Hi everyone,

I woke up today to my ThinkPad X13 Gen 2 displaying this strange interlaced / duplicated artifact on the built-in screen (photos attached).

Here is the context and what I've tested so far:

- What happened: The night before, I accidentally stacked a heavy workstation laptop (~2.5 kg / 5.5 lbs) on top of the closed X13 lid.

- External display test: Plugged into an external monitor, everything renders flawlessly with zero artifacts, so the iGPU/motherboard seems completely fine.

- Boot screen / BIOS: The distortion appears right at the Lenovo boot logo and BIOS splash screen, confirming it is a hardware-level issue rather than a driver/OS glitch.

Has anyone encountered this specific failure mode before? Could this be a slightly unseated/damaged eDP display cable behind the panel or motherboard hinge, or is the LCD panel itself internally damaged (e.g., fractured internal traces or damaged COF / driver IC) from the localized pressure?

Any insights or repair advice before I order a replacement panel would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Is there any hidden ram in the thinkpad t460

Windows said there was 2 of the 4 slots used(before I switched to linux) but I only found 2 slots

So i was trying to clear permanent marker write on a back with some chemistry (too powerful honestly).

And think that i can clear touchpad also(there was some gooch) but i... accidantlly scratched somthing like glue under with was some "dots".

And there is nothing i break, it's perfectly fine now but sooo shiny, i prefer it sooo much...

What was original purpese of those "dots"????

I accidentally inserted the power delivery USB-C monitor cable into the USB-A which is right next to it and got the message above. I followed instructions, Mouse works. I plugged in an external SSD and transferred a large file without any issues. Any permanent damage with this? Feel like a dummy since this is a brand new thinkpad but I'm guessing this happens quite a bit since Thinkpads are used and abused in the corporate world. Anyone else every do something similar?

Ran into this on my first repaste. I glided my nail across the die to feel the texture and noticed these black specks. Theres no difference in surface texture after looking at it from different angles. It doesn’t rub off.
Does anyone have an idea as to what it is? And does this affect the performance?

ThinkPad L14 G2

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Hello everyone, i recently gotten my hands on a thinkpad t490 and its been great. the only problem i have with it is that my fans are extremely loud, at first i thought it was just my temps and i needed to replace my thermal paste, but ive already done that and dusted off my fan. im starting to think this might just be a heat sink issue or a software issue and im thinking is there anything i should try out before buying a new heat sink/fan?

I have a Thinkpad L14 Gen 2 and I really like it. It is my first ever laptop and of course I would want to make it last a long time before having to buy a new one.

Unfortunately ever since I bought it, I have been hearing random cracking / creaking sounds from the laptop and at first I pretty much ignored it but now I realize that this may be a problem and I just want to ask for any advice onto why it may be happening and if my thinkpad needs repairing or smth.

It can happen randomly, and sometimes when I press down with light-moderate force there is also a creaking or cracking sound. I would really appreciate if anyone could tell me why this is happening, I don't want my laptop to break. Oh yeah and I forgot to mention I am taking good care of it, I don't drop it or open the lid in extreme ways. Thanks for reading!

Hey all, so I’ll try to keep this as simple as possible- I had an E15 Gen 2 that I really liked, but it stopped charging and in my research I learned that this specific model has an issue regarding one of the MOSFET’s, which requires soldering to fix which is outside of my scope. So basically I’m looking to replace it, but obviously with a different model. I’m just curious what model, or even just which series, I should be looking at. I’m hoping to keep the price under $300 (will be looking at used/refurbished)

Things I liked about it:
-size
-open ram slot (2 would be better, but just one is good enough)
-dual NVMe drives

I also wouldn’t mind a backlit keyboard, but it’s not totally necessary.

And… I guess that’s it! Thanks in advance to any and all suggestions!

Just arrived today! I was browsing Joonggonara (Korea's local equivalent of Craigslist/eBay Classifieds) looking for a reliable, beat-around secondary machine, and I managed to snag this ThinkPad E580 for just 230,000 KRW (roughly $170 USD).

What $170 got me:

• CPU: Intel Core i7-8550U
• RAM: 24GB DDR4 (16GB + 8GB config)
• Storage: 256GB NVMe SSD (boot) + 500GB 2.5" SATA SSD (storage)
• Display: 15.6" FHD (1920x1080)

First Impressions:Typing this very post on it right now, and the keyboard feels fantastic!

