AC). This usually indicate that the computer CMOS battery is dead or bad.
    From the above problems, I can only conclude that Lenovo sent a used defective system board. There could be other problems that I don't know about yet.
    Initially I had tried to call Lenovo technical support (3x) and they were next to useless. The first time I called, the technician pretty much blew me off telling me that they can't help me and told me to search Lenovo support page for the answers to my problems. I couldn't believe it! Furthermore, I wanted to know how I can reset the TPM password and the first rep told me that  that they would need to charge me for walking me through the steps. (in the end I figured it out on my own)
    I am very dissatisfied with how things turned out. I know I now have to get my system board replaced again but this has been way more trouble than it is worth. I had spent many hours driving back and forth to the repair depot and even more hours troubleshooting the problem on my own because Lenovo support couldn't help me. It has completely destroyed my confidence in Lenovo. How can they be doing repairs with defective used parts??? What options do I have?
    Message Edited by tallshorty on 06-15-2008 11:46 AM
    Message Edited by tallshorty on 06-15-2008 11:50 AM

    Tallshorty,
    Wow!  Apologies for such an experience.   First, could you send me a PM with your contact information, your system model & serial #, and your service case number(s) if you have them handy?   I will ensure you get some help.
    Secondly, service parts may be new or refurbished. -  Sorry to hear about this TPM problem - we can look into the process to ensure this is tested for, and ensure this does not happen, although it sounds like you've solved this part.
    Thanks for sharing your story.
    Mark
    Message Edited by Mark_Lenovo on 06-18-2008 09:41 AM
    Message Edited by Mark_Lenovo on 06-18-2008 11:59 AM
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  • Extremely frustrated and disappointed with my first Lenovo Ordering experience

    I have been trying to place an order on Lenovos website for 1 month now and my order has been cancelled 4 times. The last order number being 4243470440.
    To give a background of the situation, I am trying to order a Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro on behalf of my friend who does not have access to a US credit card yet.
    The first time it was cancelled because the ship to address was a freight forwarding address. I did not know that Lenovo will not ship to one of those addresses.
    SO I redo the entire order based on what the customer care person asks me to do and then it gets rejected again. So i call the helpline again and after the long wait I am told that the ship to address is different from the billing address. I need to call my credit card company to let them know this.
    So I do the needful and place a third order after calling my credit card company first. This time it gets cancelled because apparently, Lenovos system now links my credit card with the freight forwarding address and has blacklisted it for life. So basically I can never order a lenovo product using that credit card again. Hence, I am advised by Pablo, an extremely rude credit card service agent to reorder using a different card.
    I do the needful for the 4th time with a different credit card and to my surprise it is cancelled again. After another long hold and call, I am informed that I as a person am working for the freight forwarding company! (Who the [ Moderator Edited per forum rules.] are they to determine who i work for. I am ordering a computer not asking for keys to the US treasury). So I am blacklisted and the only way I can order a lenovo product is if I wire the money to them before hand. This is [ Moderator Edited per forum rules.]
    I am a normal guy trying to order a computer for my friend and have been put through so much humiliation and torture. I am extremely disappointed at Lenovo and dont think I ever want to buy anything from this company ever.

    Hi brajeshdamani,
    I do not work for Lenovo. This is a peer-to-peer forum, provided by Lenovo so that members may share their experiences and help each other.
    Perhaps Lenovo may be using a third party company to verify credit card purchases. In most cases these companies determine if a customer's credit card is good and if the customer has sufficient credit to make the purchase. If an item is going to be shipped to someone outside the US, this would make ordering even more difficult. Recently in the US we have seen articles in the news about stolen credit card information. The verification companies are aware of this; thus the problems customers are experiencing. You are not alone. It is really a shame that honest people have to deal with inconveniences because of criminal activity.
    I don't have any suggestions for you to resolve your problem, except that perhaps you persist in contacting Lenovo to explain the situation.
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  • T500 Problems and experiences with Lenovo's technical support / EZServ

    After some issues and numerous calls to Lenovo's Technical Support, I just thought I would share my experiences here.
    First off, I currently own a ThinkPad T500, which was designed to be a replacement for my older ASUS laptop.
    While the ASUS laptop is still running okay, I have had a hard time trying to get the company to properly warranty the laptop. (they would make falsified claims that nothing is wrong with the laptop, so that they would not have to replace any parts - and when they do replace parts, they would simply create another problem and totally ignore the described problem.) The experiences were so stressful and disgusting such that I am sick of arguing with the company any further. My decision on the ThinkPad was based on that IBM/Lenovo is designed to serve business class customers and theoretically should have "business-class support". For this very reason, I have added the best warranty service they was offered to me at the time (3yr onsite + accidental). I am just guessing at that time I just wanted to get away from small companies and go to a company that would back their customers' laptops.
