Just did this on my two T480 s. Quite fiddly, but it works. I did not use paste but regular solder. Hardest part was to clean out the holes.

This looks HARD AS HELL. Are you offering a mail-in repair service? Am interested, just picked up T480s

Thanks for sharing ! What kind of soldering materials did you use? Any flux paste will do? ... also what is that grey paste you did use to heat solder the usb port?.. Sorry for the silly questions ... I just never had done such fine soldering before. What temperature did you use the heat gun? I would take mine to a professional, but nobody wants to replace the usb c in my area. Thanks

@MONTGATECH

2 жыл бұрын

They are all very common solder wires. Any flux is fine. Gray solder paste is solder paste. The temperature is recommended to be 350 degrees. It is also okay to increase the temperature appropriately according to your surrounding environment.

@zkmoonea

2 жыл бұрын

what you explained is exactly what stops me buying a t480 or any of the new thinkpads that still have soldered-on type c. In the end I picked up a t470 though the CPU is only 7th gen with 2 cores.

@voyger2561

Жыл бұрын

please practice soldering first. do not soldering first time on any important tech otherwise u risk messing it up due to lack of experience

@shahana_style

8 ай бұрын

​@@MONTGATECHthanks for this. I have a bunch of "dead" laptops to practice with and this info + vid helps a lot. I have service manuals but visual like this is great

Thanks for the video. Is it necessary to change both ports at the same time? I think I just have the wrong input load

Do damaged ports often kill the PD or ThunderBolt chips?

lenovo x280 charging port is damaged can I use thunderbold 3 type c as a substitute or will it have some bad long time effect

Thank you for the video, could you please provide spare parts ID. So i can compare footprint data ?

who the hell at lenovo thought that having a non modular USB is a good idea

@nickrog6759

2 жыл бұрын

The Chinese designer probably didn't but the Chinese Accountant did ! Probably it was a decision in cost saving exercise when using automation .

@mynameisnotsp

2 жыл бұрын

IKR! These USB-C ports often fail in my experience. Out of warranty repair cost is about 800 (they just swap out the whole board.) Thinking of replacing the ports myself.

@akinslarry3433

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 same question here 😊

@akinslarry3433

Жыл бұрын

If i have the list of the tools involved, i would love to buy the tools ( I doubt if i do not have them already 🧐) and give it a try.

@mynameisnotsp

Жыл бұрын

@@akinslarry3433 How did it go?

Can you add links or tool list?

good

Hi @MONGATECH can you please share connectors MPNs?

Hello where can i buy this connector please ? Link or price please?

Looks simple enough. Confused why so many people say it is not replaceable.

Bonjour ! Mon port usb-c de charge est pété, je charge pour l'instant sur mon thunderbolt mais bon... Serait-il possible de nous mettre la liste exhaustive des outils utilisés ?

ya apparently the whole world (other than me) knew Lenovo's USB C charging ports were crap when I bought mine 3 years ago. Why do I always discover this stuff after the fact I ask myself? As far as repairing it goes, thanks but no thanks. I'll try another brand next time.

@easyboost7460

2 ай бұрын

It's funny reddit told me Thinkpad 480 is very reliable, and after buying it I realize the faulty of type-c in it. Just changed the main one for 50 bucks.

Looks like a pain in the ass