On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 05:22:37AM -0800, ggg...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks to all who replied. I have the X230 in hand now. It was promised > to be in A condition, (for $228.00, taxes included and at my door) Looks > brand new. > > Thanks for the advice on the Clip, I suspect I will end up repeating the > process on the same laptop. Nothing goes well for me the first time. > Just as verification: You have flashed one with an I5 processor. I was > thinking of replacing the processor in a Chromebook, Mr Chromebox advised > his version of Core Boot would not work if I did, but I might get away with > changing the SSD. My brother used to make a living repairing PC boards, > and felt with the right tools it would not be a problem. I am guessing > that the processor in X230 is not soldered in. More likely it is still > cheaper to buy a new X230 than to buy both RAM and an I7 processor. >
I have flashed an i5 x230. The x230 chip is soldered in and not swappable. > I do not know the advantage of the Atheros Wireless chip over the one which > came in device. I know that the folks who rebuild the Thinkpad X230 to > meet the Qubes certification test, change it. So I blindly go along > thinking they had a good reason. > > If I looked a bit, it might be freeware software versus a blob. It might > be the Atheros chip is faster, more reliable. or the original install chip > does not do dual band. The Atheros chip uses free drivers, in kernel. The Intel chip requires Intel drivers, not free. > > On another forum I see someone who said that the BIOS would show if the RAM > was in Dual Channel Mode, which might not be the same as Interleaved. Or > one could use CPU-Z, freeware application is for Windows or Android. > (hmm, can Windows start with Core Boot?) Long ago someone defined > Interleaved memory to me as if the memory is interleaved once, it > effectively doubles the speed of the CPU. However that was the old core > doughnut memory. I would be glad if someone could clarify. > Yes, Windows can start with coreboot. I expect there's a Linux alternative to CPU-Z - quick ddg suggests "CPU-X"? Interleaved memory just means that the memory addresses are spread across the modules. This has nothing to do with Dual Channel, which increases the transfer rate between the RAM and the controller. I don't think the lenovo BIOS will show interleaved status. As I said before, it's designed to work interleaved if possible. If the modules are matched, it will be interleaved. It certainly wont double the CPU speed. > Thanks for the replies. I now know the direction I should go. If I have > the money. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20200210135114.GA12510%40thirdeyesecurity.org.
