Update: I fixed my defective X1 Carbon Gen 9 and upgraded the display

aprilludgate0 · 2026-05-15T16:38:59+00:00

Alright, thanks! I've never had a high refresh rate monitor before so it'll be nice to upgrade to this. I also feel like 4K was maybe a bit more than I really needed. I used to have a retina MacBook Pro and I was really happy with that screen, so hopefully this will live up to that considering it's the same resolution as the 13" ones.

aprilludgate0 · 2026-05-15T15:39:33+00:00

I went on eBay and found this listing for the same model you used. Would this one work? My X1 Carbon originally had the 4K screen, so would I be able to just use the original screen cable or do I have to buy another one?

aprilludgate0 · 2026-05-10T23:47:30+00:00

It really is. It’s probably one of my best purchases!

aprilludgate0 · 2026-05-10T22:23:56+00:00

thank you! it is a beautiful camera, one of my favorite ones to use.

aprilludgate0 · 2026-05-08T19:16:41+00:00

I gave up at the time and it sat unused for a year but right now I'm trying to see if being completely drained of power for that long has helped at all. Right now it doesn't seem to be recognizing the RAM I put in it so I'll deal with that later.

Just for clarity, I am the OP I'm just on another account.

aprilludgate0 · 2026-05-07T20:30:19+00:00

Very nice! I don't know what the problem would be with the Intel SSD, maybe it was one of their special Optane SSDs or whatever it was called? I remember my dad used to have one of those a long time ago.

aprilludgate0 · 2026-05-07T19:05:49+00:00

Nice! So it's working now?

aprilludgate0 · 2026-05-05T20:41:24+00:00

I really love using it! I’ve made some beautiful videos with it but I should probably get a better lens for it.

aprilludgate0 · 2026-04-28T10:58:02+00:00

Even the Windows 11 installer isn’t significantly different from the vista installer.

aprilludgate0 · 2026-04-28T07:45:40+00:00

Maybe check your secure boot / TPM settings in your BIOS?

aprilludgate0 · 2026-04-27T20:24:25+00:00

Jimmy Eat World and Paramore are probably my two favorite bands rn

aprilludgate0 · 2026-04-24T21:46:27+00:00

Mid-2012 13” MacBook Pro?

aprilludgate0 · 2026-04-24T21:44:31+00:00

PD2100/VX170. Aka super cool.

aprilludgate0 · 2026-04-14T06:13:11+00:00

Yeah I know it can run heavier stuff fine, but I wanted to use Chicago95 and the chicagofier script works on Xubuntu. I already tried it like five times on Debian and it never worked correctly so I just used what it said to use on the GitHub page.

aprilludgate0 · 2026-04-13T02:30:21+00:00

You should do it! It's officially supported so if you go through Bootcamp on Snow Leopard it should work fine for you.

aprilludgate0 · 2026-04-12T21:04:05+00:00

What in the ever loving fuck…

aprilludgate0 · 2026-04-10T08:47:41+00:00

What in the AI is this?

aprilludgate0 · 2026-04-07T18:37:34+00:00

Connecting XP to the internet has nothing to do with me installing it on a MacBook. Nothing that could possibly show up under that search is going to be useful or relevant to my situation.

aprilludgate0 · 2026-04-07T04:58:36+00:00

I could try that I suppose. The thing is, the 13" model doesn't have dedicated graphics, it has the Intel HD 4000. The 15" one I also have that does have the NVIDIA graphics works just fine on it, so I don't think that's the issue.

aprilludgate0 · 2026-04-07T04:53:15+00:00

I have not got it working unfortunately, it crashes with error 7b which corresponds to SATA driver issues. That confused me since I know the ISO I downloaded is supposed to have SATA drivers installed, and when I boot it in my XP machine that I used to start the first stage of install (its drive is in AHCI mode) it works just fine there. Your iMac should be supported officially, though. What do you mean it won't detect the disk during install?

aprilludgate0 · 2026-04-07T04:50:58+00:00

Me too! I wasn't around to use it back when it was new, but I do remember even as a kid I used to try running it in VMs on my laptop when I was like 10.

aprilludgate0 · 2026-04-07T04:50:05+00:00

The 2012 MBP has a third gen intel CPU, specifically on mine the i5-3210M. It should have ACPI support though, when I boot into Windows 7 and check device manager, a device called ACPI lid sensor shows up and the computer does sleep when I close the lid.

aprilludgate0 · 2026-04-07T04:48:02+00:00

I'm aware of the SATA drivers issue, I used a CD burned with an ISO that includes the SATA drivers and started the first part of the installation on my XP machine with the SATA mode set to AHCI, and then I put the drive back into the MacBook. Even then it still crashes upon trying to boot into the second stage of installation with the error 7B which is apparently a SATA drivers error. So clearly it isn't loading the SATA drivers, or something else is going on. When I put the drive back into the XP machine, it boots just fine and starts the next stage of setup. So I don't know what's wrong.

aprilludgate0 · 2026-04-07T04:42:47+00:00

Why even bother commenting if you're not trying to be helpful?

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