    As soon as I got my hands on a T500, however, I have noticed that something is wrong with the card reader. Apparently the reader on the machine would not read SDHC cards (it does read SD cards, however.) This is a problem because I only use SDHC cards and the machine was not able to read any of them. As the card reader controller is manufactured by the same manufacturer (Ricoh) and my older ASUS laptop was able to read SDHC cards, I thought something odd was going on with my machine. This was also based on the evidence that other T500 owners were able to read SDHC just fine.
    In addition to the card reader, I was also having troubles in which the machine would freeze whenever Nero Burning ROM (a CD/DVD authoring software) is used.
    My first support call to Lenovo was not that pleasant, given that I was placed on hold for 20 minutes when the rep was looking up specs for SHDC compatibility. The rep also said that they would not troubleshoot 3rd party software and would not help me on the issue. I was also told that I should also call back during "regular business hours (apparently until 5pm EST, or 2pm PST (my time)" (despite that the technical support hotline is open 24/7) so that a supervisor can handle my case. This makes it very difficult for me to get to someone with any authority as I am usually busy throughout the day until late afternoons (~4pm PST -> 7pm EST).
    Nevertheless, my second call to Lenovo was much more pleasant. The rep handled my case in a timely fashion and promptly provided replacement parts indicated by my problem. (Onsite motherboard replacement for the card reader, and a separate shipment for the DVD-RW drive). Turns out that the motherboard replacement did fix the SDHC issue, although the freezing problem was not caused by hardware failures, but rather a faulty driver that was corrected after Lenovo released an update months later on the Intel SATA controller drivers.
    Five months later, after having to use a broadband WWAN card for my work, I also started to notice there is something wrong with the broadband WWAN card. The card used is the Ericsson F3507g card (or the AT&T broadband WWAN option). Not only would the connection be very flaky, it would also drop connections fairly frequently. It seems that a SIM card pull to another card would result in a perfect connection and ever since I have been using an addon card instead to use the Internet. When I confronted Lemovo with the problem, the experience was worse than the first one. I have made at least six service calls to Lenovo and everytime the reps will waste my time with basic troubleshooting which I told them repeatedly that I have already done (I have even reinstalled the OS but it seems that it does not matter to the reps). Here are some things that are repeated over and over:
    1) Can you uninstall the Power Manager Driver and the Wireless WAN drivers and reinstall them?
    2) Can you go on to our website and download the WWAN drivers (document ID: MIGR-70000 - I even remembered this number since it was repeated so many times) - and the Power Manager Driver and reinstall it?
    3) Can you go to Device Manager (the rep would go step by step to it even though I told him I already know how to get there), and see if there are any "bangs" (exclamation marks) on any of the devices?
    4) Since you were able to connect to the AT&T network, then from the hardware standpoint there is nothing wrong with your card. This indicates there is a software configuration or a driver problem. (I have been trying to acquire the latest drivers but what I have was already the latest)
    5) Since your card could connect to the network, you should contact your provider for help. (AT&T blames it on the card)
    6) I'm sorry but there is nothing I can do to help you. You should contact your provider about the card (despite that I acquired the card from Lenovo and not from them)
    7) Are you sure that your card is activated properly? It doesn't show in our systems that the card has been activated properly. You will need to call both AT&T and the Lenovo activation hotline (whatever this is) to have your card work properly. (I have never heard of this before)
    Despite telling these reps I have an addon card that works perfectly and that I have done all the basic troubleshooting already, none of them are really willing to give me a replacement card. They would either request that I send my computer back to the depot (which I do not want to do since I use this laptop everyday and that's why I have onsite warranty), fail to help me, or transfer me to someone else that makes me do all the troubleshooting all over again. (Every call I made to Lenovo can be said to be composed of at least 20 minutes of basic troubleshootings with the end result of not being able to help)
    After having the case escalated to a team leader, I was told that someone would give me a call within a few hours since their team leader is with another customer. Result? No callbacks. Not within a day, nor two.
    Called Lenovo again, they apologized, but samething happened - supervisor on the line - promised another callback by a supervisor - but nothing, nada!
    Called Lenovo a third time - was again told the same thing, but I am not falling for that anymore - the rep finally agreed to give me a replacement, as well as as to send out a technician that would fix the LCD cover that is starting to get loose on one side.
