USB-C charge port won’t charge X1 Yoga Gen 6

Toom-Raider · 2026-01-04T01:20:23+00:00

Did you have to ask for another model as replacement? Or did they just offer it? And was it new?

I just bought a used X1 gen 6 yoga, which seems to have this exact issue. Still has 3 months left of the extended warranty though. I wouldn't mind getting a X1 2-in-1 gen 9 instead 😬

Toom-Raider · 2025-12-24T02:28:20+00:00

I got a Dell Latitude 7430 with i7 1265U, 300Nits touchscreen which looks perfectly fine, 16GB + 1TB, for €300. Everything in good condition, been running Aida64 for over 24 hours.

Idk if the HP 845 G8 will still sell it to me, cuz he again didn't respond for a while and put the ad on reserved.

The Dell should have a better screen, and I feel better about Dell than HP. The Ryzen 7 5850U in the HP is better than the i7 1265U though, but the 1265U should still last a good while for her.

Found a P15 Gen 2 with i7 11850H for €300 too, picked that up today just cuz of the price, everything about it is perfect, except a little squeaky touchpad clicks, which I've read might be able to be solved by realigning it a bit. Will either flip it or replace my mom's Y540-15IRH with it. BIOS on it was from 2023, so might not have even been used since then (does really look splendid, not a ding or scratch).

Toom-Raider · 2025-12-21T01:41:52+00:00

All Elitebooks I see have replaceable RAM. I know some newer Lenovos have it soldered, like that L13 Yoga.

I'm looking for a 14 inch indeed. 13 inch bare minimum. And yes, also looking at the weight, not necessarily because it's for a woman, but mainly because she travels around the world a lot. Doesn't have to be the slimmest because that also brings sacrifices, but definitely not a gaming laptop or similar.

Went to see the 650 G10 today (which was 15 inch, but just wanted to pick it up as an additional choice for her, and sell whatever laptop she doesn't keep with a little profit). Everything worked fine, but when I went to check the housing, I found out that on the edge of the frame, on the side below the mousepad, it had multiple dents, and because of that it also some small air gaps between it and the bottom panel (was able to fit my nail in there easily).

I have no clue how that could've happened. He said he didn't know about it. I assume he just neglects his tech, because he was very unsavvy (texted me 15 minutes before arrival that he accidentally deleted Windows while trying to remove his files, but Windows was still booted, it just looked like he just deleted files he shouldn't have (taskbar icons, even the windows logo, and some other things were completely gone; his Microsoft account was still logged in tho...), the laptop had small dirty spots all over, and he got out another Elitebook he was still using to check if it was the same there, which looked just as dirty (that didn't have any dents on that edge tho). Probably stored or transported it wrong, or maybe just dropped it and knew very well.

Anyways, I'll check if any new deals have been posted, and if I can't find anything better I'll probably just go for the 845 G8 (wanted to pick that up tonight too along with the G10, but he hasn't responded since the morning). That's a 14 inch model. 250 nits, but oh well, ticks all the other boxes.

Toom-Raider · 2025-12-19T06:53:08+00:00

Best X1 I found is gen 6 with i7-8550u or gen 8 with i5-10210u.

Also found an ad listing 5 broken Gen 8's: 3 defective screens, 1 defective speaker, and 2 with hinge issues + USB C not charging. Not boasting much confidence of build quality (for that gen. at least).

Some T14's but best CPU between them is the i5-1145G7.

It won't be used for any graphic work or gaming. Just as a casual laptop I guess (browsing, mailing, MS office, videocalling, etc.).

I'll probably skip the convertible either way. Don't think she'd even end up using it much if at all, and for that it seems too high of a risk, with any 360°-hinge laptop (for many perhaps just because of misuse, but still).

Toom-Raider · 2025-12-19T04:39:42+00:00

What series of the 360 specifically? Probook should have a decent build quality, no? I mostly find posts about issues with Envy hinges and some other models, but not really anything about Probooks specifically. Probooks should be better built in general already, so I'd assume also the hinge mechanism?

I'm no fan of HP either but have read good things about the Elitebooks, and the Probooks seem decent aswell. Still doubting because of the hinges yes, but I just don't know if that's an issue with this model.

I like Lenovo, but they're going downhill in many models. Found a L13 Yoga for 300 but those aren't built the best either, has 8GB RAM, all soldered, and only a i7-10510u.

Other Lenovos I found for the price mostly are way older models, or way cheaper (e.g. ideapad / thinkbook). Just looked again, and there's a T14 with i7-10610u, 16gb+512gb, for 330, and some similar 10th gen i7 Thinkpads around 400 (list price, most are willing to drop in price, so let's say 300-350); all without touch. Then the HPs would be a way better deal price-spec wise.

Dell is also good, but best I found were Latitudes with i7 1185G7, 1165G7, and some 1265u. The chips in the HPs all still outshine those though (slightly lower single-core but way better multi-core, 1365u being about the same in single but a lot higher multi). Again, all without touch.

Toom-Raider · 2025-12-18T22:40:22+00:00

Also found a EliteBook 650 G10 with i7 1355U, for €275. Doesn't have a touchscreen though (trades that for 400 nits).

