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If you're looking for purchase advice, READ THE BUYERS GUIDE FIRST. Then post, stating budget and requirements (e.g. size and performance).
Don't buy anything OTHER THAN T, X AND W/P SERIES if you want the Real ThinkPad Experience™
Recommended models:
T420 - 14", normal size
X220 - 12.5", ultraportable
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Why ThinkPad? (also applies to other business laptops)
>Used machines are plentiful and cheap.
>Excellent keyboards - tactile feel and quiet.
>Great durability: chassis uses a 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, upgrade and maintain thanks to readily available service manuals for every model. Spare parts are easy and cheap to obtain.
>The best trackpoint (that red thing in the middle of the keyboard). Great for those who type a lot or hate swiping their fingers all over a touchpad.
>Excellent GNU/Linux & *BSD support.
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Used ThinkPad Buyers Guide:
http://ktgee.net/tpg
New guides by xsauc:
http://www.dankpads.com
EPP discount for new ThinkPads (USA & Canada only, usually 15%+ off):
http://pastebin.com/DujvzEzU
ThinkWiki - Info on ThinkPads and running GNU/Linux on them:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki
ThinkPad service guides w/ tutorial videos:
https://www.lenovoservicetraining.com/
ThinkPad wallpaper collection:
https://imgur.com/a/NlepZ
>>55601774
W520/W530
>>55601754
T420 or T430 in 2k16?
Also is a 1600x900 upgrade worth it, considering that it will drain the battery?
Let's play find the ThinkPad!
>>55601878
X61s 15th anniversary edition (brown one)
Too easy anon.
>>55601912
Yep. Its a reserve edition though. Waiting on the seller to email me to see if he will ship them to my corner of nowhere.
Interesting things can be found on craigslist.
>>55601944
Rare as shit, I'd pay a decent amount for one.
Okay, I'm on mobile so I'll make this short.
T420
Mini pci-e
4g LTE
Unlocked
How do? It seems no one has info for this online or I don't know what keywords to put into google. Has anyone done this?
>>55601964
$100. Needs a battery, hdd, and screen, but idgaf. Might just repair it and resell it on eBay, might just keep it as a shitpost machine.
>>55601826
>Isn't it a driver for the GPU?
Not in the sense that it would replaces the normal driver or such, it's basically just a small lib for the main libva (which you already have installed) that tells it how it can talk to the gpu.
>>55602019
Man I don't know who would buy a thinkpad with storage. It will just fail in 3 months anyway. Just buy your own and get $20 bucks off.
>>55601754
My T420 is a few cities away boys, too hype.
>>55602161
Yeah, plus it would have been a 5400rpm 160gb. I'm either going to throw in a /csg/ meme ssd or the 500gb OEM seagate from my T420.
>>55602211
Exactly. I should have also said. Who would buy used storage. Period.
Hard drives are just shit for reliability after first owner and generally just over time with enough runtime.
SSDs have limited write cycles afaik, feel free to update me. So I can but an ssd, write 50TB to it, then try to sell it to you. Fuck that.
Tell me one good reason why I shouldn't buy a i5/i7 thinkpad, gut it and make a server out of it as those things have far better hardware to $$$ ratio than any of the new small form factor "home server/media pc"-pcs
>>55602230
You can write a couple hundred tbs to a ssd before it fails, its still shit, but a good SSD will last a while and you should replace storage every few years and frequently backup anyways.
>>55602265
Why would you even need to gut it? You've got a built-in UPS and plenty of I/O.
>>55602177
Enjoy your dogshit screen
>>55602286
Makes it considerably smaller and opens up the fan/heatsink for better air flow? Keeping the battery is a pretty good idea tho
>>55602451
only good reason to do that would be for better cooling, but you would have to carefully gut it and maybe extend the connection to the battery so it isn't near the mainboard or anything that heats on load.
It's not a bad idea but honestly I would weep a little if i see it torned apart.
Non-Lenovo alternatives to a T420?
I'm looking for something that does not have a shitty screen.
>>55603632
Dell E6420
any of you gotten your x220 from this seller?
>tfw already spent my "fucking around with tech" money for this month.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Thinkpad-Transnote-2-of-2-RARE-/252455886076?hash=item3ac78b1cfc:g:44MAAOSwmtJXZZAS
>>55601984
whitelist your bios and install a wireless card that works with your carrier.
but tethering off your phone would probably be a better idea.
Should I have gotten a W700DS with no HDD cover and no battery for 400USD?
>>55604224
neat toy
>>55604327
Of course you dip.
>>55604481
Fuck, regretting it since yesterday
Had only seen one go for lower once
Didn't really think about the purchase until 10s were left since I assumed it would go much higher
>>55604546
You didn't purchase the machine that gives women (and ~20-30% of men) in a 5 mile radius an orgasm every time you slide that second screen out? Do you suffer from some kind of crippling non-specific mental disorder?
