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X240/s: How-to replace the Clunkpad with an X250 Touchpad+buttons

Last post by Layher « Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:03 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Sat Sep 01, 2018 3:30 pm
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How to install the X250 Synaptics touchpad+buttons driver in an X240/X240s:

1. Download this (Lenovo X250) Synaptics driver:
ONLY for W7, W8,...
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Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:03 pm
Installing classic keyboard into X230 with EC firmware mod

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Hi folks,
You may have remember some attempts to install classic X220 keyboard into X230 - they were not quite successful .

Recently I stumbled upon...
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Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:23 am
A nice panel for x330 mod

Last post by munchausen « Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:10 pm
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by munchausen » Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:40 am

Hello!
Great forum, so much amazing advice here! I have been reading for a few years but haven't had much call to say anything until now!

I have...

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Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:10 pm
[X230] best way to connect two 3.5" HDD to build a NAS?

Last post by bgravato « Sun Apr 11, 2021 2:59 pm
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by bgravato » Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:40 am

X230 has a 6-port SATA controller, so I was just wondering if it's possible somehow to connect more than one HDD directly to SATA.

I'm trying to...

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Sun Apr 11, 2021 2:59 pm
x230 boots with battery, but isn't detected and won't charge

Last post by koolhaas « Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:30 pm
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by koolhaas » Sat Apr 03, 2021 9:39 am

I bought a genuine new 9 cell lenovo battery off a US ebay seller. The problem is the battery won't charge and isn't detected by windows (or Ubuntu)....

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Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:30 pm
X230: 1vyrain, Windows 10 activation, and BitLocker

Last post by mstrjon32 « Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:55 pm

by mstrjon32 » Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:55 pm

Hello all--I have an X230 that, in fact, I purchased new quite a few years ago now. I've been using it daily since then, but I think the time might...

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Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:55 pm
Move boot drive from T440s to X270??

Last post by davidgurvich « Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:37 am
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by d_w_duck » Thu Apr 08, 2021 7:47 pm

I have just purchased an X270 after using a T440s for the last three years. The X270 is arriving with no drive and my T440s has both a 500GB SSD...

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Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:37 am
For those having trouble with x230 tablet touch and pen in Windows 10

Last post by theterminator93 « Tue Apr 06, 2021 8:14 am
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by Sunshine701c » Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:28 am

I have been having trouble with my x230 tablets touchscreen and pen functionality, specifically pinch zoom wouldn't work, and when using a drawing...

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Tue Apr 06, 2021 8:14 am
X250 - RHS USB port dead.

Last post by boca « Sat Apr 03, 2021 6:39 am

by boca » Sat Apr 03, 2021 6:39 am

Hi,
I have a LENOVO product: 20CLS8FC08 v: ThinkPad X250

The RHS USB port is dead,

there is no visible damage

I understand from other posts...

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Sat Apr 03, 2021 6:39 am
X250 power-on only using AC charger (battery out).

Last post by faneduru « Mon Mar 29, 2021 6:21 am

by faneduru » Mon Mar 29, 2021 6:21 am

Lenovo ThinkPad X250, Windows 10, 64 bit .
It can only be started taking the battery off and plugging the AC charger .
After starting the Operation...

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Mon Mar 29, 2021 6:21 am
Burn in with LP125WH2-SLB3 IPS panel

Last post by jursky « Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:31 pm
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by koolhaas » Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:24 am

Just got my first thinkpad off ebay, an x230, and by chance it came with an LP125WH2-SLB3. I've read the SLB3 revision is ok , possibly with no major...

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Last post by jursky
Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:31 pm
Just one more coreboot thread (x230)

Last post by m11k « Fri Mar 26, 2021 8:23 am
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by technodance » Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:21 pm

I have some details I want to clarify before doing anything with my x230

When you were extracting and flashing SPI chips, did you power-up your...

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Fri Mar 26, 2021 8:23 am
How many still using an X230/230T?

Last post by fabwfs « Thu Mar 25, 2021 2:15 pm
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by Grabber5.0 » Wed Feb 10, 2021 10:38 pm

The other day after doing some work in Audacity with MiniDisc I transferred to convert to FLAC, and how well my X230T performed the task, I was...

