ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9

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ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9

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Based on 38 Reddit mentions

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Lenovo 65W USB-C adapter failed again

I’m in the US. I have had three of the Lenovo 65W ones develop a bad connection close to the USB-C tip. Two took awhile, but the last one less than two months. I have read good things about Anker chargers so thinking about one of them. I will use whatever I get for my X1 Carbon Gen 9 and some other

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M275 in r/thinkpad

February 16, 2026 11:48 AM

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X1 Yoga G6 - Battery Firmware Update failed

The ol 15w charging issue - i have the X1C9 and X1Y6, several of these models needed motherboard replacements from Lenovo to address this issue under warranty unless you want to replace the burnt out mosfets As for the firmware update, disable bitlocker, install the update/reboot

meowraider in r/thinkpad

June 29, 2025 12:36 PM

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X1 Carbon gen 9 charging at 15W

X1C9 is notorious for its PD circuit failures. One of the symptom was 15w limitation. It'll eventually refuse to charge. https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-X-Series-Laptops/X1-Carbon-Gen-9-charging-issue/m-p/5127796?page=1 Do try poking the reset button tho. Sometimes it's just bugged EC.

Minssc in r/thinkpad

February 17, 2026 5:32 AM

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X1 carbon gen 9 i7-1185G7 16GB RAM

I've had motherboard replacements done on three of these X1C Gen 9's. I still daily drive one of these alongside a X1 Nano Gen 2 and to sum up my experience and what I've found when researching this online in the past... - There are a few references to mosfets burning themselves out (on Reddit and F

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meowraider in r/thinkpad

January 26, 2026 8:05 AM

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Why is X1 Carbon Gen 9 still recommended with known USB-C failures?

Where are you located? ;D I need help I just started having this issue on my gen9. I started having intermittent screen flicker issues that I couldn't track down but wanted to attribute to the 40an thunderbolt 3 dock + Windows 11. I was running Linux on the machine for months prior with no issues, o

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br0qn in r/thinkpad

July 5, 2025 6:11 PM

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Should I avoid X1C for the USB-C issues?

X1C9 specifically had its PD mosfet burning which is another layer of charging problem. Not really conclusive as to if Lenovo fixed the problem.

Minssc in r/thinkpad

May 26, 2025 3:15 AM

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