>>55604694
>Do you suffer from some kind of crippling non-specific mental disorder?
It's called stupidity
I know that was a good price
>>55604727
You could have sat on a bench in DC and given the entire senate an orgasm, you disappoint me anon
>>55604267
OK, any cards u can recommend? They seem impossible to find. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places? Huawei. Novatel wireless, sierra, etc. Don't have online stores for these. Newegg has like, none. At all.
I recently reverted to 7 from 10 on my T420 and now my OS is acting up a bit. I'd like to do a clean install.
I no longer have my Lenovo recovery partition or any sort of install discs.
What is my best course of action here? Where can I download a clean vanilla Windows 7 Pro image?
>>55604177
yes, i got mine from him 3days ago
What are some good resources about to achieve a faster boot time with X220
I have it at around 13 seconds from cold pressing into arch x, but I feel it could be faster.
Takes ~8 seconds to GRUB which is skipped unless shift is held down. The thinkpadVantage flashes unto the screen, anyway to remove this entirely?
>>55605258
There is a leddit thread somewhere that has a mega mirror of the original digital river isos that are clean. Find it and then use rufus to make a usb windows installer.
>>55605258
>using the vaping jew
>>55605544
Yes, don't shutdown your computer.
>>55605258
http://www.techfleece.com/2015/12/23/download-official-isos-of-windows-7-windows-8-1-or-windows-10-legally-and-for-free/
tell me what base system device is if you figure it out.
>>55605634
Probably a memory card reader or something, I know with the driver packs on torrent sites they include all those drivers.
>>55601754
I am thinking of getting t430 coz I want bigger screen and the comfy size of my x220 is not a requirement anymore, since I use it mosly home now.
Is it worth it ? Or if I am going to spend $ 300-500 on it I am better off buying something else ? If not, what should I look for in t430 ?
>>55605737
keep ur x220 fagit. do the 1080p screen upgrade for maximum comfy
>>55605758
I am keeping it bro, I just want to get another one, so far my x220 has 250 gb ssd, dual channel 8 gigs of ram and.. thats it, tell me more about the 180p screen ? where in europe can I get it ? ebay.co.uk ?
>>55605777
not sure, I saw it on some chink website. I think some other anons probably know more. A few people here did it.
>>55605606
It's called a mouth fedora please.
>>55605875
cancer
>>>/out/
>>55605777
Unless you're willing to sacrifice your Displayport port, don't bother looking into it.
>>55605875
OUT
>>55605758
>1080p screen
12" laptop
why?
you'd need scaling to read text comfortably, and with only a 1080p screen you can't do 4:1 scaling (the only good scaling)
>>55601754
>Excellent keyboards - tactile feel and quiet.
I call bullshit. This was the main reason I bought a Thinkpad six years ago (which I still use as my laptop), but the keyboard really isn't that great.
The main problem is that a button press simply doesn't register if it's short enough, so it's literally impossible to exceed a certain typing speed. I can reproduce this perfectly -- if I press the keys fast enough, they fail to register with almost 100% certainty, even though I depress them to the bottom.
>>55605920
OH IS THAT HOW THEY DO IT!!!
>>55605942
>why?
Because you often get a TN screen if you don't get the upgraded screen. Don't know if that's true in this particular instance, but it is commonly so.
>>55605951
must have had broken keyboard or not actually a thinkpad...
>>55605990
It's a Chinkpad L412.
My old T520, and a T510 I handled recently both have a rougher feel on the lid than the old IBMs and the T410-20. Not damaged rough, but cat tongue rough. Did I just goof and get some with third party lids or are they not coated the same?
I want to upgrade the screen in my X220 to IPS.
Anyone have an eBay link of a trusted seller in Yurop?
And not the shitty kind of screen which has ghosting and shit.
>>55605998
not a real thinkpad senpai
>>55605534
are they cleaned up? im considering getting up but dont want it to come dusty or semenstained
>>55606028
I hardly believe they'd be using different keyboard makes for the T-series.
>>55606043
it looks different
maybe i'm retarded, or you have 4 hands or something
>>55606066
.. why would I have 4 hands?
Pic related is a picture of it. I don't see it being substantially different from other Thinkpad keyboard visually.
>>55606139
Shit, I didn't even realize my cell phone camera sucked that badly.
>>55606139
by four hands I meant maybe you type significantly faster than most
>>55606139
Different 6-row layout that would later appear on the chiclet models. Bet they cheaped out on the construction relative to T/W/X series as well, since it's a budget model.
>>55606139
Look at the top row, also shit hinges
175 euros for a Thinkpad x220 with 8GB RAM, 320GB HDD and a shitty battery that lasts about 2.5 hours.
Should I?
Bought this for about £50 a while ago. Slapped a 1TB drive in there, upped the CPU to a 2.8GHz C2D, and 6GB RAM went in. Works nice enough for a toy.
>>55606173
There are lots of different top-row layouts, though. This picture is a random T-series model.
