/tpg/ Thinkpad General

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>>55785571
>tfw dad let me borrow the keys to his ultimate business machine™

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My x200 has started getting really hot lately.

I can't tell if it's a new chrome update, or if the thermal compound is decaying.
The fan is running nearly at 100% at all times, and using thinkfan only slows down the fan and makes the keyboard warm to the touch.
I can smell the wood veneer of my desk getting toasted underneath.

Should I reapply thermal paste?

>>55785644
Has it been a slow ramp up to running hot, or is it just doing it all of a sudden? Have you checked your processes for suspicious/excessive use?

>>55785709
it's been getting worse over a period of 4 months, yes.

the only active process is chrome and it's threads, which don't go past 0.35 cpu usage anyway

>>55785658
hmm it's more like 40-47 for me, but the ambient temperature is pretty high.

>>55785748
>chrome
found the problem
don't use chrome on a laptop, or even a weeker desktop.
only use crhome on a fairly decent machine with at least 8 gigs of ram

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Hi guys, just a question
I fucked up the keyboard ribbon connector of my X230 Tablet and i'm going to replace it. Is it equal to the X230 (non tablet) one?
I want to buy this http://www.ebay.it/itm/New-for-lenovo-IBM-Thinkpad-X230-T430-T530-Original-Backlit-Laptop-Keyboard-UK-/161406087860?hash=item25948d72b4:g:yX8AAOSwQItT~eWK but i'm not sure

>>55786400
Yes, all mechanically and electronically the same. Someone even came up with a modded BIOS that allows you to use an X220 keyboard (praise the Lord), but a small amount of dremelling is required.

T430
i7 -3520M
6 GB DDR3L
500GB HDD
NVIDIA NVS 5400M

340€ shipped

Did I do good?

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>he's a spec whore that thinks he needs Sandy/Ivy Bridge in his 12" shitposting machine
>he doesn't own the single greatest X series and possibly the only X series Thinkpad worth owning
>1440x900 screen standard on all models
>superior *60/*61/**00 keyboard layout
>low-voltage i7 provides sufficient shitposting power without burning down the house
>has real locking latches and physical trackpad buttons
>can even remove trackpad entirely with an X200s palmrest swap for the patrician Thinkpad experience
What's your excuse, /tpg/?

>>55786646
I'm poor.

>>55786646
Those are rare as hen's teeth. How'd you land one?

I completely agree with you that it's the best non-square x-series. Do that palmrest swap, btw.

Hey guys so you know the latch on the T420 that you push to lift the screen? Well it jammed on mine to be permanently in the open position. Would it be possible to take apart the laptop to fix it? How hard would it be?

>>55786518
>i7
>thinkpad
those are house fire tier anon

>>55786646
Because the seller won't respond ;_;

>>55785571
>Including stupid vape shit in the OP
Someone make a new thread

>>55786816
Remove the screws around the screen and check it out. Most of them are under annoying black stickers. Check out some disassembly video or guide.

>>55785644
>Should I reapply thermal paste?
but it's an soc. where would you apply paste?

>>55786791
Managed to actually find a listing on ebay and fought like a motherfucker for it. Some cunt tried to snipe me at the end but my max bid was high enough to stop him. $450+$36 shipping in the end, worth every penny

>>55786857
Why would I need to disassemble the screen?? The issue is with the switch that you push.

>>55786884
you can pull the fan assembly off and get at the CPU

>>55786486
>with a modded BIOS that allows you to use an X220 keyboard
you're shitting me? You can't use it with stock BIOS?

>>55786646
because I didn't find one when they weren't priced to cater to the hobbyist market

>>55786893
oh, from the bottom. I see now. Haven't had heat issues on my X200/X200T yet fortunately

>>55786843

Would people move over to it?

>>55786901
>you're shitting me? You can't use it with stock BIOS?

No shit retard, all the key mapping are different

>>55787005
oh fuck. I completely didn't think about that

I only started using the newer Gookobo """"""Thinkpads""""" recently

Installing win 10 ltsb on a t420. Any
Anything I should know to look out for?

>>55787037
Fun fact: Lenovo was making ThinkPads BEFORE IBM sold off the division

Somebody sell me their fucking x240, i cant find them anywhere for sub 700 usd

>>55787123
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-X250-Intel-Core-i5-5200U-8GB-500GB-12-5-FHD-Win8-1Pro-Warranty-/302023704463

>>55787047
why would you do that to the poor thinkpad

>>55787098

I'm not even comparing them to IBM era laptops. When they acquired the brand from IBM they continued producing decent quality laptops for a while. All they had to do was keep the same formula and add options and internal improvements to the battery, screen etc. No, they had to return to their Chinese nature and start gimping on quality and slapping the logo on any consumer piece of shit with a black matte finish

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-L520-i5-2-5ghz-16GB-320GB-Windows-7-Webcam-15-6-Warranty-/251283007314?hash=item3a81a26752:g:FwoAAMXQYwFRh9Gj

Why the fuck is this L model so expensive? Is there anything that makes this L520 worth money? I can get a bunch of them for cheap

I know nothing about the L line besides that I should avoid it as it's basically a cheaper T

>>55787047
Opening images by default is broken. Can be fixed by running:

reg add "HKCR\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open" /v "MuiVerb" /t REG_SZ /d "@photoviewer.dll,-3043" /f
reg add "HKCR\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open\command" /ve /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d "%%SystemRoot%%\System32\rundll32.exe \"%%ProgramFiles%%\Windows Photo Viewer\PhotoViewer.dll\", ImageView_Fullscreen %%1" /f
reg add "HKCR\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open\DropTarget" /v "Clsid" /t REG_SZ /d "{FFE2A43C-56B9-4bf5-9A79-CC6D4285608A}" /f
reg add "HKCR\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print\command" /ve /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d "%%SystemRoot%%\System32\rundll32.exe \"%%ProgramFiles%%\Windows Photo Viewer\PhotoViewer.dll\", ImageView_Fullscreen %%1" /f
reg add "HKCR\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print\DropTarget" /v "Clsid" /t REG_SZ /d "{60fd46de-f830-4894-a628-6fa81bc0190d}" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\.bmp" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\.gif" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\.ico" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\.jpeg" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\.jpg" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\.png" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\.tiff" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff" /f[/code[

>>55787278
maybe someone will take the bait

>>55787278
Looks like some greedy jew fuck thinks he can get away with selling a used laptop for its new price. Also looks like some retard already enabled him. $800 is way too much for even a top-spec W520, never mind a poorly-specced budget laptop.

