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Best Buy 'repairs' customer's gaming laptop by simply removing half the RAM— claims unit in question only accepts 32 GB of RAM despite listing a 64GB configuration

Best Buy Removed Half The RAM From A Gaming Laptop Because It Said The Laptop Only Supports 32GB

A customer sent a Lenovo Legion 5 in for warranty service with 64GB of RAM.

The Best Buy repair report confirmed the laptop had two 32GB RAM sticks, but the technician said the laptop “only accepts 32GB RAM maximum.”

The removed RAM was sent back to the customer with the laptop.

Original Source: reddit.com/…/best_buy_sold_me_a_64_gb_ram_laptop_…

_**Laptop specs(it supports 64 GB): psref.lenovo.com/product/legion_5_16irx9?tab=spec…

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Lenovo Legion Pro 5Tom's HardwareBest Buy 'repairs' customer's gaming laptop by simply removing half the RAM— claims unit in question only accepts 32 GB of RAM despite listing a 64GB configurationA third-party seller may be to blame

Replying to @⁨AlphaOmega@lemmy.world⁩

They disqualified me from Geek Squad because I knew how to use Linux (as well as Windows at the time but it’s been ages). They told me “we only sell Windows machines here” despite (as far as I know) they themselves using Linux to repair Windows computers.

Edited ⁨⁨Aug⁩ ⁨20⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨01:17⁩⁩en