    At that time, I was so frustrated and this reminds me of the pain I have went through with my old ASUS laptop and their grumpy customer service. It just seems to me that it has to be that difficult to have anything resolved or fixed. (What is especially frustrating is that the basic reps do not have any authority to make any decisions, 90% of the time I will need to be transferred to a supervisor of some sort before my case can be handled successfully - which is hard at times given that I only have until 2pm PST to call them)
    Received replacement, but did not fix issue. I have noticed that the GPS (which was part of the WWAN card) also has problems getting adequate signals for a 3D Fix. I have once again called Lenovo, this time raising the concerns with the GPS and seeking for help. Along with the basic troubleshooting, here is what Lenovo has to say about the GPS issue which frustrates me even more:
    1) uh, G..P..S? what GPS? (most reps I call say this, shows me that they either don't know what a GPS is or know that there is a dedicated GPS builtin on the Ericsson module. Perhaps they don't even know that ThinkVantage GPS existed)
    2) You will need to have active service in order to use GPS (I do have active service, but nevertheless that statement is false since a 3D fix can be successfully acquired with a dummy card - I guess the rep has no idea what he/she was talking about)
    3) That's a software issue - you need to call AT&T and tell them about the problem (Again, I guess the rep has no idea that the GPS is not linked to AT&T's networks - there is a dedicated GPS on the card that allows the ThinkVantage GPS tool to acquire proper GPS signals) (Also, why would AT&T troubleshoot a tool that Lenovo made called ThinkVantage GPS? - I don't get it)
    4) You need to uninstall, and then reinstall the Power Manager driver and also the latest WWAN drivers. (I did that, did not work - I have told them I even reinstalled the OS from scratch)
    5) You need to go uninstall, and then reinstall the Wireless LAN drivers (although I am talking about wireless WAN, not LAN)
    6) There are two wireless adapters in your laptop? Are you sure about this?
    7) LAN, or WAN? What are you referring to? (I guess some reps are not aware what WWAN means)
    After dealing with the numerous reps that have no idea what I was talking about, I have decided that I would just take the machine into depot, which would give me a chance to explain the other issues I have with the machine as well.
    Here are some of the issues I am having with my T500 right now (please comment if you have the same issues or perhaps have a possible solution/workaround for it)
    1. The left side of the LCD cover has a pressure point, which causes the cover to dislodge from the rest of the panel slightly when pressure is applied from the back side of the cover. (Could be caused by closing the lid, for example) - IBM technician applied some adhesive to the inside, which helped it from dislodging, although the left side is still a little filmsy compared to the right.
    2. This error randomly pops up at infrequent intervals: "Display driver igfx stopped responding and has successfully recovered."
    The latest GFX driver is installed and all updates have been installed. OS has been reinstalled but problems still occurs infrequently.
    3. This error also pops up at infrequent intervals: "Active protection is not functioning as system detected the abnormal sensor status. To diagnose the sensor device, run PC DOCTOR DOS - HDD Active Protection Test and if it still shows, contact Help and Service for repair." The only problem is, my laptop only came installed with PC Doctor 5 for Windows and when I run it"
    I ran a sensor check in DOS using the diagnostic CD and the sensor checked out okay. This error seems to happen mostly after I changed a setting in the Active Protection System software. (ex. changing the suspend time, etc)
    4. By default, the internal microphone does not work. In order for the internal microphone to work, the Advanced multi-stream mode must be enabled in the SmartAudio control panel. If both redirection options are enabled, the internal microphones and the speakers would then work normally. However, the hotkey controls on the ThinkPad would not control the right device when headphones are plugged in (since headphones are classified as its own device when the Advanced stream mode is enabled) - Mute and volume controls thus only controls the internal speakers' volume, and have no control whatsoever when headphones are plugged in.
    5. The brightness on the T500 is rather dim. I am not sure if that's how the monitor is, but I can hardly see anything unless the display brightness is close to the max setting. I have the 1680x1050 matte screen.
    6. The WWAN card does not make a stable connection to the network and ThinkVantage GPS does not acquire a 3D Fix even when under direct sky for >20 minutes. What is interesting though is that if I turn off the monitor screen (Fn+F3) or close to lid, the WWAN connection will be very stable and GPS will function normally (acquire fix usually within 2-3 minutes). If the monitor/screen is turned back on after a GPS Fix is acquied, the signals will quickly deteriorate and the updates will either become delayed/inaccurate or a fix will be lost. The brighter the screen, the harder it is to get a fix or a stable connection. (At the max setting it is almost impossible to get a fix while at the lowest brightness a very weak fix can be acquired - this is the case even many sattelites have been detected) Perhaps something with power consumption? Or the LCD drawing too much power?
    7. Although it does not happen very frequently, pressing Fn+F3 to turn off the display might cause the LCD to flicker on and off non-stop.
    8. This used to happen more with the older version of the Lenovo Fingerprint Software - but sometimes the software tends to get stuck at the welcome screen after returning from sleep/suspend/standby mode. The screen will remain at Please Wait forever and a hard restart will be required to get back into Windows.
    9. At frequent intervals the sound from the internal speakers would stop working and only the headphones would work. The sound might, however, come back if I leave the headphones plugged in long enough and unplug them. Restarting the Windows Audio service will temporarily restore audio but the same issue tends to happen again soon after that. Driver issue? (I am not sure if it's relevant, but I tend to put my computer to sleep instead of shutting it down)
    I have explained all of these issues on a piece of paper that I have included in my shipment to Flextronics. I have also included in big letters to make sure that they do not send the laptop to the address where they originally sent the "box" to. This is because I am only at that address a few days during the year and I don't plan to be there most days during the year.
    On the first day, it seemed that the status changed from "Machine being repaired" to "Hold for customer information".