>>55787380
>>55787388

looks like one person that can't into research already fell for it

what do you think is the right price for an L520 with about those specs (i5, 4gb ram, 15'' screen)? I don't even see many for sale to get an idea of the pricing for these

>>55787388
>a top-spec W520
yeah, I was thinking the same since I pay attention to the W520 market

>>55787190
The same people still design ThinkPads.

>>55787470
under a new company that thinks the only market type for laptops in this world is macbook and macbook clones

>>55787282
Awesome, thanks. Any driver issues?

>>55786828
I have a quad core i7 (OP pic related)

Haven't burned up yet

sup /tpg/.

I have a cracked palmrest on my t430s

the seller on ebay provided an additional palmrest assembly with a fucked up touchpad.

Is there any way to debond the touchpad from the palmrest so I can replace it?

>>55787470

>implying "designers" have choices

>>55786486
>modded BIOS
don't confuse people.
The BIOS has nothing to do with keyboard handling. All the hardwork of scanning the keyboard matrix is done by the Embedded Controller(EC).
The Fn/Ctrl swap is done by the EC itself and controlled by the BIOS

>>55786887
Damn, son. I fully understand why though. She's a beaut. Enjoy it.

I've been wanting to do an x200/1 with the IPS mod. I secretly love glossy panels anyway.

>>55787626
because it throttles itself to prevent that.
And I can't tolerate throttling.

>>55785644
>I can't tell if it's a new chrome update
kek

Shut down the X200 and repaste immediately

>>55787282
I ran it fine on my x200, albeit not for long.

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Just found out i could change the splash screen.
I think it came out nicely

I've had my X220 for a few days now and I have a question

Why the fuck does this thing seem to perform better when it's not plugged in? Seriously, what the fuck? Everything is snappy as fuck when I'm just using the battery, but when I'm plugged in everything is slow as fuck.

I've noticed I can play high bitrate animu when I'm unplugged, but when it's plugged in MPC shits itself

Thinking of getting an x220. How bad is the low resolution though? Does it bother you?

>>55788639
Power options > high performance powerplan
if neccesary change plan settings > processor power management > maximum processor state to 100%

>>55788639
>I've had my X220 for a few days now and I have a question

did you do clean os install? if not then check power settings either in windows or in bios

>>55788685
>maximum processor state to 100%

Whoa where do you see this option?
I'm on Windows 8.1

>>55788687
What BIOS settings?
I've taken a look there but there doesn't seem to be anything relevant for this

>>55788749
system performance on ac and on battery
turbo and maximum turbo are obvious, balanced means full power but no turbo and low means perma downclock to 800MHz

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>>55788749
if the option isnt there you could be missing important drivers.
Also upgrade to windows 10

>>55788809
All right, will mess with those settings and report back

>>55788811
>Windows 10
>upgrade

No.
Also I found that setting. It was already on 100% max so that's not it

>>55788811
>downgrading to windows 10
good joke

>>55788675
It bothered me enough to seek out the mythical X201s, but only because my main machine is a 4:3 UXGA T601F. If you're coming from 16:9 or even 16:10, it'll probably be fine.

>>55788838
run

powercfg -restoredefaultschemes

in an elevated (administrator) cmd window

>>55788841
It's not like windows 7/8 is any better with the recent telemetry updates
Besides i blocked fucking everything Microsoft related in my pfsense router.

>>55785571
thinkpad p50s or Xiaomi Mi notebook?

>>55788896
>recent telemetry updates
Who the fuck installs anything else than Security Updates?

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I need a sleeve for my thinkpad t430, the Lenovo 14" sleeve got horrible reviews saying it was too big, I need recommendations on a good sleeve

>>55788914
If price isn't a factor definitely the p50s

Either way I'd wait for reviews on the mi laptop.

>>55788838 here

Okay fug, changing the BIOS power settings didn't help either.

It still runs better on the battery

>>55788927
Anybody that doesn't care or is too dumb to know.

You'll be moving to windows 10 around 2020 anyway. Might as well get it for """"""""""""free""""""""""" while you can.

If people really cared about their privacy 2020 will be the year of the GNU/Linux desktop, but i don't see that happen.

Is undervolting your CPU harmful?

>>55789099
>Might as well get it for """"""""""""free""""""""""" while you can
but every version of windows is gratis with ms toolkit :^)

maybe by 2020 they fix the shitty ui

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So the ExpressCard SD card reader in my T420s stopped working awhile ago. I happened to get another one the other day and I just tried it and it also does nothing.

It shows up when I do lspci. But when I put an SD card in nothing happens. The SD card doesn't even show up in disks.

What could be causing this? I'm running Fedora 23.

>>55788896
All this does is reset the power schemes, right? Already tried that but still no change in AC performance.

>>55789154
Also this.
It baffles my mind people actually pay money to use Microshit's shitty OSs

I need a good Thinkpad that I can run Windows 7 on through 2020. After that I'm switching to Mac. What model under $1000 will best hold me over until then?

>>55788938
Does no one use a sleeve for their thinkpad? I know they're durable or whatever but I have a bag without a built in laptop compartment

>>55789227
did it work on windows

>>55789400
>I have a bag without a built in laptop compartment
Mine does so i can't help you m8.

>>55789441
Don't have windows installed.

