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Used ThinkPad Buyer's Guide:
http://ktgee.net/post/49423737148/thinkpad-guide
ThinkWiki - Info on ThinkPads & running GNU+Linux on them:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki
ThinkPad service guides w/ tutorial videos:
http://service.lenovo.partner-management.com/et.cfm?eid=1369
Like Apple hardware in real life, Thinkpads are just no different than your usual pik of over-priced plastic cases, housing nothing but your mediocre specification of processing internals.
>>47075025
>>47075025
Unlike Apple they aren't ridiculously overpriced for no reason and aren't designed to fail.
>tfw want a T23 for a vintage laptop but can't justify the cost of one
>>47075025
twat
>>47075370
Like $2000 for the basic 14" mainline laptop compared for $1300 for something almost as powerful and a lot better looking.
buy x201 a week ago
received it today to find that the supervisor password has half of the bios grayed out
>supervisor password
how do i get rid of this /g/?
what unholy bodging must i perform?
that said, having never owned a proper thinkpad, im very impressed by the build quality.
>>47075604
WARNING!
Never EVER buy ThinkPads with BIOS locked (Supervisor) passwords, you cannot reset it by taking out the CMOS battery. The Supervisor password is stored on a chip and requires special equipment to extract it or a complete motherboard replacement.
>>47075604
you fucked up real bad son.
>>47075627
>>47075632
Can't you short out the security chip with a paperclip?
>>47075646
If you do know what you’re doing, there is a $100 tool which can be used to recover the BIOS/Supervisor password from almost any ThinkPad (except some SL models) available at www.ja.axxs.net.
This link shows BIOS Password Contact Points for each model.
There are a number of ways to check if the ThinkPad is safe to buy, make sure it can actually access the BIOS. Sellers selling parted out ThinkPads that “Boot to BIOS” are safe. For you collectors out there, if the old ThinkPad cannot advance past the 00161 and 00163 (Dry CMOS battery/No time set) errors, there’s a good chance that the BIOS is locked because the time couldn’t be set.
>>47075646
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANZjUPUYE7s
>>47074986
I’m getting a W520 with 16GB RAM on Friday, for £400. Did I get a good deal /g/?
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>>47075831
>>47075831
What kind of CPU and screen does it have?
>>47075847
Processor - Intel i7-2630QM 2GHz (2.9GHz Turboboost)
Display - 1600 x 900 HD+ AntiGlare
Graphics - Nvidia Quadro 1000M 2GB
What does a locked bios looks like ? Any pic ?
I'm gonna buy a x200 next week but I want to check if it's not locked before.
Bought slice battery, 9 cell battery and 16gb of ram for x220. I still need IPS display. That is going to be hard...
do I sell my retina MBP and buy an x220 instead
>>47075893
When you enter the BIOS, there will be a password prompt if a supervisor password is present. If you don't enter anything and proceed by pressing enter, you'll see all the settings unchangeable
>>47075860
That's not that bad, a bit expensive but overall good.
>>47075903
>tfw my x220 happened to come with an IPS and a 9 cell.
is the slice really worth it? I already charge mine only twice a week, but i dont use it heavily and i dont travel much.
>>47075627
>>47075632
>hindsight
>>47075646
this.
>>47075651
yeah, i read that part of the buyers guide.
i was hoping for a bit of elaboration.
>>47075970
k thanks
>>47075627
>>47075632
>>47075651
>>47075767
the site that shows the contact points for each model is kill
>>47076001
IPS X220 w/ worn 6cell here
Planning to buy a cheapo ching chong 9cell off Amazon. I've been looking at slice battery as well, but none cost less than $120 for me, which I can't afford.
My refurb t420 is doig this weird thing where it shows up as 32bit ?? It had 64 bit wangblows installed and I installed 64 bit xubuntu but it reverted itself to i686. It's really weird, It has a Sandy Bridge i5 which is obviously 64bit and in windows i am able to use 8 gigs of ram, but I cant install any 64 bit programs. I skimmed through the bios and didn't see any weird settings that may fix this. Anyone have an Idea what might be wrong.
Are there any artists here that use the X230T?
Looks like it's not as outdated as I thought. Ivy Bridge etc.
Are you happy with how the Wacom pen works?
