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- Fri Jul 22, 2022 5:09 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T430-T490 / T530-T590 Series
- Topic: ThinkPad T480 FHD N140HCG-GN1 panel
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10075
Re: ThinkPad T480 FHD N140HCG-GN1 panel
Hi, I (carelessly) purchased a N140HCG-GN1 to fit an E14 Gen 3. The screen hasn't arrived yet, but I just realised that it lacks the sub board that the current screen has, so I am in a similar situation to OP. Was wandering if anybody had any luck fitting this screen in the T480, or maybe I should s...
- Mon Nov 01, 2021 7:13 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: Pre-disabled ME X2100 Bios
- Replies: 35
- Views: 16640
Re: Pre-disabled ME X2100 Bios
If the x2100 is anything like the x210 you don't need to hardware flash. Coreboot can be flashed via software with
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flashrom -p internal -w coreboot.rom
- Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:35 pm
- Forum: Marketplace - Forum Members only
- Topic: SOLD: 51nb x210 + screen variants (damaged mainboard)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1434
Re: FS: 51nb x210 + screen variants (damaged mainboard)
Sold to a forum member
- Fri Aug 20, 2021 6:58 am
- Forum: Marketplace - Forum Members only
- Topic: [SOLD] As new Thinkpad X380 Yoga / 8gb / 256Gb / WWAN / 08-2022 Warranty / Italian keyboard
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1613
[SOLD] As new Thinkpad X380 Yoga / 8gb / 256Gb / WWAN / 08-2022 Warranty / Italian keyboard
Thinkpad X380 Yoga in very good conditions, very gently used for a couple of months only. The battery only underwent around 30 charge cycles and the warranty extends until August 2022. Please note that the keyboard layout is ITALIAN. The machine comes with stylus pen, WWAN card and Lenovo Gigabit et...
- Sat Aug 14, 2021 10:33 am
- Forum: Marketplace - Forum Members only
- Topic: SOLD: 51nb x210 + screen variants (damaged mainboard)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1434
SOLD: 51nb x210 + screen variants (damaged mainboard)
I am considering sensible offers for the material in picture (thinking around 600GBP): X210 3rd gen i5-8250U mainboard in x200s (slim) case. Offered assembled as shown without storage and RAM but with an Intel AX200 Wlan card. 16Gb RAM in one module, one slot free for expansion 256Gb NVME Intel AX20...
- Sat Aug 14, 2021 10:17 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: x210 screen connector gone?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 14031
Re: x210 screen connector gone?
So I spoke briefly with Xue and showed him the problem. He believes that the mainboard connector might have become loose or damaged and suggested to check for broken connections with a multimeter. Could be an easy fix for someone with the appropriate skills, however I don't have the resources, equip...
- Thu Aug 12, 2021 12:05 pm
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: x210 screen connector gone?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 14031
Re: x210 screen connector gone?
So, my x210 started doing this: https://imgur.com/a/ESgI4jz If I move the lid back and forth the picture comes and goes. Happens with the 3K screen AND with the 1200p one, which flickers like hell. That makes me think of a bad connector on the mainboard rather than bad cable(s). What should I do? :...
- Thu Aug 12, 2021 5:19 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: x210 screen connector gone?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 14031
x210 screen connector gone?
So, my x210 started doing this: https://i.imgur.com/OLJPM5r.jpeg If I move the lid back and forth the picture comes and goes. Happens with the 3K screen AND with the 1200p one, which flickers like hell. That makes me think of a bad connector on the mainboard rather than bad cable(s). What should I d...
- Tue May 25, 2021 4:26 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: Recent kernels demolish power saving on the X210
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13566
Re: Recent kernels demolish power saving on the X210
Checked it today, and in 5.12.6 r8169 still disables ASPM unconditionally with a scary warning: /* Disable ASPM completely as that cause random device stop working * problems as well as full system hangs for some PCIe devices users. */ rc = pci_disable_link_state(pdev, PCIE_LINK_STATE_L0S | PCIE_LI...
