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I bought the T540P direct from Lenovo about 18 months ago. I am about to send it back for service for the 2nd time in 6 months. Both times are for the same problem; when charging you can receive a small electrical shock from the bottom of the case. The first time they just said they re-soldered a connection on the motherboard. Has anyone else had this problem? Other than that it has been a very good laptop. This is my 3rd ThinkPad but may be my last.

Thanks!

Onzo wrote:I bought the T540P direct from Lenovo about 18 months ago. I am about to send it back for service for the 2nd time in 6 months. Both times are for the same problem; when charging you can receive a small electrical shock from the bottom of the case. The first time they just said they re-soldered a connection on the motherboard. Has anyone else had this problem? Other than that it has been a very good laptop. This is my 3rd ThinkPad but may be my last.

Thanks!

Well, Lenovo Service could not reproduce the problem and gave up. I bet they didn't stick their finger next to that little vent on the bottom of the case! But the good news is they will replace my T540P with a new P50. The T540P was no longer available. Fine with me! The specs for the new P50 have been "Released to Manufacturing" with shipment expected next week. I am looking forward to a laptop that I can actually use in my lap, BTW, they were also nice enough to send me the 500GB hard-drive from my old T540P.