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Lenovo Yoga 9i. 3 hardware issues in 2 months

CORRECTION: The correct model is Yoga 2-in-1 14ILL10.

My laptop is 2 months old and I'm already on my second repair ticket. 3 separate hardware issues.

Lenovo's been fixing it, no issues with that. But at 2 months old, why am I dealing with this at all?

I asked for a unit replacement because honestly I've lost trust in this specific model. Even offered to switch to a different model and pay the price difference. Still no.

I just can't confidently use a laptop that's had 3 different hardware problems in 2 months. A repair doesn't change my trust.

Anyone else lalso experience this with Lenovo device? How did they handle it?

UPDATE: Since some of you asked, the 3 issues were the:

-keyboard: +, - , sometimes backspace is not working

-board: Type C Port is busted. (technicians diagnosis is board issue)

-AC charger: is busted. (have tested it with other device too)

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u/uncipherable — 2 days ago
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Yoga Pro 9i: hard drive, screen, and keyboard problems

Hi all -- Looking for feedback or support from other users or from Lenovo. We bought a Yoga Pro 9i for my daughter in 2024. As soon as the warranty expired, she began to have problems. First, she had to replace the hard drive, which just totally died. Then, the keyboard stopped working and she's been using an external keyboard to compensate. Now the screen has gone blank, with finals just days away. I know she's a careful user and has been doing what she can to troubleshoot but this seems excessive. Has anyone else has this level of problem? Is this a lemon? Any suggestions?

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u/Shahmat73 — 2 days ago
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Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16IMH9 83DN

I dropped my laptop for the first time ever after owning it for a year. Maybe I'm being OCD but does this look like I need to get it repaired? everything still works normal, no component failures, memory damage, etc... For context, it dropped with the charger in it and I think it landed on the charger or something and bent the case, one screw came out, and a part of the bottom case is loose/bent

https://preview.redd.it/mfpfj7mbwrzg1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=460122c7895a7d4524857ecdd8dc42290a5cc582

https://preview.redd.it/36q1c7mbwrzg1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fcc0ee37617eb56344cda6a0aeb324ca45e38811

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https://preview.redd.it/oj6wb8mbwrzg1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ed81c4d166ef02900e07267a7d1f37578cd48d91

https://preview.redd.it/qzvbc8mbwrzg1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6bca79ef5e03ab1b73c4dcec7f5c71c9534b1cd7

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u/Curious_Orchid2255 — 6 days ago
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Hi everyone, I got a Lenovo Yoga Pro 9 16IMH9 and noticed the built-in speakers were extremely quiet (~10-15% volume). I fixed it for the 6.x zen kernel but upgrading to 7.x broke things. After some digging, I found a few issues in the audio stack and wanted to share a workaround for anyone else on this hardware.

The Situation:

  1. SSID Collision: This model shares a PCI SSID with the Legion S7, causing the kernel to pick the wrong quirk and fail to bind the TAS2781 amplifiers. I've submitted a patch to the ALSA maintainers using a unique Codec SSID quirk to disambiguate the two. It was accepted today and will be merged into the mainline kernel.
  2. Cold Boot Firmware Bug: Even with the quirk fixed, the DSP firmware silently fails to load during cold boots because of the BIOS state. I’ve filed a kernel bug report for this.
  3. WirePlumber Crash: Attempting to power-cycle the I2C controller to fix the firmware issue revealed a SIGSEGV in WirePlumber (reported upstream).

The Workaround: Since it will take a while for the patch to hit stable releases, I’ve put together a GitHub repo with a DKMS module and a systemd reset service. It handles the quirk override and the cold-boot reset automatically.

GitHub: https://github.com/ramonvanraaij/yoga9-tas2781-hda

Technical Details:

  • Kernel: Tested on 7.0.2-zen1
  • Fix: Adds HDA_CODEC_QUIRK for 17aa:38d6 to route to ALC287_FIXUP_TAS2781_I2C.
  • Reset: PCI remove/rescan of the I2C controller (0000:00:15.2) to force a firmware reload.

The repo includes a build.sh that sets up the DKMS module and the systemd services. Hopefully, this saves someone else a few days of troubleshooting!

u/ramonvanraaij — 12 days ago