>>55789385
Out of curiosity do you guys look at the recommended models, skip that and proceed to ask anyways
T420 is the baseline for price to acceptable performance due to age

If your budget is 1000$ you should be looking at newer thinkpad models, you can get a modern one such as the T460

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what do you think is a fair price for an X230T with a regular HDD, 8GB ram in an almost new condition (touch/stylus combo panel)? The prices online vary too largely to make a judgement

>>55789227
>I'm running Fedora 23.
there is your problem
fedora is testing corporate garbage
use a good distro

>Fall for thinkpad meme
>buy a t420 for $225CAD
>overheats to 98C and freezes up with basic usage (browser, spreedsheet, text editor)
>Have to set system performance to low for it to be usable with normal temps (55C).
>a-aleast the battery life is good

So now I have to spend $10 on thermal paste plus some air duster and hope to god it improves temps. With a new SSD ($120) and another 4GB RAM ($30) I'll have spent nearly $400.

Why didn't I just buy a new fucking laptop?

>>55789912
It's not like you could've gotten a decent laptop for that price anyway.

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>>55788461
Absolutely badass.

>>55789912
>He bought a five year old laptop and is upset about having to repaste

Stop being a wiener

>>55786646
you don't need a sandy/ivy bridge for shitposting, but you really want it if you want to use the battery saving features to get good battery AND have the web browser not run at 10 fps.

>>55789912
>overheats up to 98c
that's not overheating.
that's running hot, but 105c is overheating.
and your fan/thermal paste is probably fucked
>>55789656
$20 if you give it to me :^)

Do not all X220 have a webcam? I just got one on Monday and it has the rectangular cutout where it is on all of my other ThinkPads, but unless I'm retarded (I feel like it right now), it seems like it's opaque.

>>55789124
Not in the slightest. It just may not be stable til you work the voltages out.

Sup /tpg/

I'm headed back to school for my master's this fall. I plan on using my x220 as my main class machine, but I need to upgrade the battery.

I'm looking at getting an official lenovo slice battery, but I'm wondering if anyone has bought one used and had a decent experience. Is there any reason not to buy one used?

Are any of the chink batteries good? Or should I go lenovo for the 9 cell as well?

>>55790746
Stay away from the shitty cheap batteries.

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so my replacement screen and hinges for my t430 just arrived.
im gonna put them in later.
my t430 was driven over by a semi, lel.
still works though but i can turn it on since the keyboard is busted, the screen is and part of the left hinge broke off. i know it still workes since i used the keyboard from a friend for diagnostics.
never htought that little baby would survive being run over.
the screen is the matte 1600x900 screen from the dell alienware laptops which i got off amazon for 30 bucks.
hinges are from a mom and pop hardware-store and from what i can tell theyre actually genuine lenovo hinges.
ill take that opportunity to also clean out the fans and probably reapply thermal compounds since i got some arctic silver 5 lying around.
the only issue is getting a suitable keyboard. i have found them in the right layout but none of em seem to have backlighting i really love that backlight.
any idea where i can find them? im going into the city tomorrow to check some hardware stores for them since i didnt find them on amazon. if i wont find any can i order them directly off lenovo?
where woudl eb a good place to get them (in the eu)?

>>55790218
not all have them
not sure why all of them don't because it has to be dirt cheap to add them in, and every once in a while they're useful.

>>55790218
>Do not all X220 have a webcam?
nope
it depends on the config the company wants

>>55791115
Cameras aren't allowed in some offices, mostly government agencies.

>>55791115
>don't because it has to be dirt cheap to add them in
think about how costs scale for contract orders for large companies
>>55791217
the us gubmind wouldn't use a chink computer anyway

>>55791223
>the us gubmind wouldn't use a chink computer anyway

yeah i guess they're using those made in usa laptops

>Mi Notebook Air
Thinkpad killer? Also X220 resolution is utterly abysmal, I regret falling for this meme.

>>55791320
>yeah i guess they're using those made in usa laptops
I do wonder what happened to the mass of IBM gubmint contracts after Gookovo bought their consumer line

>>55791324
xps 15 is very decent.
the keyboard is weird though.

>>55791324
what else would you have wanted?
12" 1600x900 panels are very rare, and anything higher resolution (other than 1600/1440p) are retarded on a screen that small

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>>55791338
>gubmint
>Gookovo

>>55791338
they've been using dells for a while now.
even before the thinkpad line was bought by IBM they've been using dells

>>55791407
a lot of public institutions just rolled over from IBM to Lenovo too

>>55786033
I've never head this before, why? What should be used instead?

I've got a t520 chinkpad

How can I get my single 3.5mm jack to work with a microphone? I assumed it was a combo jack but it seems to only support headphones.

>>55791320
Designed in california
made in china etc

>>55791501
how is it not a combo jack? the port picture is literally a headset

>>55791480
firefox
ideally with e10s turned on, but you can turn it off to save a decent amount of ram
and chrome is known to destroy your computer, how have you managed to miss that?
even normies know
>>55791501
you can get a splitter online that separates the audo out and the audio in ports, but audio in will only be mono.
if you actually care about quality at the absolute minimum you'd have a usb mic, and normally you'd have a usb xlr receiver.

>>55791522
Yes that's what confuses me. I plug in my mic and the computer doesn't even detect the mic but the computer does kill all the sound and tries to send the audio to my mic as if they're headphones.

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>>55791480
every tab is its own process and thread. really hampers battery and ram usage.
its good on a desktop since if one tab crashes its not gonna kill your entire browser however in addition to each tab being in its own process and thread, each subsystem of chrome is also. for example the rendering thread, addons you use and other things.
its not really practical on many mobile cpus since they use a thing called processor parking to stop cpus from working when they are not needed.
chrome overrides that in many cases and uses its own power saving solution which isnt great. unless you have a 3xxx intel mobile cpu or greater which have some optimizations for that.
on amd mobile cpus the power drain can be devastating. killing battery in an hour if it should have lasted 5 instead.
firefox is a good option for notebooks since it uses the systems power management instead of its own implementation. you can however go into the chrome/crhomium flags and disable a lot of things.
not sure if thats gonna help though.