    Apparently I missed a call from a number with an area code of 901 (which is Memphis, TN - I assume this is Lenovo's support center, since this is where the package was sent to). No messages were left on the voicemail. Called the number back, but was however told that I dialed the wrong number and no one has ever called me on this number (the lady on the phone was quite rude too) I then called the 800 EZServ number instead, turns out that they wanted one of my passwords which I gave them.
    The evening after I saw that the machine was successfully repaired and that it is being shipped back to me. However, no tracking number was provided. (There still isn't a tracking number on the EZServ status page)
    Hoping that my machine was repaired in good condition, I took a day off so I would be able to wait for UPS to deliver my laptop.
    Such that I have something to work with, I called the EZServ # and see if they had a tracking number for my shipment. At the same time, I asked what components were replaced and/or what components were installed to the system. To my surprise, they reimaged the whole system and I was not even informed about this at all! (I do understand I checked the Yes box in the problem description page, but I felt that it was important that the repair center let their customers know before their data will be destroyed - luckily I imaged my laptop right before I shipped it out so I have a copy of my data) In addition, it also seemed that they did not read any of the pages I enclosed in the shipment since nothing about the WWAN card was ever mentioned, despite special emphasis placed on this when I called Lenovo to have my computer sent back. It seemed that the rep only recorded one of the problems I listed above, which was unsatisfactory.
    The repair process was disappointing, as I have included in my problem description that I have previously tried reinstalling the whole OS from scratch and the problems did not go away. Reimaging the system will also probably have no effect on the problems I have described in the problem description.
    What is more surprising to me though was that they totally skipped the notation I put on to have the notebook shipped to an alternate address relative to the box address. To make this impossible to miss, I miss drew a big * and circled it many times so that anyone would see it if they were reading the sheet. I found out shortly after checking on the UPS website that the city the package was being shipped to was that of the wrong address, and not the city of that of the alternate address. I was horrified after knowing that the package would not arrive today but yet I still took a day off work. (How disappointing?!)
    Again and again, I called EZServ to see if I can have the package intercepted so it can be delivered to the right address. An intercept was placed on the package, although I received a call 30 minutes later from UPS saying that the intercept failed since the package has already been delivered. UPS also told me there is no way the people living there can simply return it and continue on with the intercept. Not happy with what I am hearing, I called EZServ and see if they can set up a pickup request to have the package delivered to my address. The first rep hanged up on me shortly she answered. The second rep called UPS, placed me on hold for more than 20 minutes, then hanged up on me. The third rep called UPS, and told me that they have esculated the case and that "UPS will handle everything", whatever that means. (she refused to disclose any more details). She told me that I would be receiving a call from her shortly on the details on the upcomings and promised that I would be receiving my laptop back. As with Lenovo, I didn't receive any callbacks. I called EZServ once more, and all they would say is tell me to wait. Sick and tired of waiting and calling and not getting anywhere, I drove 100 miles to where they shipped my laptop and picked it up there. I just don't know whether to trust the EZServ people anymore....
    As far as the laptop goes, I didn't have time to open the box or to test it yet. But I will let you all know once I have taken a look at the results.
    While the past experiences have been painful, I haven't lost all hope in Lenovo yet - although I really think that the customer service can really improve on certain levels.
    Please give me advices on what to do next!
    Thanks for reading this!
    Message Edited by swg0101 on 04-04-2009 11:02 AM

    Swg0101
    Thanks for sharing your details - it seems like we should focus on recovery of your system at this point.
    I've sent you a PM - I'll look for your private message response with your contact information and case details so we can look into this and get you some help.
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  • Lenovo Yoga - My first experience with a notebook - my last with Lenovo

    Short story about myself:
    I am a designer (print/web) and a coder (Web).
    I started my studying and thought it was time to get a Notebook as the iPad would not cut the productivity needed anymore. I was mostly working at the office or at home. But studying and the big breaks would make it impossible to get along both of those places so I needed a way to work while I was on the go.
    So I decided to buy a Notebook. It was down to a few models but the Lenovo Yoga 13" caught me.
    My i5 version had some great specs. Starting at 8GB ram going down to the IPS screen at HD resolution all was fine. 
    I picked it up in February just before my birthday as a little present and motivation for myself.
    Trouble began right after I received it. The Space key was not responsive on the bottom left corner and the keyboard was wobbly. I was kind of disappointed as I have always read that Lenovo does great Keyboards, the Yoga does not seem to have one. I know that the keyboard won't be as great as the mechanical Keyboard I have lying around here, but that bad ?
    The keyboard is what I would imagine a keyboard would feel like printed on a pad of silicone.
    Fan Noise, unbearable. Working in a quiet environment is impossible. I don't want to hear any noise from a device that is using an SSD. Other manufacturers are able to shut down noise, why is Lenovo not able to ? After working several nights with the Yoga and then switching one night over to my iPad I realized how terriblly disturbing that noise was. So I did a quick search came along the forums and saw a big thread which has even grown bigger. You see customers basically begging for an Update on the Fan Noise issue. The thread has 90 pages most of them people trying to figure a way out. Some even plug out their fans and yet the Yoga runs stable. 
