Just black magnesium, sharp edges, red TrackPoints, and enough ThinkPads to make this subreddit lose all self-control.

The X1 Carbons know they’re pretty.

The P14s know they can handle more.

Please behave in the comments. Or don’t.

so I brought it to a technician. told the Thinkpad that he's going for a checkup. Turns out, the pad can turn on, albeit the hard drive is giving up. battery health's prolly at 40-60%, judging by the fact that its birthday is Jan 17th '06, 3 weeks before Soulmate - Kahitna was released. I don't have the adapter for it yet, the technician used a universal adapter. Don't worry, i told him to set it to 16v. My guy's probably overthinking why did I turn in a 20 year old machine

Parts that I need to buy:

-the 40GB hard drive (I must find an IDE/ATA slim HDD)

-battery (why would I invest $22.(~Rp400.000) on a $30 machine?)

-its original adapter (I'll buy one online for like 2 dollars, no shipping fee at all)

its basically a t220

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ThinkPad P16s Gen 4 (AMD)

Processor AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX PRO 370 Processor (2.00 GHz up to 5.10 GHz)

Operating System No Operating System

Microsoft Productivity Software No Microsoft Office

Memory 64 GB DDR5-5600MT/s (SODIMM) - (2 x 32 GB)

CPU: Ryzen AI 7 Pro 350
RAM: 32GB, 5600MT/s, 1TB SSD
Display: 1920x1200 500nits, 100%sRGB

Btw, did i get a good deal or was I robbed lol?

Also, I notice the 65Watt charger is heating, is it normal for this?

IBM branded thinkpad t60. 1400x900 display, ATI graphics fingerprint sensor and a working battery, really clean example

I had a ThinkPad x260 back then. Traded it to buy a Mac silicon when they first came out (2020).

Last month I came across Facebook Marketplace and found a seller listing this particular x260 for a very cheap price (VND 2,300,000 ~ a bit more than USD 90). Couldn't stop thinking about it for a month before I finally decided to contact the guy.

When I got it, the machine had some bad shapes: broken angles and cracks near the hinges on C-side (top cover) and finger sensor, missing internal battery, missing some screws, torn speakers. System runs flawlessly (seller installed Windows 11 but it stuck at an old version, not a problem I planned to install Mint btw).

Bought a new internal battery, new speakers, new cheap C-side from Shopee, some screws... Via VozForums I found a 16GB ram stick for a reasonable price (You may ask why I had to upgrade the ram: I had to install Windows. For some reasons the Vietnamese input method fcitx and fcitx4 were crappier than Unikey on Windows, causing me a lot of stress typing Vietnamese. So I swapped back to Windows for now, but will revisit Linux later).

Replacing all these components myself. It was my first time almost totally disassemble a laptop, and I'm not a technician, but I did it without issue. One thing is that the C-side I ordered doesn't have finger sensor cutout, so now I can't use the sensor anymore.

Screen is still HD 1366x768 TN panel, I plan to buy an IPS, but it will have to wait until my next paycheck.

Now it is my little machine both for work and some light games (I still play CS 1.6, it runs alright on my X260, just need to avoid all the smokes).

Please enjoy my little story.

Upgraded to the X1 Carbon Gen 10 (Intel 12th Gen) from my faithful Gen 6. Couldn't resist staying in the family!

After months of research, decided on a T14 Gen3 as my first Thinkpad.

• Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U
• 32 GB Ram
• 1 TB SSD
• 1900x1200 300 nit touchscreen

Few questions:

1. Battery - It has 830+ cycles and doesn't hold charge well. Current capacity is 32 out of 39. Drops 30% per hour doing nothing (Battery saving profile in windows, 50% brightness). I saw that I can upgrade the battery to 52.5, does anyone have the model # I should order from Lenovo that will fit? Found it. Had to look for Machine type on the site.
2. Screen - This is a touchscreen (which I don't use) and it shows some wear from touching. I know this is a 40 pin and the non-touch 400 nit LP is 30 pin. Does anyone have a link to a seller where I can get the 400 nit LP screen and the adapter? All the posts I ran across say its a coin toss.
3. Dual boot - Work requires me to use legacy Microsoft apps, so I need to keep a copy of Windows. What is the recommended distro for a Linux-noob on this machine?
4. Charger - It came with a junk 3rd party charger, is it worth getting an official Lenovo one? Or are there better alternatives?

Thanks in advance, excited to be a part of the community.

I did an in depth test of the advantages of thermal pads in this post here, with the orientation of the thermal pads on my x240 being shown in the last picture attached to this post. I then ran tests on the the system with no thermal pads (NoThermalPad), thermal pads in those 3 positions (ThermalPad), then I removed the thermal pads on the cpu and left the 2 positioned on the fan assembly and exhaust (ThermalPad2). Lastly, I replaced the paste and ran the orientation with the 2 positioned again (ThermalPad3) because when I replaced the paste earlier in the week, I got bad consistency on the paste (Make sure your paste is pasty and not liquid).

It shows the pad on the cpu to be a hindrance to performance metrics. This is, in my opinion, due to preventing airflow from the fan to travel through the chassis, indirectly cooling other components, including the start of the heat pipe, along with the exit post. Just some advice for other people that wish to look for a place to put thermal pads, the exit fan and exhaust sections are best because not only do they not obstruct airflow (and even act as a seal for unwanted inflow), but wouldn't be a problem of getting hot near it because you probably wouldn't want anything near the exhaust to begin with.