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:58 pm
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: X210 bricked after coreboot flash
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11379
Re: X210 bricked after coreboot flash
And has anyone (successfully) tried to neuter ME on the X210, or do people generally tend to leave it in, and if so why? Yes, the ME can be neutered with me_cleaner during the coreboot building process, people routinely do that. Keep in mind that you don't strictly need coreboot if your only concer...
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:46 pm
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: X210 bricked after coreboot flash
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11379
Re: X210 bricked after coreboot flash
Also, assuming the pins on the GPIO need to match up with the pins on the BIOS chip (through various clips, cables and possibly adapters), I would imagine there is a left and right, and it matters which way I connect the clip, relative to the pins on the GPIO. How can I know which way is right and ...
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:18 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: X210 bricked after coreboot flash
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11379
Re: X210 bricked after coreboot flash
Hi yitzhaq, if you only have one RAM slot filled try switching your stick to the other slot. Alternatively try booting with an external screen attached. If nothing works I'm afraid you'll have to hardware flash the stock bios or a precompiled coreboot image. You'll need a SOIC8 clip and a hardware p...
- Fri Oct 30, 2020 1:01 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T400/T410/T420 and T500/T510/T520 Series
- Topic: Wifi AX on T430?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12168
Re: Wifi AX on T430?
As for the question - well, why not? People (including me) put FHD screens in T430 because they want to (EvanJoo being a godsend here), do tons of other stuff (wifi replacement included), so why not upgrade from AC to AX? Apart from "why not?" - I frequently transfer a lot of data between PCs and r...
- Sat Oct 10, 2020 4:49 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: Recently got X2100 from Jacky. AMA
- Replies: 32
- Views: 33411
Re: Recently got X2100 from Jacky. AMA
The X210 EC firmware directly reports the values it receives from the battery. Most X201 batteries appear to report incorrect values, but it's entirely possible that some third party ones using a different controller could provide accurate values. Ah! I stand corrected then, sorry. I've seen around...
- Thu Oct 08, 2020 2:49 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: Recently got X2100 from Jacky. AMA
- Replies: 32
- Views: 33411
Re: Recently got X2100 from Jacky. AMA
Yes it is, but the readings are all wrong, we apply a correction in coreboot https://review.coreboot.org/plugins/gitiles/coreboot/+/01b6b245f00a3fb498f43c8d59e144c86a51c84a I thought your patches fixed that at the EC level Nope. Out of the box, X2100's EC can't read discharge rate. At all. My patch...
- Mon Oct 05, 2020 3:57 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: Recently got X2100 from Jacky. AMA
- Replies: 32
- Views: 33411
Re: Recently got X2100 from Jacky. AMA
Does your mod work with the X210 too? I think X210's EC is already capable of reading discharge rate from the battery. Yes it is, but the readings are all wrong, we apply a correction in coreboot https://review.coreboot.org/plugins/gitiles/coreboot/+/01b6b245f00a3fb498f43c8d59e144c86a51c84a I thoug...
- Sat Oct 03, 2020 5:08 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: Recently got X2100 from Jacky. AMA
- Replies: 32
- Views: 33411
- Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:50 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: Coreboot on the X210
- Replies: 83
- Views: 51939
Re: Coreboot on the X210
Just did a build as of 3858fb121e4322f7a835b23622bf9452790fcec6, with https://gist.github.com/mjg59/41072100b0799b1e58ec6c9baef25f99 as the config. Works fine for me, other than the firmware splash screen being upside down. Hmmm. Doesn't work. Compiles fine, but doesn't boot. The only difference (t...
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:50 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: Coreboot on the X210
- Replies: 83
- Views: 51939
Re: Coreboot on the X210
Hello all,
has anyone built coreboot for the X210 recently? In the last couple of months I haven't been able to make a bootable build and can't figure why...
has anyone built coreboot for the X210 recently? In the last couple of months I haven't been able to make a bootable build and can't figure why...
