Power button problems

[daveelt]

Depends. If it is on and just in standby, plug it in or unplug it and it will wake up.

If it is off, you are out of luck.

[JameZ]

Hello All,

Appreciate if someone in the US with a bad switch to contact me, would want to get this sent in to engineering for them to investigate further.

//JameZ

[postnet]

I had to take my Thinkpad Tablet to a service Station for repair due to the power switch.  When the case was opened they found the power switch had no  soldering connections to the motherboard at all.

[ozborne]

Same problems here, I bought the US Version of the tablet.

First I only had some problems that seemed to be software related, like it did not want to wake up.Now the behavior when pressing the switch changed a bit, there is no "physical" response any more when pressing the switch in a specific angle. It feels like something changed inside of the tablet. I sometimes need several tries to get the button to work and unlock the device.

Not very cool for the undestroyable "Thinkpad" Logo

[chefdane]

JameZ is there anyway to power on the tablet with software? And will Lenovo cover this under he warranty?? I need this repaired asap. I am a personal chef and I travel with clients throughout the Caribbean so me not being connected is going to be a big problem for me.

[SBSSC]

We purchased 31 of these tablets about 2 months ago and started having issues with the USB ports snapping off and we had 4 replaced.  Now I have two with the power button that has broken off.  Will be calling support in a little bit.

[chefdane]

Ahhhh, I couldnt wait because i was in the process of updating my website, so I had to open the tab, and when i did, guess what fell out, the power button that should be attached to the board. For such a sturdy built tab, this is disappointing.

 So i powered it on and will go tomorrow to get it soldered. THANKS FOR THE LINK

[pghFL]

Glad to help and glad you were able to get it powered on.

[jchammerpants]

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JameZ wrote:
Hello All,

Appreciate if someone in the US with a bad switch to contact me, would want to get this sent in to engineering for them to investigate further.

//JameZ

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I now have this problem. Two days ago the power button stopped springing back into place. It now is sunk into the TPT and does not work. I am going to open a warranty ticket. Let me know if can help you in your request.

Luckily I figured out how to ' jumpstart' the TPT back awake: Plug both ends of the charging cable into the TPT at the same time. It tricks the TPT to think it is charging from its own USB. I also have been using the ' lock' widget to put it back to sleep. But obviously this is not ideal so I will ship it back this week for service.

[SBSSC]

JameZ,

I sent you a PM with the two case numbers I have open for this issue with Lenovo support.