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IrishMASMS

Talking with the folks in the local #vintage / #retrocomputing community, they clued me in that the #ThinkPad #RAID is a steaming pile of 💩 and not worth the trouble.

🤷 Oh well. Thanks for cluing me in

So I swapped out the two testing #NVMe drives I was using and reinstalled the original sticks - to have #windoz10 demanding for the #bitlocker recovery key. 🤦‍♂️

Well, time to wipe & install #windoz11 then.

Install went fine, only 4 rando #drivers to find for all #devices to be recognized and working.

Using my #CTT scripts to install the majority of applications, then to remove the #spyware #bloatware and other garbage #micro$oft added to #windows11

Then migrate my #data from my other ThinkPad. Welcome to my #sunday #funday

#siliconValley #SillyValley #sanfrancisco #sanfran #sanfranciscocomputers #sanfrancomputers #sanfranciscovintagecomputers #sanfranvintagecomputers #sanfranciscovintagehardware #sanfranvin-tagehardware
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware #computerHistory #retro #VCF #vintageComputerFestival
#retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #computerHardware #laptop #laptops
#IBM #thinkpad #thinkpads #VintageThinkPad #X86 #WindowsVista #IBMhardware #lenovoHard-ware #Thinkpadnium
#upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #ThinkPadRepair #WasteNotWantNot #Thinkpadnium
#makeShitMonday #showmewhatyougot

A ThinkPad P70 workstation laptop, in the process of being rebuilt: Windows 11 having bin installed, now installing all the applications. The HWiNFO application is displayed on the screen, showing the specifications of the laptop.
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IrishMASMS

Ok, I spent yesterday afternoon trying to get #RAID configured on my #lenovo #ThinkPad #P70 - to no success.

I found this video youtube.com/watch?v=AyCC1NGe8a of the similar #p50 and configuring #RAID which shows the #BIOS interface but my P70's only show the "non-raid physical discs" I do not have an option for RAID volumes. Note I have upgraded the BIOS to the most recent version on lenovo's web site. Any thoughts?

I have attached 2 #screenshots of what the BIOS displays - I'm trying to configure the RAID on the two 512GB #NVMe sticks.

#siliconValley #SillyValley #sanfrancisco #sanfran #sanfranciscocomputers #sanfrancomputers #sanfranciscovintagecomputers #sanfranvintagecomputers #sanfranciscovintagehardware #sanfranvin-tagehardware
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware #computerHistory #retro #VCF #vintageComputerFestival
#retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #computerHardware #laptop #laptops
#IBM #thinkpad #thinkpads #VintageThinkPad #X86 #WindowsVista #IBMhardware #lenovoHard-ware #Thinkpadnium
#upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #ThinkPadRepair #WasteNotWantNot #Thinkpadnium
#makeShitMonday #showmewhatyougot

Screenshot of a Lenovo ThinkPad P70 BIOS, showing the RAID configuration screen with RAID enabled and M2 selected
A screenshot of a Lenovo ThinkPad P70 BIOS showing the Intel RST RAID configuration page, with no ability to configure RAID but devices listed as non-RAID physical discs
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Fadikkop

TL;DR: Hat hier jemand Erfahrung im Erneuern vom Bildschirm eines ThinkPads?

Ich hab' am Montag meinen Laptop (t470s) auf Asphalt fallen lassen und seit dem Flackert sein Bildschirm (wird alle paar Sekunden kurz schwarz oder zeigt ein nach unten verschobenes Bild). Dummerweise hatte ich einen Tag davor an einem Externen Monitor ein anderes System installiert, was mir erst die Hoffnung gab, es könnte ein Software-Problem sein. Ich hab' nur ihn und auch wenn ich meistens mit externem Bildschirm arbeite, tut es schon weh, ihm dabei zuzusehen und scheinbar nichts mit Software lösen zu können, jedenfalls tut er das auch im BIOS und in grub. Wenn mich jemand eines besseren belehren will, einen Funken Hoffnung hab' ich noch und ansonsten: Hat hier jemand Erfahrungen im Wechseln vom Bildschirm eines ThinkPads?

#askfedi#thinkpad#thinkpads
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Kir4ik52 :blobfoxnerd:

Проект nubmoan, позволет ноутбуку IBM Lenovo ThinkPad издавать звуки стона при взаимодействии с трекпоинтом.

Исходный код, написанный на C.

Пользователи могут записывать собственные стоны и добавлять их в папку moanswav, задавая уровень интенсивности звуков от 0 до 10.

В тестовой версии Колман использовал несколько записанных им стонов.

src: github.com/wttdotm/nubmoan

GitHubGitHub - wttdotm/nubmoanContribute to wttdotm/nubmoan development by creating an account on GitHub.
#blacktriangle#opensource#foss
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68000

New server, new intro!

I'm Charlie, and I just migrated here from tech.lgbt. I've been working in the tech industry for nearly 20 years now. Stuck between #GenX and #Xennial. An extroverted introvert. I have three cats.