>>55791501
Model 4337 dock has separate mic and headphone ports

>>55791508
sarcasm you dingus

>>55791560
it's not a combo port like that you donger
it's a combo port where you have headphones with an inline mic.
the plugs look like this
http://www.lunashops.com/images/upload/Image/4j-3_5mm-adapter-1.jpg

>>55791570
>and ram usage.
this
Chrome shreks even workstations if you are a tab collector
Not to mention Winshit starts swapping way too early to save RAM which strains resources more

>>55791593
I know
was just contributing to it

>>55791620
>Not to mention Winshit starts swapping way too early to save RAM which strains resources more
this so much.
>have 8 gigs of ram
>chrome is open with about 8 tabs using 2gb ram
>launch a game that uses up about 3gb of ram
>total ram usage is about 6GB
>stop game go back to browser
>suddenly slower than a mexican trying to get out of bed until the data is loaded back into ram from the hard drive

its suffering
i dont even use swap on my loonix pc but on windows cache is a must since windows is designed around it.

>>55791655
I know this suffering
I have to save state my local VMs just to do another RAM intensive thing if I'm using Chrome on a 16GB """workstation'""

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>computrace: activated

>>55791727
BIOS lock should be your main concern

>>55791742
If I can access the bios, is it locked? No password appears to be set, although it is activated

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>>55791794
>If I can access the bios, is it locked?
it depends what model etc

In my experience with new Thinkpad models you can still view settings in a locked BIOS (but they will be grayed out and you will not be able to change them)

If you see pic related when you first enter the BIOS that means that it is password locked.

You can press ENTER and still access the BIOS but won't be able to make changes

>>55786646
Had an X200s, but I don't care for the X20x models. Happy with my bubbly SXGA+ X60t and X300.

>>55787190
Oh please.
IBM was cutting corners when they designed the 765. T series was just another cut corner of the 600E.

>>55787278
I don't post prices on them because I dislike them... They were about $50 to $100 more than an E Series sibling, which start out at least $400 less than a base model T Series.

>>55789912
You got a shit end of a stick T420.
Should of gotten an HP Envy

how do I change the sensitivity of the trackpad independently from the trackpoint?

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Sup? T410 reporting in. Comfy af here:^)

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So is this a good price?

Sup /tpg/, I need your opinion.

Do you think the tablet models are worth it? I'm considering getting either a T420 or x200 Tablet and improving it (i.e., getting a better processor, increasing the RAM).

>>55791979
>I don't post prices on them because I dislike them...
I'm buttdevastated about the dive in quality in general (just started using an X230T coming from an X200T and it's very noticeable and disappointing)

>They were about $50 to $100 more than an E Series sibling
so not too valuable not to mention obscure with little demand in the used market, probably not the best model to refurb/resell

>>55792102
>x200 Tablet and improving it (
SoC so you're stuck with the processor
>tablet models worth it
I like them for reading docs and scribbling notes
The most important part is that the screen is IPS

>>55792102
No. Tablets are memes unless you have a practical reason to have it. It's mechanically less stable that that of a normal laptop.

>>55792102
I'd rather have a T420, 14" is the sweet spot imo but this is subjective anyway.

>getting a better processor
the Xs have a soldered cpu iirc, maybe i'm wrong

>>55792134
>>55792124
>>55792129
So what is the best processor I could ge for a T420? Could I theoretically out a skylake cpu in?

>>55792162
No, it must be a Socket G2 Sandy Bridge CPU, the higher it comes with is a dual core i7-2640M according to thinkwiki. You can upgrade to a quad core like the i7-2630QM though but thermal issues are a thing.

The higher you can go and tested is the i7-2860QM quad core iirc, you need a 90W charger and a fire extinguisher though.

>>55792081
it's ok
depends on how much you want that IPS screen
keep in mind that they have pretty bad temp burnin (not sure how the long term burn in is)

Are you telling me that these laptops would survive having a Diet Coke, a whole can of Diet Coke, dumped on its keyboard?

>>55792217
Thanks dawg

>>55792266
there's a better chance than any other laptop, but probably not
they're designed to handle light spills (like knocking over your drink for half a second)

>>55792266
if you slow pour to give enough time for the liquid to drain then there is a larger chance

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>>55792081
Thats 'high' but I've sold an X220 IPS for a little bit less from that... Seems like a good seller, dunno them to be honest, some fag who decided newegg was better didn't like what they read about the used battery.

>>55792105
I feel people buy what they like to see. Shiny consumer crap? "So much better than this OLD ugly laptop! LOL"
Yeah, might be a bit risky to sell, kind of like flipping a 720p 15" laptop.

>>55792129
Well... I did grow out of using my X61T tablet functionality after 8 months of having it... Occasionally use it.

>>55792162
No you can't, there was a person who was doing a BIOS mod for the T420 to accept an ivy bridge CPU however, I am not sure where that project went and iirc the bios modder got banned from the German ThinkPad Forum.

>>55792266
not dumped, but if accidentally spiled it should be fine

>>55791727
I got one with Computrace enabled and it mysteriously died (only wanted it for the shell anyway, was swapping another mobo). I don't know if that was just a coincidence, or it's what happens when they call down the fire on """stolen""" devices.

>>55792326
>I feel people buy what they like to see. Shiny consumer crap? "So much better than this OLD ugly laptop! LOL"
This is a truth in the general consumer market. I wouldn't expect those type of people to buy any business line due to their various assumptions. Business lines doesn't exactly conform to being a macbook clone or a walmart look alike so they get ignored by our typical consumer friends.
> 720p 15" laptop.
just thinking about it scares me. there is no way they're the WXGA++ models either. Those must be way too rare

>>55792455
I wish Shitovo would stop slapping a Thinkpad logo on anything and everything

Devalues the brand (as if it needed any more devaluing)

>>55792217
Now i'm tempted to make a housefirepad but that CPU is more expensive on ebay than the t420 itself, not worth it at all.

>>55792455
I'm in San Diego and its kinda tough to sell a ThinkPad or Latitude (Elitebooks are shiny, so they sell). But a few weeks on eBay and they are usually gone. However I had no luck on selling them in my desert town I grew up in.

