Lenovo Thinkpad T250
I got this from a friend. Mainboard was broken, and professional repair was, well, a tad on the uneconomical side (read: more expensive than just buying a complete used new one). Unprofessional tinkering in my spare time on the other Hand is quite economical: a new Board cost me 70 Euros shipped plus an hour to replace it (i could have even got a cheaper board, but i wanted the rarer type with dedicated GPU). Quite Nice! The replacement was simple, those older Thinkpads are really well designed and serviceable. The newer ones are not as nice (although better than many other).
The trackpad is in bad shape. This model had a weird touchpad surface that degraded over time, but replacement stickers are cheap. Need to get one, as well as a keyboard with UK layout or stickers.
- released: 02/11
- gotten: 03/17, rather worn condition, broken mainboard
- replacements: mainboard (04/17)
- usage: gaming, idling
System
- Lenovo ThinkPad T250, 2011 15.6" Notebook, 2520g
- BIOS Boot ✓ / UEFI Boot ✓ # Switching the OS with UEFI needs two attempts to work ?.?
- ACPI events ✓, ACPI keys ✓
- S2R ?, S2D ?
- power consumption ?W
- 94Wh # Alternatives: 57Wh, 94Wh Slice
- Intel Core i7-2620 (2.7GHz, 35W TDP) # Alternatives: i3, i5, i7, i7 QM
- cpufreq ✓ # Via pstates
- Intel QM67
- mSATA ?, SATA ✓, mSATA + SATA ?
- Gigabit Ethernet ✓
- USB 2 ✓ # 3 Ports
- Headset connector ✓
- Microphone ? / Speakers ✓
- Fan control ?
- Two DDR3-1333 slots, up to 8GB # 16GB is reported to work
- Intel HD Graphics 3000
- Acceleration: GUI ?, Video ?, 3D ?, OpenCL ?
- NVIDIA NVS 4200M
- Acceleration: GUI ✓, Video ?, 3D ?, OpenCL ?, Bumblebee ?
- Brightness control ✓
- DP ? / VGA ?
- 15.6" matte HD+ # Overall ok, could be brighter. Alternatives: FHD and HD
- Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 (802.11a/g/n + Bluetooth 3.0)
- WiFi ✓ / bluetooth ? / kill switch ?
- SD card reader ?
- Webcam ?
- Fingerprint reader ?
- ExpressCard/34 slot ?
- Docking Port ?
Verdict
A bit old. But other than that? Awesome! Sturdy, good keyboard. I have the HD+ TN panel, which is ok. There is a FHD panel available, although i do not know if its IPS. Sure its big and heavy, but its a desktop replacement.
Linux support seems to be good, but i did not test it well.
Links
https://thinkwiki.de/T520
https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T520
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lenovo_ThinkPad_T520
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Lenovo-Thinkpad-T520-Notebook.51596.0.html
Disposition
Decomissioned for now and put into storage.