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Thu Mar 25, 2021 2:15 pm
x240 1080p TOUCH screen upgrade. Worth?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Wed Mar 24, 2021 6:39 am
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by giammi56 » Tue Mar 23, 2021 5:02 pm

I bought a beautiful and quite cheap x240 i5 to be upgraded. My bad, I overlooked some specs and I thought I could easily upgrade the screen to...

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Wed Mar 24, 2021 6:39 am
x230 ivy bridge still works great in 2021

Last post by DanielSip « Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:05 am
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by Yao2000 » Sat Feb 13, 2021 9:04 am

Its incredible that In year 2021 I use my X230 i7 3520m as my daily driver laptop and it runs flawlessly.

Anyone who wants to buy a X230 in year...

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Last post by DanielSip
Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:05 am
[EU] Where to find decent replacement keyboards?

Last post by TheForgottenKing « Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:39 pm
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by RoamingAndy » Tue Oct 13, 2020 11:44 am

Where can you get decent replacement keyboards? A few years back it was easy to pick up cheap OEM keyboards for X220's and X230's. Recently i've...

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Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:39 pm
Anyone has any idea what I just did? .. x230

Last post by DanielSip « Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:44 pm
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by DanielSip » Sat Mar 20, 2021 10:05 am

I was plugging in speakers connector in x230 with my fingernail (it was really tight) and it slipped and broke one of the smd parts.. motherboard...

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Last post by DanielSip
Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:44 pm
X230 Trackpad buttons swap

Last post by Sir_Heph « Sun Mar 21, 2021 5:16 am

by Sir_Heph » Sun Mar 21, 2021 5:16 am

Hi all :)
I've recently replace the x230 keyboard with a x220 one ( plus palmrest ),
but i found the x220 trackpad Buttons really bad , like...

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Sun Mar 21, 2021 5:16 am
[X230i Tablet] How to re-install Windows (new SSD without recovery partition)

Last post by fabwfs « Sat Mar 20, 2021 3:25 am
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by fabwfs » Fri Mar 19, 2021 2:16 pm

Hello everybody... :)

I had to change the hard drive of my X230i Tablet, and I would like to know how to re-install Windows 7 Pro on the new hard...

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Last post by fabwfs
Sat Mar 20, 2021 3:25 am
USB-C Charging Mod

Last post by atagunov « Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:54 am
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by myxomop » Wed Mar 10, 2021 5:23 pm

Just wondering if a mobile power bank like this one:

with 60-65W USB-C output designed for laptop charging could be modified/adapted to charge...

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Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:54 am
x250 BIOS update - says it now officially supports 16GB RAM

Last post by buzzy « Mon Mar 08, 2021 5:06 pm
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by synic » Tue May 12, 2015 9:49 am

So, now 16GB is officially supported. I'm wondering what that means - can I get any old 16GB sodimm module and put it in there? I know there are some...

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Last post by buzzy
Mon Mar 08, 2021 5:06 pm
X230T battery replacement - is there a smaller variant on the market?

Last post by NICOLAS68000 « Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:11 am
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by DoubleFace » Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:30 am

My X230T lasts just barely 1,5h on single charge, so I'm looking for replacement battery. I was made aware of smaller variant under number 67, and...

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Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:11 am
Need advice catching up on the X-Series

Last post by ajkula66 « Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:27 pm
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by Bg357 » Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:06 pm

I’ve been out of the Thinkpad loop for a number of years, but I’m wanting to get back up to speed. Last one I had was an X220. Which newer models are...

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Last post by ajkula66
Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:27 pm
x230 DC power in voltage range... 24V possible?

Last post by axur-delmeria « Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:42 pm
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by bgravato » Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:40 pm

Anyone knows where I can find the electrical specs for the DC power input for a X230?

I know it's rated 20V, but I'd like to know what the min-max...

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Last post by axur-delmeria
Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:42 pm
x230 displayport v1.1 and extended mode setup

Last post by bgravato « Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:16 pm
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by arvacon » Mon Jan 04, 2021 9:18 am

Happy new year to everyone.

I recently bidden an x230 from ebay, because I thought it was capable to support 3 monitor setup via the 4338 Mini Dock...

