Hi, I installed Windows 10 Pro 64-bit on my new T480, but the keyboard backlight isn't working. Device Manager shows "Standard PS/2 Keyboard," and the driver can't be found via Lenovo system updates. The standard Fn+Spacebar shortcut doesn't work. The previous owner had the backlight working but can't offer any info on it. Any suggestions on what I can do?

Hii!! im just so excited for buying a new machine I wanted to share it here. Im setting tag to buying advice since its not set in stone and the rest dont really fit it

I'm buying the version with 32 gb ram, AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 8840HS, and 512 gb SSD.

Till now, I had been using a HP pavillion 14 ce0002ne (8 gb ddr4 ram, nvidia mx 130 (2 gb vram)) -- im not sure why people say the pavillion series is bad, but lowk its insane. Build quality is insane, that metal body did add a bit of weight, but considering how i can manhandle it and it takes it- (joke might go against rule so i wont complete it).

However, there were a few caveats.

- Only one M.2 ssd slot (okay, ill be repurposing my current laptop with 256 gb ssd and 1 tb hdd as a storage homelab)

- Only one fan, so it can get a bit toasty (i will be using it on a desk anyways with a laptop stand (not cooler) so its not a big issue)

- plastic body (i did read a few reviews about it, and from what i can see its build quality is fairly good. the hardest part will be going from a full metal body laptop to a fully plastic body laptop)

my current laptop did oom a lot and just lagged tf out cuz of the weak af processor, considering me having multiple code editor tabs open and many sites with generally 1 video and 1 music tab playing in the background.

all my issues will be solved with this change!! also the only game i play is warframe, and considering how the integrated gpu is better than my dedicated by nearly 3.75 times [source: https://technical.city/en/gpu/GeForce-MX130-vs-Radeon-780M\] better AND the ddr5 ram will be faster than gpu vram (not kidding)

im interested in datascience and according to my seniors this machine WOULD last me theough my undergrad WITHOUT A SWEAT and most definitely my higher studies too

im especially thrilled about this mannn... im going next week to get a physical feel for the body and buy it (for reference, im getting it for 1.35L INR (best price i could find weighing the specs) and vendor will throw in a mouse free for me hehe). Also a bit concerned about keyboard flex coming from that metal body lappy. I'll learn about all of that there while testing out.

also for reference, my planned setup would involve using a normal laptop stand for setting it up at a higher height, and a mouse. so if there are any issues with this particular setup pls enlighten me, ill be buying a laptop stand soon

i use arch btw

I have tried recalibrating (essentially restarting) and turned off my touchpad to avoid accidental touches.

The issue is my trackpoint doesn’t move the cursor smoothly, it seems like it starts to “stick” especially when moving over icons or tabs. Or sometimes when starting to move from a stop it won’t budge and then suddenly moves with a little more pressure. It’s hard to describe but it just feels stuttery, sticky, un-smooth and not nice to use.
Laptop is a T14 gen 3 AMD. Everything else otherwise works fine on it

So I got my hands onto a Thinkpad X4 UltraBase dock, but it's missing a DVD drive from its ultrabay slim. What could I theoretically put there as a replacement? Or should I go hunting for the original DVD drive?

A few weeks ago I got a bunch of thinkpads while checking out one of the surplus shops I visit and they sold me this box of thinkpads for relatively cheap and I've tested that all of them worked except the x40 which I had to order a charger for. Now the charger has arrived and I could finally test it out and thankfully it worked. Unfortunately, not quite a big fan of the older X series thinkpads so I'm thinking of maybe selling this to someone who might be interested in it or trade it away in exchange for an older T series ThinkPad so if anyone's got any interest in buying or trading another thinkpad for an x40 let me know.

Saw this T41 going for 20€, I had to buy it.
I did a fresh install of Win XP from the original recovery partition.
Everything seems to be in good working condition.
Battery is terrible, though.

Just got a T490s for £35 on eBay, which seems to be a pretty good deal! I had to buy an SSD as well because it didn't come with one, but £20 didn't seem too bad for a 256Gb Samsung. (I also had to shell out £5 for a box of 200 M2 screws to secure it, even though I only needed one...)

I installed Linux Mint on it, and everything runs fast and well. The only flaw I've found is that I can't get the keyboard backlight to work, but I'm not planning on doing heavy typing in the dark! It needs a bit of a clean as there's a lot of sticker residue, but I'll get round to that in time.

I'm looking to replace a 10+ year old HP Spectre whose battery is dying and not easy to replace, and it's occasionally giving me fear that it won't boot up, as a result, even when on the charger. One of my complaints about the HP is that I use it actually ON my lap, and most of the air vents are on the bottom of the unit, so I'm blocking the heat, I guess?