    So , we could question how much effort went into that poorly designed patch for the Yoga.  It does not seem like a lot , despite the fact it took so long. I know how to Manage Information System Projects but I don't understand the time involved. Either there are problems you don't want to admit to your customer (bad documentation, no ressources, design flaw ... ) or you simply lack the ability to understand what your customer wants. 
    After I got sick of the issues which bothered me day by day I went into the store and registered a complaint. They sent it in.
    I had the following issues: 
    Space Key not responsive
    Top of the keyboard and right edge loose 
    Fan loud and always running
    High Frequent Noise
    Ability to turn on the device while lid is closed AND fans running at the same time
    It came back: 
    Module changed, Bios Update, Test run
    I took the device and inspected it in the store with a salesman. We both noticed a bump at the wasd keys thus we knew something went wrong and opened up the keyboard at the edge just to find out the official repair service used some double sided tape above the RAM slot. Space key was responsive now but the Keyboard had a big wave rising up at the left and lowering down at the right side. The fans were still running, I still had a high frequent noise and the ability to turn on the device while the lid was closed was still possible.
    So in the next hour without exiting the store I filled in another complaint. Waited another two weeks and got the message that I should be paying for the next repair. Incredible strategy. Do the repair bad and let the customer pay.  But that is not how you should deal with your customers. After speaking with the service guy , who seems to have spoken with Lenovo's service partner they took over the cost. 
    So now my Yoga was back.
    The whole keyboard was exchanged as it seems (it looked pretty new so I assume it was changed) - The repair information just said "module changed" 
    After just about an hour of using the keyboard was lose again. 
    Guess what I went back to the store and now it was the time to request my money. Of course I had to wait for another 2 weeks.
    It was a total downtime of 2 months and worst service I have ever seen. Especially that double sided tape was hilarious and unprofessional and made up for some good laughs. 
    And today I got my money back thanks to the law system we have here in Germany , which saves customers like me from faulty products. 
    In the time I did not have my Yoga I tried out several in stores and found the same errors over and over again and mostly with the keyboard. So it seems like a design flaw to me. A very bad one.
    Colors were scrapping of the edges even on mine to which was handled with a lot of care and carried with a very nice incase sleeve which has some very soft fur inside. 
    Fan Noise on all of them. Some were even worse than mine. 
    I am a very disappointed customer and  I don't think I will come back again to Lenovo and a lot of my friends won't get any recommandation at least not for the "casual" series. This should go straight to your quality assurance department.
    You should know that you only have one chance to do it right. And if you do it wrong at least care a bit. If you don't your customers will simply move on such as me. 
    I hope that everyone who enjoys his Yoga continues to do so and everyone who has complaints to put up their voice so you can be heard and people who are responsible for the flaws start correcting them. 
    I am happy to be out of that beg for something but don't receive anything circle. 

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  • Experience​s with Lenovo and my purchases of two laptops

    Experiences with Lenovo and my purchases of two laptops (one was exchanged) and issues following with defective parts:
    First.. Lenovo Return Policy:
    I had ordered an E420, and by  mistake in that I responded to an email advertisement while at work, and rushed through the online order (bad mistake).
    When I received the E420, I didn't like the LCD or keyboard at all... and was really disappointed. While researching other customer experiences, I assumed Lenovo basically had an "all sales final" policy for Canadian Customers.
    I called them the next business day after receiving the E420, and said I was disatisified with the it, and would like to exchange it for a T520. She said that is possible, but I'd have to order the T520 before I could get a return authorization (which was ok).
    I ordered the T520, and within a week (I had to call and bug them once), I received the return labels for the E420, and returned it that day. It took about 10 days, for the full E420 credit to show up on my credit card, and I was very happy to see they did not charge me restocking.
    Second, issues with the T520:
    Within hours of opening the T520, I noticed the upper cursor key was not working. Not very good for a brand new laptop... a bit disappointing.
    I called lenovo the next morning, and she apologized for the issue, and said she'd send me another keyboard asap... and the instructions. This was ok, since repairing PC's and laptops is a skill I have. The keyboard came the next day.... and I replaced it.. all good.
    Next issue:
    The bluetooth worked for about 3 days, and stopped working (which was a pain because I used a lenovo blue tooth mouse).  Bios shows it enabled, but does not show up anymore when I do a FN F5, or in device manager. Just to be sure it wasn't an issue with software, I used the recovery DVDs to reinstall the OS... still no bluetooth.
    Called Lenovo support, he had me pull battery, press the power button with no power sources connected (he said it drained any capacitors), reset bios to system defaults... reboot a few times... still no bluetooth.
    He suggested I re-seat the bluetooth daughter card. While I felt comfortable with this, I was surprised Lenovo Support would suggest this, because I am sure many or most customers would not have this expertise to open a laptop without doing some sort of damage. That being said, Lenovo does have a Hardware Maintenance Guide that explains step by step procedures for replacement of parts on the T520.
