Low performance of X201

Hello,
I am using x201: i5-540M / 4GB Ram / 500GB HDD / Win7 HP 32bit. However, I am not satisfy its performance. (no more unused 3rd parties start up program and did the disk defragment already)
Since, i am using the 65W power adpater.
I wonder whether to enable Turbo-Boost of i5 - 540M, even using 65W adpater. As I know Intel is allow i5-540M boost its core1 automatically (depends on some condition)
Does it need to 90W adapter + attached battery to allow Turbo-Boost feature in x201 ? Could Lenovo modify x201 BIOS to enable Turbo Boost even only attached 65W adapter ?
Thanks!

tlee wrote:
Hello,
I am using x201: i5-540M / 4GB Ram / 500GB HDD / Win7 HP 32bit. However, I am not satisfy its performance. (no more unused 3rd parties start up program and did the disk defragment already)
Since, i am using the 65W power adpater.
I wonder whether to enable Turbo-Boost of i5 - 540M, even using 65W adpater. As I know Intel is allow i5-540M boost its core1 automatically (depends on some condition)
Does it need to 90W adapter + attached battery to allow Turbo-Boost feature in x201 ? Could Lenovo modify x201 BIOS to enable Turbo Boost even only attached 65W adapter ?
Thanks!
There is a turbo boost service in the services for windows 7. You may need to start the service.
Intel also has a turbo boost monitor program. It is a bar graph that shows your clock speed.
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19105&lang=eng&OSVersion=Windows%207%...

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tlee wrote:
Hello,
I am using x201: i5-540M / 4GB Ram / 500GB HDD / Win7 HP 32bit. However, I am not satisfy its performance. (no more unused 3rd parties start up program and did the disk defragment already)
Since, i am using the 65W power adpater.
I wonder whether to enable Turbo-Boost of i5 - 540M, even using 65W adpater. As I know Intel is allow i5-540M boost its core1 automatically (depends on some condition)
Does it need to 90W adapter + attached battery to allow Turbo-Boost feature in x201 ? Could Lenovo modify x201 BIOS to enable Turbo Boost even only attached 65W adapter ?
Thanks!
There is a turbo boost service in the services for windows 7. You may need to start the service.
Intel also has a turbo boost monitor program. It is a bar graph that shows your clock speed.
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19105&lang=eng&OSVersion=Windows%207%...

Low performance USB port on X61

Hi,
Recently I found my X61 has a low USB performance, when I copy files to my external USB HDD, the speed is about 13MB/s. Then I tested X61's writing speed on external USB HDD with HDtune and ATTO Disk benchmark, it is around 12-14MB/s. But The USB HDD have a writing speed over 25MB/s on other computers.
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X220 GPU has low performance after wake up on batteries

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X201 bent (bloated) & creaking keyboard

Hey guys, could you please let me know if I'm going crazy or if there's really something wrong with my unit?
I received my brand new X201 yesterday in the afternoon. After cloning its HDD throughout the night and for almost another half a day with Lenovo's R&R, Windows System Image tool and ATIH (the latter takes FOREVER!!!), I finally fired it up. Well, only a couple of minutes later I realized that apparently Windows 7 (which should be genuine) "cannot be activated as my product key is invalid". What's more I realized the upper left hand side of the keyboard is all bent and bloated - if I press on it I can push it a couple of milimeters and it also makes a nasty clicking sound. The whole upper part of the keyboard easily gives in when I apply a bit of pressure, and I'm not sure if that's how it should be. However, at least the upper right hand side is even - it's the upper left hand side that is definitely not.
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Here are two videos I took just now so that you can see what I'm talking about:
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-screen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU7kpXrLfig
Plus some photos:
-http://img815.imageshack.us/i/img1759p.jpg/
-http://img815.imageshack.us/i/img1759p.jpg/
-http://img269.imageshack.us/i/backpractice.jpg/
-http://img132.imageshack.us/i/img1778ft.jpg/
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@thecrafter
Thanks for your feedback mate, I'm at least happy to hear that I'm not overexaggerating. Been a longtime Thinkpad fan (and user) and buying one of their laptops was always a no-brainer for me: I always expected the best and I always got it.
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@tlee
Not sure I really follow what you're trying to say, especially as I'm pretty sure even Japanese Thinkpads are manufactured in China (I might be wrong, though)

Low memory performance

When doing any memory performance tests on my new to me T61, Windows 7, 64bit, 4GB's memory machine, I have very slow performance results compared to any other known similar configurations.
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Hard to say - the overall performance shouldn't be sub-par for the T61.
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Maybe it's a faulty battery. There are numerous reports about non-genuine Lenovo batteries being built with substandard or even dangerous components. Personally, I never use anything but genuine batteries in any of my ThinkPads. They are more expensive, but I've never been disappointed.
Do you have access to another known-good battery to test? Maybe a friend or colleague?
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X201 Woes - Do not buy one

