This subnotebook from a bygone era lay unnoticed on my “notebook mountain” for years: It was originally purchased by my brother as a highly mobile travel device with […]
Setup:
LP-Gameserver
This notebook served us well for many years as the predecessor to the Lenovo ThinkPad W540 in our living room as a general-purpose computer. Since it doesn’t really […]
Setup:
Lenovo ThinkPad T440s
This notebook is primarily used as a replacement device or for setting up networks. Some automotive software is also installed, with VCDS being used particularly often. Battery life […]
Setup:
Lenovo ThinkPad W540
This workstation notebook is used by us as a general-purpose PC and is permanently located in its docking station on the living room table. Hardware: Base Lenovo ThinkPad […]
Lenovo ThinkPad W540 – Liquid Metal
This otherwise really good but now outdated workstation notebook from Lenovo had major thermal problems right from the start. My model has the most powerful non-Extreme mobile processor […]
Perfect fan control on Lenovo ThinkPads
Like many others, I have found that the fan curves of various ThinkPads are not ideally chosen. In less powerful models (such as our T440s with a 15-watt […]
Setup:
RetroBook
As described in detail beforehand, our two HP EliteBook 8540p laptops are equipped with the following components, some of which differ significantly from the standard configuration. Both are […]
RetroBook 8540p #12:
Conclusion and thoughts
Based on everything I now know about the 8540p, if I were to tackle a similar project again, or if I were to come across another model like […]
RetroBook 8540p #11:
Software Setup
I will try to keep this section as brief as possible, as it is a very individual matter. BIOS-Update: If the BIOS has not yet been updated to […]