And speaking of 51nb motherboards, if they make something similar to X62 - I would rather buy T470. At least it was properly designed and has support.

But I think this is what Lenovo should have done instead of messing up with the Thinkpad line... 51nb makes things for fans, Lenovo makes computers for businesses. Lenovo should do whatever makes them more money and ThinkPad fanboys buy used stuff, complain a lot and don't appreciate anything. You ...

Is there any activity on SPI bus?

I got some good news: assembly scheduled on Monday, Nov 20.

That means the sense wire is broken.

I have an issue with the mod and the display. Since new I get only a picture when the X220 booted into the Windows-notifying screen. Until this it is black. Days befor I could see the whole booting process. Is there anythink I can do? Thanks What happens if you switch to single display mode with FH...

Update ( just quoting myself from the first post ): For those who submitted the form and didn't receive payment instructions Since the total quantity of kits to be made is now limited, there's no point to continue accepting deposit payments. New orders will be processed once I have everything ready ...

PayPal finally admitted that personal payments were disabled for my account, supposedly due to violation of user agreement. Here's what I found in English version of user agreement: If you are selling goods or services, you may not ask the buyer to send you a Personal Transaction payment for the pur...

Update: Another person who has PayPal business account couldn't pay deposit as personal payment and called support. They told him that the issue is on my side, which basically means that personal payments are disabled for my account (and yes, today's morning PayPal support told me that they didn't ...

For those who try to pay their deposit and see "Sorry, this recipient cannot accept personal payments" - call PayPal and ask them why they don't allow you to send personal payments. I called them today and they confirmed that my account was not restricted from receiving personal payments.

@ cherryblue : If Windows constantly looses recognition of FHD display when your machine is not installed in the dock, then you have at least one of these issues: 1] Bad soldering between the adapter board and the motherboard - put new flux, apply more heat (don't poke or push plated holes, just tou...

So does it help if you push on the ribbon cable? Can you check if it is the image flickering or just the backlight?

I did some more tests and encountered more problems, could it be the sense wire or another slack joint? Definitely not the sense wire, unless it touches nearby capacitors. It looks like backlight or power issue. Try remove the ribbon cable and clean its contacts. Be careful not to break the connect...

Good news. PayPal removed restrictions from my account, going to collect remaining deposit payments and proceed with the assembly.

Either the FHD display is not getting power or the adapter board does not make contact with the motherboard. Make a picture of your installed mod.

I remember when my T430s got maxed out to 16GB of RAM in 2012. That kit cost ALOT of money in 2012. Now, that kit cost less than 100$ That cost probably $250, while the machine itself had a price starting at $900 or something like that. ThinkPads never were cheap and there's no way they will be che...

Agree, that's exactly our point, that soldered RAM is shooting yourself in the foot, and is antithesis to future-proofing your laptop! Because newer higher capacity RAM modules become available over time, so one by definition cannot "max out" one's RAM at the point of manufacturing. It does not wor...

How do you solve the problem of "what to do when the CPU goes bad"? I've had to change RAM sticks twice in one of my Thinkpads. That doesn't mean anything. I've had to change motherboard twice because of PCH failure. Does that mean we should put PCH in socket? And what about USB ports? They can brea...

For example: We bought X1 Carbon 3rd Generation (X1C3) in 2015, and it maxed out with 8 GB RAM (soldered, which user cannot replace) which we bought. 8GB is not 'maxed out'. 3rd gen Intel supports up to 32GB of memory. What I siggest is to put maximum amount of memory from the very beginning so tha...

axur-delmeria wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 12, 2017 9:32 pm

I disagree. What do you do with that compact and expensive machine when the RAM fails?

How often do you experience RAM failures? CPU can fail too. Very rarely, just like RAM, but it can. Why not put CPU in the socket then?

Status update I know many of you are waiting for an update on when the 3rd batch is going to be ready for shipping, so here's a status update. So far I got all the components required for assembly except for the PCBs - factory sent me less PCBs than I thought I ordered, hence the delay in productio...

Thinkpad4by3 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 09, 2017 5:28 pm

can we just get an X25?

12" 3:2
X220 Keyboard
QC ULV Kaby Lake
Intergrated graphics
Upgradeable RAM

Non-upgradeable is fine too, if it's maxed out. There's no point of having memory slots in a compact and expensive machine. You can use that space for more m.2 slots, lithium cells or 2.5" bay.

It does not work that way. T60p is old. In every single aspect. It has old docking connector, old display dimensions, old peripheral connectors. It's thick yet it doesn't have enough space for a decent battery. You just don't understand how much it is actually cost to build a laptop. Yes, 51nb can k...

https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/74kx7m/crowdfund_the_next_thinkpad_design/ When i first pitched the idea for the ThinkPad Retro, i told David that we wanted Lenovo to design the perfect machine for us. He told me that it will cost about 2 to 3 million USD to design a ThinkPad from scratch...

TL;DR: No.

Do you (or anyone else) have recommendations on a good soldering kit? I'd been a number of years since I've tried soldering anything. For the solder itself, is something like this good?: AMTECH NC-559-V2-TF Regarding the iron - there are Lukey soldering stations compatible with Hakko FX-888D. Being...

X200 and X201 are not supported.

6sicSIX wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 05, 2017 6:06 am

If I extend the display on 2 and 3 brighness is at adjustable
I'm not sure why it works with extended desktop, becaues the dummy display is not active.

Could you please show a screenshot of display settings window?

Unless you got X220, that is not what should happen.