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Can happily confirm that, after the video out was a fail, cracking the case and reseating the battery resolved the issue. Pro tip: Take the extra 30 seconds to unscrew and physically remove the battery -- it makes de and reattaching the power connector much easier, and reduces the chances of you screwing anything up.

I'm of course disappointed with the issue itself, and would like to see a pinhole disconnect or maybe a slide to do it, should Lenovo not want to implement a removable battery (especially given the Torx requirement for removing the case).

However, stuff WILL happen with computers, and I do have to say that this was the easiest laptop decasing I've ever done (assuming you have Torxes lying around) -- and I've opened up a LOT of laptops, as well as built out a lot of whitebooks, so that's saying something.

Altogether, despite a few gripes (lack of availability of power adapters, I'm looking at you...), I remain very happy with it, and continue recommending it to everyone.