The hinges are properly metal, btw.; they're just painted to look just like the surrounding plastic.
>>55606162
I do type faster than "most", but not a whole lot faster than 110 WPM or so.
>>55605258
>>55605600
>>55605634
I found this site through Reddit:
http://mirror.corenoc.de/digitalrivercontent.net/
It has torrent links to most of the old MS digital river isos. grabbing Win7 Pro x64 Sp1 DVD_U and seeing how she goes.
>>55605258
>What is my best course of action here? Where can I download a clean vanilla Windows 7 Pro image?
Just pirate it. As long as you use your legitimate key, there's nothing illegal or technically strange about it.
Where can I buy an IPS display for my x220?
>>55606232
Lenovo chiclet abortion
Hey guys, what's a good laptop that's on the cheaper side, and I can use to store music/movies. I'm a pleb, so something easier to set up would be great. Thank you!
>>55606355
if onboard storage is your goal, I'd get a T series, because it can potentially run 3 hard drives (two 2.5 and one MSATA card for your OS)
>>55606352
(not who you are replying to)
I had a t400 and it was pretty old. I bought a t430. The new keyboard, while better than 'normal' notebooks, is fucking shit. I wish I had bought a t420
>>55606316
I would like to know this as well.
>>55606371
I appreciate your help a lot, but I don't really know what you're talking about, sorry. Is there a particular T series computer? I'm sorry its not that youre explaining things bad, i just never come here.
>>55606381
I hear differing opinions on the chilclet board. what don't you like about it? I've heard key actuation and actual key surface area are virtually identical to the T420. sucks they killed the seven row layout, but is it really that bad?
>>55606355
T520
T420 is cheaper but has the shittiest screen imaginable, only bother with it if you're going to use an external display to watch these movies you'll be storing.
For maximum capacity, get an mSATA SSD for your OS, a 2TB HDD for the main SATA bay, and an Ultrabay HDD adapter to hold another 2TB drive.
>>55601754
>EPP discount for new ThinkPads (USA & Canada only, usually 15%+ off):
>http://pastebin.com/DujvzEzU
Anyone got one of these for the UK?
>>55606402
We constantly recommend the T420. I'm using one right now, have been for over a year now thanks to recommendations here. It's a very solid machine, but we really need to know your goals and budget.
what requirements do you have besides storage? these machines generally don't have decent 1080p screens until the T440 which ramps the price up substantially. The T420's best screen is a 1600x900 TN panel which has pretty abysmal viewing angles, but is sufficient if that's not a huge deal to you.
The T420 can be had for maybe $150-200 based on options. If you're after storage, you'd then replace the DVD drive with a hard drive caddy and an HDD, giving you two hard drives. The T420 also has an MSATA slot. you could install an MSATA drive (a small SSD card) and migrate your OS to it, and then swap out the original HDD for another large storage drive, and have several terabytes of storage all in one machine.
>>55606449
>T520
Cool! Where should I buy this? its not on amazon.
>>55606403
I don't have one either, but here's a comparison video with both positive and negative impressions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doEZMNXz1JY
>>55606470
>these machines generally don't have decent 1080p screens until the T440 which ramps the price up substantially.
15" Thinkpad screens have always been good, even great. It's just the smaller models that are stuck with shit-tier panels, especially the T420. It really shouldn't even be a recommended model with how abysmal that screen is.
>>55606470
I would like larger storage, and a good screen would be neat as I plan on watching movies on it. Storage, speed, and decent screen would be cool. That's pretty much all I need, as all I use my computer for is internet, music, and movies.
>>55606523
I'd probably listen to faggotanon above and get a T520 then. it's not as portable as a T420 but if you're just using it for media, whatever
that is, unless you want to get a dock and plug in a 1080p monitor, in which case I'd still recommend the T420
>>55606564
Should I get this:https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004YIU7J8/ref=dp_olp_refurbished?ie=UTF8&condition=refurbished
or is there a better place to get it?
thank you!
>>55606477
Ebay is the place most of us swear by. It's where pretty much all the best deals are found, and they'll back you up in seller disputes if anything isn't as it was listed. Avoid listings that only have stock photos and don't be afraid to ask the seller questions about the unit before buying. If you can get the seven-digit type number off the bottom of the laptop, punch it into http://tp.krelay.de/ to see that model's factory specs. In the case of the T520, the main thing you want to look for is the 1080p screen, but the 1600x900 panel is acceptable too. Just avoid 1366x768 models. A good price would be $300 or less, and I would say that you start overpaying at $400 and up.
Why doesn't anyone buy a P-series thinkpad on /tpg/? I'm thinking of picking one up for architecture school. Any suggestions for 3d rendering, 2d cad and photoshop? I will be running all these programs simultaneously most of the time.
>>55606606
check out the buyer's guide in the OP. look up the model you want and read over the options available for it (particularly graphics options, processors, screen resolutions, and ram). Then go on eBay and find one that matches what you want/need. Wouldn't recommend buying one on Amazon unless you're sure it has the specs you want.
