>Don't buy anything OTHER THAN T420 and X220 if you want to be smart.
Nice try retard.
Jacob Perry
Gonna transplant a X1 Carbon screen into my T430s. Bought a LCD extender cable from china that will arrive in 2-4 weeks.
Anyone done this or something similar? I read on the tp wiki that you need to snip a triangle from the one edge of the cable?
Experiences appreciated :-)
Ian Long
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Matthew Sanders
Stop shilling your stupid thread. No one cares about your inferior xx20 series, and you were late to make the new thread.
neck yourself
Connor Johnson
> → →
Robert Jenkins
I currently have an X201 but I'm looking for an upgrade. How is the X230? How is the thickness compared?
Jonathan Williams
x201: 11.6" x 8.3" x 0.8-1.4" x230: 12.0" x 8.13" x 0.75-1.05"
Asher Ramirez
repost from the other new thread... best thing i have ever done to t430
Angel Rogers
how much of an upgrade do you want
it can take 16gb ram if that's what u need
cpu performance marginal, depends which ones you have/can get, look up benchmarks
integrated graphics performance big upgrade
battery life probably a big upgrade if you get a good one
Jaxon Ward
>seller has two x230's for sell >missed first one, had to pay a slight premium for the second because it had 8gb ram >already have 8gb laptop ram sitting around
poorfag life
Adam Gonzalez
classic keyboard bros WW@
Isaiah Allen
Daily reminder: 2570p is better that x230
Jordan Roberts
My T41p just arrived. It seems to have a supervisor password. After the IBM logo it shows a padlock and a PC besides it. Seller says that he doesn't remember the password.
What do
Henry Jones
Return it, take your anti-autism pills. Get t440p instead
Angel Butler
Dumb frogposter.
Joshua Clark
return
but if you just press enter you can still get into the BIOS, you just can't change any of the options
so if everything you want is already disabled/enabled then it might not be a big deal
Lincoln Jenkins
but muh Intel Centrino™ muh legacy software
Daniel Bell
Look for a stack of papers that you can't afford to have the wind blow away.
Logan Russell
Asking again
Samuel Torres
Nope, won't let me even enter the BIOS. Internal CMOS battery was dead so I installed a new one and then says "Check date-time" but I cannot access the BIOS.
Nolan Gomez
Never heard of this, sorry.
Zachary Adams
the top part of your palmrest seems fucked mate, but still, kudos for the classic keyboard. i had no such problems with fitting it.
Jacob Brown
Maybe the screen backlight is bleeding over the ThinkLight?
Also, that T43 problem might be the inverter.
Brody Thompson
dumb thinkcuck
Grayson Foster
i do not think you can disable the primary lcd like that
Sebastian Cooper
Are you mentally retarded? Fix your palmrest you dumb thinkfag
Leo Edwards
Does anyone have experience with chinkshit thinkpad batteries? I need t420 replacement batteries and I'm trying to figure where I should get them. The new oem ones are $100, but I don't want one that is going to turn into a brick or a house fire.
Julian Smith
Could be. It's not that much of an issue, though, just a bit curious. It happens even when you turn it off, that's why I'm asking; it's not bright as a LCD backlight, it's actually really dim. The ThinkLight works great, nonetheless.
Regarding the T43, is it hard or expensive to fix the screen inverter or should I just try to get another screen if I happen to buy it?
Most of the time you're safer with OEM batteries, chinks rarely have their advertised capacity and in some cases they can die on you or allahu akbar while you're shitposting about why you should install Gentoo
Fuck you. T41p doesn't have any of that Intel ME/AMT shit
Brody Fisher
What if I live in Yuropoor?
Lincoln Price
Neither does mine, dipshit. I'm not a faggot who can't remove ME myself.
Mason Smith
You can remove ME in T440p? Yeah good luck
Mason Lewis
You retarded, son? It works on every platform now, including new Kaby Lake chips.
Jace Lee
sorry to hear
Brody Morgan
Just tried shorting SCL and SDA and the IBM logo hangs saying "Entering IBM BIOS setup"
I hope this works.
Nolan Long
Can anyone explain to me why the sockets on these T420 boards are different and why there are other subtle differences
Easton Williams
Not sure, but my T430 has the same thing.
David Ward
Wait what? You mean they patched it? But isn't intel me part of the CPU itself? I mean afaik, modern CPU can't work without intel me because it also handles some important stuff which are quite essential to the cpu itself.
Chase Sanders
You mean there is no hope of getting OEM batteries? Hello? Halp plox
Thomas Flores
(OP) NEW THREAD
→ → →
Juan King
>trying to hijack thread to push his own shitty pasta Can you off yourself please
Thomas Edwards
>this fag again Please fuck off /tpg/ was much better without you derailing every question
Nathaniel Edwards
New t420.
Jayden Taylor
You go to Aliexpress and hope not to get any housefires
Adam Walker
I found a SL500 in a trash pile in front of an electronics school in decent visual state. It had Windows XP installed on it but wouldn't boot because the controller was set to AHCI instead of IDE after the BIOS battery died, which is presumably why it was thrown in the trash. Installed Arch on it and it runs like heaven.
Why haven't I heard of this model before? It has a comfy screen and can be upgraded to hell.
Nathan Russell
No it doesn't, it's just spyware. You can patch it out.
