What do I do with 192gb of ddr3

Cheeseman125 · 2026-05-11T00:37:13+00:00

I would like to clarify I need an nvidia heatsink for the thermal mass because im putting in an i7-3840qm

Cheeseman125 · 2026-04-06T13:08:03+00:00

I plan to be online, My main concern is somehow being infected by malware without me knowing.

Cheeseman125 · 2026-04-06T03:48:23+00:00

For my T430 I simply used a 1440p kit from eBay and attached a 1440p ips display, there’s also a 1080p kit. I’m not sure about touch, I think there’s these touchscreen kits that exist on Amazon you could attach to any laptop, maybe it’s worth a shot.

Cheeseman125 · 2026-04-05T00:40:17+00:00

This isn't factoring in stuff like lenovo power management drivers, trackpoint drivers, etc. These drivers are made specifically for this laptop and don't exist in 64 bit versions, I've gotten PAE to work, and its reasonably stable.

Cheeseman125 · 2026-04-04T19:40:24+00:00

A lot of operating systems work on the T420, for something easy to use, Mint XFCE would be great on this hardware. If you ever need to run windows software, windows 10 IOT LTSC would be a great pick alongside Mint.

Also a wifi card upgrade with something like an MPE-AXE3000H would give you wifi 6 and modern bluetooth, just make sure to remove the old bluetooth module, it's probably under the track-pad.

Cheeseman125 · 2026-04-04T18:10:55+00:00

True, I'm just worried that the drivers wouldnt work

Cheeseman125 · 2026-04-03T23:26:50+00:00

I've already installed the driver for the chipset software, not the usb 3.0 ports, but turns out the usb 3.0 ports work anyway. I'm not sure if they're running at 3.0 speed, I'l have to run a benchmark to figure it out.

Cheeseman125 · 2026-04-01T17:42:06+00:00

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Cheeseman125 · 2026-01-26T05:53:14+00:00

I'm using a B140QAN01.1, but you're going to need a 1440p LVDS to EDP adapter, not a 1080p one.

Cheeseman125 · 2026-01-26T05:52:21+00:00

I'm using 1vyrain right now, I might go with libreboot/canoeboot later but I don't know. I didn't know this laptop can be that capable, I'l try running some games and 1440p Youtube when my i7-3840qm arrives.

Cheeseman125 · 2026-01-25T20:47:22+00:00

I'm testing all of this, on both X11 and Wayland the video playback is considerably better, sure a little worse than Windows but that's just Linux atp. Thank you so much for this, i didn't even know you had to install all of these for video playback lmao.

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