My Lenovo Lemon. Edit: Now Replaced Free

prince_pervez · 31st March 2009, 12:36

Great news manveet. Llinks to forums, facebook, orkut are working out to scare lemon dealers.

motorheadinc · 31st March 2009, 17:09

Please mention what replacement you have got and what is the value of the same. I hope you havent settled for something costing less than 60k atleast (inclusive of 3 years warranty)

SirAlec · 1st April 2009, 01:28

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Originally Posted by manveet

Got my replacement Laptop today, was supposed to take 10 days, is here in 2 days.

More details later. And yes, thank you Team-Bhp. Cheers.

Note to Mods:
Please edit the title to "My Lenovo Lemon. Edit: Now Replaced Free". Tx.

dude you got a better one. a dedicated graphics by nvidia. so celebrate.

manveet · 8th April 2009, 19:42

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Originally Posted by motorheadinc

Please mention what replacement you have got and what is the value of the same. I hope you havent settled for something costing less than 60k atleast (inclusive of 3 years warranty)

The earlier laptop was bought for about 55k, and I paid about 7k later for extended warranty. The laptop I have got now has a market value of about 51k, is better looking with a slightly smaller form factor. Apart from this it has an additional 150GB hard disk space.

I am yet to return the old laptop, will do that as soon as I get confirmation regarding transfer of the 3 year extended onsite warranty to this laptop, applicable from 1st April '09.

Edit: when I purchased my original Lenovo, it was perhaps the most expensive in the range. And even now, this was the most expensive Lenovo, so not many options existed to choose from.

manveet · 8th April 2009, 19:46

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Originally Posted by SirAlec

dude you got a better one. a dedicated graphics by nvidia. so celebrate.

The earlier laptop had a dedicated nvidia graphics card as well, though it might have been a slower version.

But yes, this laptop has a black body, whereas the earlier had a dirty silver that faded to black on the touchpad. Apart from this is has a nice sexy red front (which Lenovo claims is scratch-proof)

Thad E Ginathom · 8th April 2009, 23:39

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Originally Posted by manveet

... a nice sexy red front (which Lenovo claims is scratch-proof)

Hmm... where to pack this handful of industrial diamonds?

Ahhh... In with the laptop will be fine

nvldvr · 14th October 2009, 17:19

I've a query on lenovo laptops. Need to buy a laptop for self use. Mainly internet and office work. have the following notebook in mind.

Lenovo G550 - 295862Q

· Intel® Core™ Duo T4200 ( 2.00GHz 800MHz 1MB )

· PC DOS 2000 License

· 15.6 " WXGA LED Backlight TFT 1366x768

· Intel Integrated Graphics X4500
· 2 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz

· 250GB 5400

· DVD Recordable (Dual Layer)

Price - Rs 28350.00 (getting a canon printer free as well).

I am really not sure how good is a core 2 duo vis a vis dual core? Should this configuration be good enough ? and what about the quality and reliabilty issues? Dont really want to spend money and then get stuck with issues with after sales support.

SirAlec · 15th October 2009, 01:41

^ this is fine for your work load. ask him to plonk an extra 2gb ram, so that when win 7 officially launches this month, it will help.

nvldvr · 15th October 2009, 15:53

Since we are in a lemon lonovo thread, my only fear is that lenovo laptops in general dont belong to the same category. I have read about the robustness of Lenovo think pad series, but is the G series sufficiently reliable?

rohan_iitr · 15th October 2009, 16:49

I use a Lenovo Thinkcentre desktop in the office.

One fine day when I booted it in the morning, it came up with the blue screen with exactly the same error message. (NMI : Parity Check / Memory Parity Error)

Any idea which component is faulty ? Is it the RAM ? The RAM was upgraded in this desktop a long time back (more than 6 months) and it worked properly after the upgrade.

Had called a person from Lenono Tech Support. He ran the diagnostics and could not find any problem. The desktop is working properly after that.

To be safe, I took a backup of all my data in the hard drive. But had to waste half a day doing the same.

Its not a cause of major concern to me because its an office computer and we have a dedicated group for computer maintenance.

Still would like to know which component is caused this error.

Rohan,
Bangalore

31st March 2009, 12:36	#31
prince_pervez Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Redwood shores, CA, USA Posts: 4,210 Thanked: 51 Times View My Garage	Great news manveet. Llinks to forums, facebook, orkut are working out to scare lemon dealers.
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31st March 2009, 17:09	#32
motorheadinc BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: University of Bath Posts: 297 Thanked: Once	Please mention what replacement you have got and what is the value of the same. I hope you havent settled for something costing less than 60k atleast (inclusive of 3 years warranty)
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14th October 2009, 17:19	#37
nvldvr BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New Delhi Posts: 599 Thanked: 767 Times	I've a query on lenovo laptops. Need to buy a laptop for self use. Mainly internet and office work. have the following notebook in mind. Lenovo G550 - 295862Q · Intel® Core™ Duo T4200 ( 2.00GHz 800MHz 1MB ) · PC DOS 2000 License · 15.6 " WXGA LED Backlight TFT 1366x768 · Intel Integrated Graphics X4500 · 2 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz · 250GB 5400 · DVD Recordable (Dual Layer) Price - Rs 28350.00 (getting a canon printer free as well). I am really not sure how good is a core 2 duo vis a vis dual core? Should this configuration be good enough ? and what about the quality and reliabilty issues? Dont really want to spend money and then get stuck with issues with after sales support.
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15th October 2009, 01:41	#38
SirAlec Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: zxc Posts: 3,393 Thanked: 726 Times	^ this is fine for your work load. ask him to plonk an extra 2gb ram, so that when win 7 officially launches this month, it will help.
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15th October 2009, 15:53	#39
nvldvr BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New Delhi Posts: 599 Thanked: 767 Times	Since we are in a lemon lonovo thread, my only fear is that lenovo laptops in general dont belong to the same category. I have read about the robustness of Lenovo think pad series, but is the G series sufficiently reliable?
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15th October 2009, 16:49	#40
rohan_iitr Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,129 Thanked: 820 Times	Same blue screen here too I use a Lenovo Thinkcentre desktop in the office. One fine day when I booted it in the morning, it came up with the blue screen with exactly the same error message. (NMI : Parity Check / Memory Parity Error) Any idea which component is faulty ? Is it the RAM ? The RAM was upgraded in this desktop a long time back (more than 6 months) and it worked properly after the upgrade. Had called a person from Lenono Tech Support. He ran the diagnostics and could not find any problem. The desktop is working properly after that. To be safe, I took a backup of all my data in the hard drive. But had to waste half a day doing the same. Its not a cause of major concern to me because its an office computer and we have a dedicated group for computer maintenance. Still would like to know which component is caused this error. Rohan, Bangalore
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