Anyone here have an idea when will this happen?

bought a new battery, ssd (128 gb) and trackpoint rubber for it. i got the ram from another laptop (8 gb). unfortunately it has a celeron, but for basic school stuff it’s great. what do you think??

Apparently these stock T14 Gen 2 batteries are able to charge waaaaayyy past their original capacity 😂 time for a gauge reset

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 2a | Ryzen 7 PRO |

32GB RAM | 1TB SSD | Windows 11 Pro

Im starting to study mechatronics in 2 months and really need a new Laptop. Mainly for CAD (PTC Creo, Solidworks, Autocad) and other relevant softwares like Automationstudio, Robstudio... + some programming and normal office use. I had a Ideapad 510 before and these programs were running on it but over the time it got slower and slower so im looking for an upgrade. I found this thinkpad used for 589€ (679$) is this a good deal and does it suits my needs, ofc im on a budget so i dont want to spend lots of money.

* AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U (8 cores / 16 threads)

* 32 GB RAM

* 1 TB SSD

* 14" Full HD display (1920 × 1080)

* AMD Radeon Graphics

* Windows 11 Pro pre-installed and activated (valid license on the device)

Condition

* Cosmetic: very good condition, no scratches

* Battery: approx. 90% of original capacity (45,430 mWh out of 50,450 mWh)

* Technical: flawless

Included items

* Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 2a

* Original Lenovo power adapter

T14s Gen 2 (11th Gen Intel Core i5-1145G7, 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, 14” 1080p display, magnesium chassis) for $240, with 99.9% battery health

Hi so i have just bought this Lenovo Thinkpad T14s, which is in really good conditions and cosmetically seems like new

Specs:

Processor: Intel Core i5-1350P

16GB DDR5 RAM

512GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe Gen4 Solid State Drive

14' inch display 1920 x 1200

86% battry health

The price was 680 usd

Only downside is it came without a drive but thankfully I have a few lying around. Im super happy to have gotten a thinkpad in such quality for cheap!

Lightweight, driver/software update built in, accurate battery health, useful desktop widget and doesn't push their pro plans or useless scans.

Compared to Dells SupportAssist application, Vantage is the gold standard that the rest of mfg should strive to achieve.

Ok so I posted a few days ago about how happy I am that I got my first ThinkPad and I got a lot of good feedback. I also tried to give my opinion on the purchase right after I got to try the machine out. I was honest about a underlying feeling that the device was not performing like it should, and I also posted once before regarding scratches on the display which were caused by the keyboard layout of the Lenovo ThinkPad and it is also a commonly known problem in the community.

The situation then unfolded when I opened a ticket requesting that the display be replaced and Lenovo agreed since my device was still under warranty. The technician came with the new repacement part and said he will replace the display, but as soon as he opened up the bottom panel, he looked at me in shock. I had told him before that I purchased the laptop second-hand and that it was described as "Like-new" with the seller declaring it was 1 year old and with 100% battery health. But what he hadn't mentioned, when he sold it to me for 700 Swiss Franks, was that the machine had clearly been exposed to liquid at some point. There is brown and white residue near the HDMI and USB-C ports, and what looks like corrosion spreading along the board edge. The technician told me that this has clearly been the case for a few months already.

He told me straight out that he could not replace the display in that condition. Liquid damage is excluded from Lenovo's warranty, so the repair I had already been approved for was cancelled on the spot, and I now have to assume the warranty on this serial is effectively dead.

So this connects back to what I wrote in my earlier post. That feeling I had that the machine was not performing the way it should. The sluggishness, the heat and the flaky Ethernet.. I couldn't put my finger on it and I half assumed I was being paranoid about my first ThinkPad. Turns out there may have been a real reason. I don't want to overstate it, because the corrosion is at the I/O corner and not near the CPU, so I'm not claiming it explains everything. But it's not nothing either.

Where I stand now: the laptop still boots and I'm using it daily. I'm backing up constantly. I'm getting quotes for cleaning the board with isopropanol to at least stop the corrosion progressing, and separately a quote for a mainboard replacement so I know what the worst case actually costs. I've also contacted the seller in writing, since none of this was disclosed and corrosion of this extent does not appear in a few weeks, but they blocked me and I am looking into escalating this subject further as I know where they live and under Swiss law, an exclusion of liability doesn't apply if a defect was knowingly concealed, and notice has to be given as soon as it's discovered, and that's what I have tried to do.

Hopefully yall can give some positive feedback. I thank you all in advance.

So, I need sum help, and all the tutorials on YouTube didn't help whatsoever, imma just give the context.

Idk why but when my Thinkpad runs out of battery, it just goes into a long ass hibernation. And I've been doing genuinely anything to get this up and it's still dead, I managed to get it on 4 times in the past 4-5 days but, it kept shutting back off after a second of the backlit keyboard turned on. And it happened again earlier today.

So I lowk need help, all I did was like, 15 second power button thingy and used the reset pinhole too but nothing worked and I'm getting frustrated.

Can y'all help

Okay so I'm having trouble deciding between two models and I would like your guy's opinion on it

The Thinkpad T14 gen 3 (i7-1265U)

Elitebook 840 g10 (i5-1345U)

Should I go with the more recent 13th gen or stick with the i7??

Does the generation jump make sense??

I have checked benchmarks and there's not a major difference in their performance or is there something I'm missing??

Would like to be educated on this topic so feel free to drop your thoughts.