Macbooks?
Sold a few 2010 models for $150 and $130.
Hell, a 2009 with no hdd & untested battery goes for $70.

>>55792217
I haven't heard much about people having overheating issues on a quadcore T420, however there were big problems for Dell on their E6420 because some models didn't have a dual pipe heatsink...
Not surprised because its Dell.

>>55792484
I agree.
At least you know you're getting shittop when you buy a ProBook or Vostro.

>>55792593
from my experience ithings are king for local selling (apple users are ready to eat shit from anyone's hands)

Thinkpads are horrible for local sells because of the consumer trend you mentioned (even in a large city). They're great for ebay (and I think you can really stretch your profit margins if you want to risk international selling)

I take shitpads off the hands of local sellers for dirt cheap all the time because they're always bitching about the difficulty of selling due to it being a dinosaur laptop etc

>>55792266
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7cvi00OZDM

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Are you a Bad enough Dude to buy 100 goddamn Thinkpads?

>>55792937
If i had the money i would. I want to make a book fort of thinkpads.

>>55792937
if by bad dude you mean stupid faggot

>>55792937
depends on the margin after doing some math and getting the details on what's included
they don't look too fucked from that pic

Is lelnovo shit at documentation or is there really no 9 cell option for the X230 tablet?
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd012165

>>55792937
Chargers?
""""some""""?

>>55793107
ram?
""""""sum"""""

>>55785571
>EPP discount for new ThinkPads (USA & Canada only, usually 15%+ off):
Any word on why this has been dead for days on end?

>>55793235
>buying shitpads new
you're doing it wrong

I already have a t420 and t61p, which are great for light tasks, but I'm going to be travelling a lot soon, and need midrange desktop tier performance.

Is the t550 still my best bet, (even if it is a chinkpad) or are there better alternatives, preferably with the keyboard clit and build quality?

>>55793283
Is upgrading your t420 cpu + eGPU setup an option?

>>55793283
>great for light tasks, but I'm going to be travelling a lot soon, and need midrange desktop tier performance.

be more specific

>>55792946
this

>>55793307
Capable of playing league or dota at native resolution, and building freebsd in ten minutes. Something around a skylake i5 and a gtx 960.

>>55793396
/v/ folks

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Guess what thinkpad it is

>>55793396
unless you get the P70 with the Quadro M3000, you're not going to get anything close to GTX 960 performance.

That said, I recommend either getting a P50 or T460p

I've got a T460p, it runs CS GO at 1440p with medium and high settings, so it should run dota/lol no problem. Also the CPU is insanely fast. Let me know if you have any further questions.

>>55793482
T410
t420
t430

>>55793482
blazeitpad

>>55788461
How to accomplish this on my x220t?

>>55788938
I take my battery out and drop it in my backpack

so i found an x61t on amazon for 90$ and it dosnt have an ac adapter, these are additional things im gonna get for it, are they okay/good? this is my first tablet/thinkpad.
also is it possible to find an x61t with the 144 something by something display? or should i just go with the 1024x768 one?

This is my first post from my newly acquired T420. I immediately installed Linux Mint and cast out the WinDemon. Also this is a shitpost, faggots.

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>>55793728
heres image

>>55793647
http://giocc.com/custom-bios-splash-screen-for-new-thinkpad-series.html
if you want to use my Wayland Yutani logo use this https://mega.nz/#!jFI1zTTQ!7OXcAEUYRgRxtXE4tCUbt6vSZvvl3YJ3VC8h5hnP58c

>>55792937
I'd buy them for half that.

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>>55793728
>$90
pic related cost me $66 on ebay including shipping. New battery and charger included. Its basically top spec, it just has a crack in the bottom from rough shipping.

Pens are cheaper on ebay.
Look up the kingdian S820 SSD (chink, but good controller according to /csg/)
Get a legit power adapter, chink ones can kill shit and just suck in general.
The high res screen is rare af and makes the computer sell for over $200.

>>55793790
oh, ill have a look on ebay then, well even if the ssd is sata III, the x61t can only handle sata II even with the middleton bios (without it, it can only handle sata I), i wanted to get a legit one but amazon did not offer any and i searched alot, anyways thanks for the info, ill keep my eyes on ebay.

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>>55793749
that SSD is old as fuck and overpriced

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100011693%204025

>>55793824
iirc it doesnt matter if its sata 3 even on the stock BIOS because backwards compatibility. I have a sata 3 SSD in my t420's msata port and its still faster than a 7200 in the drive bay.

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>>55793824
>>55793790
just had a look on ebay, and its cheaper to get it off amazon for me ;-; + theres only like 2 available, the rest of the listings are literally only parts.

>>55793837
well any ssd under 60$ ill take, so il have another look, i saw a pretty good apacer one.

>>55793862
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167391

>>55793862
Be patient or overspend anon.

>>55793759
Oh, can I do this on linux?

>>55793862
Are you really married to the x61?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-X200-Touch-Screen-Tablet-Windows-10-160GB-2GB-2-13Ghz-Intel-Core2Duo-/191892646347?hash=item2cadb169cb:g:7F4AAOSwvg9XWbMy

>>55793759
im already on 1.42 on my x220, so when i try and reflash the tool wont let me because its the same version ;-; any workaround besides downgrading then upgrading?

>>55793958
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Lenovo-Thinkpad-X200-Tablet-Laptop-Core-2-Duo-1-86-GHz-4-GB-160-HD-Windows-7-/231974675679?hash=item3602c4a4df:g:eK4AAOSwQupXWllU

>>55793958
>>55793972
i want 4:3 desu, but >>55793972 's one looks great, fuck, 99$ and it looks pretty good condition wise.

>>55793958
>>55793972
Also I wanted to mention I think the x61 had issues with the screen bubbling

>>55793971
Thats weird, my x201t gave me a warning that my bios was the same version but it allowed me to flash. Do you have a modded bios?
>>55793951
Maybe you can generate a bios containing your logo with wine or a virtual machine and flash it with a bootable usb drive.

