ThinkWiki - Linux ThinkPad Wiki

Introduction This is ThinkWiki, the Wikipedia for IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad users. In here, you can find anything you need to install your favourite Linux distribution on your ThinkPad. Windows users shouldn't run away, there's a lot of useful information for them as well. Some Linux information for Mac users also can be found here. 5,655 users have registered since September 2004 and created 1,427 articles, with 59,914 page edits so far. Please support us and help to extend this wiki. Thank you! Account creation on ThinkWiki More about ThinkWiki Hardware and Software Hardware Specifications (Hardware specs of ThinkPad models) Hardware Modifications (Modifications, usually in form of upgrades, for ThinkPads) ThinkPad Technologies (Features specific to ThinkPads) Components and AddOns (Components and add-ons used in ThinkPads) BIOS Upgrade (How to keep your ThinkPad's BIOS up to date) Custom BIOS (Modified BIOS images to remove restrictions and errors) Error Codes and Beep Codes (BIOS numerical and beep error codes) Known Problems (Chronic problems which appear in ThinkPads) Maintenance (Keeping your ThinkPad alive) Lenovo Software (Software preloaded by Lenovo) ThinkPad models HOWTOs ThinkPad Installation (How to install your favorite OS) Driver Installation (How to make certain drivers work) Preload Recovery (How to recover the preloaded OS) Power Management (How to get Suspend, SpeedStep etc. working) Special Keys (How to setup/configure the extra keys) Performance (How to optimize your system) BIOS-Bootsplash (How to change the BIOS's boot splash image) How to read ThinkWiki Drivers and Patches Drivers (Useful drivers for ThinkPads) Tools (Useful tools for ThinkPads) Patches (ThinkPad related patches) Scripts (ThinkPad related scripts) Configs (Useful configuration files for ThinkPads) Categories Further Information Glossary (Explanations of special terms) Mailinglists (Talk to other people and get help) Important Links (Links to useful sites) IRC-Channels (For urgent help and chatter)

ThinkWiki News 13.03.2024: ThinkWiki is celebrating its 20th anniversary. 08.09.2021: New server hardware. 15.03.2021: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.31.12. 01.08.2020: Scheduled downtime due to service maintenance 31.03.2018: Major security update on server software. 10.05.2017: All insecure elements have been removed from ThinkWiki. 08.03.2017: ThinkWiki now uses SSL/TLS by default. 01.01.2016: ThinkWiki wishes all users a happy new year! 08.02.2015: ThinkWiki got new awesome hardware! 31.01.2015: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.24.1. 06.08.2013: Cleanup action: All users with no page edits older than 90 days will get purged. 01.05.2013: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.20.5. 01.05.2013: Sorry for some downtime today (and yesterday) 13.08.2012: ThinkWiki got new hardware! 13.08.2012: ThinkWiki suffered a partial data loss 03.02.2012: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.18.1. 15.10.2011: We are pleased to announce our new partnership with thinkpads.com 28.06.2011: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.17.0. 07.06.2011: ibm.com MIGR Doc links are dead! Please convert any dead links to use the IBMDOCURL or LNVDOCURL template 20.03.2011: User account creation temporarily disabled, until we have an effective way to reduce SPAM. 08.02.2011: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.16.2. 17.05.2010: ThinkWiki got shiny new hardware! More news Industry Watch 30.07.2020: New fglrx driver version 20.30 released 18.12.2015: New fglrx driver version 15.12 released 24.04.2012: New fglrx driver version 12.4 released 28.09.2011: New fglrx driver version 11.9 released 19.02.2009: Ubuntu 10.04 will use nouveau drivers for nVidia GPUs. See this Phoronix article . 29.01.2009: New fglrx driver version 9.1 released with support for OpenGL 3.0, Hybrid Crossfile and Multiview. 18.09.2008: New fglrx driver version 8.9 (8.532) released. 10.06.2008: Engadget got some leaked technical specs of the new ThinkPads. 16.04.2008: New fglrx driver version 8.1 (8.476) released. 14.04.2008: Lenovo's entire new ThinkPad line leaked, X300 gets siblings. See Gizmodo for details. 18.01.2008: New fglrx driver version 8.1 (8.454) released. More news Recent changes 27 October 2025      05:29  Category:R400‎ (diff | hist) . . (-115)‎ . . ThinkGNU (Talk | contribs) (I ran into a R400 with switchable Radeon graphics - the 2787-22M - so those do exist. I can't find any evidence that models with nvidia graphics existed.)      05:09  ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470‎ (diff | hist) . . (+142)‎ . . ThinkGNU (Talk | contribs) (The driver has only some source code available - part of the driver is proprietary software that runs on the card. The driver has improved.)      04:45  CompactFlash boot drive‎ (diff | hist) . . (+84)‎ . . ThinkGNU (Talk | contribs) (Grammar. It is incorrect that a single business came up with SSD write reduction. Linux is only a kernel. Occasionally de-fragmenting a large SSD improves performance as metadata frag. reduces it.)      04:06  Problems with SATA and Linux‎ (diff | hist) . . (+10)‎ . . ThinkGNU (Talk | contribs) (You're installing more than just Linux. Linux is only a kernel and therefore it is repetitive to write kernel and the point is in fact the version of Linux. Can't work out the template problem.)      03:53  How to hotswap Ultrabay devices‎ (diff | hist) . . (+28)‎ . . ThinkGNU (Talk | contribs) (R400 etc is not the latest generation anymore. The userland software is not merely tools. Spelling and grammar. Hdparm sets the password, not Linux.) More changes Advertisment Advertising on ThinkWiki

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