Thinkpad yoga 14 Fix I discovered

Hello,
To geeksquad repair techs or customers savvy with a soldering iron, I just wanted to present the fix I figured out to the ever-so-frustrating problem on the Thinkpad yoga 14 where the laptop would power off when disconnected from AC power and then held or nudged in a certain way.
long story short, there is a small switch that detects if the back cover is on, which, for what I assume is safety reasons, shuts off the laptop if the back cover is detected removed. the problem is that lenovo picked an overly sensitive switch for this purpose, and any minor deformation of the case is enough to trigger it, regardless of how tightly the back cover is screwed on. therefore, the switch needs to be soldered to trick it into thinking the back cover is always on.
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I wanted to also clarify that electrical tape is not sufficient to fix this, the switch will simply stretch through the electrical tape over time.

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zoltanthegypsy wrote:
Hmmm, I'm getting a page not found via the search by model tool in SUPPORT.
Z.
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zoltanthegypsy wrote:
Hmmm, I'm getting a page not found via the search by model tool in SUPPORT.
Z.
if you type ThinkPad Yoga in the search box, and click on ThinkPad Yoga 12 in the result list, you will get an error, it has been going on for a while, probably a bug in Lenovo's database, it happens every once a while. submitting ticket to their web admin usually doesn't help, i have tickets closed saying it is fixed and it wasn't, haven't bother for a while.
Anyhow, the workaround is to use the Machine Type for search instead, you can get to the page, e.g. 20DK or 20DL would get you to
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-yoga-series-laptops/thinkpad-...
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-yoga-series-laptops/thinkpad-...
i believe those are the only MT for ThinkPad Yoga 12 at the moment.

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paraloid wrote:
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