Lenovo targets two different consumers with the ThinkPad X1 Extreme and ThinkPad X1 Carbon, though both notebooks overlap in certain areas, so you're forgiven for any confusion. You can only get Intel Core i5 and i7 processors with the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, though the ThinkPad X1 Extreme comes rocking newer models of the respective CPUs and even an optional Intel Core i9.That's the main takeaway here. If you need raw performance and dedicated hardware to power through not only more demanding tasks but some gaming as well, the ThinkPad X1 Extreme is better equipped. Of course, the more powerful internals come at a cost with the budget and weight.While Intel's integrated UHD graphics processors have come along way over recent years, you just can't match the performance offered by the NVIDIA GTX 1650 with a generous 4GB of GDDR5 memory in the ThinkPad X1 Extreme.
P1/X1 Extreme BIOS version 1.17 is out (self.thinkpad) submitted 7 months ago. by tiredparent T450s, T470s, X1E Hey everyone, looks like Lenovo released the 1.17 BIOS update for X1E and P1.
Design-wise, the ThinkPad X1 Extreme and Carbon are both from the same notebook family and as such, they look and feel similar. That's not a negative point since they're well designed and while somewhat inspiring, they should hold up through daily use without issue.The 4K HDR display available as an option for the ThinkPad X1 Extreme is a worthwhile upgrade if you plan on making full use of the extra pixels, but the Carbon is restricted to a 1440p display. This may sound like a drawback — and it is at first glance — but for a 15-inch panel with support for HDR using an integrated GPU, it works well.That HDR support on either laptop could be a game changer if you need it to be supported by your next portable PC. It looks stunning, as noted in our detailed. There are a few significant downsides to the HDR displays, however. It's glossy with no anti-glare option and finally, it's non-touch.Ports on both notebooks are comparable, as is the 1-year warranty and security measures included by default. Configure your own Lenovo Thinkpad X1The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is cheaper from the get-go.
At $200 less than the entry model of the X1 Extreme, you're only sacrificing in the GPU and CPU departments. Both models have a 1080p display, 8GB RAM, and 256GB of flash storage. With the Carbon, you'll have a slightly slower processor and no dedicated graphics handling.It's when you begin to configure the notebooks is when it starts to get a little wild. The Extreme has the faster SKUs, the option for an Intel Core i9, and the dedicated GPU throughout makes a massive difference. Still, the option for LTE and HDR make the X1 Carbon enticing. Extreme for work and playWhen only the best of the best will do, the X1 Extreme offers a dedicated NVIDIA GPU and powerful Core i7 processors from Intel. The 4K display is also a gorgeous upgrade, allowing you to take advantage of larger screen real estate.
Heres the latest modified v1.42 X220 bios with the following features:- Whitelist removal- Unblocked AES-NI- Unblocked advanced menu- Unlocked memory speed- Unblocked AES MSR 0xE2- New vbios Intel 2119- 16Gb 1866 + eGPU solvedFirst flash the original v1.42 bios (8duj27us), reboot and run flash.bat as an administrator.Please thank for the BIOS update news, and the amazing experts of! Without them NONE OF THIS WOULD EVER BE POSSIBLE. The guys there have amazing talent! Confirmed working!
Running 1.42 modded with 1866 crucial ram just fine! Don't have other wifi card to test, but everything else works so far. Please share your success stories. Heres the latest modified v1.42 X220 bios with the following features:- Whitelist removal- Unblocked AES-NI- Unblocked advanced menu- Unlocked memory speed- Unblocked AES MSR 0xE2- New vbios Intel 2119- 16Gb 1866 + eGPU solvedFirst flash the original v1.42 bios (8duj27us), reboot and run flash.bat as an administrator.Please thank for the BIOS update news, and the amazing experts of! Without them NONE OF THIS WOULD EVER BE POSSIBLE.
The guys there have amazing talent! Confirmed working! Running 1.42 modded with 1866 crucial ram just fine!
Don't have other wifi card to test, but everything else works so far. Please share your success stories.Thanks for your help. Confirmed working for me as well!! Heres the latest modified v1.42 X220 bios with the following features:- Whitelist removal- Unblocked AES-NI- Unblocked advanced menu- Unlocked memory speed- Unblocked AES MSR 0xE2- New vbios Intel 2119- 16Gb 1866 + eGPU solvedFirst flash the original v1.42 bios (8duj27us), reboot and run flash.bat as an administrator.Please thank for the BIOS update news, and the amazing experts of! Without them NONE OF THIS WOULD EVER BE POSSIBLE. The guys there have amazing talent!
Confirmed working! Running 1.42 modded with 1866 crucial ram just fine! Don't have other wifi card to test, but everything else works so far. Please share your success stories.Mod 1.42 works perfect(never try rollback from 1.42 to 1.40 by 1.40 mod, still curiously. Johnmcdonnell wrote:The modified 1.42 BIOS on my site is the same one credited to Oleh and posted on the bios-mods.com site. (I acknowledge the source in the Notes and Suggestions section at the end of the guide)I actually just updated it today to the version posted by user ValdikSS in the that fixes an issue with the security chip.I see, thank you for the explanation.Out of curiosity, can I ask what the files prefixed with. are for?
Also, I noticed there are some binary differences in FvRecovery.fd? Apojoga wrote:I see, thank you for the explanation.Out of curiosity, can I ask what the files prefixed with. are for? Also, I noticed there are some binary differences in FvRecovery.fd?My understanding is that the. files are there because the original archive was created in OS X. They store file information that is used by native Apple HFS+ or Unix/UFS volumes. They're hidden by default in Windows and they don't really serve any useful function.
These were all part of the original archive from bios-mods.com, but I have now removed them from the archive on x220.mcdonnelltech.com since they're extraneous.The only file I made any changes to was the Readme since some users were confused by the original version. Every other file should be identical to the.Edit: I looked again at FvRecovery.fd and saw the differences you mentioned. There must have been a copy error when I repacked it. I just re-uploaded everything and fixed the links so everything should be correct now. Thanks for the heads up. Long-time lurker, first-time poster.
Greetings!I was using the original 1.42 BIOS, just updated to this modified version, didn't change any of the BIOS settings yet.One thing I noticed (albeit not immediately) that suddenly I can't use Fn-F4 or Start Sleep (Windows 7 x64), that's quite unexpected. I guess one of the hundred Advanced menu settings enables/disables sleep, hopefully anybody can tell me which? Otherwise I'll have to experiment with everything that mentions ACPI, power management or processor states.Also I'm curious, there's really a lot of Advanced settings, most of them quite obscure and definitely make sense only to a select few. So I was wondering out of so many settings, what did you actually change and why?My X220 has an i7-2640m processor.
Agree on SiSoft interface! It's `Memory Controller Cache & Memory Latency`.Thanks for the HDD link. I'm considering getting a new Samsung 850 series mSATA SSD + a big HDD like yours. I was sure to disable sparse files in uTorrent when I was tweaking it's options the other day.For some reason, after a couple of reboots (I was checking which settings are available in the BIOS Advanced menu, to look them up later - didn't change a thing) the Sleep function is working now. Quick search engine lookup of 'Sleep is greyed out' pointed out to video (display adapter) driver problems, mine are fine though.