>>55606621
they aren't available for under $200
>>55606649
Are they worth spending $1000+ though? Or should I just go for consumer grade memeshit like the Pavilions and Inspirons with i7s and GTX 960Ms?
>>55606621
People don't even buy older W series around here because they're either working with that small of a budget or just aren't looking for that kind of power in a laptop. It shouldn't come as a surprise that almost nobody here has the newest and most expensive Thinkpad available. There's a couple of them, but they're vastly outnumbered by the T420 plebs and even the collectorfags.
>>55606708
Ahh that makes sense. Would /tpg/ recommend a P50/70 for the use case I mentioned though? If not, any good, rugged alternatives?
>>55602368
>dogshit screen
Can I do something like this with it then?http://www.tomsguide.com/forum/66944-35-changing-laptop-screen-higher-resolution I'm mainly using it for text editing and shitposting anyways.
>>55606814
yeah, kinda
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=118070
>>55606837
They still haven't worked out the flickering issue with that mod, have they? Until then the only screen mod that's really viable for the T420 is the Alienware panel swap.
>>55606687
If you have the money to burn you really can't go wrong with a P50 or P70, but I'd definitely look into other options before deciding... Are you opposed to maybe a Macbook Pro?
>>55606847
This
The only viable swap options are just better TN panels. There's no 1080p IPS screen that works perfectly in the T420 yet, and if they ever do get around to making it work, you'll probably be better served just upgrading to a T440 or higher
I've accepted my T420 for what it is and will make do until I can afford either a newer Thinkpad (possibly the Classic if it ever comes to fruition) or a Macbook
>>55606947
Need to run a few Windows exclusives for school. Looked at the Dell Precision 7500 but it's a lot more expensive than the P50 for a similar configuration.
>>55606040
it is clean only one thing what i need to do is cleaning Under the keyboard.
so scratches on screen or the case just a little bit wear on edges.
>>55606027
>>55606316
>>55606393
if you are not a hobiist repair guy, sell the current one, and buy another with IPS screen
>>55607018
Are you sure you're going to need the level of power the P50 and its equivalents offer? Would your needs not be met by a substantially less expensive W520 or W530? Or do you just have an aversion to buying used?
>>55607061
But judging from this video it is so easy even someone as clumsy as me can do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RwO6ZlyzGA
>>55606992
Thanks for the help, I'm not too concerned though, considering I paid $200~ for the thing on Groupon.
>>55607093
Only thing I'd be worried about is fucking up the ribbon cables.
>>55606316
>>55606393
http://www.screencountry.com/index.php?section=products&model=THINKPAD%20T420%20SERIES&brand=IBM-Lenovo
>>55605258
Updaterino
Found a torrent on TPB that is specifically the T420 Win7 x64 recovery discs. Digging out my DVD drive and some DVDRs now
give me a kiss for luck /tpg/
gunna dip my toes into the thinkpad world. copped an x200 since it was less than $100. hopefully it's not a beat to shit piece of shit.
idk what i'll even do with a second computer these days but my main is a mac so i'll probably linux it up again or maybe run something fun like haiku and dick around.
>>55601754
Someone at Lenovo convinced people this was a good idea.
>>55607388
>>55607412
what piece of shit model is that? jesus christ
the more I look at it the more I find to hate what in the absolute shit is this abortion
is there seriously no capslock key? what the fuck man why
>>55607468
X1 Carbon 2nd Gen.
>>55607481
oh my god
>>55605875
It's actually an atheist flute.
>>55607789
>atheist flute
That's a new one. The only reason I would find these acceptable is if the person was using them to quit cigs.
>>55607806
That is why I use it, anon (original atheist flute user from earlier)
I used to smoke a pack or two of Newports every week, now I just hit this thing occasionally. I could probably stop using it all together, but nicotine really does help me focus and has a nice calming sensation.
>>55607930
Good job for quitting smoking, man.
>>55607930
I laugh when people go off on e-cig users, but I don't agree with the mentality.
Quitting smoking is a godsend and I'm glad you'll be alive to shitpost longer, faggot.
>>55606403
I own both, I daresay the actuation is actually a hell of a lot better than the T420 keyboard
Though, I have heard that there are 2 different manufacturers of the T420 keyboard and one feels way nicer than the other, maybe I got the shit one
Hijacking his thread because I don't want to make a new one.
I need a lightweight and thin, relatively fast and cheap laptop for college. I was thinking of buying a surface 3.
I know this is a think pad general but what are your suggestions?
>>55608481
Enterprise laptop general.
Surface is okay, just don't expect to use anything but windows 10 and the pen digitizer drivers are god awful I hear.
>I need a lightweight and thin, relatively fast and cheap laptop for college
x200, x201, x220/x230, these all have tablet variants
x200 can be found for 100 dollars American
>>55608481
I think people like the surface pro 3 here, however the issue of it is strength as some would get a X230 Tablet. We need to know more of what you want, need, budget and what you're studying for.
