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I [https://www.greenpanda.de/ recently bought a refurbished Lenovo Thinkpad x230], which came with Windows 10.
= Technical data =


Of course I had to install Linux.
List of technical details regarding my x230. There are different models out there, which differ in CPU, memory, display-specs and extra components (card-readers, fingerprint-readers, disk drivers, UMTS-radios, etc.).


== Installation ==
{| width="90%" align="center"
|- valign="top"
| colspan="3" | '''Lenovo Thinkpad x230'''
|-  valign="top"
| rowspan="11" |[[Image:x230.jpg|left|[[help:contents|Lenovo x230 Notebook]]]]
| '''CPU'''
| Intel Core i5-3320M (2.60 GHz, 3MB Cache)
|- valign="top"
| '''Chipset'''
| Intel QM77 Express
|-  valign="top"
| '''BIOS'''
| --
|- valign="top"
| '''Memory'''
| 8 GB RAM PC3-12800 1600MHz DDR3
|-  valign="top"
| '''Graphics'''
| Intel HD 4000
|- valign="top"
| '''Display'''
| 1366x768, LED backlight
|-  valign="top"
| '''Harddisk'''
| 256 GB SSD
|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
| '''Connections'''
|
* 1x Audio-In/Out kombiniert
* miniDisplayport
* VGA
* 2x USB 3.0
* 1x USB 2.0 powered
* Gigabit-Ethernet, Intel
|}
 
== Installation: Things which... ==
 
=== ...work out of the box ===


Downright boring. Installation of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Desktop 64 bit from an USB-stick. Everything obvious (graphics, touchpad, display, WiFi) works right out of the box.
Downright boring. Installation of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Desktop 64 bit from an USB-stick. Everything obvious (graphics, touchpad, display, WiFi) works right out of the box.


== Optimizing Power Save ==
=== ...work with tweaking ===
 
Despite ordering a new 48 Wh replacement battery from Sanyo, the laptop drains a full battery quite fast if running Ubuntu 16.04 (as most Linux distros do without power optimization).
Despite ordering a new 48 Wh replacement battery from Sanyo, the laptop drains a full battery quite fast if running Ubuntu 16.04 (as most Linux distros do without power optimization).


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See how this improves runtime.
See how this improves runtime.
=== ...don't work ===


More to come.
More to come.
== Recommendation ==
Buy.

Revision as of 19:57, 14 May 2017

Technical data

List of technical details regarding my x230. There are different models out there, which differ in CPU, memory, display-specs and extra components (card-readers, fingerprint-readers, disk drivers, UMTS-radios, etc.).

Lenovo Thinkpad x230
Lenovo x230 Notebook
 CPU Intel Core i5-3320M (2.60 GHz, 3MB Cache)
Chipset Intel QM77 Express
BIOS --
Memory 8 GB RAM PC3-12800 1600MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD 4000
Display 1366x768, LED backlight
Harddisk 256 GB SSD
Connections
  • 1x Audio-In/Out kombiniert
  • miniDisplayport
  • VGA
  • 2x USB 3.0
  • 1x USB 2.0 powered
  • Gigabit-Ethernet, Intel

Installation: Things which...

...work out of the box

Downright boring. Installation of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Desktop 64 bit from an USB-stick. Everything obvious (graphics, touchpad, display, WiFi) works right out of the box.

...work with tweaking

Despite ordering a new 48 Wh replacement battery from Sanyo, the laptop drains a full battery quite fast if running Ubuntu 16.04 (as most Linux distros do without power optimization).

Checking the battery with 

upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0

reveals, that the battery is OK as advertised.

See http://thinkwiki.de/TLP_-_Linux_Stromsparen (in german, but it is only about TLP) for some hints specifically geared towards Thinkpads:

tl;dr: 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tp-smapi-dkms acpi-call-dkms
service tlp start

See how this improves runtime.


...don't work

More to come.

Recommendation

Buy.

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