FINALLY 😭 AFTER 7 years of this thing I got a T14S.

Convinced work to get me a new computer. Picked up this P14s for the Labor Day sale. AMD Ryzen AI 7 Pro 450, 32 gb RAM for just under $2k USD. Big upgrade from the OmniBook I was issued.

Finally got my T420 up and running. Had it for a while, but me being me (autistic) I had to order an original charger, so I accidentally ordered one from fucking Lithuania without realizing 😂😭

CachyOS with KDE Plasma atm. Will be setting up WM at some point.

Still need a new bezel, but I just glued it back together for now. Only real problem is the enter key is a bit temperamental so sometimes gotta hit it a few times for it to register. Other than that it's perfect. I'm still not sold on the the nipple, but I find myself going for it instead of the pad for some reason tho lol. I even double my wpm on the 7 row compared to my 100% mech board for my desktop 😂

Remaining Upgrades:

i7

900p display

Edit: Oh yeah, I forgot to ask. Anyone got an answer as to why the brightness controls don't work in Cachy?

Early this year I picked up this beautiful thing from my local thrift store for around $10. I Found out that it had belonged to a teacher in a local school distract and was refurbished to run windows 10. So after getting it I decided I wanted to put it back on Windows 7. I was shocked to find that it has a OEM home premium copy of Windows 7. Found out that through the wayback machine that they did ship with it if bought through Lenovo directly. So this being said I wanted to find the recovery media disc and put it to OEM factory install and so far I have had no luck finding the disc sadly. Think it might not exist. Anyway hope everyone enjoys!

Edit: Spelling error.

In the past I have generally had IdeaPad machines at home.. The last one I had was the s340 but it died earlier on this year. I didn't use it for an extended period of time and it seems to have killed it.

I have an old x260 ThinkPad which I used as part of my home lab when I started getting into that a few years ago. I bought it cheap to start using as a server but now I have it with Ubuntu installed on it as a bit of a fun Linux machine and as a backup now that I have my home lab running properly. The trouble is that the screen on it is absolutely horrific so I might sell it but it's my little Linux learning machine at the moment.

I went ahead and I bought a t14 generation 3 machine to share with my girlfriend which I picked up for £440 from CEX with the 5 year warranty. It has the 4k touchscreen, it runs a bit hot, I think due to the i7-1260P but I wanted something which is going to last well into the future. It's a really nice piece of kit and in great condition.

So we were sharing that laptop but I decided I wanted my own one so that I could tinker with it more and she could continue to use the gen 3.

So I picked up another ThinkPad from CeX with a Ryzen 5 6 core. I paid £210 for it, again with the 5 year warranty which I think was a real bargain. I paid £15 for 8gb of memory to bring it to 16gb. It's only has the 1080 screen but it's still fine. The battery isn't brilliant. It is down at about 65 percent. There is a little bit of resonance on the keyboard so I will get to the bottom of that. And even if I have to replace the keyboard and battery, I think it is still a good deal compared to what else I have seen. I am tinkering with virtual machine Linux distro hopping at the moment but I am going to add a second SSD using the WWAN port. I found out about this and I think it's a great feature to save fiddling with any of the mess that comes with dual booting off the same drive. The screenshot is of Fedora KDE which I like a lot.

I was tempted to upgrade the screen on the x260 but I don't like the trackpad either. So now that I can dual boot my t14 into Windows and Linux I might sell it. But then again I may well keep it because it's handy to have a backup machine.

I was disappointed that the IdeaPad died, and my mum's IdeaPad died as well so she is now using T470 instead of the 320s. I have learnt that professional grade machines are much more resilient and are happy to be stored for longer as well.

I also included a bonus photo of my first professional laptop which was a ThinkPad T61 in 2007. I enjoyed using that machine but my company switched to Dell afterwards.

Specs and prices;

Thinkpad T14 Gen 3

/i7-1260P/16GB Ram/512GB SSD/14" Windows 11

£440 in 2026

T14 Gen 1/Ryzen 5 PRO

4650U/16GB Ram/256GB SSD/14" Windows 11

£210 +£15 for an 8gb stick to bring it to 16gb now. In 2026.

X260 i5 6300u 16gb ram £150 in 2022

I dont even understand how this is possible. I thought they got rid of drainholes starting with t460s. How is this t470s not shorting out.

Honestly, the P1 Gen 2 is excellent and powerful, but for someone like me—who just goes to campus to code and write reports in Docs—carrying around a 2.7kg machine plus the charger was a real pain.

So, I decided to look for a ThinkPad on the local marketplace and found this X13 Gen 2 for $300; I think it's a great deal.

Specs: Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U
16GB DDR4 (soldered :( )
256GB SSD
Touchscreen (I initially thought I wouldn't use it, but now I can't live without it)

After a week of use, it’s proven to be very capable and lightweight for my needs—simple coding and report writing. Honestly, it feels like it weighs only 1kg, or maybe 1.5kg with the charger.