>>55793759
>>55794022
nah i figured it out, i need to flash using a logo.bmp or whatnot, can you share that file please? (with the weyland yutani pls)

>>55794029
see >>55793759
the mega link contains LOGO.MOD place it in the same folder as your bios updater and it should give you a prompt about injecting the custom logo

if you want the bmp for editing and generating your own LOGO.MOD use this https://mega.nz/#!qYYXyZiL!SY9GiAh5c4LRaYV4qIXAR80JfS7lElJSoOD2lF5iEEU

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>>55794061
yeah so i tried that all too and i just get this error (this is when using your logo.bmp)

>>55794091
Your logo.mod should be 10kb or less.
the one i provided was 4kb, it should work.
did you run logo.bat?

A Public Service Reminder to our fair general:
The ThinkPad Retro will never happen. And even if it does, it will suck because Lenovo.

But the X62 exists today. It is available for order now. $500.

http://weidian.com/item.html?itemID=1905816197&p=-1

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>>55794197
Drop it into an existing X60 or X61, and you have a classic thinkpad sporting an i7 5500U.

>>55794197
Summarize it nigger, that shits all nipnonged

>>55794218
Use your favorite Chinese buying service and have them deal with the moonrunes for you.

>>55794197
Too much of a poorfag tho.

>>55794235
in that case, you has my feels.

>>55794212
>i7
>2 cores
>4 threads

http://ark.intel.com/products/85214/Intel-Core-i7-5500U-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-3_00-GHz

>>55794197
T62 fucking WHEN

>tfw no T602F

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>>55794246
>lets put a fully fleshed out 45w quadcore in a x60

>>55794197
Can we trust this chinkshit?

Does the thinkpad with the core2duo have the desktop lga775 cpu?

>>55794296
No, they're all PGA478. Maybe the G41 is LGA775? I don't think you can put a Core 2 Duo in it though.

>>55794328
Dang i was hopeing it would be the lga 775 socket so i could try putting a lga 771 xeon in it.

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Managed to get this r61 for free. Did i do gud?

>>55794328
It uses a Intel Mobile Pentium 4 538 processor which uses a PPGA478 socket.

http://ark.intel.com/products/27369/Mobile-Intel-Pentium-4-Processor-538-supporting-HT-Technology-1M-Cache-3_20-GHz-533-MHz-FSB

>>55794358
For free? Sure. Wouldn't be worth much anyway. Have fun with it!

>>55794358
post specs or type number

>>55794387
>>>55794358 (You)
>post specs or type number
Type 8935-aq6

>>55794387
>>55794413
http://pastebin.com/QB7GW1V6

>>55794413
>>55794436
Throw in 8gb of ram and the 1680x1050 screen anon.

>>55794449
Thnx mate. Ill consider it. Especially the ram
It'll mostly be used for kids' minecraft. And some occational fieldwork by me.

I understand the r series are somewhat inferior?

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This question has been racking my brain, should I get a x220 or a t420

Is one better then the other? I'm liking the x220 more because it's more portable. Will I be able to watch my Chinese cartoons or movie on it? Im not looking to game on it.

God damn these thinks look sexy and they are cheap.

>>55794491
>x220 versus t420 poster
>again
One's got a bigger screen and sometime a special gpu, the other one is cute as shit and loves you always.

>>55794491
Why not get both? It's not like they're insanely expensive.

>>55794491
A few threads ago we proved that a sandy bridge with iGPU can play 10bit 1080p weebshit just fine.

>>55794512
I don't know what your talking about, I never visited the thinkpad generals.

So a x220? Anything I should know about before I pull the trigger and I'm stuck with it?

>>55794524
I have other priorities :(

>>55794491
I'd pick the t420 because it's modular as fug and can use three drives so thrice the amount of weeaboo cartoons and porn. The t420 viewing angles are shit though.

In hardware they're somewhat the same but the x220 has a soldered cpu however the x220 ips screen is glorious.

tl;dr install gentoo

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Dock master race. Running dual 1680x1050 22" monitors.

>>55794491
x220
Good battery, good screen quality, /ultraportable/

>>55794563
>>55794579
would an x220 handle 1080 video? Quite a bit of my collections are 1080p movies.

>>55794583
>>55794542

>>55794583
My i5 2520m T420 handles weeaboo 1080p BDrips with the 10bit meme just fine so yeah it will.

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>>55794597
>>55794598
oh shit, I didn't see that, now to find one on my craigslist or buy one online.

>>55794607
Damn, craigslist is expensive, where are good places to buy them online?

>>55793647
>>55793759
Holy crap! This information comes exactly at the right time for me! Thanks guys!

>>55794491
Depends on your needs.
Odds are you will love the x220 for the portability and battery life but hate it for prolonged work due to the small screen.
If you need to do a lot of actual work and not just browsing and shitposting on reddit I would go for the t420.

Don't know why I am even replying to these 'what is best for me' threads without any explanation as to what your needs are...

>>55795271

What's /g/'s opinion on the X1 series?

Hello /tpg/ so I have this dilemma:
>thinking of buying a laptop for college:
>HP Elitebook 8470p or T430
Both are i5 3G, intel 4000, 1600x900, 6 cell battery, 500hdd (8470p 7200rpm, t430 5400), T430 is 4gb RAM and HP 8gb.
>tfw linuxfag btw
Both cost $223
Which should I choose?

I'm doing some battery tests on my X220T (so basically X220 as well) with 6cell, windows is done, osx is finishing, for linux I prepared kubuntu but I read that a lot of you might not like it because "it's heavy".
I'm willing to test other lightweight distro as long as it is available as iso (I am not going to fuck around with gentoo and such, just put in stick, install, do tests), so I'd like a recommendation, also is powertop still the one thing to do power/battery management in GNU+linux?

>>55795985
go with TP

>>55796066
>go with TP
Why?

