Lenovo 1802 error

[Karl Auer]

On Fri, 2017-06-09 at 08:23 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> On 9 Jun 2017 5:13 a.m., "Phil" <phil_lor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> Just to recap, I bought a refurbished Lenovo T420 laptop. All went
> well at until the 1802 (unauthorised network card) error occurred and
> now I cannot boot the computer.

To echo Colin, it is broken. Return it for a refund. Even on eBay,
sellers must not misrepresent goods, and are responsible for them if
they fail unreasonably quickly.

I have successfully used the no-1802 CD, though not on that model. It's
a CD, so of course it is not FAT formatted! The error makes little
sense, unless it is UEFI getting in the way. Make sure you can boot
"legacy" (non-UEFI) and try again, you have nothing to lose. Also see
whether that CD boots in some other system. It's basically just a Linux
boot disk with a Linux executable on it.

> Occasionally I can but not very often.

Next time you succeed, stick in the CD and try running the no-1802
executable directly off it.

Also (and this is a looong shot) call Lenovo support and find out if it
is still under warranty. You never know...

I've bought a few refurbished IBM and Lenovo laptops, but only from
local sellers, not off eBay. I've had good experiences with
laptop.com.au, but several years ago now, so can't vouch that they are
still good.

Regards, K.

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