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Last post by bgravato
Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:16 pm
Resetting BIOS Pwd on X270

Last post by cadillacmike68 « Thu Mar 04, 2021 2:30 am
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by sicilia » Sun Apr 12, 2020 9:31 pm

I inherited an almost brand new X270 from a company I did some work for and they went out of business. I have no way of contacting the person who set...

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Thu Mar 04, 2021 2:30 am
x240 camera problem

Last post by jt76 « Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:54 am
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by jt76 » Wed Mar 03, 2021 1:17 am

My camera cable was cut. I changed the cable i tried a new camera but no success. Device manager shows no camera attached. Is there a fuse in...

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Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:54 am
X230 Overheating

Last post by davidgurvich « Mon Mar 01, 2021 11:12 pm
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by myxomop » Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:32 pm

Why is my X230 overheating? I have it sitting on a hard surface so as to presumably allow air intake from beneath. It is hottest at the rear right...

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Last post by davidgurvich
Mon Mar 01, 2021 11:12 pm
X270 13" Screen Swap - LG brightness help in Windows

Last post by snozberries « Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:24 am
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by snozberries » Tue Feb 16, 2021 9:42 pm

Hey there!

Just got another X270 that someone did the screen mod on. It currently has the LG LP133WF4-SPB1 panel. Brightness works fine in Linux,...

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Last post by snozberries
Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:24 am
X230 FHD nb51 mod, software brightness control

Last post by Yao2000 « Sun Feb 14, 2021 4:53 am
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by stasheck » Wed Jan 01, 2020 3:27 pm

Hi, I recently completed my X330 mod, using parts from XYTech (nb51 adapter and Sharp screen). The brightness is controlled using power button.

I...

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Last post by Yao2000
Sun Feb 14, 2021 4:53 am
X220 keyboard in X230 - touchpad click blacks out Thinklight?

Last post by axur-delmeria « Sun Feb 14, 2021 3:51 am
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by Lomax » Sat Feb 13, 2021 5:19 pm

I put an X220 keyboard in my X230 - and I'm super pleased with the result - but I noticed something odd: when the Thinklight is on it goes off when I...

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Last post by axur-delmeria
Sun Feb 14, 2021 3:51 am
X250 perpetual reboot problems

Last post by dskarindra « Tue Feb 09, 2021 6:28 am
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by dskarindra » Mon Feb 08, 2021 4:39 am

Hi,

I'm not tech educated so my apologies if my question kinda newbie 😁.

I have been using X250 for the past 4 years till recently I had the same...

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Tue Feb 09, 2021 6:28 am
Solved: Installed X220 keyboard in X230 - Ctrl keys don't work?

Last post by Lomax « Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:34 pm
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by Lomax » Mon Feb 08, 2021 12:55 pm

As per title - I performed this mod, isolating the leftmost three but one contacts on the underside of the keyboard ribbon connector. All keys work...

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Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:34 pm
What is " Type C PDFW Firmware " in Vantage and why won't it install ?

Last post by Kimberly38 « Mon Feb 01, 2021 4:15 am
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by Kimberly38 » Sun Jan 31, 2021 3:04 pm

Hello there, I have both an X395 and a T495, and in both, Vantage prompts for this annoying Type C Firmware update, but upon installing and rebooting...

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Last post by Kimberly38
Mon Feb 01, 2021 4:15 am
SSD for X250 Type 20CL

Last post by mixz1 « Wed Jan 27, 2021 8:41 pm
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by mixz1 » Sun Jan 24, 2021 9:29 am

I really like this light and responsive machine. Thinking of going the SSD route but it's something I am woefully ignorant of. I see two type of...

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Wed Jan 27, 2021 8:41 pm
X230 mini display port & audio

Last post by olex126 « Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:22 am
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by Natakranta » Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:02 pm

Is x230 mini display port capable of sending audio to TV?
Asking because I recently bought a mini display port to HDMI cable for my father to use...

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Last post by olex126
Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:22 am
Open x230 batteries to swap cells

Last post by libberro « Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:14 am
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by libberro » Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:54 am

Hi, I have two dead x230 batteries (0% and no recharge) and a new chinese x220 one, bought by mistake.

I have two ideas:
1: swap the cells of the...