- Tue Mar 17, 2020 10:24 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: Coreboot on the X210
- Replies: 83
- Views: 51939
Re: Coreboot on the X210
The X210 was just merged in the official Coreboot tree
https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/32531
https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/32531
- Fri Dec 27, 2019 6:26 pm
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: Recent kernels demolish power saving on the X210
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13566
Re: Recent kernels demolish power saving on the X210
r8168 builds with 5.4+ kernels with this patch: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/kernel-5.4.patch?h=r8168-dkms r8169 still doesn't enable aspm, but that can be changed removing two lines around line 7076 of drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c Nice! Have you compared the resulting p...
- Fri Dec 27, 2019 12:28 pm
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: Recent kernels demolish power saving on the X210
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13566
Re: Recent kernels demolish power saving on the X210
Does the r8169 Ethernet driver provide proper power saving on 5.4+ tho? r8168 seems to be dead now and only builds for 5.3. r8168 builds with 5.4+ kernels with this patch: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/kernel-5.4.patch?h=r8168-dkms r8169 still doesn't enable aspm, but that can be chan...
- Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:24 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: X210s
- Replies: 100
- Views: 73929
Re: X210s
You also need to set a custom CLKREQ number to 4. The CLKREQ number is 1 for PCIe port 4, and 0 for ports 1 and 2. Setting this number is a requirement to enable L1 substates. Thank you, it worked! I wonder why wasn't all this the default tho. The stock bios defaults are a little bit.. erratic, to ...
- Fri Dec 20, 2019 2:57 pm
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: X210s
- Replies: 100
- Views: 73929
Re: X210s
I don't have these. The sata controller resumes ok, and nvme ASPM can be turned on in the bios: you have to manually switch on L0sL1 and ASPM substates for the last PCIe lane in the config. Alternatively you could try the script http://drvbp1.linux-foundation.org/~mcgrof/scripts/enable-aspm After e...
- Wed Nov 27, 2019 4:36 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: Recent kernels demolish power saving on the X210
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13566
Re: Recent kernels demolish power saving on the X210
It's been mentioned in Phoronix: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-Gfx-DoS-Fix-Hit-Power Apparently, a recent fix for a possible DoS attack resulted in the iGPU not reaching the lowest power modes as often. Ah! That was it, thanks. Easy to revert, fortunately. God I hate Intel
- Tue Nov 26, 2019 7:20 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: Recent kernels demolish power saving on the X210
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13566
Recent kernels demolish power saving on the X210
Hello, I'm interested in hearing from people who are using Coreboot and/or the stock BIOS on the X210. Is it me or the last two kernels (specifically the i915 module and firmware) have been completely wrecking power saving on the X210? With 5.3 and the latest v5.4 kernel I get: # turbostat --quiet -...
- Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:30 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: Anyone tried non-storage devices in X210 M.2 slot?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 14184
Re: Anyone tried non-storage devices in X210 M.2 slot?
EDIT2: A different mPCIe USB-C card appears under lspci just fine. So either my M.2 card is damaged or the port is not enabled properly. I'm attempting a return to see if I can claim a DOA replacement and whether said replacement works... Care to share which mPCIe card you are testing? Also, where ...
- Wed Oct 23, 2019 9:09 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: Anyone tried non-storage devices in X210 M.2 slot?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 14184
Re: Anyone tried non-storage devices in X210 M.2 slot?
At a second look, I think the description on 51nb said that the M2 slot under the palmrest is storage-only. xytech might know better.
Are there any mini-pcie style usb-c boards, to go in the wwan slot?
Are there any mini-pcie style usb-c boards, to go in the wwan slot?
- Wed Oct 23, 2019 8:53 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: Anyone tried non-storage devices in X210 M.2 slot?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 14184
Re: Anyone tried non-storage devices in X210 M.2 slot?
To add USB-C obviously :) And no, it doesn't work on stock either, but then the BIOS has so many options I wouldn't know if it was disabled... I see... :-) Then you'll have to carve a new hole in the case I guess. Where are you going to do that? They don't really make standalone Thunderbolt control...
- Wed Oct 23, 2019 3:21 am
- Forum: 51nb and other modded Thinkpads
- Topic: UPDATED: X2100 4th batch crowdfunding
- Replies: 13
- Views: 25217
Re: UPDATED: X2100 4th batch crowdfunding
10th gen cpu AND usb-c...