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>have WAN antenna in X201T
>want to have it in X201s
I have read somewhere that I will have to scratch out a little of the LCD rear cover. Will X201T antenna even fit X201s or do I have to buy a new one?

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Just swapped my shitty realtek with an AR9285 in my x201t
Being liberated from proprietary firmware is wonderful

Hey /g/ i found a t420 that is like new for 180 bucks, is it good?

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I own a thinkpad T440p but it's heavy as shit with it's 9 cell battery and 2 drives inside

It's perfect for work but carrying this 6 pounds piece of shit to school and around campus with a ton of school notes and books feels like it's about to rip my shoulder clean off any time soon

Is a brand new Thinkpad Yoga 11E for $269.99 a good choice?

It's going to be for school only and still in my budget limit since I have to shell out another $300 for a mobo replacement on my T440p

>>55796667
Specs?

>>55796222
>unscrew everything and then screw it back together
>on moms carpet
Youre that guy who tells everyone you build your own laptop aren't you

I just got a t460s and it's running really well. The only issue I have is that when I have something plugged into the display port the screen flickers. Any tips on how to deal with this?

>>55797086
What? It's kinda my carpet. I'm disassembling the thinkpad to get the antenna out. Like, I just mentioned it in my post.

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>>55797117

Was just about to post mine, although it's a t460p not s. I'm glad I'm starting to see this line popup a bit more frequently in these threads. It's such an improvement over everything else lenovo has done.

I don't have that flickering problem though. Sometimes it flickers when I have videos full screened but it's probably cuz I'm still using the default video player on ubuntu (totem) and have no additional drivers.

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I finally fucking found one

>>55796222
Well, I have concluded that X201T antenna won't fit into X201s WXGA+ LCD assembly. How much does antenna placement matter? Maybe I could stuff it into that vacant ExpressCard slot.

>>55796066
Any issues with OS X?

Anyone have experience with Lubuntu on these old Thinkpads? How are temps and hardware recognition (finger print scanner, volume buttons, etc.)

And how does it compare to windows 10? I read somewhere that the t420 didn't have much win10 support

>>55785571
Are X230i screens the same as non-IPS X230 screens or different?

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youtube during a hot summer is suffering for t420

wonder if putting on new thermal paste would do the trick

So I finally feel for the Thinkpad maymay and ordered a X220 Tablet.
Tomorrow arrives.
Waiting is such a torture.

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Why would I need a printscreen button in such an important place? (Between right ALT and CTRL)?

Any way to remap those keys cleanly (without using HACKS/3rd party) in Linux?

>>55798399
yes

A friend of mine works at a big IT company in Oxfordshire and he told me today they're selling dozens, if not hundreds of ThinkPads to be S C R A P P E D. I'm talking R61's, R200's, x200/220'x, L420's, a buncha shit. I'm begging him to talk to his boss to see if I can buy a pile, but I don't know if anything's going to come of it.

I just can't let them die, /tpg/. I can't let this genocide occur.

>>55798630
Tell em they can gut out the HDDs if security is a risk. Hopefully you can convince em.

>>55797718
WEEBS
>>>/OUT/

>>55798630
>R200

>>55798877
Excuse me, I meant R400.

>>55797718
Couple of weeks ago some guy was perturbed he got a Jap keyboard with his thinkpad. I told him not to bitch and that he'd struck weeb gold.

>>55798340
same, -i models are just lower-specced when it comes to CPU and additional features

>>55798630
Give them the Wheeler Dealers treatment and re-release them into the wild.

Hello /tpg/
I recently came across an IBM 390x and I'm trying to figure out what to do with it.
Is there any use left in it or is it a relic? I want to install Linux but I just want to know if it's even worth it.

>>55798983
>Wheeler Dealers
I wish I could dude, I don't think they want to sell to anyone but the scrappers.

>>55799093
Good thing you're Mr. Anon, CEO of Thinkscrappers Inc. ;^)

You just need a business card a conversation to beat any of the other scrappers' bids.

How do I identify the Battery in my thinkpad, what are the meanigs behind the Numbers? My t520 came with a 55++, is that good?

>>55792937
That's 80 bucks a pop!

>>55786646
Fucking this, now I'm wondering how to fit WAN antenna in there though.

>>55786887
I got mine for 200$ + 60$ shipping, kek. I suppose I got lucky.

>>55792224
For me it's about 12 seconds.

Will the X62 mobo work with the X60/X61 tablets?

>>55799137
Are you suggesting I make up a company and a business card for said company and lie to them?

That's genius.

>>55800107
"Lie" is such a dirty word. You're starting a new legitimate business you may or may not want to continue after this transaction and omitting the fact that they'd be your first customer.

>>55799164
Battery capacity.

>>55799956
No.

>>55797848
>How much does antenna placement matter?

Remember the iPhone 4?

>>55800755
Oh, I do. Do internal components block signals as badly as human hands? Well, I suppose there is a reason they put antennas in the lid though.

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>ThinkPad YOGA 11E is $270 on Amazon
>ThinkPad YOGA 11E with literally the same specs is $810 in my country

>>55799956
Work, yes. Have tablet functionality, no.

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I have T420, is 55C normal CPU temp?

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just got a dankpad
>$270
>nearly factory condition

>>55801270
overpaid by $95

>>55801270
>Windows 8.1
>not running gentoo
>not even running Windows 7 or 10
Install Gentoo as soon as possible

>>55801113
yes you autistic weeaboo

>>55801371
>muh gaymes
My x220t handles all my ganoo slash loonix needs, this is for lan parties and such.

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>>55801383
Thanks.
Is there ways to keep temps low?
It reaches ~80C when encoding.

>>55801435
run the fan at 100%

>>55799026
Relic, I was gonna sell the iSeries variant, not worth much but more with Windows...

Good luck on Linux, kinda tough on pre T20.

>>55797055
Mmmmm... Yoga 11e is decent. Celeron processor is ok at best but does get the job done. Though there wasn't a TrackPoint it was a lot better to use than a X130e which at the time a year & a half ago were about the same price.