I offer this as my story as an X201 owner and the 'support' i have been given by Lenovo. It is a sad but causionary tale and I would suggest that anyone planning to buy a Lenovo laptop takes note.
I initially sent this email on the 8th March and have thus far received no response to it:
I was given this email address to make a complaint regarding the ongoing issue I currently have with my new Lenovo Thinkpad X201 that I purchased from your website just before Christmas. Whilst your support staff have been generally courteous and polite (this is certainly not a complaint against them), getting some resolution to my problem has proved difficult, expensive and time consuming. My problem’s start with an intermittent fault with my wireless that seems to cut out for no reason and will not restart unless I reboot the computer. I initially contacted your colleagues on the 28th Feb regarding this issue after logging my issue online and being given an issue number 01DM8W5 . They remoted onto my laptop and whilst keeping me on the phone for 40mins looked at the various settings without changing much except 1 power saving setting within power manager. I was asked to get in contact should this solve not solve the issue and I was reasonably satisfied that they had attempted to fix the issue, I asked if this was a known issue and I was told it was not. As I work in IT I checked the relevant forums on Lenovo and found that a number of people have mentioned this issue. I include a number here for you to see
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-Tablet-ThinkPad-Laptops/Persistent-WIFI-problem-wity-my-X201-ta...
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x201-wireless-always-suddenly-turn-off-and-can...
http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo-ibm/552579-x201-intel-n-6200-severe-wifi-issues.html
I have also included a couple of other articles that describe the same issue on other laptops (wireless card issue?)
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/T510-Advanced-N-6200-wireless-turns-off-its...
As the issue occurred again, I contacted your team on the 1st March and explained that the fix had not done the job. Your colleague immediately stated that I should return the laptop complete for repair and probable reinstall and as I only have a carry in warranty I would have to bring it into one of your service centres. I explained that this would not be a problem (although I was not impressed at the idea given the expense of the laptop in the first place) and given that I live on the edge of London I assumed that IBM/Lenovo would have a service centre in the capital. I was still in discussion with your colleague when I realised that I was required to take this to Colchester which is 58 miles (approx 95km away). I explained that this was not acceptable and the offer of a courier was made (something again not easy given that it requires you to be in between 9-5 with no specific time given for collection and losing my laptop for at least a week, I do have to work). I explained to your colleague that I hadn’t tried suggested fixes from your forum (uninstalled access connections, Intel drivers and tried reinstalling) and before wasting my/your time/money it may be advisable to try these first.
Sadly these also did not manage to fix the issues either so I contacted you again on the 7th March to organise a courier collection, another member of your team stated that issue number 01DM8W5 had been closed and I would have to open another (issue number A1LXVYL). Although annoying, I explained what had been happening and your colleague asked to remote onto my computer. I agreed and explained that on occasions when I have issues Fn+F5 may not work (it wasn’t). I also explained the fixes I had tried and that even though she denied this was a known issue the Lenovo forum suggested otherwise. She then proceeded to reinstall access connections and the Intel drivers, restarted the pc and after another 30 mins on the phone (at my expense) said it was now working so the issue must be fixed and she would not get the pc collected. I explained that the definition of an intermittent fault is that it doesn’t always happen and all she had done is reinstall what I had already reinstalled. She then opened a cmd screen and started a ping going and stated I was required to provide a print screen when it next happens. I explained that the ping would not stop as the computer was currently on a wired connected to ensure that the remote connection was not dropped (something that had been requested on previous calls and something I had explained to your colleague), at this point she seemed to be trying to get rid of me. As she would still not accept there was an issue I suggested that it would probably be best that I call back when the issue next occurs on a wired connection so she could see what has happen. She said this was the best plan and that was how we left it.
The issue has reoccurred today (8th March), and I have spoken to another one of your representatives. I explained what had been said previously and that they were welcome to log onto my pc to check the issue. I was now told this was not required and I would be sent an email with the details on how to post the laptop back to the service centre. I explained that a courier had been previously offered and then after checking this I was offered this again (9-5, no time slot). Luckily, my fiancé is off work tomorrow and is able to wait in for the collection, I hope it turns up. I checked with your colleague and I explained that I have copied a number of files etc to my new pc and would I need to back it all up. I was told that I could remove the hard drive and battery and just send back the shell for testing and I will be without it for at least 6 working days.
As you can see, I have not had a great experience with your support team wasting both my time/money to try and sort this out. As from tomorrow I am going to be without the laptop that I have spent the best part of £1000 on for a minimum of a week and my fiancé is going to have to wait in, possibly for the whole day, to have it collected. It also seems that your support representative seemed unwilling to accept that this is a known issue and didn’t seem to follow the same procedures for dealing with it. Due to these issues and the time/expense I have had to go to thus far to get my laptop repaired I would think that it would only be fair that my warranty to be reset from the date the laptop is finally returned to me for a whole year and if I encounter any further issues with the wireless I should have the option of returning the laptop in full and receive a full complete refund. I have been tried to be as reasonable as possible with your company and with your staff and I hope you that will be with me. I hope you understand my frustration and can return my laptop in fully working order shortly. If you could acknowledge receipt of this email it would be appreciated.
After receiving no response i contacted support again today (30th March) as the problem is still not solved and here is the update i sent in.
The laptop was collected on Wednesday 9th March in the box the laptop was delivered in. It spent a week in the repair centre and I was contacted by support to say that the centre now required my hard drive as they could not replicate the problem. I explained that this was unacceptable as I had personal data locked on the drive and had not removed it as I had been told to keep the hard drive. I suggested they were just going to do a complete system restore which the engineer checked and agreed with, they said they would send the laptop back to me so I could do this. I also asked if my complaint email had been received as I had received no response and I was promised that this was being escalated to management. I asked what would happen if the laptop still did not work, the support engineer would not give me an answer stating that management would have to decide this. I also asked for a timeframe regarding a response to my email and again this was not forthcoming.
When I finally collected the laptop from my local DHL centre which is only open/can deliver Mon-Fri 9-5 (do they think people don’t have to work) I copied all the data off of the laptop and did a full system recovery. Sadly this still has not solved the issue so today (30th March) I have again contacted the support line and explained that it still is still not working and I have still not received a response to my email. After a long wait whilst the engineer looked for my email I was assured that it had been escalated to ‘The Management’ and they were looking into it. I requested to speak to ‘the management’ as after all this time I was running low on patience but was told they were unavailable to talk to (even though the engineer had apparently just spoken to them) and I would get an email at some point (no timescale given again). I thanked the engineer for his help and finally received this complaints reference from him shortly afterwards.
I am writing this with a network cable plugged in as the wireless has indeed cut out again. I have done some research myself in the event viewer (something none of the support engineers investigated) and have found these entries that seem to occur every time it happens
The description for Event ID 5005 from source NETwNs64 cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.
If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.
The following information was included with the event:
\Device\NDMP7
Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 AGN
The specified resource type cannot be found in the image file
I also get the same error with event id 5007 and 5032.
So now if you could please organise collection of the laptop as soon as possible so I can purchase a reliable ‘business’ laptop it would be appreciated.
Regards
I have sadly given up and now all i want is my money back.

