Comments on: Notebookreview on the C200

By: gigi

gigi — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:13:45 +0000

i have repaired in 15 year few laptops

i know from experience the ibm sold the lapop business to lenovo and the quality after that drop down.like when seagate finished his barracuda scsi.

the problem with these lenovo laptops r with component level design and also with motherboard, they r no golding motherboard anymore also the motherboard is ROHS (unleaded). because of bad temperature regulation the chemical structure of metal expand and shrink also the power circuit contain coils where you have some resonation, its enough to create dryjoints.
all these motherboard require component level engineering if the circuit between layer is not faulty.
the best way is to send them back.you may no gonna end up with reflashed second hand board like other companies provideing their job.

By: nick

nick — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:09:43 +0000

k
i just bought one of these.
the t, y, tab, caps, shift and backspace do not work.
any help on how to fix it?
x.nick.x@hotmail.co.uk
Please help

By: Chris Pettett

Chris Pettett — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:55:48 +0000

DO NOT BUY LENOVO. Lenovo is part of IBM, however if you ever have a problem and needs repairs, FORGET ABOUT IT! I have sent back the same C200 Lenovo for repairs 4 different times! My major is information technology so I know to diagnose problems. The laptop has wireless problems, and the SATA controller for the internal hard drive was bad. When we got it back the first time, they flashed the BIOS and imaged the hard disk. We sent it back to them, as that did not fix our problems. They did the same solution again and sent it back to us. The third time I sent it back I included a detailed letter explaining that the motherboard needed to be replaced and to stop applying the same solution over and over. They must’ve thrown it out or not been able to read it because it came back with the SAME SOLUTION: flash bios, image hard drive.. So I called them up again, submitted my case and the guy told me when I was telling him what needed replaced: “..They will do whatever they want to”, and BOY WAS HE RIGHT. We got it back and they finally had replaced the plantar (part of the motherboard) but the wireless button is broken. Something you need to consider before buying Lenovo.

By: t-om

t-om — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:02:11 +0000

Still about the same machine: managed to re-map the keyboard so that input from broken keys can be achieved through other keys. Space from menu key, x from Alt-z, g from Alt-f.

One more new thing that I forgot to mention: the cover of the machine seems to leak electricity; sometimes you get a small persistent shock to your hands and fingers or even to thighs when touching the machine especially to the sides, corners or bottom. Good to check before buying.

By: t-om

t-om — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:46:10 +0000

Also Fn and F4 keys are randomly out of order. Had to take refuge in a virtual keyboard on the screen to get anything done. Especially missing space is a big hindrance. Will probably redefine the key mappings so that the input from missing keys will be accessible through other keys.

Another thing in this otherwise cleanly designed notebook is the material of the touchpad – after one month moderate use it has become shiny and requires wery dry fingertip to work properly. In the beginning the surface was matte and very well working even with sweatty fingertip.

By: t-om

t-om — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:34:08 +0000

I have a problem with one month old Lenovo 3000 Y200 (6469 22R); some of the keys have stopped working without any hints of physical damage.

The affected keys are space, x, g and left Alt, seriously damaging the otherwise excellent typing experience. Sometimes the keys are inactive for a very long time while other keys are working properly, sometimes the problematic keys work well like other keys for some time.

The problem persists both in Windows Vista and Linux so the roots of the problem seem to go down to BIOS or hardware level. Any suggestions?

(BTW, With Linux (ubuntu gutsy) it became apparent that the ACPI BIOS in this machine is broken, giving CPU frequency alternatives of 600 and 800Mhz only instead of the processor’s eight steps all the way up to 1.33Ghz. You can get full speed only by disabling CPU frequency alteration functionality e.g by rmmod acpi-cpufreq).

By: Mr.Taylor

Mr.Taylor — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:41:20 +0000

i have a Lenovo 3000 c200 and am in canada
i have no complaints other then cant find a linux distro to support all hardware.
sound and wireless doesnt work and also the card reader doesnt work as well….BUT i plan to install linux when ubuntu has all the fixs and im comfident that they will by their next distro upgrade as for now although came with vista im running xp pro

By: Keithpeter

Keithpeter — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:27:11 +0000

In the UK there is a company are offering the C200 with a celeron M420 1.6Ghz processor for a reasonable price. I like the 4:3 ratio for the display. Most laptops in the shops are widescreen now.

I’d like to run one of these as a dual boot Windows XP/Linux machine. Any views?

By: Chirag Gonawala

Chirag Gonawala — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:15:37 +0000

Hi. This is Chirag Gonawala from India (guj) purchesed a LENOVO 3000 C100 THOUGHT MY LEPTOP doesn’t met any kind of accident i got a problem in lcd. according to company it doesn’t cover in warranty and quoate me for 25000/- company has raised hand to solve my problem they said LCD is a costliest part of laptop so they don’t cover in warranty.. THINK BEFORE YOU PURCHESE GUYS. if any one wants my rest of parts of lenovo do email me onlinechiragin@yahoo.co.in

By: E@zyVG

E@zyVG — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:42:39 +0000

How good is Lenovo C200 with linux, especially after Lenovo announcing that it will create hardware complied with linux standards. I use openSUSE distribution – any words on this matter.

I am asking as am thinking on getting one, as from reviews I am definitely liking this note a lot.