>>55604327
Yeah
Mine sold for $970 this january and it worked well minus the die whenever I want battery.
>>55606196
Yeur.
I managed to pick up an X220T for just under $300 after shipping and everything off EBay.. 128gb SSD, 8gb RAM, great condition. It'll be fun to play around with a Thinkpad again after all these years. (My first laptop was a Thinkpad 365XD back in 1995).
>>55608650
>Yeur.
So is that a yes or a no
>>55601754
safe way to UNDER/DOWN clock my x220 with i5 ? in gnu/linux ?
someone done it before ?
>>55608931
http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-management.htmlgksudo leafpad /etc/default/tlp
Shouldn't be too hard to figure out from there.
>>55608997
>http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-management.html
thanks, but have you tried it ? or know some possible cons ?
Does anyone know if it's possible to turn of the webcam light that lights up whenever the camera is in use?
X220
>>55607930
same. Quit smoking 1/1.5 packs a day and then started working down my nic level over the course of a few years. I'm at 2mg now. It's nice to get the nic monkey off your back too, but that's a longer-term goal.
>>55609030
I use it. It works great, even more-so if you have a thinkpad.
Does replacing the screen on an x220 with an IPS screen involve any soldering?
Do I need a special chink kit like with the T420?
>>55609522
It's a drop in replacement
>>55609522
No soldering. It's a simple swap.
>>55609560
>>55609580
Thank you, anons
>>55608481
macbook air 13"
thinkpad x220 or newer (make sure you get an ssd and extended battery)
or maybe like a 2012 13" macbook pro.
also if you are fine with a larger screen, but fairly thin overall laptop the newer thinkpad t440 and on are decently thin, especially the t4XXs
is an x220 8gb ram,with ips display for 270$ worth it? it include a 320 gb hdd and a decent battery.
>>55609740
see if you can talk them down to like 230-250 and I'd say it'd be pretty good.
S A T U R D A Y
N I G H T
>>55610023
>T420
How do you live with that shitty screen
>>55601754
So my x220 started overheating a lot lately, I decided to for the first time ever disassemle it and clean the fans and reapply the thermal paste.
I did it using lenovos manual, but I'm pretty sure I fucked it up big time on multiple accounts.
First of all, I left out a screw, but no idea where, definetly not from the heatsink parts though. Second I used some shoddy chink thermal paste that was kind of dried in. Didn't want to use it but didn't have a choice because I needed to leave soon.
Now it's overheating again, it seemed better at first, but the overheating problem only appears on windows, when I use arch it doesn't overheat at all when watching videos or doing stuff, which is weird. I think because of the mesa drivers linux isn't really using the gpu and windows uses it more and that's where it overheats.
What should I do? Buy new non shit thermal paste and reapply? Does it even matter what kind of thermal paste you use?
How do you know if your fan is broken?
>>55610073
I cry a lot, it helps
>>55609947
there is also a non ips one for 200$, is an ips screen worth it?
>>55610225
Absolutely.
did i fuck up with buying an x200 instead of an x220 today for $100 instead of $250~ for the x220 even though i could afford either?
>>55610292
Depends on what you're planning to do with it.
If you're just gonna dick around, either is fine.
If you want to watch your lewd chinese cartoons, you should have gone with the x220.
>>55610321
yeah, it's just to dick around. i have a mbpr13 already, just wanted another machine to toy with without fucking up my main machine.
>>55610498
Fucking richfag
Get the fuck out
>>55610556
rude ):
Anyone here bought a thinkpad display from aliexpress before? How'd it go?
>>55610600
I'm also looking for an IPS display for the x220 but I don't want to take the gamble
Why is it so hard to find this screen and why is it so expensive, fuck
>>55610159
or is this too much of a tech support question?
>>55610683
your fan is broken if it doesn't fan anything
are you retarded?
>>55610688
I thought the bearings could get rekt over time and it couldn't spin at optimal speeds and I don't know how well it worked before because I didn't pay any attention.
>>55607468
>is there seriously no capslock key?
Looks like the left shift has a caps lock light. Activated maybe by Fn+Shift or something?
>>55606621
I will get a P series one day, but usually I don't touch laptops past $300 since I usually resell em after playing with em.
>>55608887
Yes
>>55610159
What the fuck, have you checked tasks running in Windows? also what version do you have?
You shouldn't have any problems, because usually linux machines run hotter.
>>55610556
Shut up
>>55608931
>>55608997
>way to UNDER/DOWN clock
You actually don't want to do that, the faster the CPU is running the faster it gets the job done and the faster it can go back to super low power states. I.e just let the Intel P-state driver do the cpu frequency governing, and if you need to limit the heat generation then use powerclamp (with thermald preferably) to force it to stay at those super low power states certain % of the time.
Is the i3 370m version of the E5410 worth getting now? Not sure if i should get it.