I'm :hex_bisexual:

I love #gaming of all types, especially of the #RPG, #OpenWorld, and #MMO variety. Into too many game series to fit here, but I'm currently playing a lot of #Warframe and #DwarfFortress.

I started my fitness journey in April of 2024.

If I'm not sleeping, I'm listening to music. Mostly indie bands, post rock, shoegaze and dream pop.

I've been getting more into #sustainability and reviving old electronics to keep them out of landfills. Currently restoring, rehoming, and collecting #ThinkPads.

I'm always open to following cool people. Just please, have a pfp and some content in your profile for a vibe check. If you don't CW your heavy/political posts, I probably won't follow back. It's nothing personal; I'm just trying to curate a manageable feed. :blobcat:

#Introduction
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68k :QueerCat_Bisexual:

It's been over a year, so I thought I'd update my #introduction.

I'm Charlie, and I've been working in the tech industry for nearly 20 years now. Stuck between #GenX and #Xennial. An extroverted introvert. I have three cats.

I'm bi/pansexual. :flag_bisexual:​

I love #gaming of all types, especially of the #RPG, #OpenWorld, and #MMO variety. Into too many game series to fit here, but I'm currently playing a lot of #Warframe and #DwarfFortress.

I started my fitness journey in April of 2024.

If I'm not sleeping, I'm listening to music. Mostly indie bands, post rock, shoegaze and dream pop.

Lastly, I've been getting more into #sustainability and reviving old electronics to keep them out of landfills. Currently obsessing over #ThinkPads.

I'm always open to following cool people. Just please, have a pfp and some content in your profile for a vibe check. If you don't CW your heavy/political posts, I probably won't follow back. It's nothing personal; I'm just trying to curate a manageable feed. :blobcat:

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ASP ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@verge

What a shame that this headline even has to exist. #Thinkpads used to be modular, robust and yes, #repairable back in the early 2000s.

Along comes #Apple starting excessive use of glue and soldering. Of course their cult followers and friends in tech journalism follow along without any hesitation and we have a new trend of monoblock bricks. Everyone MUST follow along in order to be COOL and sell new devices.

15 years later, a Thinkpad that can be repaired is newsworthy.

Awesome!

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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@marcan Whereas on any other #laptop or #PC it is at least possible to get a replacement #BIOS / #UEFI #flash and reflash those.

It's not trivial, but something that has been done and that can be done even to locked-down #ThinkPads.

Mind you that people rarely update their #Firmware and whilst being absurdly expensive given their capacity and speed, it's quite hard to make those die on a user unless it gets bricked due to incomplete flashing or similar.

social.treehouse.systems/@marc

Treehouse MastodonHector Martin (@marcan@treehouse.systems)There are often arguments about what is "bricking" when these things happen, so here's my take (having dealt with embedded device ecosystems for a decade+): "Bricking" is when a device is put into a state that can only be recovered from by using specialized repair/recovery tools, opening up the case (for non user-serviceable devices), or software not legitimately available to the public. Apple Silicon devices are mostly "unbrickable" because you can always recover using DFU mode. In fact they are probably the most unbrickable consumer computing devices in existence, due to how thoroughly a DFU wipe restores everything (not just all software, but even device calibration and settings get downloaded from a server). DFU wipe is documented, relatively user-friendly, and requires only publicly available software and another Mac, which makes these unbootable states not a "brick". In contrast, most PCs are brickable: just wipe or corrupt the BIOS Flash. Most of the time this isn't super easy to do, but it's rarely fully protected and there have been *many* instances of something as simple as setting UEFI variables wrong bricking x86 machines. The exception here is x86 motherboards with a "BIOS FlashBack" type low-level recovery feature, which is as close as you get to DFU mode in the x86 world. Most Android devices are brickable too, and very easily at that. Just deleting/corrupting the wrong partition on disk will make your device unrecoverable. While in principle they have DFU-like recovery modes, the tools to use them are almost never made available to the public (you need vendor-specific tools, fastboot won't work) nor are they intended for use by end-users, which makes this qualify as a "brick". There is also no mechanism to recover calibration data like Apple has. There is, however, a tangential aspect: data loss. Any mention of bootability issues should qualify whether the fix makes you lose all your data or not. For example, on Apple Silicon, deleting the first partition on the disk is a very quick way to end up with an unbootable device where the fix requires a full wipe and losing all your data, even though it's not a "brick". For this reason, I would say Apple Silicon is much better than x86 at system recoverability, but is worse than x86 at data recoverability.
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Terrance

A quick #introduction post.

I'm a 40-something #SouthAfrican with an obsession over #ThinkPads, #FountainPens, and #books. Powered by the elixir of life, #Coffee.

I infrequently blog and pretend to become a writer of sorts one day in the future. You could definitely call me a "Jack of all trades, master of none."

I've got a couple of other Mastodon accounts as well, @merkaba@mstdn.games for my #gaming posts, and @merkaba@bookstodon.com for all my #reading posts.

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