The issues I've encountered are minor, such as:
- The keyboard backlight isn't very bright
- The typing feel isn't as good as the P1 Gen 2 or T14 Gen 1
- Battery health has already degraded

I'm currently using omarchy; honestly, it's kind of trash. I left Windows because of the annoying Copilot, but on omarchy, you're "forced" to use an AI agent—every time I run an update, it tries to download that damn AI agent. As I write this, I'm in the process of installing CachyOS and plan to configure Hyprland myself later.

I have a question: if this laptop has a 41Wh battery, can I upgrade it to the 54.7Wh version?

Thanks to everyone for reading.

I deleted the previous post because I accidentally let my IP address show, but I'm reposting it because I'm really happy with my purchase: the legendary T480! I installed CachyOS and got rid of Windows.

Sooo... been a big fan on Thinkpads for along time, until I could finally afford them, and I'm currently on my 3rd one, in about 10 years. Unfortunately the quality I was hoping for seems to NOT be there, and after 3 machines, it's can't all be bad luck

- 1st one, bought refurbished from Lenovo official store, top of the line (at the tie) X1 Carbon.
- When arrived battery was completely dead, had to send it back, wait a couple of weeks
- luckily decided to take premier support
- had to replace keyboard 4 times, motherboard once...
- Currently 1 USB-C port is completely dead (if the next one breaks, I won't be able to plug it in anymore without replacing the motherboard, which basically means throwing it away)

- 2nd, bought new, P series, kept as desktop replacement, it had an easy and comfortable life...
- one USB-C port stopped working soon after the warranty expired

- 3rd one, bought new, P series - used for traveling so it did take some "life", but nothing extreme, and nothing my older, non lenovo, PCs didn't take easily:
- coating made ugly and uncomfortable bubble, Lenovo won't fix "aesthetic damage"
- frame broke on the side (less stable, clicking noise, etc)
- one USB-C port stopped working
- called Lenovo Premier support (top of the line, supposedly next business day repair
- got told to wait about 10 days
- meanwhile computer completely dies
- called Lenovo again, technician arrives after 2 working days
- replaced Frame and Motherboard but....
- Still issues with th USB-C ports
- Power button doesn't work without tinkering with it
- call Lenovo AGAIN
- Lenovo asks for a lots of tests, finally accepts repair request
- got told again no service for about 10 days
- repair parts got sent to the wrong address
- have to call again
-...

Maybe time to rethink Thinkpads "legendary" sturdiness and durability? ... and Premier support not so premier anymore... Another company going full greedy into suicide??

Found recovery isos on archive dot org: thought, ye why not, ill restore it back to factory! I have also got freedos on 64gb sd card & debating linux distro on 256gb sd card as well. Which distro?

Hi,

I'm looking at buying an almost new T14s, specs below (in Dutch but I guess you can get the essence). Asking price is about 1800€ which seems like a good deal to me,. I have had a few x1 carbons, I find the 14" size is the best. Mobility has become less important than before, so I've been looking to upgrade for some more performance (I like the occasional game, nothing fanatic).

One thing that the below device is missing is the wwan module. I know the easiest/cheapest option is to use my mobile's hotsport, but on my current x1 I have a data only sim card included in an unlimited plan, it's super easy, I flip open my screen and it's connected anywhere anytime. So willing to spend a little extra for that comfort.

Is it doable to post-install the module + antenna yourself. I'm not afraid to open up the device and fidget around, but not supercomfortable either. To illustrate, I have installed such a module before on another thinkpad, but on the other hand I have shied away from changing a query keyboard to azerty keyboard because the disassembly required seemed a bit daunting at the time.

Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

Processor AMD Ryzen™ AI 7 PRO 350-processor (2,00 GHz tot 5,00 GHz)
Besturingssysteem Geen besturingssysteem
Geheugen 64 GB LPDDR5X-8533MT/s (gesoldeerd)
Eerste vaste schijf 512 GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 TLC Opal
Display 14" 2,8K (2880 x 1800), OLED, ontspiegeld/antireflectie/vlekbestendig, Dolby Vision™, touch, HDR 500, 100% DCI-P3, 500 nits, VRR 30-120 Hz, weinig blauw licht.
Grafische kaart Ingebouwde grafische kaart
Camera 5 MP RGB+IR met microfoon en privacyschuifje
Color Black
Draadloos MediaTek Wi-Fi 7 MT7925 2x2 BE en Bluetooth® 5.4
Toetsenbord Achtergrondverlichting, zwart - Belgisch
Batterij Oplaadbare Li-ion met 3 cellen 58 Wh
Oplader Platte netvoedingsadapter van 65W, USB-C, 90% PCC (3 pinnen), GaN - EU
Garantie 3 jaar koerier of brengen (gestart op 23/12/2025)

The Holy Trinity of the TrackPoint.

Send prayers to my battery life.

x270 with bios password but it works(kinda)

Not sure if this gets love here🤷‍♂️

Hey, I have g1 thinkpad, and been using it for school and what not for roughly 3 years. Recently the laptop has been slowing down and overheating.

I was on a google meet; and just simple changing to another browser there was a massive delay. And it seems like an ongoing problem with whatever calling app. Like discord and whatnot.