>>55604177
Yep, got mine last year and still works like a champ.
Got my thinkpad guys!
Anyone knows where the motherboard thermal sensor is located in a T520? When the cpu is 85c° ish the motherboard reads nearly 100c°.
>>55604177
I mean they ask a bit extra but you def get what you wanted to get.
>>55612180
sure
get an i5-560m or drop a i7-740qm if it has nvidia gpu
>http://www.ebay.com/itm/331910843942
So pic related happened on my t420. I guess I need to replace the screen.
https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Thinkpad-Replacement-LAPTOP-Substitute/dp/B004VUO2N6
Is this what (and all) I need? Is replacing the screen simple?
![HPStream8TPMError[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/RIe8z4F.jpg "HPStream8TPMError[1].jpg")
Re-installing OS on an x230 I just bought and this pops up
Does it matter if I wipe it? What does it even do? What happens if I reject instead of confirm?
>>55612367
Did you even try to google it?
LADS, I finally found a seller that will deliver a genuine AUO B156HW01 V7 for my T520
Truly this is the GOAT day. Now I just gotta get an 850 EVO mSATA and this laptop is completely kitted out to the max.
>>55612311
Just as long as the screen replacement is the same resolution as the original. They use different LVDS cables.
>>55610073
Switch the ICC profile with one that's not retarded. There's one that makes it no worse than any other good TN panel.
>>55607405
X220 could have run OS X with not much hassle. X201 and X200 can't seem to do it which pisses me off because I like them more.
>>55613395
No ICC profile will fix the shitty viewing angles and total fuckery of black levels from just 2 degrees of screen tilting
Only way to have a decent screen is to get an X1 Carbon panel
Well, what could be wrong with it? Busted mobo, power circuit, ...?
They're asking 80 AUD. Should I do it?
>>55613509
If you're not sure you can fix it, buying a motherboard would kill saving money from buying a busted laptop.
>>55606403
The keyboard on my X230 feels way nicer than the keyboard on my X200 but the layout is inferior
>>55610600
I did, no issues at all.
Found a Latitude D610 with 2GB of ram and 150GB HDD
What should I do with it?
Is it normal for pic related part to make a slight creaking noise when i put pressure on it? (It's a x230)
>>55613831
give it to me =^)
Bought used x220 half a year ago with the shipping. With ultrabase, ssd and in decent condition but maybe bit overpriced. Today i saw local ad that someone is selling used one in my town. In quite good condition, without hdd, and with some weird german/swedish keyboard layout? Price is really good so im wondering if i should buy it just for a backup, for future use? These machines might get more rare soon? What is your opinion guys?
>>55601754
Looking at getting a t430, how important is an unlocked bios?
is it something that completely ruins an otherwise good deal?
Depends how cheap is the used x220. For pure backup purpose, I would get couple used x220 motherboards instead.
I have an opportunity to get a T420s with an i5, 4GB no HDD, for $150.
The dark side is that the screen has a yellow stripe (I'm gonna upgrade the screen anyway).
Go or no?
Also, what's the best way to fully sanitize the laptop from the outside?
>>55615302
Wipe it with cum
>>55615302
Why are they z and y keys swapped?
I got this for 150 shipped but with a 320GB drive
http://tp.krelay.de/index.php?type=4178-6vu
Also the 420s has the cpu soldered onto the mobo
>>55615302
That is a no. Here's why --
New HDD $40
New Screen $90
New laptop price? $280
...be patient and get one in better condition so that if you want to upgrade the screen you can and still have one that is working, that you might actually sell and have the laptop for even less.
I paid $140 for a T420 a year ago.
>>55615896
This
Seperate components are expensive as fuck.
I want to get an x220, which costs about €170 here.
If I want to add another 4 GB of RAM, that's another €20.
A new 6-cell battery is about €65.
A new IPS screen is about €80.
A new 256GB SSD is approximately €70.
So it would cost me about 400 yuros to get an x220 and make it usable.
Honestly I might just go full out and buy a brand new laptop
T430s with 128GB ssd, I5 and 4gb of ram for 291 usd Y/N? Battery is apparently only good for 4 hours or so though, but it comes with windows 7.
>>55601754
My x201 got damaged after I fell off my motorbike wand landed on the bag it was in, the screen is now dimmer and has small bright dots around the bottom area, anyone have any idea what part is damaged? pic related
>>55616067
More pics
>>55616080
The max brightness of the screen is lower than what it was before it was landed on.
>>55616021
you might as well unless you patrol ebay for a good deal.
I got an IPS 8gb i5 x220 with a docking station for $210 with $10 for shipping.
>>55604177
It's expensive however it looks to be in good quality, and a well cared for think pad should last you a good 5 or so years.
>>55606285
This, most pirated Windows versions are already pre activated for convenience anyway.
