{"id":3433,"date":"2026-08-25T03:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T23:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/lenovo-confirms-legion-go-issues-after-gamers-report-bricked-devices\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T03:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T23:38:10","slug":"lenovo-confirms-legion-go-issues-after-gamers-report-bricked-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/lenovo-confirms-legion-go-issues-after-gamers-report-bricked-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenovo confirms Legion Go issues after gamers report bricked devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"Cursed BIOS. | Photo by Sean Hollister \/ The Verge\" data-portal-copyright=\"Photo by Sean Hollister \/ The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/verge-legion-go-sean-hollister-1-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tCursed BIOS. | Photo by Sean Hollister \/ The Verge\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a company&rsquo;s software update turns your computer into a useless brick, should fixes be free? Framework, the modular computer startup, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/gadgets\/982800\/framework-laptop-13-amd-7040-bios-320-bricking-warranty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apparently thinks so<\/a>. But it&rsquo;s not clear that computing giant Lenovo will go that far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three weeks after a Redditor presented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/LegionGo\/comments\/1ve9wk0\/lenovo_legion_go_bios_update_n3cn42ww_bricked_my\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a nearly $300 repair bill<\/a> for their handheld gaming PC &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/LegionGo\/comments\/1vh9q6q\/bios_update_n3cn42ww_problems_and_solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">among<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/LegionGo\/comments\/1v2cvq1\/brick_legion_go_1_bios_update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/LegionGo\/comments\/1uflvr2\/bios_update_black_screen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/LegionGo\/comments\/1v7jdfg\/legion_go_got_bricked_after_42_bios_update_fing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">damage<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/LegionGo\/comments\/1vhru71\/bios_warning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high repair bills<\/a> &#8211; the company is breaking its silence. It says, in short: try holding down the power button longer, and if that fails, contact customer support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&rsquo;s the statement Lenovo provided to <em>The Verge<\/em>, via communications director Jeff Witt:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lenovo is aware that some Legion Go d \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/983457\/lenovo-bad-legion-go-bios-update-bricked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cursed BIOS. | Photo by Sean Hollister \/ The Verge When a company&rsquo;s software update turns your computer into a [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}