>If you're looking for purchase advice, READ THINKWIKI FIRST. Then post, stating budget and requirements (e.g. size and performance).
>Don't buy anything OTHER THAN Panasonic Toughbooks, pre-Lelnovo Thinkpad A, T, X, and number series, and GETACs if you want the Fine Laptop Experience.
>Be careful of CIA niggers recommending you flash unusal firmware.
>tfw you run your finger around the soft rim trackpoint
Matthew King
you fucker I keep thinking about getting one to see if they're as good as you say they are
David Ramirez
I'm not familiar with available cleaned BIOS for the x230t, but the FRU's I was looking at were 60Y3303 and 60Y3305, labeled as Foxconn and LiteOn. They hook in to the daughter card connector. Not sure what the chipset would be in either of them, which is partly why I asked. Some ebay postings have photos of ones with BCM92070 stickers.
Anthony Gomez
One more time. X201 USB flash drive bootable image for BIOS whitelist removal 6.4MiB mega.nz/#!jpY10JoZ!rCnxS0yg3YB3l5Hcs4SbQC-XVqhPf4v98Y3SMlMOpXM Replacing BIOS.WPH should let you use it with other models using a Phoenix BIOS without an optical drive. I made it by extracting the filesystem from the El Torito bootable CD Lenovo provided for official BIOS updates and putting it in a subdirectory on a relatively barebones FreeDOS install in QEMU. After changing FDCONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to stop it from loading anything into high memory/stop it from using any extenders of any kind, I successfully flashed the BIOS on my X201 and removed the whitelist without a Windows install.
lovin' dat soft rim.
Mason Cooper
If I get a 1366x768 screen on a T420 is it possible to swap in a 1600x900 screen?
Carter Wright
So you can't see the name stamped/pad printed/whatever onto the largest IC on the card? If the cards were both offered with the x230t, they probably have about the same capabilities.
Bentley King
Hey /tpg/, my x230 should be coming in the mail tomorrow. This is probably the last day of use for the shitty Toshiba laptop I'm posting from right now. Was wondering if it should be easy enough to pull the hard drive from the Toshiba and put it into the x230. It's still in good condition according to Crystaldiskinfo and 128 gb of an SSD is BARELY enough.
Gavin Gray
Yes, but if you have winblows it'll throw a shit-fit about being 'unlicensed'. Also it might BSOD due to different drivers/chipsets/whatever.
If you run a decent OS (a linux distro), it'll work just fine. Speaking from experience.
Cooper Adams
more info: with windows HDD swaps, very similar hardware usually works fine. Make sure both are agreeing in the BIOS about what HDD access mode to use (AHCI or "IDE").
Henry Reed
Lads I tried to give thinkpads a try but they weren't for me. Got a Acer Aspire E15. The full HD screen and battery life sold me. Might get a T430 later on though.
Anthony Bennett
Why is the image so artifacted??
Austin Jones
For any novices to /tpg/ here is a quick run down
>xx20 series ie x220, t420, t/w520 are the last models with the IBM 7 row design keyboard >can coreboot t420/520 to get ivy bridge CPU support >can stick alienware IPS screen into t420 albeit the panel is semi rare now >x220 can have an IPS screen to replace it's god awful TN panel >xx30 series (t430, x230, t530 etc.) and up require whitelisting for components i.e battery, wifi card >x220 libreboot coming this year >you can replace xx40 series (t440, x240, t540) trackpads with their xx50 series counterparts (t450, x250, t550)
>New to /tpg/ or looking for purchasing advice? (hint: use the advice request template, it makes life easier) pastebin.com/nBqTEbHn
>If you're looking for purchase advice, READ THE BUYERS GUIDE FIRST. Then post, stating budget and requirements (e.g. size and performance).
>Don't buy anything OTHER THAN HP Elitebook (2570p, 8770W, 2170p), Dell Latitude/Precision (E6430, E6440, E7440) and P, T, X, and W SERIES if you want the Real Business Experience™
>EPP discount for new ThinkPads (USA & Canada only, usually 15%+ off): pastebin.com/JVwVGVTW
>Helpful links and resources (Wiki, lookup tools and wallpapers): pastebin.com/DYjEnVq1
Leo Watson
>tfw stickers dropped at 6AM my time >tfw i thought they wouldn't sell out for days, or at least not for a few hours
why live
stickerpai, please make a new small batch ("small" as in the size of the sticker, i don't want a huge sticker on my laptop) for poor souls like me
Christian James
Any way of checking the compatibility once it gets here?
Jack Hughes
Yeah, don't have decent resolution photos of confirmed FRUs. I'm mostly concerned with driver or firmware issues. Windows/Linux environments.
Dylan Carter
Who is the official animu girl of /tpg/?
Brody Smith
What is the best place to find these bad boys? I've looked on neweggbusiness.com but idk if there's a better place to buy one.
Christopher Peterson
OP is a faggot
Lucas Price
Have fun being a pleb. Probably been saved to an iPhone a few times. They recompress absolutely everything to JPEG because Apple.