    I didn't do this while on the phone with him, but after going through the troubleshooting, he said a box would come to my door, and I'd have to ship my laptop away for a week or so to have it fixed.
    I expressed my unhappyness with this idea as UPS/Lenovo just delivered the Laptop to my door and a week had not even passed, and I have to do without it for a week or ???. 
    I said, this is why purchasing a laptop online can be a huge drawback... had I purchased from "Best Buy" I could go exchange it over the counter in a few hours.
    Anyways.. I asked if I could drop it off at an Authorized Lenovo Repair depot, and he said yes.. just bring the case number.
    I personally don't trust "Repair Depots" by default.  They scratch laptops, they leave screws out, they mark the plastic edges when separating the covers, bezels, etc because they use metal screwdrivers or are not careful when doing so.
    After I got off the phone, I was able to re-seat the bluetooth card... still not resolved. I think I will call Lenovo back and ask the part to be sent to me, and I'll replace it.
    Other comments:
    Sound - The volume level on the T520 isn't as loud as my HP nx9420... unfortunate.. but I can live with it.
    Performance: The Performance rating on my 5 year old HP nx9420 was 4.3, this new T520 was 4.6... not that much better and appears to be due to the video card rating.
    Lenovo Packaging:
    I was also very surprised that Lenovo ships the laptops by sending them in their own box, and not putting them in a large box with padding to protect them. That means that any rough handing by UPS, would be experienced by the laptop, which if you ever talk to people who work for UPS or other couriers admit that they work on volume/speed and not giving much priority to ensuring items are handled carefully.

    The Windows experience index is only a rough guide, not a benchmark. Many people have reported having minor things wrong with the machines as shipped. Perhaps, this is due to shipping damage.
    I find it interesting that you BT went out after a keyboard replacement. Mine did the same thing, and had to be replaced. 
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  • Long back-and-forth with Lenovo... any suggestions?

    Below is a excruciatingly detailed record of my long struggle with Lenovo's customer support regarding my T61, for which I purchased a warranty that is good until June 26, 2010. This is the result of painstaking documentation all along the way; I have the actual case reference numbers and serial numbers, etc., if it would help anyone from Lenovo who happens across this.
    On Monday, April 27, 2009, my T61 (7662-CTO) began
    experiencing persistent crashes. The machine would give me a BSOD
    (Blue Screen of Death) on occasion while in Windows. Despite repeated
    installations of my graphic card's drivers (for the Nvidia Quadro NVS
    140m), the problem continued to worsen. Eventually, the machine
    refused to even boot up, throwing out a 'memory parity error' BSOD
    soon after the Windows boot-up screen. Even my attempts at
    reinstalling Windows (Vista Home Premium x86) did nothing to correct
    the issues. It was increasingly apparent that I was facing a hardware
    problem.
    Since my machine remains under warranty, I called Lenovo's tech
    support. After a bit of redundant troubleshooting (he asked me to
    reinstall drivers that I had already installed multiple times), the
    support agent agreed to send out a box and have the machine shipped
    out to EasyServ in Tennessee. Reluctantly, I agreed and sent the box
    off. This was Lenovo case reference number 1.
    The service was amazingly quick, as I had the machine back in just
    over 36 hours. That I appreciated. I was less grateful for the state
    of the machine upon its return. True, the BSOD/graphics card issues
    had apparently been addressed; the form letter returned with the
    laptop claimed that EasyServ 'Quality Technician' A. Rios had replaced
    the 'PLANAR CARD ASM EXTERNAL VIDEO' --part number 41W1489. Glad to
    have my machine back for work, I once again reinstalled Windows Vista.
    Yet I soon realized that the machine had another serious problem.
    Putting my T61 into sleep was a risky proposition; within several
    minutes, all indicator lights would blink off, and the machine would
    offer no signs of life. Pushing the power button did nothing.
    Replacing the battery did nothing. Whether plugged in or not, the
    machine refused to respond. Repeated power button pushes would
    occasionally rouse the machine to 'life,' but as soon as it dropped
    into sleep mode again, it would eventually drop dead.
    Increasingly unhappy, I called Lenovo support again. They apologized
    for the continued faulty hardware and sent out another overnight box
    for the return freight to Tennessee. I dutifully shipped the T61 out
    again--this was case reference number 2. Once again, the machine
    zipped through EasyServ very quickly. It came back 2 days later, with
    a "Repair Action Report" form that indicated that M. Anderson had
    service the machine. Checked off were boxes for "system board/planar"
    (though what exact part was replaced was not indicated this time),
    "updated BIOS/embedded controller," and "performed PC Doctor
    diagnostics to ensure hardware functionality."
