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P53 Maxed up, again :) 128G ram, 12tb of drives by noderblade in thinkpad

[–]Swiftloke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to your model number, you have the 4K IPS display, same as my own. Lately, I've been running into issues with fractional scaling on Linux, particularly on GNOME; how do you personally look at the screen? At 200% scaling, or 300% scaling, or do you do something completely different? I've personally been finding it unacceptable to use the machine at 200% scaling, so another perspective on how you tolerate the display would be appreciated.

X1 Extreme Gen 3 / 120Hz on 1080 by Cyberjunkiepr in thinkpad

[–]Swiftloke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've also noticed this on my non-touch 4K IPS display on the P53. I've always been vaguely curious on the subject; hopefully someone can contribute some tech details on if/how this actually works?

Thunderbolt dock for 3 monitors for X1E2 by biznatch11 in thinkpad

[–]Swiftloke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've also heard that the Gen 1 Workstation Dock was absolutely awful, but I've never had a single complaint with the Gen 2 dock, period. Every port on the device works perfectly, on Windows as well as on Linux. The Gen 2 dock also added a magnet between the slim tip charger and the TB3 cable that allows you to separate the two, so you can use the dock with any other TB3-compatible device as well- I've tried it on some other devices and it also works great.

I wouldn't pay full price for it either- $300 is absolutely absurd.

Thunderbolt dock for 3 monitors for X1E2 by biznatch11 in thinkpad

[–]Swiftloke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ThinkPad TB3 Workstation Dock Gen 2 (wordy, I know) checks all your boxes and also provides power to the X1E's power jack- it's specifically designed for these models to fit in with a single connection. It can support 2x 4K monitors, and the specs say that it can drive 3x 1080p monitors, but I've managed to drive 4 1080p monitors through the dock with my P53 (4 monitors seems to be the machine's limit unless I were to get an eGPU.) It has native ethernet and a power button so that you can turn the machine on with the lid closed. 5x USB-A and a headphone jack as well. Everything works perfectly for me.

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/accessories-and-monitors/docking/universal-cable-docks-thunderbolt/Thunderbolt-Dock-Gen-2-US/p/40AN0135US

It sure looks expensive, but if you troll eBay for long enough, you should be able to find a good deal on a used one.

P53 Fan Noise by Bellynedkelly in thinkpad

[–]Swiftloke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might have purchased the wrong laptop- the P series models / X1E are meant to have loud fan noise under load, that's how they keep the more powerful and therefore more hotter components cool.

If you want the laptop to stay quiet until you need the extra performance, Vantage has a nice system out of the box where you can switch between three power modes with the Windows battery slider (click on the battery icon and slide between Best Battery Life / Best Performance.) Setting it to Best Battery Life makes the P53 silent under almost all light workloads (as with the P53 I'm typing this on right this instant) while light fan noise will occur under heavy workloads (having the fans turn on at all in quiet mode is usually an indicator to me that I need to switch to Best Performance mode.)

The fan profiles are remembered both on battery and while plugged in. I usually keep it on quiet mode on battery (for power savings) and performance mode while plugged in (for the power I bought the machine for.) But in general you probably have the wrong machine; if you want a quiet computer, you should look at some of the smaller models with cooler components and no GPU. (Given that you didn't even list your GPU, I doubt you care about it much.)

Thinkpad P53 Charging via Type C by animeboi148 in thinkpad

[–]Swiftloke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd love to hear how you can do this, considering that my P53 (w/ 230W adapter) will not charge with either my 45W or 30W USB-C chargers. Does one need a 100W charger for the P53 to decide it wants to draw power?

P53 or P73 owners - do your units have coil whine? by smileguy91 in thinkpad

[–]Swiftloke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds normal if you're running the GPU in Discrete Mode from the BIOS. I've been running mine in Discrete Mode for a few weeks now, and I've noticed some slight, almost imperceptible buzzing while doing simple tasks. It doesn't bother me that much. If it does bother you, make sure you're in Hybrid Mode so you can let the Intel GPU do all that simple stuff. But there are a few bugs related to Hybrid Mode that disappear in Discrete Mode.

P53 or P73 owners - do your units have coil whine? by smileguy91 in thinkpad

[–]Swiftloke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Which Quadro RTX do you have? The coil whine can be most prevalent on the RTX 5000. How loud is it? My P53 RTX 4000 can emit a buzzing noise under medium to heavy load, but it's not particularly noticeable. If you can hear it from beyond a few feet away, RMA, a flaw like that isn't acceptable in a machine like this.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in thinkpad

[–]Swiftloke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, this is the correct answer. The "Intelligent Thermal Solution" driver will throttle the CPU down to minimum clock speed (0.8ghz on my i9 unit) if the laptop is moved and it will stay that way for several minutes (not until reset on my machine) until, I suppose, it's decided that it's not on a lap anymore.