X201 can also have an AFFS panel, which is pretty much as good as an IPS. The AFFS panel came with the X201 tablet. >Any way of checking the compatibility once it gets here? Yeah. Swap the disks and try to turn the ThinkPad on. If it works, congrats. It's compatible.
Juan Scott
ruby of course. she was crowned /tpg/ queen in 2010
Nathaniel Moore
What would the best upgrade path be for a T430? I already installed an ssd, ram is next.
Jeremiah Ramirez
eBay Craigslist Local electronics recycler HAM radio conventions, computer conventions, other tech conventions Businesses upgrading their laptops and throwing old ones in dumpsters
Just some ideas.
>upgrade path for T430? Get a T410.
Samuel Perez
if you haven't already maybe look into putting a t420 keyboard into it or getting a quadcore ivy bridge vou
Gabriel Flores
yes but you need to replace that HD lvds cable for an HD+ cable
also get the alienware 1600x900 screen instead, better viewing angles
Joseph Morris
The Aspire is actually pretty good. Only thing I wish more laptops had was the thinkpad latch.
Brandon Bailey
>IP addresses collected for your safety what
Mason Jackson
Acer is irredeemable.
Jaxon Lopez
The X220 that everyone on these threads seems to be obsessed with has no latch. That's the funniest bit. Which Thinkpad did you try before deciding it wasn't for you?
William Turner
What makes you say that?
X220 and T430s
Jaxon Lopez
And what about the X220/T430s made you decide they weren't for you?
Jack Russell
im not too picky on the keyboard for a laptop, if worse comes to worst ill just plut a full sized one to it
which CPUs should i look into?
Tyler Cox
In 2 years the solder will become brittle, your Acer device will begin to malfunction, fail to boot and eventually it will stop turning on. It will cost more than it's worth to repair. Acer is the king of using poor quality caps and solder.
David Rogers
Too small/battery life
My old one never had a problem for years. I just wanted to get a new one because the battery is shit even with 9 cell.
Kevin Anderson
3630QM or 3720QM. It's not necessary but it's a great boost in performance and longevity for the device.
James Wright
what level of sensitivity to you fags use on your clits? I run a fairly high one myself.
Nolan Diaz
>I'm not picky about the keyboard for a laptop Get out. You are clearly not autistic enough for Sup Forums. Don't forget the plastic shells that get brittle and snap or the motherboards that bend like iPhones. >too small Sounds like a personal problem. >battery life You have old crap batteries then. My X201's 9-cell battery is spectacular. "Sensitivity" isn't a measure. Acceleration rate is. Windows user spotted.
Logan Johnson
+2 to the right on the synaptic drivers
Kevin Gomez
The portability was nice but not worth the eye strain. The matte displays are too washed out for me.
Alexander Cruz
>trackpoint >synaptics drivers
You mean touchpad.
Ethan Rodriguez
>"Sensitivity" isn't a measure. Acceleration rate is. Windows user spotted. no, gnome
Gabriel Powell
I too prefer not being able to see my displays outside of my bedroom with the curtains drawn.
Aaron Moore
ill look into them thanks
William Nguyen
You sound upset
Aaron Green
...
Jason Wright
Got about a third packed this night, just going out to drop them off in the mailbox.
Should be done packing the rest on Friday and over the weekend
Jaxson Martinez
I do like it.
James Hernandez
MY ORDER MIGHT BE IN THAT PICTURE! FUUUUCK YEAH
Dominic Thompson
>doxxing yourself on Sup Forums
When will brainlets learn?
Carter Walker
When is the next shipment due in and why did you only fabricate like 8 of the fucking stickers senpai?
Zachary Edwards
...
Camden Brooks
Post yfw your order just got shipped
Isaiah Sullivan
Great, that means we can identify you Sup Forumstards easier to send you to the concentration camps.
Jayden Hernandez
Check your email, if it's gone out, you'd get a shipping email.
What, you going to come to a /k/tard's house to try to pull something on someone who owns a collection of guns and is just aching for a chance to use them?
Although feel free to kill my roommate, total faggot.
Already called up my girl, restock is getting put in production.
Also not a thinkpad or even a chinkpad. You'd be better off with a 10 year old Dell Inspiron than that.
Charles Roberts
My used x230 will likely arrive tomorrow. The seller claims that the thinkpad should be "fairly clean", and the product pics seemed clean other than the slight shine on the keyboard. I would consider myself to be a germaphobe and I don't fully trust the seller's claims of cleanliness, because God knows what that thinkpad's been through. Would rubbing alcohol and Lysol wipes clean and disinfect the thinkpad without damaging anything?
Nicholas Thompson
Are stickers in the next batch going to be bigger as you said earlier? I like the current size, t b h.
Zachary Bennett
Yes they will be because I want to lower the 2mm margin of error's overall effect on it. Pic related, the edge is a bit to the right.
Xavier Wood
How can I fix the paint peeling off my T420?
Asher Jackson
Thank you kind sir for selling these, im autistic for these and will probably buy more for friends because PayPal isn't fun to work with according to them (tried to use the guest option and it messed up so much he missed the last few, rip)
Ethan Walker
Help guys. I wanna play Steam games on my X220, but my OS (Fedora 26) is 32-bit. Can the X220 handle 64-bit OSes? >inb4 ">playing Vidya on Linux"
Screen fetch for specs.