At this price point, I was expecting a barebones 8GB model with a beaten-up chassis. Instead, the previous owner had already maxed out the utility—having 24GB of RAM and dual SSDs right out of the box means zero extra upgrade costs for me. The 15.6" display with a dedicated numpad is perfect for technical field logging, spreadsheets, and heavy multitasking.

The condition is surprisingly clean with barely any shine on the keys. All that's left is a quick fan cleaning, applying fresh thermal paste to keep the i7 cool, and putting it right into the active fleet.

Local secondhand marketplaces really deliver the best gems sometimes. How did I do?

I've bought quite a few thinkpads and was thinking about fixing them up for friends and family but ran into a bit of an issue, on multiple different ones I have an issue with the trackpad getting stuck when putting it fully back together with the clips, but when it's apart the trackpad clicks down fine. Is it an alignment issue? What is the best way to fix this

T14 gen 2i, will work fine until I clip back on the clips in front of the trackpad, the plastic does seem to be warped and there is a hairline crack in the center of the bottom part of the case

L14 gen 2a, no case warpage as far as I can tell have not taken this one apart yet

T15 gen2, some clips on the front are broken and case is slightly warped

So I bought a second hand Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 3 laptop (model 21AK0001UK) this week and have installed Win 11 Pro on it etc - but the battery life seems to be very poor?

There is the Nvidia graphics card in it but the battery life seems to just drain, which is not something that I was either expecting or used to, from previous Lenovo thinkpads.

The battery is 100% (brand new and official) so that's not the issue - can I ask a few qns:

1. How long does optimisation take, to kick in, e.g. installing everything, indexing all my files?
2. What progrms do you recommend to measure battery life so I can accurately measure what the actual life is like?
3. Any tips/throttles I can use as most of the time I'm just in Windows doing admin style tasks
4. I am aware that hte graphics card uses a lot of power when running, so if i play games I would be plugged in to use it.
5. Anything I'm overlooking?
6. This has been cross posted with the Lenovo reddit group too.

Thanks so much fo reading this and taking the time to respond.

Anyways I thought of testing the charging with my Anker 165w power bank with a screen on it,
Both charging ports charge at 0.1W according to the power bank. (I don’t have a female C to male C volt/current reader yet)
Do you think it’s the motherboard?
pinhole reset doesn’t work.
Battery only had less than 10 charge cycles prior to usage.
Laptop was 1 cycle when I got it.

00HW024, 00HW028, 01AV444, 01AV438, 01AV457 are OEM part numbers made by LGC or SMP, but genuine ones are scarce and/or expensive. What are some reliable replacements/vendors? Have read about mixed results with Kingsener on Aliexpress.

My girlfriend's office is buying new laptops, and they offered to sell her the old one. I thought that I could use a new laptop since mine is almost twenty years old. I would mostly use it for office work but I also like to watch youtube, code some simple games in godot and edit pictures sometimes.

I'm really ignorant on laptop parts prices and performances. I tried comparing prices on ebay but I noticed there are slight differences between models, so I came here.

Is this a good deal or no?

If not, is there something better you recommend?

These are the specs I got from psref.lenovo.com

Model: 20TA00LYIX
Processor: Intel Core i5-1135G7 (4C / 8T, 2.4 / 4.2GHz, 8MB)
Memory: 1x 8GB SO-DIMM DDR4-3200
Storage: 256GB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe 3.0x4 NVMe
Graphics: Integrated Intel Iris Xe Graphics Functions as UHD Graphics

As I added a tp-link wifi "receiver" (it's just the board) it's the 2 antennas near the corner, and the other 2 are the fibocom antennas (mobile data chip), it's a thinkpad t480, and, i personalize the back of the screen with the figure of Tux (Linux character)

got a used 2022 Thinkpad X13 Gen 3 AMD

crystal disk info is reporting SAMSUNG MZVL2512HCJQ-00BL7 which I think is the original drive it came with.

Health:98%
Total Read: 19685 GB
Total Write: 17081 GB
Power on hours: 2414 Hours
Power on count: 133788 count
Critical Warning: 0
Media and Data Integrity Errors: 0
Number of Error Information Log Entries: 0

I have searched it up and some wrote it's due to the idling/power saving features of Windows making the power on count high. but I have not seen proper analysis of it yet. Is there anyone facing the similar power on count on their SSDs?

should I be worry about it or the drive itself is fine?