Nathaniel Taylor
>literally wrote (OP) next to OP post to trick people Shitty bait Please off yourself and your shitty thread
Josiah Torres
What's the best Thinkpad under a grand
Brody Nguyen
Any requirements?
Austin Flores
And if I desire for ultrabay battery or sliced battery, then I'm completely fucked? It's about time that I start to learn using ebay
Matthew Sanders
well, has fewer posts and these two new tpg's are only like an hour apart so i guess this is the new thread
Jaxon Harris
Would prefer a 1080 screen rest you could always up later, innit
Brandon Peterson
Despite the shilling thrown by this faggot X220/T420 and under are almost always sold under a grand and run very well, even when it comes to playing vidya. If you manage to find a T430 for that price though, you should go for it.
Nathaniel Perez
The fuck? You shouldn't be paying more than $100 for a barebones T430 without a drive.
$200 for a fully working unit.
A grand gets you a brand new current gen model.
Colton Bell
if u dont care for the older keyboards just go for the T470 os X270 or some shit with the dual batteries and a FHD screen. iirc with the employee code one of these laptops is under 1k
Oh yeah, sorry. I forgot to mention that was on the European market. They're harder to come by here.
Jordan Ramirez
fuck off shill, hope the mods ban you and your shitty spam
Juan Parker
different poster my condolences for you having to deal with european availability
Aaron Adams
And I might have also read a grand as 100$ like a cunt, so there's that too.
Follow what and said.
Aaron White
Weight? You could go for a T530 or a W530 or maybe a T440 with a touchpad swap and T440p with a pad swap
Caleb Campbell
all right i'll take a look thanks Don't mind any weight
Jack Garcia
If you do care for the older keyboards, there are obscure methods to install FHD panels into (nonexhaustively): T420, T430, X220, X230
Blake Cox
What docks are compatible with a T530? And what hardware do I need for the BIOS flash?
Jose Flores
W530 or even W540 with a touchpad swap
Nathaniel Davis
I mention the X230 and T430 because iirc it's a simple deal to drop in the X220 or T420 keyboard
Hunter Jackson
If I open up a site for doing hardware flashes for people (both custom BIOS for shit like AES-NI, Overclocking, and Advanced Menu, and/or whitelist removal), how much would you pay for the service (not including shipping), and would you be interested in it?
Dylan Nelson
What's the difference between a T model and a W model ?
Jason Wright
Really not worth mentioning because the parts are so hard to come by
I'm not sure if the 170W version will work with it, you can also go for the non-usb 3.0 models, but they're all pretty cheap off ebay so whatever
Brandon Jenkins
If I didn't know how to do it I'd probably be interested, but that being said people who are usually interested in that stuff tend to know how to do it themselves.
It really depends on what kind of market you're aiming for.
Jason Richardson
RAM slots + GPU.
Parker Murphy
It should be cheaper than buying a Pomona chip plus hardware flasher/raspberry pi so people can justify actually sending shit to you but it should be able make what you're spent back in under 10 jobs
Kayden Price
It's funny, that was one of the low end xx00 laptops, and now it looks nicer than anything Lenovo makes.
Jeremiah Reyes
ran out of one or the other when starting a new batch
Joshua Cook
Because it's not business grade hardware That's not bad but unless you pull them out of the trash like you did they're not worth getting over the recommended models usually because they're priced really closely to them and the recommended models aren't that pricey to begin with
Ryder Reyes
you had any issues on ubuntu with crashes from i915 drivers? I keep getting system hangs after 15 mins - 45 mins of uptime. it causes the machine to reboot.
Joshua Davis
I bought a T430 about one hr ago, it will ship in the mail. It has a i5-3210M and 1600 X 900 res. Only 4 GB ram, but I have 8 GB ready here, so it will run on 12. It comes with a 250 Gb stone age version, so that will be replaced with a Sumsumg 750 Evo 256 SSD. Then I'll be set to go, I payed almost 180 usd, I'm a Scandinavia-fag, so I think the price is ok. I am curious to if it is worth the effort to upgrade cpu ? And is it possible to get an old keyboard (the T420 version) that is back-lid? Seller said battery last a bit more than one hr, so I better get a new one. Where to get? Pointers much appreciated.
Brayden Reed
yeah that's a good price
>I am curious to if it is worth the effort to upgrade cpu ?
if you don't know whether you need it or not, you probably won't, not worth the effort
no, *20 keyboards are not back-lit
Bentley Hughes
Quick reminder that finding a cpu from a dead laptop is easy but the real issue is you also need the dGPU heatsink to make it work
Blake Collins
Who else is /egpu/ here
Landon Collins
I just got a 1366x768 t430 - how much of a ride is it to replace the panel?
Easton Morales
wtf is going on here.. the acpi calls are within a second of each other
Lincoln Perez
(I disconnected the charger before the last one, obviously)
Colton Lewis
Ty for the input, I guess I will stay with the i5-3210M for a while.
Kayden Ortiz
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Adrian Russell
Nope.
Brody Gray
T60
Tyler Cook
>ebay listing advertised $16 for USPS priority mail (1-3 days) >actually used fedex standard shipping, 8 days
can I get a partial refund for this if I really wanted to be a nigger? or should I even bother messaging the seller and just accept being jewed myself and just leave bad feedback passive aggressively