Thanks for your replies. The problem is not with the aerials or the connection. I'm pretty sure it's the card and I told them as much when i spoke to them. It does still appear in device manager, sometimes stating that the device can not start, not always though. When the issue occurs there are events in the event manager that suggest that the wireless card is playing up, something that none of the so called technical support even checked. The bluetooth remains working so and there isn't any real play in the swtich, so I would suggest that isn't the issue. I've read about almost exacly the same issue and they sent him a replacement wireless card, something i'd be quite happy to do but again something they refused to do.
As an update, i've finally got a response from their complaints department after being told to write to a different email address (sadly forwarding is something they don't know how to do) and I have been told that they will not give me a refund until the problem has occured 3 times. I did argue that it has happened many more times than that and given the 2 times they have remoted onto my pc and i time i sent it back this constitutes 3 times but I will give them one more chance to fix it. They once again wanted me to pay to send it in but agreed to a courier after a bit of coaxing. Luckily the fiancee has got a day off to wait in for the collection as it could be anytime from 9-5. Fingers crossed this will be the end of it, sadly the bitter taste it has left won't leave for a while.

Thinkpad X201 - problem with microphone and speakers

Hi,
My thinkpad X201 is a professional computer set up with Windows XP. Although I cannot check, I am reasonably sure that the computer was installed with the latest drivers and is regularly updated to the latest SP and patches.
My problem is the following: in Volume Control window, when both the general "Volume Control" and "Mic in Volume" are un-muted and maxed-up, a feedback loop quickly builds. When I decrease the volumes of both to a lower values, I can actually hear myself speak with a slight delay. The same phenomenon can be heard if I use the internal mic or if I plug in a microphone.
So, it seems that the (internal or external) mic input is constantly sent to the speakers. This makes any recording with this computer very painful.
Did anybody experience this problem? Is there a solution?
I would greatly appreciate any feedback.
Thanks

Ok, I've fixed the Radio thing, I installed the Nvida drivers from the Nvida site, and then had to select the aux input twice. Still havn't fixed the Mic issue, any suggestions?
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ThinkPad X201 vs new model X series??

