Previous thread: If you're looking for purchase advice, state your budget and requirements (e.g. size and performance). Don't buy anything OTHER THAN IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T, X, and W/P Series if you want the Real Business Experience™
Libreboot-compatible models: >T60, X60; X200, T400/500; W500. Modern models: >X220/X230 - 12", 768p, cheap and light >T420/T430 - 14", 900p, widely available, socketed CPU, both Coreboot-compatible (Ivy Bridge CPU support on T420); Old keyboard swap on *30 series >T520/530; W520/530 - 15", 1080p, DTR, 32GB RAM on quadcore models, USB 3.0 >T440p/540p; W540/1 - Last Thinkpads with socketed processors, easily replaceable trackpad (W541 doesn't need trackpad replacement) >P-Series - 15'' + 17'', 4K display, up to 64GB of RAM, Xeon CPU option. Expensive.
Why ThinkPad? >Used machines are plentiful and cheap >Excellent keyboards - tactile feel and quiet >Great durability: magnesium rollcage for structural integrity, with high quality plastic body panels >Utilitarian design: e.g. indicator LEDs, 7 row keyboard layout on older models >Docking stations that easily turns your laptop into a desktop >Easy to repair (most models), upgrade & maintain thanks to readily available service manuals for every model, spare parts easy & cheap to obtain >The best TrackPoint, great for those who type a lot or hate swiping their fingers all over a touchpad >Excellent GNU/Linux & *BSD support
I need to figure out if this is the AC adapter, or bad mobo.
I got meme'd and bought a T420 on eBay. Great condition. I upgraded the RAM, and got an SSD. Installed Win10, had a great running laptop. Then I decided to upgrade the CPU. Bought an i7 2670QM. After I installed it the laptop never powered on again. No idea what happened. Original seller offered $50 refund which I took.
Got a used mobo on eBay for $30, installed the new CPU, powers on fine with new CPU.
Put everything back together, and it boots up, but now has a new issue.
It will not charger the battery. The laptop will run off AC power only, but it runs super slow at 0.79GHz. Using my power meter the AC adapter draws 18watts with no battery. If I plug in the battery the laptop wont charge it, and the draw drops to 0.8 watts. If I remove the battery, the laptop will loose power. It does this in Windows, Ubunty live CD, and the BIOS.
So, is the replacement mobo bad/damaged, or did my AC adapter eat shit too?
Help me here, I'm a student who's currently have arrived in china for internship in a company, need a new laptop since the old one is un upgradable and really slow. Should I buy a Thinkpad in China? Wjere can I find one? Are they going to be cheaper? Should i buy the t460 or t470? I don't want an old model like t430 or 420. Or should I buy the xiaomi mi notebook air?
Jaxson Hernandez
what am i looking at here
Tyler Adams
When i put my Thinkpad on my lap for a while, my crotch starts to feel weird, is that my sperm count going down
Hey anons, my thinkpad is randomly shuting down, already tried formatting, install new OS, and still, it simply shuts off. What to do? I do not think it is a heat problem also... Please do not let it die, I love him so much, X230 by the way.
David Torres
O&A is godtier yes, i got 3k hours worth it it on my HDD incase i lose internet
Alexander Moore
you know what i meant cunt
James Mitchell
im just a weeb poser, thats all i can tell ya about that wp, got it at wallhaven
Bentley Sanders
you put anime posters to shame and thats already a low bar
Luke Wood
>weeb poser These are the actual worst human beings on the face of the planet. You are to the 2010s what the ironic gamer "geek is chic" fags were to the 2000s. Please end yourself, you fucking idiot.
How about you be more civil, and lets stop going off topic
Carter Stewart
>coming into someone else's domain and demanding they behave to your expectations How about you fuck off back to plebbit with your "weeb poser" buddies and never come back?
Was it someone here that purchased the 1440p modded x230 off lcdfans? Is he legit? his mods are tempting
Jason Ortiz
What do ya'll think? x230 12.5" IPS Panel - Intel i7-3520M - 16GB RAM - 256GB SSD - Docking Station
$405 with free shipping. in "B+/A-" condition
Do I do it? It's pretty much fully stocked
Christian James
Same guy who made that thread ( I needed (you)s really bad). Its not bad at all. Gonna repaste with some thermal grizzly kryonaut to try and drop that last degree or so, but temps are fine.
Dominic Gomez
decent price, i would
Dominic Sanchez
I reckon I will, just because of the convenience of having it fully stocked and a for-sure on the IPS panel + the dock is just an extra nice addition, comes with key, too. Also a 9 cell
Oliver Nelson
What happened to that constant coupon thing that was usually in the OP of these threads?
Jonathan Gomez
x200
Eli Murphy
You got it? Would you be a bro and take some pictures of it and do some rendering and gaming benchmarks? Also curious to how it reports in cpuz, hwinfo64 etc.
