I bought some; they fit well and felt OK. They may not last as long but at their price and quantity - who cares? However, the problem with third party products is that you have no idea what you're getting because it's all unbranded and standards are unknown. One time it may be a great product, anot...

I lost the original Trackpoint cap on my T430 and would like to try the "soft rim" version instead. Any buying advice? Seems the Soft Rim has been discontinued by Lenovo. Are third party manufactured caps any good? They seem to be available in 10 and 100 packs for about the same or cheaper than sing...

If I hadn't already built my T430s with the javi-jie wqhd kit (that I enjoy very much) I'd order this for my old T430 in a heartbeat. :cry: Now that the screen options are equal, the only practical advantage a T430s has over T430 is the slimness. While fatter and slightly heavier, T430 can take big...

Old thread but if anyone else is considering this, the mSATA slot on the **30 series maxes out at about 250MB/s. So if you use it you're basically giving up half the speed.
So use the 2.5" slot first if possible.

Making an offer on the e-qstore listing. Looks like it's LVDS.
I don't know how they get around the LVDS bandwidth limitation, maybe using 18-bit color instead of 24-bit.
We shall see...

I did the 1920x1080 FHD mod a few months ago but it still isn't quite enough pixels for me. Any updates on the 2560x1440 ("QHD"/"WQHD") mod for T420/T430 Non-"s" availability in the U.S.? Last I checked there was: 1. Apparently soldered kit made by 51nb member KingKongLue (who also goes by K.K) but ...

Wonder how long it will take to come down in price. Will consider it when total of panel and necessary adapter(s) reaches $100.

Use WSUS Offline Update. It even has shell scripts that let you download Windows updates in Linux for offline deployment.

Thanks so much! I've eventually gotten the laptop taken apart and read the BIOS chip into a rom file with the Raspberry Pi. The T430 needs to be almost completely disassembled to get at the motherboard. I am working on removing the Intel ME/Intel AMT. Corna's me_cleaner looks pretty self-explanatory...

I've ordered a Raspberry Pi Model B+ and a Chinese Soic8 clip. I guess we'll see if it works after both of them arrive.

I would like to get started with flashing BIOS firmware. Need something reliable, able to backup the original and flash it back in case of a bad flash. Anyone with experience hardware flashing BIOS chips e.g. on the T430 that are soldered to the board? I would also like to be able to flash other com...

Pretty much almost everything... I started switching over after it became clear around Windows 8/8.1 time that Microsoft wasn't going to make a stable desktop operating system. Large corporations rarely admit mistakes. They never went back on the Ribbon even though screens got shorter. So if I have ...

It appears this merely runs a Linux userspace inside of Windows 10. Therefore, W10's automatic updates and telemetry would still be fully active.

Oh well. I put a hard drive in there anyway... I currently have the original 9-cell main battery from 2012 and it still holds more than 50% design capacity (recalibrated pretty recently) so I don't think it's worth replacing yet. My main concern is sourcing. I can look up specs and compatibility but...

I am looking to add a slice battery to my T430. Does anyone have experience to share on buying ThinkPad batteries? What is the situation on used or new old stock batteries? Alternatively, is there any battery available that is better than what Lenovo makes? (ie doesn’t reduce as much in capacity aft...

The Ultrabay has the advantage of size. It allows fitting things that wouldn't fit in an expresscard slot. Shrinking it to the size of just another 2.5" bay would defeat the purpose. I seem to recall some Ideapad that allowed putting a graphics card in the Ultrabay. A long time ago there was also a ...

... would you really trust your presentation to a "very cheap" adapter containg active electronics which "generally" works very well? Yes. And if you think it's a problem, then do keep in mind that the sh*tty VGA cables/connectors and the crappy projectors themselves are about 10 times more likely ...

We should all be taking these surveys. Unless it influences design of future TPs then i don't see the point just for a 1 off. Don't think of it as a one-off. Even in the unlikely event that Lenovo doesn't make any RetroThinkpad at all, the survey results could be influential enough to bring back pr...

RealBlackStuff wrote:David Hill already published this in 2012, WHY the F did he (and Lenovo) not stick to it?
http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/690 ... 69081166/1

I think (and this is just a guess) he probably knew it all along. But final decisions come from higher up.

Well, VGA is close to useless. LCDs are digital in nature. All modern computers have a plethora of digital outputs. The only reason to have a VGA port on a monitor is to connect to ancient computers. The only reason to have a VGA port on a machine is to connect to ancient analog projectors. Given t...

jcvjcvjcvjcv wrote:

bhtooefr wrote:The P2314Hs that my client orders come with power, USB (for the hub), VGA, and DisplayPort cables. They've got a DVI port on them, but no cable.

Lol, a VGA cable Anno 2015

Lol, a keyboard Anno 2015


... Just because some technology is old doesn't mean it's useless.

I never bought anything tech related on release, let alone on preorder or deposit. Always wait at least a month or two for reviews from real users. I also don't trust the tech journalists to get this right. The journalistic reviewers don't use things long enough for reliability and other issues to s...

This being not just a David Hill, but a Lenovo survey, who knows what the REAL figures are? Lenovo is not always telling the truth, more like they tell you what Lenovo wants you to hear... Case in point: "Why you should give in to the chiclet keyboard" http://blog.lenovo.com/en/blog/why-you-should-...

Came up with an anti-glare ThinkLight design ("Two ThinkLights, Crossed"). Tested by taping LEDs to the lid of my T430. If David Hill does dual ThinkLights, I hope it would be arranged like this: full size: http://s3.postimg.org/el4vk8hy9/thinklight001.jpg thumbnail: http://s3.postimg.org/3yb2et9sv/...

Hi bhtooefr, I remembered reading about the screen size limitation somewhere; here is the closest thing I could find: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2470091/windows-pcs/flashback--what-killed-ibm-s-bufferfly.html Quote: "The butterfly had a brief window when it aligned with peoples' desires," ...

http://s8.postimg.org/5po4j7foz/thinkpad024.png It looks great, especially since I never use the numpad and so I would just toss it (or not buy it in the first place). I have always typed faster on the number row anyway. Not sure how many numpad users would like it though. Thanks! The versatility o...

Hi bhtooefr, the Number pad goes in the Ultrabay (retractable just like a DVD drive). The laptop itself is then 18 U wide (342mm (13.5") keyboard, 355mm (14") including bezels) So you could actually make this laptop only 342mm (13.5") wide if you eliminate the bezels but I left them in for durabilit...

Some ideas building on other commenters' in David Hill's blog. http://s8.postimg.org/5po4j7foz/thinkpad024.png Highlights: -15.7-inch 3840x2560 (3:2). -The full PC keyboard. All of it. -Ultrabay Numerical Keypad. -All dedicated buttons. No more awkward Fn-key combos. -Also, dedicated touchpad on/off...

Had some gripes with my T430 for a few years now and looking at later models they are much worse. Last night I found out about the Retro / Time Machine ThinkPad project. So here I am trying to get Lenovo to get back to making a productive work tool instead of chasing thinness/minimalism. The good: I...