So, I just ordered T430 with i7-3630qm quad core CPU, NVS 5400m GPU, 16GB RAM, 240GB SSD and 2TB HDD + WWAN and BT for $350. It's gonna replace my current i5-2500k powered desktop.
I'm gonna use my current X220 (with i5-2540m, 8GB RAM, 120GB mSATA and 2x2TB HDDs) as a mobile server, thus getting rid of HP t610 thin client.
Did I do good?
>>55616209
You did great, but just be aware that the laptop cpu won't be as powerful as the 2500k, especially if you had your desktop over locked.
>>55616230
Yeah I know, but this CPU is as fast as i5-2500k with no OC according to passmark. I do have it OCed to 4.6GHz tho.
Lenovo ThinkPad T420 (4236MBG)
Intel Core i5-2540M (2.6 Ghz)
4 GB DDR3
320 GB SATA
DVD-RW
Good Condition
99 Bucks
Good Deal?
>>55616059
Anyone?
I'm Swedish and it's a Swedish T430s, so I save on buying a new keyboard.
>>55614740
you can't use it for anything if the bios is locked, it might be good as a bludgeon if you wanna knock someone out though
I have a MacBook Air 11" with an i7 and a 512gb SSD, dual boots win10. My desktop is a 4790k / 780ti Hackintosh/win8.1 machine. I'm kinda-sorta interested in a thinkpad, but... What would I do with it? My air is insanely portable, even runs 3D games passably on low settings... Yeah, I feel crazy for even considering it. Can someone convince me? Put some Ubuntu on it? I like Linux and haven't fucked around with it for a while.
>>55616306
If it in good condition then get, if not look for one in better condition and buy a Swedish keyboard. I've had similar problems with keyboard due to laptops never having Kazakh keyboards available as spare part.
>>55616306
Bit on the high side for USA prices, but probably a good deal for Europe prices.
>>55616343
everyone here recommends thinkpads, but it seems like you've already got a pretty good setup so unless you want a second laptop to mess around with linux on then there is no point in getting one, i normally use a macbook pro and i'm currently running fedora 23 on a t420, pretty good for messing around with if you're into that
>>55616370
Thanks. That's what I was thinking. Seems like Thinkpads are a little less commonplace here, and shipping from the us can be a pain. not to mention customs.
>>55616365
Thanks It's apparently in good condition, just a scratch on the lid.
Guy who sells it lives not far from here, so I might meet up with him (In public of course.) to inspect it. And because shipping that short of a distance is just unnecessary.
I looked up kazakh keyboards out of curiosity, and that's a lot of unique letters. Swedish ones just have ö å ä, and in a pinch I can write just fine on an american one in swedish. But with all those symbols I'm a litle surprised how many there are. Do the keys on a kazakh one correspond to 'regular' letters like on a us keyboard?
>>55616388
Cool, that's a way more levelheaded response than I expected from this forum. Thanks. If I had a separate office from my home I'd probably do it, but my commute is... About two meters, so yeah.
How many more years until my x220 with i7 IPS SSD and 9cell gets obsolete? I fuckin love this machine desu
>>55616295
I'd recommend getting an ssd if you do purchase it, as long as the screen isn't cracked or something it sounds like a great deal.
>>55616451
The common letters that Kazakh shares with Russian are in the same place but all unique ones are in place of numbers, windows works well well enough to change keyboards for when I type English/Kazakh instead of Russian.
>>55616457
i don't have a separate office for my t420, i normally use it if i'm sitting on the couch watching tv or something and i don't feel like using os x or windows
>>55601754
I didn't know this general was a thing. I was researching cheap laptops and recently bought a T410 for about 250 USD. i5 and that 16:10 screen. How did I do?
>>55616698
A bit expensive, but if its in good condition and you're happy with it then you got your moneys worth.
>>55616698
Not a great price. Bad if you're in the US, passable otherwise, but not great. Still, the T410 is a fine machine, some would argue it was the last "real Thinkpad". Welcome to the cult.
>>55616671
I see. Always thought cyrillic was pretty neat, especially with the letters that look like ones of the latin alphabet but are pronounced differently.
>>55616100
try reseating the lvds cable, take out the bezel + panel
>>55616745
The similar letters made learning English annoying because I kept reading words as if they were Cyrillic for the first few months.
>>55616727
>>55616720
Apparently I got price fuct. It was a refurb, but in mear mint condition. Running out of hard drive space (350GB HDD).
Hate to circlejerk, but these things are pretty practical. Solid build quality, professional yet retro appearance (but who gives a shit because all I do is watch porn in my room). Sometimes I feel naughty rubbing her little red nub.
>>55616767
Thanks for the advice, would there be any risk of damaging the laptop while doing this?
>>55613509
they say photos of bios to show that it powers on
so that means it just doesn't have a hard drive or doesn't have an os.
>>55615302
no, not really worth
if it just didnt have the hard drive it would be pretty good, but with a fucked screen it's worth less than $100 max
>>55616626
Thanks.
Well, they say it has a very small imprint on the screen. I don't really see it though.