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Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:14 am
Unable to remove boot password

Last post by Natakranta « Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:52 pm
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by fn107 » Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:40 am

I have an x230 i7. I have not used it for some time, so I may have forgotten the boot password. In any case, it is not accepting the password which I...

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Last post by Natakranta
Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:52 pm
x230 - no boot after external flashing -- just keyboard power LED lights green for one second

Last post by alexgill « Fri Jan 15, 2021 3:25 pm
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by alexgill » Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:57 am

Hello,

Had Coreboot working (although the battery was losing charge when powered fully OFF). Yesterday, I used flashrom internally from the OS to...

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Fri Jan 15, 2021 3:25 pm
Screen replacement for X240

Last post by lindberg87 « Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:51 pm
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by simpfally » Sat Sep 19, 2020 2:45 am

EDIT: see end of post

I'm looking for the IPS FHD (1920x1080) no touch. Or the HD if it's much cheaper than FHD (I've found HD at $40 and FHD at...

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Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:51 pm
USB 3.0 X230 Win7 Problems

Last post by dr_st « Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:36 am
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by myxomop » Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:44 pm

I am the proud owner of an x230 (specs in sig) with version 2.73 BIOS. For the entire time I've owned my machine, it has never achieved file transfer...

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Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:36 am
x230 backlit keyboard compatibility?

Last post by .:fenix:. « Fri Jan 08, 2021 8:08 am
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by .:fenix:. » Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:13 am

Hi all,

I recently bought a Thinkpad x230. I still don't have it with me because it will take at least ten days to get here.

In the meantime, I...

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Fri Jan 08, 2021 8:08 am
X250

Last post by fleamourian « Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:14 pm
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by fleamourian » Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:14 pm

My X250 spits white text on black ACPI error/s on boot before/during boot splash. I wonder if I have faulty hardware? But it was true of openSUSE...

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Last post by fleamourian
Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:14 pm
What's this electronic component on the X240 motherboard?

Last post by alcladii « Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:10 am
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by alcladii » Sun Dec 13, 2020 2:42 am

Hi, I've just replaced the motherboard of my X240, and noticed that one small component was missing from the motherboard I purchased compared with...

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Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:10 am
x230 2.77 bios with 1vyrain softmod questions

Last post by nogolem « Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:46 am
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by nogolem » Fri Jan 17, 2020 4:40 pm

'Hi there and happy New year to everyone!
I've been a longtime user of classic thinkpads in the past because of my former job...
One that was running...

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Last post by nogolem
Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:46 am
X230T random reboot problem

Last post by Chonk « Tue Dec 15, 2020 11:05 am
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by Chonk » Tue Dec 15, 2020 4:09 am

Hi,

I've been trying to diagnose the problem my X230T has developed recently where it will hard reset at random, I'd guess on average maybe once...

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Last post by Chonk
Tue Dec 15, 2020 11:05 am
X250 - cannot power on, no signs of life

Last post by Daniel Eckert « Wed Dec 09, 2020 6:13 am
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by Daniel Eckert » Sun Dec 06, 2020 6:49 pm

Hello everyone,
I need some help.

My X250 (Type 20CL-S4XP00) won't power on no matter what I've tried so far, and I also don't get any other signs...

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Last post by Daniel Eckert
Wed Dec 09, 2020 6:13 am
X395 replacement panel

Last post by gregex « Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:12 am

by gregex » Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:12 am

Hello!

Yesterday I slipped and landed on my X395 causing it's screen to crack. Other than the screen, the laptop is fine and functional. Currently...

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Last post by gregex
Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:12 am
Which Cellular service?

Last post by Mahatma « Sun Nov 29, 2020 8:26 pm
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by Mahatma » Sun Nov 29, 2020 11:55 am

I used FreedomPop for cellular service for my x280. It provided a micro-sim, and access to the AT&T network. I do not recommend it.

What service is...

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Sun Nov 29, 2020 8:26 pm
x230 overclock i5-3320m to 3.3GHz

Last post by TOTAL « Sat Nov 28, 2020 11:51 pm
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by TOTAL » Wed Nov 18, 2020 5:48 pm

Hi
I have windows 7 ultimate installed on thinkpad x230. The lenovo power manager is installed, too, system performance setting set to maximum...

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Sat Nov 28, 2020 11:51 pm

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