    Assured that my problems were (finally!) fixed, I set to reinstalling
    Windows. I did all the little software installations and tweaks that I
    need to get work done on my new machine. But once everything was set
    up, another problem popped up its ugly head. When I did anything that
    required some processor power (say, watching video online or running a
    virus scan), the machine would mysteriously and spontaneously freeze
    up and drop itself into sleep mode. When roused from its stupor, the
    machine would immediately give up and return to sleep. Aggravated, I
    tried yet another fresh install of Windows and was astonished to find
    out that Vista refused to install properly, citing an 'incompatible
    hardware' error.
    Needless to say, I called Lenovo support once again (case reference
    number 3). The first technician I spoke to demanded
    that I remove the hard drive I had placed into the machine with the
    one originally shipped with the T61. I protested that this was the
    Seagate Momentus 7200.2 (200 GB), and it was unlikely that it was the
    source of the problem (since the original hard drive had been the
    Seagate Momentus 7200.1 (60 GB). But apparently having no choice, I
    gave in. We ended our call, I opened up the machine, and swapped hard
    drives. I also went ahead and pulled out the extra RAM I had put into
    the box--anticipating the next technicians' likely protests. When
    Windows gave me the same errors as before, I called Lenovo back. I
    explained the whole situation, going back to the video card
    replacement that started the whole series of issues. When I explained
    how I had attempted to reinstall Windows, the technician repeatedly
    asked me if I had changed the boot order on the machine. "No," I
    answered. "You don't actually need to. The BIOS throws up a 'Press any
    key to boot from the CD/DVD drive' prompt." There was a short pause.
    "Did you change the BIOS boot order?" I rolled my eyes and eventually
    capitulated to the technician's request. After thus proving that I
    actually did know how to boot from my DVD drive, the technician asked
    about my installation disc. "You don't have the Rescue and Recovery
    discs?" he asked, obviously confused. "No," I answered. "The only disc
    I received with my laptop was a clean Vista install/upgrade disc."
    There was a long pause, after which the technician insisted that I use
    the Lenovo-issued R&R discs.
    After receiving said discs through UPS (4 days later), I tried things
    again. The Lenovo R&R program was able to successfully re-image my
    hard drive with Vista Home Premium. But the odd spontaneous sleep
    problem remains. Determined to receive the 'incompatible hardware'
    error I had received before, I tried reinstalling with the vanilla
    Vista disc; this time, the installation proceeded without a hitch, and
    this is the OS that's installed now on the machine. Yet the sleep mode
    problem remains. After monitoring system temperature during
    high-intensity computing (i.e. running virus scan, Windows Defender
    scan, and HD online video all at the same time), it seems likely that
    there is some sort of overheating issue. The machine (specifically, the "ACPI Thermal Zone," according to the temperature-monitors program I used) occasionally leaps to 97 degrees Celsius and higher, and this seems to correspond
    to the shut-downs.
    Eager to avoid another EasyServ roundabout, a new technician and I agreed that taking the T61 to a licensed Lenovo warranty service provider would probably be the best option. He offered the Duke Computer Repair shop as my first option. "Great!" I thought, "I'm a Duke student; this should be relatively painless." What the Lenovo rep. DIDN'T tell me was that Duke charged $90 to work on any machine that wasn't bought through their Computer Store. I discovered this when I drove to the Duke repair shop and talked to the people there (who were, admittedly, apologetic and very willing to offer advice). Not excited about shelling out cash to have my warranty honored, I opted to take the laptop to the next nearest authorized Lenovo warranty service provider. This was a 25-minute drive for me, but I had few other options that didn't involve a $90 service charge. Choice received the machine in on Tuesday, May 19th.
    The Lenovo-approved warranty service technician here was remarkably helpful and engaged. He WAS able to reproduce the problem; the laptop aborted into sleep when the CPU was pushed, just as it did for me. Roger also ran a full diagnostic, but his diagnostic did not return any hardware failures that he could replace. He 'discharged the capacitors,' holding the power button down for a full 30 seconds (a process similar to what brought the laptop out of its dead state under case reference number 30TQLB5 above. This seemed to resolve things, he explained, and he encouraged me to take the machine home and see how things went. Unfortunately, the issue persists; pushing the CPU to 100% drops my T61 into sleep mode, often repeatedly
    I called Lenovo again. The technician demanded that I install the Power Manager and power management driver from Lenovo before we proceed any further. I resisted, convinced long ago that the machine was suffering a hardware issue, NOT a driver issue) and asked to speak to the technician's supervisor. He said, "Fine," and abruptly dropped me to being on hold. Fully fifteen minutes later (I timed this), another technician picked up, entirely unaware that I had spoken to anyone else or that I was "waiting" for a supervisor. I do not know if I was actually in queue to speak to that first technician's supervisor, or whether that technician had grown tired and decided to relegate me to hold music limbo. The second technician decided to open a new case (my fourth case reference number). He, too, demanded that I install the relevant drivers. Relucantly, I hung up and installed the driver and Power Manager utility.