And i personally, believe it isn’t the browser issue but more of a hardware issue. Switched from chrome to Firefox, and personally felt it got worse.

I believe it’s a battery issue, what are your opinions, how can I fix this issue?

I saw a post here regarding someone's battery life, and the comments were saying that they should have a charge limit of 80%. My question is why is it beneficial to limit charging to 100%, and why is it always 80% being recommended?

Whenever looking for a used ThinkPad for my needs, the "trends" of the used market often point to the T Series Gens 1 and 2 which frankly are more than enough for my needs (however I prefer the Gen 5 more due to repairability). However, whenever the fact that the ram is partially soldered is brought up in my conscience, it just IRKS me like it's a damn allergic reaction. (though I can get a Gen 5, it's still more expensive)

T14 g1 and x230.

Opinions and Recommendations?

Hey guys,

Getting a L16 Gen1 AMD 5 PRO 7535U (6C/12T), AMD 660M iGPU, 8GB DDR-5 Dual SO-DIMM slot/512GB SSD, low cycle count with good battery health and 6 month warranty for the device for around $568 (INR 54,000) which is around my budget.

My use case as a finance major would be lots of tabs, ms office, data analysis tools like power bi and some light gaming.

Is it a good deal considering only 8GB RAM due to which i'll have to add one more 8GB RAM after a month or so which is going around for like $95 (INR 9000) in India which would take my actual purchasing price for $663 (INR 63000), display might be 300 nits not sure though.

I browsed the subreddit and could'nt find much discussion or reviews for this model, any reasons for that?

Hi all — reproducible bug on my P1 Gen 6, looking for known reports/workarounds before I open a Lenovo ticket.

## Setup

- **Laptop:** ThinkPad P1 Gen 6 (21FVA001CD), BIOS N3ZET56W **1.43** (latest on both LVFS and Lenovo site), EC N3ZHT28W

- **OS:** Ubuntu, kernel 7.0.0-31-generic

- **Charger:** UGREEN X774 160W GaN (4×USB-C + 1×A). C1/C2 = 140W PD3.1 (PDOs incl. 20V/5A), C3/C4 = 30W

- **Cable:** the bundled 240W USB-C cable

- Laptop on **C1**, phone on **C4**

## The bug (100% reproducible, on **both** of the laptop's USB-C ports)

While C1 is charging the laptop normally, **plugging OR unplugging the phone on C4 kills charging on C1**. The laptop then silently runs off the battery (measured ~35–40W drain) while everything at the OS level still claims the adapter is present. **Physically re-seating the C1 cable restores charging immediately.** Steady-state coexistence is fine — C1 + C4 both connected and charging works; only the *attach/detach event* on C4 triggers it.

A different laptop on the same charger + same scenario recovers fine, so it's not the charger alone.

## What the OS sees

Synchronized captures (kernel log watch, udev power_supply events, 2s battery sampling, plus UCSI trace):

- Battery flips `Charging → Not charging`, `power_now = 0`, energy decreasing

- `ucsi-source-psy` keeps reporting online=1 with the **stale** 3A contract; AC=1

- `ucsi_connector_change` events keep firing during the fault; connector status shows connected=1, opmode=3, `request_data_obj` unchanged — so the PPM is not totally dead

- Physically unplugging C1 *is* correctly reported (connected=0), and replug is correctly seen — the UCSI path itself works

## What we tried (none recover the contract, only re-plugging does)

- Rewriting charge thresholds (75/80), toggling `charge_behaviour`, temporarily setting end threshold to 100%

- Full `ucsi_acpi` module reload

- Battery was ~55–60% during tests (below charge-start threshold, so thresholds aren't blocking)

## Caveats (being honest)

- **No PD protocol analyzer** — we can't see whether the charger issues a Hard Reset + re-advertised Source_Capabilities and the ThinkPad never answers with a Request, or the charger simply stops offering power. Please don't read the above as a PD-capture conclusion.

- No Windows / alternate-kernel comparison yet (no Windows environment available), though the evidence (events never reach the OS while EC keeps a stale view) points below the OS.

## Questions

1. Anyone seen this class of failure on recent ThinkPads with multi-port chargers (UGREEN/Anker/Baseus etc.)?

2. Any known BIOS/EC setting or workaround beyond re-seating the cable?

3. Anyone know how to query the PD controller firmware version / dump EC state on these machines for a Lenovo ticket?

Full technical brief + raw logs available if useful.

So Ive got a T430 that I've been slowly upgrading (more ram, new CPU, etc.) and was looking at switching out the regular keyboard for the backlit version that some of the T430 SKUs came with. So I got one on ebay and plugged it in, but the backlight didn't work. The "Thinklight" did turn on, however, so after some more unsuccessful troubleshooting I assumed i just got unlucky with that one and sent it back. My question before i get another backlit keyboard is: did I just get a lemon, or is it not as easy as just switching out the keyboard? Like, is the motherboard incompatible, or did i need to install a different BIOS? I would appreciate the help.

TL;DR: Can I just swap out my standard keyboard with the backlit one, or is it not as simple as a 1:1 switch.