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A |      8 月 25 日消息，大约一个月前，多名联想 Legion Go 用户开始反映，在安装 BIOS 版本 N3CN42WW 后，他们的掌机变得无法使用。    The cost of health coverage through work jumped this year, in part because of inflation, according to a survey of U.S. employers.Premiums for both family and single plans climbed 7% after barely rising in 2022, according to a report Wednesday by KFF, a nonprofit that researches health care issues.Later this fall, companies begin their annual coverage enrollment window for 2024, and health care experts say another price hike could be coming.“It’s hard to imagine that there won’t be another year of health care cost increases, at least at the level we’re seeing right now,” said Paul Fronstin, director of health benefits research for the Employee Benefit Research Institute.Employer-sponsored health insurance is the most common form of coverage in the United States. KFF says almost 153 million Americans have it. Companies generally pay most of the premium — 70% or more in many cases.That can soften the impact of price hikes on employees. Coverage costs also are taken out of paychecks before taxes, which helps mitigate the financial pinch workers may feel, noted Fronstin, who was not involved in the KFF study.KFF noted that premiums climbed roughly with wages and inflation. The wider economy has felt those two pressures for more than a year, and now they are starting to affect health care costs, said Gary Claxton, a senior vice president with KFF. He noted that there can be a delay because health care contracts can keep costs stable after prices start rising in other parts of the economy.Fronstin said health care provider consolidation also can drive up care costs, which ultimately affects premiums. He also thinks the U.S. health care system — with its limited capacity to treat people — is still catching up on providing care that was delayed during the COVID-19 pandemic.“There’s only so much room for catch up,” he said. “I don’t believe colonoscopy centers are running 24/7 to catch up.”___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content.。随着相关报告不断增加，联想最终悄悄从官方网站撤下了这个 BIOS 更新。不过，当时联想并未解释问题究竟是什么原因导致的，也没有说明受影响用户应该如何处理。更让一些用户感到不满的是，据报道，一些设备变砖的用户甚至被要求支付维修费用，尽管问题是在安装联想官方 BIOS 更新后出现的。

B | 如今，联想终于发布了最新说明，并明确了应该如何处理受影响的设备。联想一名员工在联想官方论坛发帖表示，公司已经在欧洲 L2.5 实验室成功复现了这一问题。实验室测试的 3 台设备全部出现了相同故障，不过，其他团队在安装 BIOS N3CN42WW 后并没有遇到任何问题。联想表示，这可能意味着问题与某些生产批次主板所采用的特定元件有关，也可能只有在满足某些特定条件时才会触发。目前公司仍在调查确切的根本原因，但已经确认，出现问题的 BIOS 版本已从联想支持页面撤下。当用户询问既然问题并非由自身操作造成，接下来应该怎么办时，联想员工明确表示，这并不是用户操作失误。虽然目前还没有确定问题的根本原因，但联想已经确认，不能将责任归咎于用户。

C | 因此，受影响的设备原则上应该按照保修政策进行处理。更重要的是，即使设备已经超出保修期，联想也表示应该免费维修，不过公司建议用户同时查看所在地的相关法律规定。注意到，这一表态与此前一些 Legion Go 用户反映的情况相比，是一个明显转变。此前，一些掌机因安装 N3CN42WW BIOS 更新而变砖后，用户曾被告知需要支付高额维修费用。如果你的 Legion Go 受到 N3CN42WW BIOS 更新影响，现在应该尽快联系联想，并说明你的设备出现的问题已经被官方确认并非用户操作失误。

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