I love the hackability of Thinkpads circa that generation.

it's incredibly repairable. I still use the t480 for modern workloads because I've been able to switch out the battery, the fan, the keyboard with fairly abundant aftermarket parts.

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sudopluto 2 hours ago | parent [-]

sadly my t480's usb c port is no longer able to charge the device, do you know of a way to fix it without replacing the mobo / getting god tier soldering skills? i'm kinda attached since i did a bunch of upgrades like two heatpipes and glass touchpad, sad to see my laptop from college die for a reason like the port dying

	▲	jubilee33 30 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This happens often on old ones. Its kind of a consumable part unless you get a magnetic usb-c adaptor. the sub-board is replaceable but does need soldering....not god tier skills at all though, I think most people with some soldering experience could do it as it's just a few pins, but I guess it's not plug and play. It's really the one weakness in this model.
	▲	sb057 an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		You probably have a bad Thunderbolt chip. No way around it besides SPI flash (which is honestly pretty easy): https://gitlab.com/MobileAZN/lenovo-t480-thunderbolt-firmwar...
	▲	orhmeh09 33 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I have the same issue. For all the talk of USB-C's supposed design for redirecting damage from the ports to the connector, it failed pretty badly here for probably thousands of people. Never had these issues with a barrel connector.