    The problem persisted. In fact, after the installation, the machine went into sleep twice during the startup process--before I even reached the Vista desktop. I called Lenovo back. Running through his protocols, the technician asked whether I had updated the BIOS (the second EasyServ service had done this, and I had double-checked this when I got the machine back). He asked again whether I had actually installed the Power Manager and power management driver. I had. The technician then gave me the equivalent of a shrug. "We could send it back to the depot," he offered, referring again to EasyServ. When I explained (again) that the Lenovo-approved warranty service provider had run all the relevant diagnostics, found no replaceable part, and acknowledged that a problem remained. When I asked the technician on the line about a possible system replacement, he was quick to claim that his department--the system support specialists--could not do this. He shrugged me off and suggested that I call the sales department about any sort of replacement or refund. "And will they have access to my case reference information?" I asked, incredulous that he was referring me to sales--two full years after the machine's actual purchase. "I don't know," he answered. "All I know is that I can't do anything else."
    It has now been three and a half weeks since my machine first began having major issues. This laptop has been to EasyServ twice and come back each time with new hardware-related issues. It has been taken to a Lenovo-approved warranty service provider, who acknowledged and reproduced the problem but was unable to repair it. I have called Lenovo's customer support number at least a dozen times and spent HOURS giving case reference numbers, explaining and REexplaining my issues, and waiting on hold. I have gotten little actual work done in these past weeks. I have reinstalled or reimaged Windows at LEAST 10 times. My school fieldwork requires me to have a working machine. I also enrolled in lynda.com's online tutorials for the month of May (through Duke University), but these extended, unresolved problems have cost me dearly. If there is anything that anyone on these forums can do, please help. Help me get my warranty honored. Please, help restore my faith in the Thinkpad legacy.
    Thanks for your time.
    Matt Hauger
    IBM/Lenovo customer
    Durham, North Carolina
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    TPFanControl reads the temperatures reported by your ThinkPad's "embedded controller"--which controls the fan speed. You can use it just for monitoring temperatures, you don't have to control the fan with it (read the documentation for the config file).
    RMClock, among other things, plots cpu frequency, voltage and temperature vs. time. This can be useful to observe when your cpu is throttling itself to avoid overheating. You can also use RMClock to undervolt your cpu to lower temperatures. But you shouldn't have to do that to prevent the problems you're having.
    mprime in torture test mode will stress your cpu and memory. You can run this while monitoring your system temperatures. At the very least, running the mprime torture test should quickly tell you whether your unwanted sleep is indeed correlated with cpu activity.
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  • Big Disappointment with iMac Intel (Late 2006) and Apple ProCare.

    I've been a Mac user, Mac enthusiast, and Mac advocate for over 15 years. I've owned multiple Macs. One of my latest acquisitions was an Intel iMac in October 2006.
    A few weeks ago, the iMac started freezing and shutting down intermittently. After days of online discussions trying to figure out the problem, I finally ran out of patience, and took the iMac to my local Apple Store on 7/23/07.
    Two days later, I was told that the Logic Board needed to be replaced. It's been two weeks, and every time I contact the Apple Store, I am told that they are still waiting for the part.
    Meanwhile I am left without the main computer in my house, where I store all my documents, music, photos and videos. In addition, I have a ProCare membership, and even purchased the Extended 3-year warranty. In this age of instant communication and express delivery, I cannot understand why it would take two weeks to get a part from Apple.
    I am very disappointed with the Apple Care for a company with such a high reputation for service.
    What are my rights as a consumer? How long do I have to wait before they offer me a replacement. How do I go about requesting a replacement?

    "The question still remains: How long am I going to be in repair mode before the Apple store decides to offer a replacement?"
    Hello Herold Merisier!
    The answer is that since each case may be different, there is no real set policy in this regard, with decision making and customer satisfaction in the hands of managers.
    I'm surprised to hear that there is any difficulty at all getting that logic board. I just don't believe that there is any shortage, and it does not take two weeks to get one there, unless no one cares about you, which would be an unacceptable attitude. There must be something else at play in this situation.
    I would guess that due to an inability to handle the work in-Store, the repair of your iMac has been handed over to an AASP, either to be performed at the AASP or somewhere on the Store premises.
    Due to the disruption of the iPhone events, the repair of your iMac might have dropped off the radar screen of the Apple Store's Manager, and also of the Manager of the AASP. The problem may be an overworked AASP (not your fault), with some lower level employee there trying to pass the buck back to the Store through their lower level employees, and then on to you.
    If such is the case, the job of Managers and Assistant Managers is to be aware of such things and manage them, therefore your circumstance is extremely disappointing. The first thing to do is not to try and lay blame, but make certain that the Store Manager is personally aware of your situation, and (unless you know it's already been done) to ask that all your paperwork details be verified - that your warranty and AppleCare are actually registered and in effect for your iMac, that your ProCare is recognized as being on the record, and that your iMac's repair is not accidentally misplaced, but will now be given Priority. In doing that, someone might discover the cause of your delay.
    I would guess that the Manager of your Apple Store is also not aware of your exact situation, as it almost sounds as if the Manager is on vacation, or something very much worse:(
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