I have been using my X395 for a few months and plan on upgrading to a T14.

My Options are

T14 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Intel I5 10310 for 220 Euros

T14 24GB RAM, 1TB SSD, AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U for 300 Euros

T14 32GB RAM, 256GB SSD, AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U for 300 Euros

I will probably haggle about 30 Euros off the price

when you disconnect the mouse, nothing changes

Which laptop would you recommend: the Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 (Intel Core i5-1135G7, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, Windows 11 Pro, FHD) or the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 5 (Intel Core i5-10310U, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, LTE, touchscreen with pen)?

I'm looking for a ThinkPad primarily for some small programming, running Linux, running ChatGPT Desktop App, networking tasks, and general IT work.

I don't plan to run any virtual machines locally, as I'll be using a separate server for virtualization.

Please compare both laptops in terms of CPU performance, Linux compatibility.

i really like the design of the Yoga Gen 5 specially the glossy Display.

Which one would be the better choice for my needs, and why?

I have old t400 with t9600 and terrible Intel graphics can I connect egpu through mpcie? I have mpcie to USB 3.0 and USB mining razor thing. Do I need to install custom bios or something?

What’s your oldest thinkpad? Rediscovered this, just sitting in my drawer. Thinkpad tablet gen 1 with z3795, 4gb ram and 128gb emmc.

Im a comp sci engineering student and my parents bought me my first ever laptop for studies and well my degree.So far been loving it , battery life is insane and it’s snappy too.
For those who are wondering
Ryzen 7 250
16 gb ram
512 gig storage
The screen is the only bad thing . It’s the 45% ntsc panel . But for my everyday use and binge watching I’d say it’s definitely manageable.

I just bought my dream laptop since i was on the Highschool :D

i've seen review of this laptop about 1 year ago and feel impressed with the Upgradability of the hardware

And now i have it! and i bought this using my first salary :D

i'm very gratefull with my life now hehe

btw the last pict was comparison between my old laptop (Thinkpad X260) and P50

But i want to ask something:
Did P50 have a touchscreen? Cuz my model have a touchsreen on it

And did you guys know about the keyword to search on ebay/another online shop? cuz if someday i need the sparepart i can just go straight to buy the screen

OH! and i just put CachyOs on it, because when i use X260 i use Cachy as my main os for daily and i loooooooveeeeeeeeeeeeeeee it

Thanks :)

Hey r/thinkpad, how's it going?

I recently acquired this X230 on an auction and it has become part of my EDC, which brings up a lot of nostalgia. This is the laptop (I had an i5 version, but still) I used during my Information Systems bachelor degree between 2018 ~ 2022 (2018 was still high school but eh). It is the laptop I used for hours of coding, both university and my own projects (first time implementing a B+ tree in pure C, that was stressful but extremely fun, no Gen AI yet), it is the laptop that was with me during my shit internships as well as my good internships, as well as the first travel I did just me and my dad.

I clearly remember this trip: He needed to go to the main branch of the company he represents (which is in another state), woke me up at 6 AM and asked me if I wanted to go together, and of course I accepted. During the hours our conversations died a little, I would open it up and keep working on my 8080-based Space Invaders emulator, or in the reverse engineering of the binary for a very specific version of MapleStory (well, for around 3 hours, until the battery died). Also during that trip, I played a lot of TF2 while my dad was at meetings. I wish I still had the dotfiles for that Arch BSPWM build, I don't think I have enough patience or time nowadays to do it again lol

It was also the laptop that was with me during the period we got stuck at my grandma's house during COVID. The smell this laptop releases with the fans reminds me of her house and of her. She sadly passed away this year and I could not be there with her, because I am living in the literal opposite side of the world (I am Brazilian, living in Japan).

During 2022, I sold it for a reason I honestly couldn't remember and got an IdeaPad with a Ryzen 5 in its place for the last year of university. Horrible decision. After that, I got a T420 for a very cheap price but that laptop soon died.

My dream of getting the X230 again stayed with me, and I wanted to go the full custom build I've always wanted when I was in university: i7, 16GB of RAM (still not installed, but extra 8GB is on the way), coreboot, and xx20 keyboard w/ classic dome. My university self would be proud.

PS: The battery is dead! Anyone has any recommendations for a new battery? Preferably a 9 cell one!