Connor Scott
Should totally be able to use any 64 bit OS my Friend
Parker Bell
Scrap it all off then sand it then spray a primer on it then repaint it with some industrial black gritty paint.
Hunter Johnson
The lcd panel on my x201 broke down (vertical colored lines appears randomly and dotted gray lines are blinking on the bottom of the screen). I opened the laptop and checked both ends of the connectors yet the problem remains.
I want to buy a new panel but the ones I find on amazon are almost the price at which I bought the laptop in the first place. >are there any "upgrades" I can make without modding? >Are there a way to find cheaper panels (like by looking at a certain reference number rather than "lenovo x201 lcd") ?
Wyatt Wilson
I'm a little bit of a drawfag and need an upgrade for school. Is Thinkpad S1 yoga for $250 worth it?
i5-4200U, 8gv of ram, and a 128gb SSD
I use the pen on my x220t all the time and the yoga seems to be the newer ones.
Liam Perez
msata or sata ssd if they cost the same?
John Lopez
Any docking station for the x230 with a drive bay?
Jackson Sanders
Should I get an X41 Tablet just for novelty? The guy posting about the X40 makes me want something along those lines.
Jaxon Miller
No, i mean trackpoint. The touchpad is for normalfag plebs.
has anyone tried to just replace the motherboard and cpu together then?
Aaron Gomez
Idk man, I think they're pretty good. They feel smoother when moving it around, if you like that kinda thing glad to have you back
Luke Ward
yes but isn't worth it because your only options are mobile dual core i5s or mobile dual core i7s (which are just slightly higher clocked mobile dual core i5s)
t420s is the same shit, go t420/t520/w520 if you want upgradeable cpu
>unplug charger >Xfce4 power manager plugin says I have 50 days left on battery
Noah Bailey
If you want to go full hazmat, you could disassemble everything and take out the electronic parts. Then, you can use antibacterial wipes or spray to clean the casing and chassis parts.
Jonathan Martinez
X40 user here
Why aren't you anons using the finest Thinkpad ever made, the X40?
>small >light >roll cage in body >very efficient CPU >Linux friendly >10+ hour battery life >no Intel Management Engine botnet >runs cool, w/tlp the fan almost never even turns on >analog VGA port for pure analog video path >travelmate battery available >best keyboard >no stupid trackpad Objectively the finest smaller Thinkpad made which can still function on the modern web.
Luis Green
lol give me a while
i'll show you a 90 hour battery life
this
Jonathan Brooks
i love you dude
Connor Gomez
Battery advice bro here.
First thing to remember about Li-Ion batteries is that they can only endure a certain number of "full" cycles before degrading below their specified capacity enormously, but what is a "cycle?" A cycle is defined as the *equivalent* of a full charge and discharge. If you charge your battery all the way and then drain it all the way, this is one cycle. If you charge it all the way, drain it to 90%, charge, and drain back to 90% you'd need to do this ten times for a "cycle." However, if you drain a battery all the way every time you might only get 500 cycles before it's degraded substantially. However, if you drain it to 50% and recharge each time, you can easily get 1500 cycles out of the exact same battery, and if you only drain it to 90% you can get over 5000 cycles.
OK, on to refreshing. First, take your battery and charge it all the way. Then drain it all the way until your computer turns off, and charge it all the way again. Take it out of the machine and leave it for a couple days or maybe a week, then charge it again without draining it first. It will have partially self-discharged a bit. Then drain to no lower than 40%, and recharge it. Do this a couple times, resting the battery for a couple days each time. It will massively boost your capacity.
If the above didn't refresh your battery quite a bit, you can do the more extreme procedure of putting it into a plastic bag, evacuating the air, and freezing it for a few days. Then take it out of the freezer, whack it really hard a number of times with the palm of your hand, and let thaw to room temperature before taking it out of the bag. Try the above procedure again. Make sure to monitor your computer for a couple hours after you insert the previously whacked and frozen battery in case of fire, if you get too overzealous you could damage the pack.
Samuel Robinson
i see you
Andrew Thomas
don't bother, just get comfy and lear to love the terminal
Colton Rivera
>coreboot botnet
also get the fuck out of here you faggot xsauc
i bet you're suffering with less clicks you sissy tranny
disgusting faggot
Thomas Brooks
it's a honeypot and they're going to try to get you to flash coreboot to put their virus in
Austin Peterson
hi you homofag
enjoyed your email message confirming the order
Jose Flores
like the deep state didn't do this already
Robert Gray
can't you just update to a 64 bit kernel with 32 bit compat and roll from there?
Ethan Taylor
I'm that guy. The X41 tablet is clunky. Get an X40 or an X41 for max comfiness.
If tablet shit is really important get a newer Thinkpad. I love the X40 series but this is my best advice even though I am a die hard X40 fag.
Elijah Rodriguez
Do you even need to ask?
Joseph Bell
Akaza Akari.
She always comes with fresh modded BIOSes when some user needs them.