The screen quality, battery life, noise etc?
>>47077469
you've been had. you installed a 32bit version of loonix. your processor is actually a pentium 4. only reason wangblows can do 8gb is because of PAE in kernel.
>>47077575
how come speccy/ archey shows i5
don't play with muh feels anon
>>47077486
to rephrase this question slightly;
If I were looking for babby's first wacom penabled tablet, for doing art until i'm good enough to justify a Cintiq, would the 230t be a better option than say a Surface Pro 2?
>>47077628
spoofing the cpu id is easy as shit anon
>>47077670
I guess I'll just have to take it apart and see what's inside, I'm still within warranty luckily.
>>47077730
ebay vendors sometimes try to fuck people over by selling you old hardware in modern laptop chassis. i own a thinkpad, but i wouldn't ever trust a secondhand nigger on ebay with my computing hardware.
>>47077759
It was from a refurbisher, arrowdirect.
I looked them up and they had decent enough reviews. I'm not paranoid enough to think that someone sold me a t420 with an older cpu inside because that seems like it would be a bigger pain in the ass than it's really worth.
>>47077469
You installed 32-bit Xubuntu.
>>47077998
Yea but on my windows boot it shows up as 64 it and I can't install any 64 bit programs, nor can I create 64 bit vm's
>>47078021
pic?
>>47078043
ughh, really don't feel like rebooting
Where can I find ThinkPads for the price at least as cheap as the bold text in http://ktgee.net/post/49423737148/thinkpad-guide ? Especially T420 and X220. Everywhere I look they are more expensive.
>>47078517
where are you looking?
>>47078560
At the sites linked on that page. Never used them, maybe I'm doing it wrong.
http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=20-147-371&ifex=True
>$60
No I have absolutely no excuse.
Is it worth it you guys?
>>47078708
>69.99
>He calls it 60
Jesus christ, the jews are right, putting 9.99 in the end of prices really deceives the sheeple.
>>47078822
There's an extra $10 off just for today, read the promo code
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgIHYM-1bwY
>Muh build quality
Is there any reason NOT to update the BIOS to the latest version? Mine is on 1.10 and the latest is 2.22
>>47075025
>tfw MacBook Pro and ThinkPad
>>47076001
Is that an FW900?
>>47078602
There are going to be a lot of models that are overpriced.
Don't forget that models with a decent CPU and more than shit ram will have the price jacked all the way up.
The easiest way to do things is to find a model with shit specs for barely any money then use what you saved to upgrade it.
However, don't expect a great deal to jump at you immediately. Keep an eye out over the period of a week and you'll find something.
>>47078945
yeah. I calibrated it a bit since then
What's the most powerful charger I can use for an X60?
I have the 65W model and I've been looking at the 90W model, but is there a more powerful one?
i bought a demopool t440 with best specs for 500€
>>47078861
> Released keyboard and palmrest before throwing
ebin
>>47079009
I really doubt you could pull over 80W even if you tried really hard
>>47079050
It's just for charging the battery more quickly.
My T520 just arrived like 4 days early. I immediately put Ubuntu/gnome on it.
Still waiting for it to come back up and check the hard drive specs but what ssd would I think about putting in here.
>>47078872
Please respond.
>>47079223
Crucial, Samsung, and Intel make the best SSD's. Also T520's can take mSATA SSD's if you want to go that path and stick two regular 2.5" drives in the machine for storage or whatever, or just one 2.5" drive and keep the CD/DVD reader in it.
>>47079580
>>47079223
Get a mSATA 850 EVO/PRO and a 1/2 TB HDD.
>>47079580
>>47080030
Thx will look into it.
>>47078872
>>47079470
Well I dont know the machine your talking about let alone its specifics but generally updated is better. Especially if the update isnt brand new and untested.
>>47078920
yo.
Man the TN panel is bad
What Thinkpad would you guys recommend for someone who just needs a shitposting/anime machine? I'm kinda on a budget now and would be running something like Xubuntu on it. The most demanding thing I think Id be doing is streaming video or snes emulators.
>>47082043
x200
>>47082043
have you read the guides?
