Anyone happen to know where the magnet in a Thinkpad 430s goes? I opened mine up to fix the display, and while that went fine, the magnet fell out, and I didn't see where it came from.

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@foone check where the reed switch is on the other side?

@foone obvs I mean a hall sensor but also did Lenovo stop making repair manuals, the best documentation I can find is an iFixit guide where I can see nothing resembling a magnet. I'm guessing it goes into the screen bezel somewhere? they're not showing the back of that

@foone the obvious solution is to just stuff the thing full of magnets, just anywhere one might go

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