Can you can have an SSD as a boot drive and an extra HDD for storage in a T420?
I think I've reached a pseudo-midlife crisis.
I want to sell my T520.
At it's height, it was just a good occasional typing and diagnostic machine.
I love it very much and have enjoyed using it a lot. But I've come to a point where I don't use it nearly as much and have been using it less and less as time goes by.
I do all my real work, and occasional gaming, on my custom PC. It's been on my desk for almost two months with no use, except when I clean or dust to move it out of the way.
Should I sell it? My heart wants to keep it but my mind wants to sell it while it still has a decent resale value.
>>55617116
>remove cd drive
>buy hdd caddy
>put ssd in main hard drive bay
>put hdd in caddy
>???
>profit
>>55617116
yes, you can stick three hard drives in T420's
one mSATA SSD and two 2.5" drives with an Ultrabay caddy
>>55617116
>>55617163
>>55617179
3 drive master race
the 500gb (which is in the ultrabay) is the OEM drive. Will replace it with another HGST once i need that much storage space.
72 eurobucks for a legitimate IPS screen for the x220
Yes or no?
Lenovio Thinkpad T60
ntel® Core™2 Duo T2400 2 x 1,83 GHz
Mainboard: 2008 46G
3 GByte DDR2 (Dual-Channel)
ATI Readeon X1300
SATA 80 GByte von Seagate
New battery
90 Dollars
Yay or ney?
Hey guys. Got a quick question.
So I got an ultrabay battery for my T420s. Works pretty good. I can now get between two and four hours on battery, depending on how hard I use it. I could probably push it to five if I only do really light internet use and turn the screen brightness down.
My only problem is pic related. It won't charge completely unless I reboot the laptop. I have TLP installed, but none of the battery options are enabled.
What would cause this? I'm running Fedora 23.
>>55617596
That's a Z61t mate
>>55617596
When you can get a t420 for $150 I don't see why you'd use anything older
>>55617948
Libreboot
IBM engineering
Cute old IBM logo
Looking for a shitposting and anime machine.
Would I be able to watch 1080p 10 bit cartoons on a X220?
I've got an old HP g6 that is literally falling apart on me, what would the best ThinkPad be to replace it, in terms of similar specs? It's got an i3-2350M and 4 gigs of RAM.
>>55617287
I'd much rather just get one big ssd for everything like in my macbook
hard drives may seem light outside of a laptop, but they do make a pretty big difference it weight.
replacing the HDD with an ssd in my macbook and taking out the dvd drive makes the laptop weight almost half as much as it did before.
>>55618091
Not on that 1366x768 screen, but yes, easily.
>>55618607
I'll be hooking it up to a monitor or my TV anyway
Also, is it worth upgrading to IPS?
>>55616786
I can see that happening.
When I was young I had the same issue with the letter Y, since the Y sound as in your, youtube and so on is pretty rare in swedish.
>>55618066
>autism
>mild autism
>full blown autism
>>55618091
I'd suggest this
>>55617948
Because its cool :P
>>55618340
T520/30, E5520/30
>http://www.ebay.com/itm/112055966363
>http://www.ebay.com/itm/152147503344
Getting a T420 keyboard for T430, but I've heard that there's two manufacturers for it and one is better than the other
Which is the better one?
I did it, ordered an x260 FHD8gb ram 256go ssd but with an i3 only
>>55618781
>i3
return it.
don't speed that much money on a laptop to get a dog shit cpu.
>>55617948
Having a screen worth a damn, for one.
>>55618781
How much did you pay
>>55618694
Thanks for the recommendations! Though I have to ask, are those the speakers on the sides of the keyboard? If not, where are they located?
>>55618794
>>55618824
I paid 1100 € and had a student discount of 10%
The i5 6200u was 70€ more but officially costs the same as the i3 so i thought it was okay to go with the i3 6100u
Bit expensive in my opinion but I wanted this battery life and resolution
>>55618794
and by the way i don't think the i5 would be that much better
>>55618886
http://wccftech.com/lenovo-expected-unveil-thinkpad-gaming-machine-new-cooling-technology/
Can't believe I am posting this shit but I hope its true T.T
>>55618886
an i3 isn't going to get you better battery life, if anything you'll get worse with an i3 since those are usually the failed i5s that can't turbo boost well, or use way to much power to turbo.
>>55618923
trust me it is, and for $70 more it's well worth it if it's a laptop you plan to use more more than a year.
>>55618936
Didn't mean to quote anyone.
>>55618859
The thinkpad has speakers on the sides, I believe the Dell has speakers on the bottom.
>>55618936
That article has to be fake.
my god.
>>55618940
Well i think that's too late since i can't even see my order from the student part of lenovo's website, are i3s really that bad ?
>>55618995
yes, they don't belong in any device over $300
>>55601754
if the power goes out will the usb ports on my dock for my t420 stop working? or will they be powered from the laptops battery?