So I got my cheap T410 in the mail today, but it wouldn't power on because of a "fan error". I opened the laptop, and saw that there was a piece of tape that had managed to enter the case and was blocking the fan from starting. I removed the piece of tape and now everything is working perfectly. Am confirmed computer expart. Just call me if you need technical expertise in this field.
anyone interested in buying a w700ds in excellent condition?
>>47082205
Are you the dude who paid 880 for it yesterday?
>>47082889
yep, honestly i just bought it to flip it. im pretty content with using my x230
whats the going rate on a w700ds anyhow?
I'm running Windows 7 on a T430. Is there anyway that I can disable the physical button on my CD/DVD drive so I have to click eject in windows explorer or something to actually open the drive?
>>47082205
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Laptops-Netbooks-/175672/i.html?_from=R40&ghostText=&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&_nkw=w700ds
>>47083479
remove the optical drive
>>47083698
But then I wouldn't be able to use it by hitting eject in windows explorer or something.
>>47083746
>using such depreciated technology
I'm sure whatever you're using it for, there are better ways.
Is it possible to fix the bubbles on an X61t?
>>47083838
pop them
>>47074986
/g/, I want a tablet style laptop that has the thinkpad design.
2015 thinkpad yoga 15 or 2015 thinkpad yoga 14 when that comes out in two months?
>>47083838
>possible
it's possible, there's a guy on the german tp forums that took it apart the screen and removed the glue bubbles w/ flour.
>>47083888
ThinkPad X220/X230 Tablet
>>47083970
No, the resolution on that sucks and I want a larger screen.
>>47083998
Fujitsu Lifebook T904
>>47075378
I have 2 t23 and one t22 I will sell to you.
I need help. I want to install linux over windows. I want all of windows removed and only use linux. How do I do that? I am considering debian and xubuntu, no mint please. I want to remove all of windows files.
>>47075903
It makes it pretty heavy and no so portable. I just got it so I dont know how much of battery gain I get. I just want IPS display so I can optimise my battery life.
>>47084645
format hard drive
install Linux
>>47084645
When you go to install xubuntu it will give you the option to erase the disk and just install xubuntu.
>>47084705
So I format while installing linux? Is there anything I need to do? I am doing it on a thinkpad x220 laptop. Thank you.
>>47084732
Yep.
Depending on the OS it may even straight up ask you if thats what you want to do. Ubuntu and Elementary OS will. I think mint as well.
>>47084645
>can't google simple shit
>wants to try out ganoo loonix
It's going to be fun for you
kek
>2015 model thinkpad yoga 12, 14, 15
what's the consensus? 14 and 15 inch models should be getting digitizer pen support
Is there any stands I can get for my Thinkpad like the one in this image?
>>47084915
picture too dark and blurry, can't decipher what's going on
>>47084897
They support anypen.
>>47084551
>that feel when not American
It's suffering.
>>47084891
That's why Ubuntu exists.
My Thinkpad runs 2-3 degrees cooler while docked.
What sorcery is this?
>>47075646
X200 units should just need a paperclip.
Good luck, install an OS on a different machine and go from there.
>>47078872
Always burn a CD or make a bootable USB for bios update. Never use windows, can brick your HDD or mobo.
what the fuck is this guy thinking he has?
akroncanton.craigslist.org/sys/4904164242.html
>>47086337
>I paid over $1,800 for this machine from the factory and it is still in "like new" condition.
hurrr, this guy thinks technology doesn't depreciate like rocks
>>47086337
reminds me of this from my local CL, but the opposite
X230 Tablet for $300
http://norfolk.craigslist.org/sys/4936612830.html
But thing is I already have an X220t with a bigger battery and an i5, so X230t wouldn't really be much of an upgrade. And I don't think the older batteries work on Ivy Bridge models too.
>>47085623
fucking wot
>>47083998
then gtfo of this thread
>>47085964
What's the easiest way to make a bootable USB if I don't want to waste a CD?
>>47086852
google unetbootin
>>47086852
unetbootin
universal usb intaller
etc
>>47086573
>X230t
>i5-2370M
u wot
>>47086913
it says i3-2370M
u wot
>>47086923
It's a 3rd gen thinkpad with a 2nd gen cpu
what is wrong with this picture, kids?
Anyone using a Corsair m550 mSATA SSD on x220? How is it?