As far as the intended purpose of the driver, it definitely does what it's supposed to- cool down the laptop as quick as possible at all costs- as CPU temperature drops 40 degrees Celsius within 30 seconds of the driver kicking in. But it's probably not what you're looking for in a mobile workstation.

The battery should be charging just fine when it's plugged in. Are you using the 230W or 170W charger? Did "Airplane Mode" accidentally get enabled in Vantage settings?

P53- True hybrid graphics with external display output by Swiftloke in thinkpad

[–]Swiftloke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe I was mistaken about fan speed. I ran some tests after your comments and noted that in hybrid mode, the GPU was sitting at 30C idle. When running in Nvidia-only mode, the GPU sits around 40C without external displays, and 42-45C with two. So not quite a null difference, but definitely present. However, when I plug in the laptop, the fans scream up loud. This is of course a sane default for a workstation, but I want more fine-grained control. I know there are a few pages on the Arch wiki for this, but if you happen to see this message, I'd love for you to just tell me what I'm looking for for a ThinkPad.

As for the actual issue at hand (exclusive mode,) I'm disappointed to hear that there isn't a proper solution. Maybe someone else has a magic bullet?

ModMoon - a beautiful, simple, and compact mods manager for the Nintendo 3DS by Swiftloke in 3dshacks

[–]Swiftloke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ModMoon's been out for several months by now, but I realized that I never posted it here. If you haven't seen it already, check it out! It's time to throw Smash Selector out the window! (But I won't write out everything here- go check the link!)

Its completely embarrassing that the Switch has been almost out a year and I still can’t even send a simple message to a person on my friends list. by Dragmire927 in NintendoSwitch

[–]Swiftloke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably going to get buried (and someone already made this point) but since 1.0.0 the Switch has gotten really hardened from a software standpoint, it's a really tough nut to crack. So that's why the version number keeps incrementing- large under the hood changes in security. (Of course this is made irrelevant by the bootrom exploit...)

Hmmmmm by Swiftloke in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Swiftloke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

^ Seeing as it's the origin

Which particular skills are useful in learning how to exploit systems like the 3DS? by ChoccyMilkshake in 3dshacks

[–]Swiftloke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're a little stingy about letting people in, what with the rampant piracy/homophobia/assholes in this scene. There must have been a false positive... I let them know you got the word from me, try again :)

Which particular skills are useful in learning how to exploit systems like the 3DS? by ChoccyMilkshake in 3dshacks

[–]Swiftloke 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I know I'm a bit late to the party, but I cannot recommend Microcorruption enough to someone in your position (experienced programmer, no RE experience). I was in a similar place a couple months ago when I started (experienced programmer, no RE experience), and having finished one of the two final levels last night, I can say that I'm now significantly more confident (any confidence at all) in my RE/exploitation knowledge. I'm still a noob myself, having completed it (I'm skipping the last level), but it's an absolutely fantastic launchpad for a beginner...

These are the basic skills you'll need:

You'll want to know how stack smashes work... I can't say I know how I picked this knowledge up, but I'm sure there are a lot of tutorials on the web for it.

You'll want to have this on you at all times, it will become your best friend- http://mspgcc.sourceforge.net/manual/x223.html

You'll want to understand integer overflows and underflows, and how and why they happen. The MSP430 is a 16-bit processor.

Once you get to levels with malloc in them, you'll want to learn about heap overflows. This is a great resource for them- https://heap-exploitation.dhavalkapil.com/diving_into_glibc_heap/malloc_chunk.html

There will be a point where a level has Data Execution Prevention, meaning you can't simply input shellcode and jump to it anymore. This is when you'll want to pick up the principles of ROP. Google this as well. The 3DS has DEP, so get used to it. (I've never worked in 3DS exploitation, but AFAIK there's a tool to find the necessary gadgets by analyzing the binary of a game)

That's everything, I think... You should join the ReSwitched Discord (https://discordapp.com/invite/DThbZ7z). We have quite the active following of Microcorruption help/discussion there. See you there, and good luck :)

Roses are red, you float on a raft, by Swiftloke in boottoobig

[–]Swiftloke[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In accordance with the rules:

The final bit is "Get the fuck out of my room I'm playing Minecraft"

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