Since you're using Linux, you can install Thinkfan and set the fan thresholds manually.

I'm more inclined to think that the WiFi card is starting to die, given its age.

I had come across this back in early February (according to my notes) and it reminded me of this thread, so I thought I would re-post it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/diyelectronics/comments/kfgpn8/lockdown_laptop_build/ There may also be some technical bits in there worth studying? If I had money...

Thinkpads being quite Linux-friendly, the only hiccups I expect with Debian on the T60 would be firmware-related: ATI Radeon X1400 might require the firmware-amd-graphics package (though the package description has no mention of the X1400), and the Intel WiFi as well, unless you got lucky and have a...

If you have an Android phone, you can use its USB tethering feature. Have the phone connect to the Internet via WiFi, plug it to the computer via USB, then enable USB tethering. Boot the Debian installer. It will detect the phone's USB connection as a virtual LAN port. Once Debian is installed, add ...

It's saddening that there are no WiFi AC cards in Thinkpenguin's catalog.

Congrats! You're probably the first one I've encountered online who's done this mod.

Can you mention the exact LCD brand/model of the X41 Tablet screen used in your mod?

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Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:30 am

What kills the t60 is the fact it can't handle 720p60fps video in browser or downloaded via mpv so it's really relegated to a text editor these days.

That's still the fault of the weak graphics. None of the T60's GPUs have decode acceleration for video codecs relevant to web browsers.

I have an 8GB DDR3L-1600 stick in my X220 working with no issues. What I do know is that the X220 runs it at standard DDR3 voltage of 1.5v rather than 1.35v. There's one guy online that modded his X220 to supply 1.45v to the RAM slots because 1.5v caused his DDR3L sticks to overheat and glitch occas...

These days even Debian can get you up and running just fine, as long as you know the pitfalls (almost guaranteed no WiFi during installation due to binary-only firmware), and not get too ambitious like installing a nearly-two-year-old-stable-release on bleeding-edge hardware. First time I tried Debi...

Great work!

Too bad the only L7500 I have is on an X61T that somehow doesn't boot on Linux (graphics initialization issue) but runs on Win 7.

Does it cause any issues?

BTW, what kernel version are you running?

Can you modify the SPD profile? Keep it at 533 speed but use the looser timings of the 800 profile.

Search for thinfan using Manjaro's package manager. If it's there, install it. Create a text file named /etc/modprobe.d/thinkfan.conf with the following content: options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1 Note that you need root privileges to create that file. Then reboot. Open a terminal window, get root ...

TBH I've never experienced a BSOD caused by the Synaptics driver.

I see 3 possible causes:
1. Driver (needs update)
2. hardware (disable touchpad, see it problem disappears)
3. RAM (long shot TBH, but I've see bad RAM cause really weird issues.

According to this review , Lenovo crippled the A285 by limiting its configurable TDP to 12 watts, so the CPU clock throttles down faster compared to the Thinkpad X280, which uses the same chassis but with an Intel CPU. Another reason it didn't sell well is due to the 12.5 inch screen. Its successor ...

Make a backup of the files at /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/, then delete the originals.

Y'know, with all the problems you've been having with that R40... don't you think it's time to upgrade to something newer?

Look at the top of this page. Just below the banner there's a row of links. Right in the middle is "Drivers"; click it, or open it in a new tab. Search for R40. Click it. Set the Category to "BIOS". Choose the correct BIOS based on the Machine Type of your R40. And no, you cannot install it using Wi...

It's looks like the pins on the keyboard connector were not properly taped/covered. TBH this is the trickiest part of the X220 keyboard mod, which is why I don't recommend it willy-nilly.

On Firefox, you could try forcing layer acceleration by setting layers.acceleration.force-enabled=true in about:config. I dunno if this improves things.

The first search result I got was archive.org https://archive.org/download/HP_Softpaq_Archive_SP3

To be fair, FLAC isn't a difficult compression algorithm. Intel switched to 15W mobile CPUs after Ivy Bridge, so performance and clock speeds actually dropped for a while (remember i5-4200u's base clock of 1.6GHz?). It took until 2017 for Intel 15W CPUs to match the performance of 35W Ivy Bridge. My...

Just seeing this at the ebay listing says it all: https://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q724/tjinspirationsltd/eBay%202017/TJ%20Inspirations/eBay%20Design/Colour%20Text%201_zpsinuceypm.png The word "compatible" in this context means: "what we'll send will work on your laptop, period. No guarantees it...

IIRC browsers (especially Firefox) has poor V-sync support on Linux. I think it's not strictly a CPU bottleneck, but more on the GMA X3100, as its memory bandwidth is limited to DDR2-667, and that it has to share with the processor. That said, I don't have any Core 2 laptop with ATI or nVidia graphi...

One of those ACPI\IBM devices is the power management controller.

Have you tried the problematic monitor in other laptops, preferably ones of the same vintage as the X61? I just tried mine on the 1920x1200 monitor, and experienced tearing when watching 720p videos on scenes with fast movement and abrupt scene changes. It's even worse with 1080p videos. :( But I gu...

I'll test with my X61 and a 1920x1200 monitor running Debian Linux 10 Xfce and report ASAP.

What's the resolution of the external monitor?