>>47086936
u wot
>>47086936
I know the T530 and T430 had options for a couple Sandy Bridge CPU's at the time, but after doing more research the X230t did not.
This requires more looking into maybe then...
>>47086879
>>47086888
Thanks.
>>47086984
>whats a google
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BIGASH0
>>47087019
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/x-series/x230t/#tab-tech_specs
I assume Lenovo's site would be more right.
>>47087038
it's basically a x230i tablet, not a x230t
>>47087038
also thinkpads have far more possible configurations than what's listed on lenovo's website
Is there any way to use the trackpoint/trackpoint scrolling as a mouse wheel?
I can do it under Gahnoo, but no juice under Windows.
>>47087165
install gentoo
>>47087116
Show some examples?
>>47087165
Install the Ultranav drivers. enable Smooth Scrolling
>>47086831
It idles on about 35 when not docked (fucking weather man) and about 30 while docked.
Load is around 60 not docked and 50-55 docked.
>>47087170
Already did.
>>47087180
That seems to make the middle trackpoint button into a middle click, but still no mouse wheel.
>>47087180
like you can slap an x9100 on the w500 or put fhd panels in certain models
and frankenpad, too
>being this new
>>47087178
why not? trading a semi-shit plebbook for two god tier notebooks sounds like a good deal to me.
>>47087221
Well yeah because it uses socketed CPU's, but it was never offered with it from Lenovo. That doesn't count as a "possible configuration", because it wasn't one.
>>47087214
Change it back to Standard Scrolling then? Isn't that exactly what you wanted?
>>47087267
I mean pressing the middle trackpoint button and moving the mouse up and down to emulate a mouse wheel, not a middle mouse click.
I need it in AutoCAD and some other programs.
>>47087284
then change the scrolling back to Standard
what does that do?
>>47087249
if you want a more recent example, the x220 ships with 7 cpus as listed on thinkwiki whereas lenovo's spec sheet only shows 3
that also goes for the x220 tablet that im typing on which has the i5-2410m, this cpu isn't even listed on their psref
dont be a bitch if ur new
>>47087339
Enables some weird scrolling that only with some applications, like web browsers and text editors. Oh, well.
>>47087182
>no ambient temperature given
>no temperature scale given
Literally meaningless
>>47087466
>no ambient temperature given
Does it really matter? I'm not complaining it's too hot, I'm just finding it strange that the temperature drops after a few minutes on the dock.
It's 27 anyways. (guess the scale)
>no temperature scale given
> idles at 35
Totally Farenheit m8. Actually no, it's Kelvin.
>>47087284
i feel your pain.
in solidworks i just navigate the model with the arrow keys if im not some place i can use a mouse.
Is $150 a good price for a T420s?
>>47087583
Depends on the processor and graphics card, but generally, yep. Pretty good price. Make sure it's not BIOS locked.
>>47087731
i5 2520m, video card not listed. Just "Intel HD graphics"
>>47087764
Pretty solid price, the 2520m won't be slow like the i3 or rape your battery like the i7. The T420s has a 1600x900 screen and USB 3.0 if I recall.
w540 here (yes, chinkpad)
if youre using solidworks, dont go the integrated graphics route.
the quaddro makes the textures look fantastic and you dont have to sit on your ass waiting for the model to rebuild itself all the time.
>>47075627
how does the bios become locked?
>>47088028
some asshole or company sets a PW
>>47081417
Linux Mint + Numix Dark?
>>47088083
that's definitely tint2 at the top
is it better to bid than buyitnow?
do people actively bid on these?
>>47082156
Muh winblows is running rly slow after i installed some programs, could ya help me?
>>47086337
>>47086573
>>47086532
You guys will get a kick out of these
http://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/sys/4917572877.html
I'm pretty sure $2500 is more than this piece of shit cost new.
http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/sys/4924831578.html
This laptop is several years old and he is asking more than what I paid for a new one with better specs.
Hawaii is filled with people who think computers somehow appreciate in value.
>>47087794
Depends. Some T420's have the smaller resolution. I purchased one on Newegg that said came with 1600x900 but a bunch of people left reviews saying it wasn't. Mine fortunately was.
>>47088318
I just for newly listed BIN listings.