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>>55801449
Already doing that.
Cleaned the heat sink, and replaced the thermal paste as well.

>>55801516
well then it's just going to run hot
my x220 will run at 90c when doing anything intensive

Anyone know any decent places to buy Thinkpads in the UK? Ones on eBay are usually overpriced and local sites are pretty much dead where I am.

>>55795985
Bump

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>>55801549
>it's just going to run hot
Won't this damage the CPU?
Also will getting laptop cooling pad help a little? Or blowing cold air to the vents?

Any sweet stickers I can add to my memepad to increase clock speeds and shit?

>>55801642
>Won't this damage the CPU?
tjmax on sandy bridge is 105c or something, just don't run it that hot all the time and you'll be fine
>Also will getting laptop cooling pad help a little? Or blowing cold air to the vents?
yes, though the only part that really needs cool air is the heatisnk area

>>55794358
Me again.

I was thinkin in inserting an nvidia card in the r61 whitch one should be compatible?
Also found out that r61 supports unnofficially 8GB ram, but intel chipset does only 4GB (?!)
these will do I guess...
https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/Hynix-4GB-2x2GB-PC2-5300S-DDR2-667-667Mhz-2gb-200pin-DDR2-Laptop-Memory-2G-pc2-5300/32534451105.html?spm=2114.010208.3.1.UM7PmG&ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_10,searchweb201602_4_10057_10056_10055_10049_10059_10058_10017_405_404_10040_10060_10061_412,searchweb201603_2&btsid=8e48163a-e211-40a1-abc2-ed93b339a541

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>>55801689
forgot ram pic

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>>55796203
it might not be best but I hear that hp is worse

>>55797909
not yet, mcdonnell guide is straight forward; except, I didn't find battery percentage shutdown treshold, needed to resort to third party program that had numeric values limited by 10% step, so I gotta redo windows test because I had it shutdown at 5% there

>>55798431
>Why would I need a printscreen button in such an important place? (Between right ALT and CTRL)?
because [Right Alt] + [PrtScr] does window-only screenshot /windows at least)

>>55799164
>55++
that's just model number, two + means 9-cell

>>55796066
no one? suggestions?

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>>55801669
Which vent should I direct the fan?
I have one of those USB fans.

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>>55801871
both of those are exhausts, the intake is on the bottom

>>55794197
qc nightmare
calling it

If he doesn't bother reaching out to the western markets he can go fuck himself

>>55794288
no
>>55794358
obviously he should have paid you to take it

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>>55801894
I see, so if I lift the laptop a little more airflow will be created without the need to fans?

>>55801971
yeah, it'd still benefit from cooler intake air but an extra fan blowing on it won't help much

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>>55801987
>cooler intake air but an extra fan blowing on it won't help much
Sorry, I think I misunderstood you.
Do you mean cooling pads aren't useful?

T440s with 8gb ram, an i5 and an SSD for 462 usd. Y/N? I'm looking at one right now, and it's looking pretty attractive. What does /tpg/ think?

>>55785571
w520 with essentially no ram, 500gb hard drive, and no psu for $240?
I have a 90 watt charger, I assume that will be plenty power to run VMs. tell me if i'm wrong.

I have 4x4gb ram sticks to throw in there for now, and eventually ill upgrade to 4x8gb sticks.

>>55802170

Not that anon, cooling pads can be useful, shitty usb fans aimed at the exhaust vent are not

>>55802279
Add an extra 30 bucks for a usable touchpad

>>55802347
It will throttle on a 90W psu

best accessories for an x220?

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>>55802399
>shitty usb fans aimed at the exhaust vent are not
Even if it was aimed in a way to disperse the hot air?

>>55802450
I can bet it'll do absolutely fucking nothing for temperatures.

>>55802450
Better than that try putting the laptop on metal surface.

>>55802414
usb 3.0 expresscard

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>T430 with i7 is house fire tier, they say.

>>>55794358 (You)
>obviously he should have paid you to take it
That bad compared to txxx ?

>>55803080
Jesus christ, undervolt my man.

I can't make my T601 hotter than the low 70s at prolonged 100% usage unless I started intentionally blocking vents. PHC is a godsend if you REEEEE at temps on these old thinkpads like I do.

>>55803368
This is a T61, if I undervolt it it wil fucking stop. The pic was just to give some perspective to those who say that T430 i7 runs very hot.

>>55794487
pretty much the same chassis as the t series except cheaper components

>Don't buy anything OTHER THAN T, X AND W/P SERIES if you want the Real ThinkPad Experience™

Bought a Thinkpad 13
It's awesome.

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>>55803395
T601 is a T61 board. I understand your point, but it doesn't have to run that hot. Pic related.

>>55803549
>It's awesome.
If you're coming from a Walmart laptop anything is awesome

>>55785571
>http://www.dankpads.com
for the love of memes, please stop using that garbage framework

New thread:
>>55803685

No more autism OP

>>55803541
Expect to pay around T420 prices, if not cheaper as it's HP.

Nice machine, downsides are the slightly worse keyboard layout and lack of trackpoint middle button

>>55803583
Never heard that expression, I was only familiar with the frankenpad.

I repasted it like 10 months ago, and truth to be told, I demand a lot from it. Anyway, my T430 should be arriving soon and I'll be able to put this one to rest.

>>55803708
I know, I don't like HP either. Would 200USD be a fair price for a good condition with battery charger etc? Thanks in advance for the spoonfeeding

Sorry I deleted the earlier post

>>55803791
The main benefits of the 8460p is the good glass trackpad and the excellent chassis. It's really well built (has a LCD rollcage that ThinkPads used to have but was scrapped as it weighed too much) and way nicer to work on than the T420.

http://www.dankpads.com/2016/04/this-guide-started-in-february-2016-and.html

I'd expect to pay around $150-170

>>55803837
>I'd expect to pay around $150-170
Thank you for the advice. It's the 8560p but as far as I see the only difference is screen size between the 8460p

>>55803672
please don't take it in the wrong way,
the site is full of great content