Landon Thompson
complete package indeed, perhaps add the 7 row keyboard but thats up to your preferences
Landon Perez
Just bought a t420 with power and dock for $95, how’d I do boys?
Samuel Cruz
Sounds like a great deal. What condition was it in?
Dylan Johnson
>bitches about non symmetrical keyboard >probably doesn't know what he's tying on
Kayden Torres
Ive seen similar prices, what makes them so cheap is what id like to understand
Adam Turner
Laptops with numpads make me irrationally hard, though
Excellently condition, 8gb ram too. Gonna throw arch on this thing when I get it home
Companies phase them out in waves so there’s always used stock around
Cameron Richardson
Interested in getting one but I know next to nothing. Preferably light and nice to type on, will only really be used for lectures and light gaming on whatever gnu I feel like at the time. Any suggestions for serious/model?
do you use battery? If you do and this happens when it's not plugged in, try getting a new battery. Test the power supply also.
Jason Wilson
I just saw some fucking gore back there.
> See a T540p on Ebay for a decent price > Seller claims he's selling the one in the pictures > It looks nice, one minor lid scratch > Buy it, it arrives today > It's a 520 and not a 540p > All three USB slots have been removed with what looks like a pair of pliers or something > Nothing in the Ultrabay, not even a bezel > Thing is dented to shit and the screen is cracked
I could fix it, but nah fuck that. Sending it back tomorrow.
Jaxon Reyes
Is that the main office of the pirate bay?
Luis Rodriguez
The Polish office perhaps
Ayden Ward
Anyone else got an opinion on this?
Jaxon Smith
Pics?
Cameron Thomas
something in the x series definitely.
Levi Evans
i see, thanks
Jose Gray
oh and this isnt a thinkpad, but for the people who would like my tiny 701c, they also might like this thing i picked up off craigslist today
it has a pcmcia slot and a compact flash slot im gonna get a wireless card and some storage, shitpost from it, play doom
I can't get the synaptics driver to work on my W530 (no 2 finger scroll on touchpad, etc). What am I doing wrong? I installed the one from the W530 downloads section on lenovo website.
Lincoln Mitchell
Will have a proper look at them all, Thanks
Nathaniel Wood
Are you sure you didn't just fry the battery?
Cooper King
Has anyone here tried the 51nb kits to modernize older thinkpads with the newest 8'th gen CPU's?
The idea is great but I've read that it's a hassle to get things to work propperly
Luke Lee
I bought a X220T and regret it.
Nolan Collins
>installing modern backdoored hardware >not using a librebootable machine Why would you do that?
Aiden Taylor
I'm a brainlet and the chinks assemble it for me
Sebastian Gutierrez
Honestly, I would have taken some but I managed to get the RMA within five minutes of listing all of the shit that was wrong with it and rushed it off to the post office to ship.
Hudson Lee
ah fair enough, sucks that the seller tried to scam you
Gabriel Robinson
its actual shit that only 15 year old weeb posers like
Josiah Williams
There's a guy that sells refurbished x230's with 7 row keyboard and 1400p monitors for like 440 bucks, check the tp reddit
Who knows what else he puts on there but have fun
Isaiah Ramirez
fellers what's the word on upgrading the T420 screen over the default HD+ one? Are the fhd mods ever coming back? What would be the best TN option? All I really want is good angles, wish there were 14" HD+ IPS screens
But would you pick the x230 with original build and upgraded keyboard & screen or go for the fully moded older thinkpads with New motherboards and CPU’s?
My gut tells me to go for the x230 and see how the chinks develope their modified thinkpads the next few years
The Macbook looks like an angry face with big giant teeth and a mean unibrow
Sebastian Cruz
i myself like the X2xx builds pref X220 so id go for the modded x230 myself
I hope some business just starts shamelessly copying the older designs instead of retrofitting
Samuel Jenkins
alrighty /tpg/, i have an issue with my t420 and id like some help. my t420s ram wont stop being allocated to hardware. when there is a single stick of 4gb ram, its about 560mbs dedicated or so, but with two sticks of 4gb, its a little over 4gb of ram dedicates towards hardware. this happens with all three sticks of ram i have available. the ones on the left were in it when i bought it, the blue being under the keyboard. the one on the right came out of a t430 with no issues with ram. any ideas?
I'm still running Windows 7 because that's what mine came with. Also it came with MS Office, which was convenient. However, I might need to buy a new laptop soon and I don't want to pay for Windows + MS Office subscription.
Nolan Williams
Most people run GNU/Linux or as I've taken to calling it "GNU plus Linux"
Noah Evans
battery works fine, and it charges very slowly when the laptop is off.
Eli Stewart
Just bought a thinkpad - it's got a fresh install of windows 7 on it. How do I check the os and bios for malware?
Luke Nelson
wipe everything to be safe
Angel Barnes
deb
Bentley Davis
Windows is malware.
Josiah Murphy
it's probably because the t420 is shit and you are shit for owning one.