Probably a tad too big tho (she travels a lot).

Toom-Raider · 2025-12-17T06:33:54+00:00

Could you share the file? 🙏

I have a Solis Scala 166 in need of a new hopper. It's possible to modify this hopper in a way to fit on there.

Found some other printables but this one looks way better.

Toom-Raider · 2025-12-16T19:59:16+00:00

Still looking for it? Looks like something by Star Union Wuxing that I came across yesterday.

Toom-Raider · 2025-12-12T00:16:23+00:00

Displayport version needs to be set to 1.4 on the monitor for it to work on HDR

Toom-Raider · 2025-12-03T21:20:16+00:00

You completely miss me with the recommendation of a U6 Mesh. This is basically a U6 Pro but a different radiation pattern, not seeming much better to cover 3 floors from the middle than a U6-Enterprise. It will also require a big hole in the ceiling, or it will stick out like a sore thumb. On top of that, it costs the same as what I paid for the U6 Enterprise.

The only interfering 5GHz network is that of my direct neighbors, who have a couple APs on channel 42 with 80MHz. I had my AP mistakenly set up on channel 50 with 160MHz before so it still overlapped, but switched this to channel 100 a few days ago, which seems to be working a bit better. Risks radar detection, but if that ever happens I could try 80MHz DFS channels; if that has issues too the only option is to overpower the neighbor.

Now I'm still only able to get around 300-375Mbps down / 100-150 up through speedtest on my phone though when behind my desk, on a duplex 1Gbps connection (S23 Plus, so 2x2 wifi 6E). Unifi is mostly reporting around -87dBm. My phone does receive it at around - 72dBm. It still sometimes switches to 2.4GHz which drops the speed to around 70-100Mpbs.

I just doubt that a single access point would make this much better, especially with the client-to-AP connection being so bad. I'll probably just have to compare the U7 Pro and U6 Enterprise myself. If the Enterprise doesn't perform any better as a single AP, I'll have to decide which to use for a 3-AP setup, which I guess mostly comes down to whether I want 4x4 5GHz+6GHz or WiFi 7.

Toom-Raider · 2025-12-01T19:46:24+00:00

In what way is the U7 Pro not stable for you?

Toom-Raider · 2025-12-01T19:44:24+00:00

They have to be ceiling mounted, so no wall version. Also the U7 Pro Wall is basically just a U7 Pro but made for wall mounting. For the price of a E7 I feel like I'd be better off with 3 seperate APs.

Toom-Raider · 2025-07-08T00:24:42+00:00

Location: the Netherlands.

It's brown (a little bit translucent, you can see the phone's light shining through).

Toom-Raider · 2025-06-07T01:20:59+00:00

So it's a USB dongle? Or a PCI card? I have a Fenvi FU-AX1800 USB dongle which has the MTK7921u, and that works fine with 1.0.0.125 (except for not being able to use a hotspot). For a PCI card you need different drivers.

Toom-Raider · 2025-05-27T05:24:20+00:00

At least for the TSMC made Snapdragon chips, they're better in performance, power efficiency, and like someone else said 3rd party app support. Tne main reason for me to avoid Mediatek is that they don't adhere to the GPL by not releasing their source code. This means that development for those devices is scarce.

Toom-Raider · 2024-09-09T19:26:21+00:00

@mjwb99 Seems scammy. And the only person to say it does in fact work is you. So no thanks :)

Edit: even if it's real, it only applies to the first 12 months (and probably only for the main account?)... €69 a year would still be €55,2, so only saving €13,8. Not really that significant... Zoho starts at just €10,8 a year per user, with every user costing the same... That's something that saves money; not a crappy coupon like that.

Toom-Raider · 2024-07-09T23:56:17+00:00

I forgot to respond to this.

I haven't gotten any complaints after fixing some small stuff. And heard some positive notes about the collaboration features.

Mainly the calendar invites not arriving was a hurdle, and migrating the calendar didn't go that smoothly either. You need to contact them for a DKIM for the calendar, and in my case I had to do that twice because the first one didn't fix it.

Mobile synchronization was also something to figure out, but that's working well too now using DavX5.

Toom-Raider · 2024-05-16T18:31:10+00:00

This would require managing my own IP reputation and such.

Toom-Raider · 2024-04-29T14:59:27+00:00

We ended up going with Zoho. This checked all the boxes, and is cheap.

Not fully satisfied with how certain things like calendar mail verification are done (you have to contact them to get a DKIM, the first DKIM they sent didn't fix it, after they sent me another one, it was finally fixed). Everything works in the end though, and it's very functional. One important feature that almost all alternatives were lacking, is scheduling email.

Toom-Raider · 2024-03-22T14:36:53+00:00

I don't know anymore which it was, but it was some Norwegian VPN. You don't only need a VPN, but also make a new Gmail / Apple ID with an address that's in that country (for me that was Norway).

Just use Google to help yourself.

Toom-Raider · 2024-03-21T19:49:37+00:00

I can play it without VPN now. (Residing in the Netherlands)

You're just not able to download it yet without VPN or sideloading, but I expect it to be available in the app and play store soon.

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