One more update: I exchanged the 04W3269 (Toshiba) fan with a 04W3270 (Delta)
fan, which is substantially quieter.
Now the machine is perfect, well worth what it cost.
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On 9/11/21 08:23, Will Lewis wrote:
I'm using a 1TB 870 Pro
A few days ago I replaced the 870 QVO with a 860 PRO ... what a difference!!!
Learned that lesson for sure.
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On 9/14/21 06:58, Billy Lewis wrote:
Other than these issues mentioned above, your fhd mod worked smoothly?
Smoother than any other computer I ever used with Qubes OS. You will love it!
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Hi Sven,
That's great info, thank you!
Other than these issues mentioned above, your fhd mod worked smoothly? As
in, no need to add change anything during the heads build process?
I will certainly let you know how it went although, I will probably be back
asking more stupid questions in the
Hi Will,
I basically used whatever was the HEAD revision of the Heads project at that
time. That worked reasonably well, but a few issues remained:
-> A weird seemingly random data corruption issue when restoring backups [1],
which I cannot reproduce any longer. I suspect either the VRAM
Oh I see, okay that's a key piece of info, thank you.
I am not aversed to research but Heads is seeming enigmatic, do you have
any suggestions for guides etc. any advice you could give me would be much
appreciated.
Will I have to add my FHD 1080p screen to the build?
Thanks,
Stacey
On
Coreboot comes as part of heads - so you just build heads and flash that to
the 4mb and 8mb chips inside.
On Sat, 11 Sept 2021 at 14:23, Will Lewis
wrote:
> I have to compliment your taste in hardware, I’m building almost exactly
> the same machine as we speak except for the SSD, I'm using a
I have to compliment your taste in hardware, I’m building almost exactly
the same machine as we speak except for the SSD, I'm using a 1TB 870 Pro.
Although, I’m entirely new to coreboot and am trying to gather as much info
as possible, I’m at the last stage before flashing but I am
On 6/10/21 3:12 PM, Sven Semmler wrote:
The one I've used is the i7-3740QM which was recommended by @Plexus.
It's a tiny bit less powerful than the i7-3840QM but about half the
price (if you shop right and not just go for the first listing on Amazon
as I did).
Actually at least in the US the
Awesome work Sven and thank you for being the "one hard t430" guide
collaborator and alpha tester. I have so many permutations of T430 in my
home right now its hard to keep track of them all.
I will get the guide finished soon and change the repo to public so the
community can benefit.,
On 6/10/21 2:06 PM, BGW wrote:
I see that on the Nitrokey site that they say the i7 73740 is NOT
QUBES compatible? Did I get that right?
There are three chips we should talk about to clarify this:
i7-3632QM (listed by Nitrokey, not compatible with Qubes OS)
i7-3740QM (the one I used, NOT
I see that on the Nitrokey site that they say the i7 73740 is NOT QUBES
compatible? Did I get that right?
On Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 6:55:02 AM UTC+10 Ulrich Windl wrote:
> On 6/4/21 1:28 AM, Sven Semmler wrote:
> > A dream has come true!
> >
> > * ThinkPad T430
> > * Coreboot/Heads with
I forgot to mention the Nitrokey. But a Libremkey or Yubikey will do the
same job. Whatever you already have or suits your wallet / location etc.
/Sven
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On 6/9/21 3:54 PM, Ulrich Windl wrote:
How many $$$ (€)?
Laptop:
$244.46 ThinkPad T430
$237.62 i7-3740QM 2.70 GHz
$39.75 CPU Cooling Fan Heatsink (04W3269 0B41088 04X3788)
$84.32 Crucial RAM 16GB Kit (2x8GB) DDR3
$219.99 870 QVO 2TB SSD
$115.50 B140HAN01.3 FHD 1920x1080 High
On 6/4/21 1:28 AM, Sven Semmler wrote:
A dream has come true!
* ThinkPad T430
* Coreboot/Heads with TOTP & HOTP (Nitrokey)
* ME cleaned & disabled
* Qubes OS R4.0.4 all debian-minimal, memory optimized
Upgrades:
* i7-3740QM
* 16 GB RAM
* 2 TB SSD
* Intel Wireless 7260
* 1080p display
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