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- Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:11 am
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 726957
- Thu May 02, 2019 9:25 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 726957
Re: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
ok here it is: https://daduke.org/hardware/x220-fhd/ . I couldn't get any coreboot/Seabios display output without the original VGA BIOS, but it's rather easy to extract. Let me know if you have any issues with it new commit - you can now power the nitrocaster PCB from VCC3P instead of VCC, reducing...
- Sun Feb 03, 2019 11:11 am
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 726957
Re: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
A long promised store is here: nitrocaster.me/store . Hopefully this will make both buying for you and shipping for me easier! Please note that there may be delays with shipping because I'll be using a completely different process - but eventually it will get fast and smooth. Nice. I see there is a...
- Sun Feb 03, 2019 10:51 am
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 726957
Re: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
What's the current status of a patched Coreboot on the X220? On the X230 I read some success stories, but nothing about the X220? Would like to struggle less when connecting another screen :) Currently, only the X230 FHD patch is being developed https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/28950 If you...
- Fri Oct 19, 2018 1:47 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 726957
Re: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
Warning to US screen purchasers: Do not by from dvdsuper999 on ebay I ordered a replacement LP125WF2-SPB4 screen and did not want to wait for it to be shipped from China. I received a LP125WF4-SPB1, which have the same mounts and a 30pin eDP connector but does not work with nitrocaster's board (I th...
- Sun Oct 07, 2018 12:32 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 726957
Re: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
I have an x220, or I would have tried the x230 coreboot update. I do have all my blobs and the stock bios. Does that script extract the vga bios blob? I believe the vga bios blob is needed for windows, and I'd like to get windows to run so I can use it a few times a year to tune my car. Ah, there i...
- Sun Oct 07, 2018 10:23 am
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 726957
Re: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
Seems like the x230 is getting some coreboot love: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/28950 Mine is still shotty. I've built coreboot every which way. Either I see the bios and grub and its blank until I plug in an external monitor via VGA or I dont see the bios/grub and I get to my login scr...
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 7:58 am
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 726957
Re: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
Yes! Somebody managed to get it working under coreboot and is now adding a config option for FHD mod . That would be awesome. I cannot find it in the patches from the past week on review.coreboot.org. If someone a link it it can they post it here? I would like to help test that once it is available.
- Wed Jun 06, 2018 9:49 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 726957
Re: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
Huh. I'm stumped. Sorry.A proper fix would involve modifying the VBT, i guess.
- Wed Jun 06, 2018 8:22 am
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 726957
Re: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
[qoute] Er, nope, in gentoo it's the same: SeaBIOS loads LILO loads Linux, Linux loads i915 and then the display shuts off and won't show anything until a power cycle occurs (even on reboot it will just turn on backlight for a few moments and that's it). `nomodeset` works, but then you're obviously ...
- Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:06 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 726957
Re: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
I booted Arch from a usb drive without a problem, although there was a post a few days ago that sounds similar to what you are experiencing. https://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.p ... 87#p818587Awesome, now it works, thanks! By the way, did you get seabios to boot from an usb stick on x230?
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:09 am
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 726957
Re: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
After playing with SeaBIOS, coreboot and GRUB2, and flashing the original firmware back, i'm getting a black screen with working backlight when Linux loads its modules :( Okay, it is systemrescuecd-5.2.2 that fails at graphics, it works fine on my main Gentoo system. I remember it used to work thou...
- Thu May 31, 2018 10:24 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 726957
Re: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
Has anyone attempted creating a patch for Coreboot? Looking at the Linux Kernel mod and the source for libgfxinit, I would think that a [change somewhere in hw-gfx-gma-port_detect.adb](https://github.com/coreboot/libgfxinit/blob/8fb0f31d7b53738e81922f46541722e7c48743f6/common/ironlake/hw-gfx-gma-por...
- Thu Mar 29, 2018 12:38 am
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 726957
Re: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
I may have just royally messed up the aux power points on the motherboard. Are there any other placed that aux power can be drawn from on the x230?
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 9:00 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 726957
Re: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
Does anyone have any tricks to help solder the v5 sense wire? It keeps moving or coming loose when moving things into place. Others have posted using different wires than the sense wire provided, what gauge are you using? I tried another wire, which was easier to solder but, it didn't work. I am ass...
- Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:41 am
- Forum: ThinkPad X200/X201/X220 and X300/X301 Series
- Topic: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
- Replies: 1305
- Views: 726957
Re: Upgrading X220/X230 to FHD 1080p
Is there a comparrision between this and the kingkonglue mod? .... I've been researching the QWHD mod kit, https://world.taobao.com/item/557203626813.htm, the past few days and based on a few posts in Reddit I've seen and how it is described through Google Translate, I plan on purchasing Nitrocaste...