Will this break any compatibility with anything? Not if done right, although this depends on the payload you choose and how you configure it. Will I really even notice it after booting? Aside from faster boots and fewer backdoors, probably not. ;) Will it affect my FHD mod? It shouldn't, although m...

I love Lenovo (and IBM's) case design, but I'd like to reiterate my recommendation for a DIY solution, particular if price is a concern. You don't have to buy new parts either; eBay is full of cheap, second-hand full ATX cases. Personally I'd go with a FreeNAS setup with one RAIDZ2 pool with: 8 GB R...

I've built quite a few storage servers, and I've got a couple tips: 1) Build your own. Thinkservers/Thinkstations look cool, but you'll get much better value from doing your own HW build. Personally I'd get a SuperMicro chassis (if you're doing a high budget build) or a desktop tower with lots of 5....

Sold.

My guess is that the rest of that sentence is: "... that can provide screens at prices that won't send Fortune 500 CTOs running for the hills." The days of the $2000 laptop are over. If a 3:2 screen makes ThinkPads cost what the Surface Book Pro did, then it ain't gonna happen. Annoying for us enthu...

For sale is my personal X230. It's got 16 GB of RAM, an IPS screen, and has been flashed with Coreboot (so no Intel ME backdoor ). I'm also including a dock an a power adapter. Cosmetically it's about 8.5/10. There is a small crack near the ExpressCard slot, that doesn't affect functionality, as wel...

but that's expected as there are lots of issues with it. Boy ain't that the truth. It really seems like Intel has been caught totally off guard here, and the first patches seem to be half-ass at best. I mean, I'm sure they work in the sense of closing the hole, but from what I've read there are som...

The latest old-style 7-row keyboard can be found on the 14" T25 with FHD screen. But by now it's (almost?) completely sold out, but you might get lucky (if you can afford it). A few crop up on eBay with some regularity. Maybe they'll *not* be overpriced now that it's actually out in the wild... Oh,...

If you're using Linux, you can always load microcode from userspace. I know Fedora packages microcode updates via the usual mechanism. Not sure about other distros (or, for that matter, other OSs. Maybe Windows and the BSDs support this somehow?) The benefit of this is that you're not dependent on L...

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but it's the closest I could find. So without further ado... I'd like to get someone to do the LED upgrade on my beloved X61s. I have too many projects piling up, and all the space on my workbench is taken up with the components of an NFC-powered...

See title. ;) I'm looking for an X260 or X270 with the FHD screen. Ideally I'd also get 8+ GB of RAM and a 72 Whr battery, but if not then that's not a deal breaker. I don't need a charger or any other accessories, just the laptop. As far as price, that depends on what you have. I'm trying to upgrad...

Do not buy any X series if the memory is only 1 slot with no onboard memory. This will limit to single channel mode, needs dual channel mode (either onboard memory *with* memory slot memory module installed also, or two slots memory), to help with integrated GPU performance (important) and some peo...

I could hold out for a machine that will never happen again (7-row, 4:3 screen, etc.)... but if I'm not going to do that, the current and upcoming lineups both look fine. I'm not really a fan of the X280 from an industrial design standpoint, but spec-wise it's not bad. I'm still probably gonna go wi...

For sale is a ThinkPad 600X with a 500 MHz CPU. The screen is 1024x768, but it's also some 16+ years old, so it's starting to dim a bit. Still bright enough to use once it's warmed up for a few seconds, but I can tell that the backlight is starting to tire a bit. It would be a good candidate for an ...

Found, bought, and en route. Thanks to all who replied.

As soon as another manufacturer consistently produces laptops with great keyboards, high levels of maintainability, a non-useless pointing stick, decent Linux support and does so in durable cases that look professional, I'll switch. But that's been my policy for the last 8 years, and I'm still using...

But what about if the mother board is toast and have to replace board and how can access the hardware-encrypted SSD from on forward, how? Wanted to know how this is done? Cheers, thinkpadcollection It depends on what you mean by "hardware encrypted". There are drives which do hardware encryption of...

Easier to said that, except for many people does not have budget for SSD especially ongoing too high price problem. It's true that SSDs can still be expensive, but on the plus side: the performance has gotten so darn good over the last several years that even if you're getting a third-hand one from...

@Boy2006 just put a hardware-encrypted SSD in T520. On side note, I personally prefer software encryption - if something happens with the laptop, accessing the data on another machine - or even in a USB enclosure - is not a problem. I'm going to second the recommendation to go with software. On mod...

If you have a T500 with a locked BIOS, there's always Coreboot... Might be the perfect opportunity to try something new!

lspci still shows MEI, but it can be hidden via `echo 1 >/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:16.0/remove`. IIRC the MEI controller will always show up. It's just that you can't actually talk to the ME once neutered. After BUP, the ME should be basically sitting there crashed. Now regarding power consumpti...

I'm running coreboot, so yeah, it actually should handle higher clock speeds just fine. coreboot's RAM init will handle higher frequencies (and IIRC can even be made to ignore what it reads via SPD...)

But thank you, that answers my question nicely!

Looking for a T400 in good physical condition for more coreboot hacking. Dead screen is OK (plan on replacing), dead battery is OK, no HDD required, any RAM is fine. Bonus points if it has the solid backplate T61-style keyboard, but if not I can scavenge one of those. ThinkPad will be shipped to NC,...

My thought is that for a given voltage you'll see more power draw and heat on the higher clock speeds, in much the same way you see that with CPU frequencies. It's probably negligible with RAM, but it's true... I've never seen it discussed or written about before! But that's not strictly true with ...

Laptop obtained. Thanks guys! Now to do strange things to the 0xFFFFFFF0 and beyond (which... uh... is kinda backwards...)

As I continue my journey down the path of hardware hacker, I'd like some help from someone who knows more about RAM than I do (which.... is probably most people!) Given a system with two channels of DDR3, is there an appreciable difference in power draw when populating them with modules that run at ...

If you don't mind opening up your laptop and flashing using a Raspberry Pi, you can flash coreboot onto the machine and then use whatever WLAN card you'd like. It's pretty simple to do if you're the careful, follows-instructions sort.

* First of all me_cleaner. Some of ME's functions were saving power.

I don't think that's the case. IIRC once the ME is out of BUP, it's not doing anything that should affect the power consumption.

Did you neuter it by setting the HAP bit, or did you just remove modules?

My take after having owned a ton of random ThinkPads would be this: QC has declined since the "glory days" of the early 90s. My guess is because going from 7K to 1K per unit means that you can't have quite as an extensive QC process. That, and production is often not done in house anymore. This freq...

I'm interested in doing some coreboot hacking and replacing my T470, so I find myself eyeing the X230. Now I have a local seller lined up with one for Friday, but I'm willing to call that off if I can get a better deal here. So without further ado, here's what I need: * X230 * IPS panel * decent phy...