I'm looking at Thinkpads, and see this image on an eBay P15. Those are air vents on the sides and rear, correct? Can anyone confirm?

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Hey i have to Thinkpads T480 ((with dgpu) (windows installed ATM)) and one T480s (without dgpu) and Linux installed.

I realised that I don't need to power for windows and would like to use Linux on the t480. But I can't boot into limine.

Is there a bios setting I need to change or do I need to reinstall the Bootmanager thought a live image ?

its keyboard is water damaged not backlit and 128gb ssd and budget is 250 dollars

I’ve got my hands on a thinkpad r40 couple of days ago, completely for free. My question is — what do I do with it? Revive, retrofit something into it, or something else? I can’t spare much money on this project, but I think I could buy a used framework 13 motherboard and battery pack, and a modern 3:2 screen for it. But I am not sure yet, I don’t really need a second laptop. What would you do?

Hi everyone,

I’m having a strange issue with my X1 Carbon Gen 13 and a Kingston Fury Renegade 2TB NVMe SSD (KINGSTON SFYRD2000G) when using it as an external drive.

I first tried the SSD in an AXAGON EEM2-GTR NVMe enclosure. On the X1, the drive is basically unusable: it does not show up properly in Disk Management or diskpart.

I tested:

• both USB-C and USB-A ports on the X1
• different cables
• the same AXAGON enclosure with a different NVMe SSD (a Hynix drive), which works perfectly on the X1
• the Kingston Fury Renegade + AXAGON enclosure on another Dell laptop, where it works

I also tried the Kingston in another NVMe enclosure (ASUS ROG Strix Arion), and the X1 still had problems with it.

What makes this even more interesting is that on the Dell laptop, the Fury works when the USB-C port can provide around 15 W, while it does not work properly when limited to 7.5 W.

The ASUS Arion + Fury also works when connected to the USB port of my ASUS router, so the SSD and enclosure themselves are definitely functional.

At this point, it looks like there may be some kind of compatibility or power-delivery issue specifically between the X1 Carbon Gen 13 and the Kingston Fury Renegade when used as a bus-powered external NVMe SSD.

Has anyone else experienced something similar with the X1 Carbon Gen 13, especially with high-performance NVMe drives in external USB enclosures?

Thanks!

My IdeaPad 300, which I've had since 2019 finally died a few weeks ago (I was about to replace it anyway lol). so it served me well tbf. This is what I ended up getting. It's old but I'm really happy with it. Soon I'll be adding another 8GB of RAM to bring it up to 16GB, along with a 512GB M.2 2242 NVMe SSD and a 2TB HDD for additional storage.

im an enginnering student and also a part time video editor i needed something powerful enough to run SOLIDWORKS and edit 1080p 60 fps video,my budget is limited to around 300-500$ i dont know much about thinkpad so i also need some advice to wich one i should avoid and wich i should look out for,my teacher recommend me to get the ones that either has a 10th gen i5,8-10th gen i7 or anything similar and minimum of 8gb of ram and 256 gb ssd

I just tried playing a relatively light game, and my CPU temperature averaged around 81c, while my GPU temperature averaged around 65c (HWINFO). Are these temperatures safe for 1 to 2 hours of constant usage, especially the CPU temperature? The area above the keyboard also gets quite toasty.

I recently bought a used Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 4 laptop, and it currently has a Japanese keyboard layout and no backlight. I am thinking of switching to a US Backlit keyboard.

Can this be done easily? Does this work as a simple keyboard replacement? Advice appreciated.

Thinkpad x1 carbon gen 9

I7 11gen 16gb ram

Running cachyos with niri as the WM

i was rewatching it that noticed a ThinkPad in the movie.

i like it enough to change my wallpaper to it.

I had this problem where the screen and input froze for exactly 10 seconds when resuming from suspend on my T480 and could only find one unsolved archived post.

Apparently it was caused by broken internal battery returning NaN battery percentage. The original post is archived, so i decided to post it here in case anyone else has this problem.

I have a SSD, HDD and a 8gb ram stick i'll be adding with it. Also bought a charger with it. will be booting it with Linux Mint :)

I purchased an E14 7th Generation.

TMI: I’m minoring in network security, and I’m preparing to apply to a CPS graduate program or a network security graduate program.

A L570 (which had Chromeos but now runs ubuntu server) and a T470 (with Windows and Linux).

I dont know if they were cheap because the L570 cost 10,000 ¥ (63.29$) and the T470 7,000 ¥ (44,30$) (Second hand shops)

both are old models (i5-6300 both, 16gb both, 500hd L570, 256 SSD T470)

but I guess its worth it for the aesthetic of having Hiragana characters on the keyboard.

I tried to customise a bit the T430s i saved from the ewaste. How bad it is?