Those 15” sxga feel dim to me (dimmer than XGA) and then there’s the annoying jaundice the lg panels develop. Polarizer yellowing, or backlight ? Maybe a LED backlight mod ? Curious if the r60e celery can take a fast pentium M? I have a 2.26 dothan doing me no good, could basically make an R50 that...

Check the LCD cable FRU on your unit and compare it to the HMM parts listing. If you're lucky, the XGA and SXGA+ LCD cables are the same.

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IMO it's best to keep it in one thread because you're basically working on a single project. You'll only need a new thread if you have a question that's very off-topic from the current one.

TheForgottenKing wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:53 am

This solution sickens me.

II don't have the skills needed to fix a malfunctioning mini-PCIe slot, and can only marvel at the repair work you and other exceptional members post in this forum.

I'd try a fresh install. If it doesn't resolve the issue, then it could be the SSD.

What's the brand and model of the new SSD? Also, you mentioned it was refurbished, how's the drive health?

Question: does your T420 have a dead or missing main battery and a 65 watt charger?

Someone managed to make it work on a Sony Vaio Laptop: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1147704-m2-nvme-installation-in-mini-pcie-slot-wadapter/ This adapter was used: https://www.amazon.com/Ableconn-MPEX-134B-Mini-PCIe-Adapter/dp/B0779727FY/ Note that the adapter is for a B+M key NVMe SSD. Using it ...

IIRC it's best to upgrade to the same brand of touchpad--for example, if your W540 has a Synaptics touchpad, the replacement should also be Synaptics. I don't have a T440 (or any of that generation of Thinkpads as I absolutely hate the buttonless touchpad), but after reading the touchpad upgrade thr...

Well, two of my X220's are dead or dying while my X60/X61 variants are still chugging along despite their own sets of issues (mostly screen and battery issues)... Too slow for general use, screens don't have enough pixels for modern websites and applications, but still running fine otherwise. TBH I'...

You can use AIDA64 to find out the exact brand and model of the LCDs in your T490 and T440. Then use your favorite web search engine to look for their datasheets. Using those datasheets, you can find out if they both have 30-pin connectors (they probably are) and if the connectors are in the same lo...

It will work as replacement. They're both T430s motherboards with Intel-only graphics.

Every T430s system board will fit inside every T430s chassis. They're interchangeable in that way. IMO the only issue is if the new board has an nVidia GPU and your old board is Intel-only, which can be solved by buying the right heatsink. Note: the processor in the T430s is soldered to the system b...

I'd wager a half-decent reason: maintenance burden. Device manufacturers rarely update drivers for old hardware to work with new OSes-- for example, the older 3945ABG and 4965AGN causes BSODs on Windows 10 because their drivers were never updated by Intel.

i mean, when we close the lid, did the touchpad button will touch the panel? im just afraid the button will hurts my panel when i close the lid or the unit accidentaly got some push from my packed backpack. I doubt it. IIRC the Trackpoint buttons sit lower than the keyboard's keys, so it shouldn't ...

Actually, while we're at it, I also notice that some ExpressCard and CardBus devices come with driver CDs for Windows. Will they work with Linux straight out of the box without the need to install any drivers? With regards to Linux support in general (not restricted to Cardbus and/or Expresscard): ...

I wonder if there is a single most recommendable of the 8th gen thinkpad with Ryzen . Does not compute. 8th gen refers to Intel 8th gen Core i series. Ryzen is AMD. In any case, the recommendations do not change-- T14 Gen 1 AMD and newer. T495 if you can accept its shortcomings, and A485 never .

I wonder how they achieved that. An integrated AHCI controller on the SSD board itself, I presume? Basically, the flash controller chip on the SSD also acts as the AHCI controller. The Sandisk A110 is an early M.2 PCIe SSD that interfaces via AHCI rather than NVMe. Same with the Plextor M6e . Accor...

Save for the L470/T470p one, none of those "NVMe" to SATA adapters actually work on NVMe SSDs; the L470/T470p one only works because the connector on the system board contains both PCIe and SATA signals. M.2 is the physical form factor of the SSD, but M.2 SSDs can be SATA or NVMe . Actually there's ...

MisterB wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:02 am

Both will work. I've been running a W500 for years on a 512gb nvme drive in an SATA adapter.

I've yet to see an NVMe to SATA adapter--do you have a link to that adapter, as well as the SSD you're using?

If you're looking for more oomph from the CPU AMD likely offers better value. Which starts from the T14 Gen 1 AMD. with Ryzen 4000U proessors (Zen 2 architecture). The Ryzen 3000U CPUs found in the T495 have a less-efficient implementation of AVX2 instructions compared to Intel 8th gen, so if OP's ...

From the T14 Gen2 AMD PSREF https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/ThinkPad/ThinkPad_T14_Gen_2_AMD/ThinkPad_T14_Gen_2_AMD_Spec.pdf 2x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (support data transfer, Power Delivery 3.0 and DisplayPort™ 1.4a) From the T14 Gen2 Intel PSREF https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/ThinkPad/Th...

deickos wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:07 am

can a t410 and t400 lcd swap?

If this listing from Thinkwiki is accurate, the answer would be no, unfortunately.

curiosity got the better of me and I tried the t430 ips kit in the e6420. shorted the charger and when i plugged the adapter back into the thinkpad it no longer works, so, whoops. Doesn't work. At least check the pinout before connecting them together. Seems like you didn't, and well...you wrecked ...

That device simply routes the USB signals on the mini-PCIe slot to a Type-A USB port. If the mPCIe slot your your laptop has USB signals wired in (the WLAN slot on older models like the T60/T61 and X60/X61 don't) and have a USB flash drive than can physically fit in that adapter, then it will will w...

Yeah that's what I was suspecting: 4k images are easy. Lots of machines can do that. 4K video, not so many. If you're looking for something cheaper, try looking for a mini PC with an Intel N100 CPU, a little quad-core chip built with the E-cores of an Intel 12th gen processor. Its built-in graphics...

If you want to watch 4K videos, a laptop or mini PC with a Ryzen 6000U series or Intel 11th gen processor will get you far. These have hardware decoding support for AV1, which is the newest mainstream video codec for 4K content. Ryzen 7000 is a Older generations only have hardware decoding support f...

But the question is then, say upgrading a i3,i5 BGA processor to a same gen BGA i7. Would that motherboard read that CPU or not, as the motherboard bios was probably only programed to accept that i3 or i5 processor only and no bios update would exist to read the higher chip as you are not supposed ...

Some thoughts 1. It's possible that the Realtek sound chip is mostly working, but with nonfunctional parts. I was given a Sound Blaster Live which worked great except for the bad line inputs. Since the owner liked to record music from his vinyl records, it was useless for him. So I helped him find a...

AFAIK the T480 doesn't event have a BIOS whitelist.
Have you actually tried installing a different WiFi card and encountered the 1802 Error?