Hi,
could you please give me your opinion.
if you buy new thinkpad, would you go for X201 or new model X series? almost same price.
as i am classic ThinkPad fanatic i love x201 but price is high considering it is old model.
what would be your idea?
thanks
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Depends what you're looking for in a laptop.
Screen:
X201 has a 16:10 screen. X220 and later have 16:9 screens.
X201 can retrofit a ddecent AFFS screen. X220 and later have an okay IPS screen from factory.
Performance:
X201 through X230 have decently clocked full power CPUs. X240 has a bit weaker but still okay CPU. Everything afterwards is low-power.
X201 to X220 also significantly increased integrated GPU performance. X220 to X230 to X240 are modest increases.
Storage:
X201 can only take a primary drive. X220 and later can take a primary plus mSATA/NGFF SSD.
Wifi Card:
X201 and X220 can have the BIOS whitelist removed for wifi cards. X230 and later cannot.
Battery Life:
X201 to X220 is the biggest jump in battery life. X220 to X230 to X240 are relatively minor increases. X220 and later can take a battery slice too.
Keyboard:
X201 and X220 have classic keyboards. X230 and later have chiclet keyboards.
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X61T: L7500, 3GB RAM, 500GB HDD, XGA screen, Ultrabase
Y3P: 5Y70, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, QHD+ screen

X201 vs X201s and external monitor, please help

Hello
I am about to order my first thinkpad and have 2 questions and would greatly appreciate your thoughts
I need a machine that is fast enough to handle huge data files quickly.
1. Not sure whether to go for:
X201 with i7-620M processor 2.66GHz, 8Gb RAM and 128Gb SSD
or the slower but lighter
X201s with i7-640LM processor 2.13GHz again with 8Gb RAM and 128Gb SSD
2. When working at home and work i hope to connect to a ~24" monitor (1920 x 1080)
I have been informed by lenovo sales people today
"the x201 will only support a maximum resolutionof 1280 x 800"
Is this the case, how will it effect my use of a large external monitor?
I do note that the x201s seems to support 1440 x 900 and would be happy to buy an ultra base for work and home if that helps?
Look forward to hearing from you
cheers
Dan

I had the same concerns when trying to decide between the two models.
In the end I went with the X201 -with the i7-620M proc.
My reasoning is that, sure the performance difference between the two processors may not be that big, but I'm future-proofing the machine just a little bit more at only a marginal additional cost.
As for battery-life - my laptop spends most of the day plugged in, so the benefits of the lower voltage processor and lower power consumption wouldn't be that great.
I bike in to work every day with the laptop on my back, so weight and size were important issues for me. The laptops are the same size. With the 6 cell battery they're both 1.1" thick. Only if you slap on the 4cell does the x201s become thinner. The x201 does weigh about a quarter pound more when configured with the 6 cell. (3.1 lbs as opposed to 2.8 or so) I was willing to make that tradeoff for better performance.
As for the video output - I haven't plugged the x201 into my home monitor: 24" , but its performing beautifully on my 20" office monitor @ 1680x1050.

Lenovo X201, xorg switching to track point

There are so many changes to the xorg configuration recently, what is the best way to switch to track point (only) on my Lenovo X201:
a) editing xorg.conf as in http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_co … rg.conf.29 or
b ) adding /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-thinkpad.conf http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_co … org.conf.d ?
My default xorg.conf has
Section "Input Device"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Drivier "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxis Mapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
and the default /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf with all sorts of "catchall".
The track point is not usable, it drives the cursor mad every couple of seconds. The touch pad works, but for me it should not.
Also the upper 3-button mouse is dead, only the lower 2 buttons work, again I want it the other way.

Here is my config on a T500:
root:/home/takedown # cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-trackpoint.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Trackpoint Wheel Emulation"
MatchProduct "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint|DualPoint Stick|Synaptics Inc. Composite TouchPad / TrackPoint|ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint|USB Trackpoint pointing device"
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Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
On startUp i run:
# synclient TouchpadOff=1
this script to swap between touchpad and trackpoint with Fn+F8:
root:/home/takedown # cat /etc/acpi/events/ultranav
event=ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001008
action=/etc/acpi/actions/ultranav.sh
root:/home/takedown # cat /etc/acpi/actions/ultranav.sh
#!/bin/bash
PATH="/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin"
export DISPLAY=:0
USER=`who | grep ':0' | grep -o '^\w*' | head -n1`
if [ `su $USER -c 'synclient -l | grep TouchpadOff | cut -b 31-32'` -ne 0 ]; then
su "$USER" -c "synclient TouchpadOff=0"
su "$USER" -c "xinput set-int-prop \"TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint\" \"Device Enabled\" 8 0"
#su "$USER" -c "/usr/bin/kdialog --passivepopup Touchpad\ enable --title Thinkpad\ T500 "5""
else
su "$USER" -c "synclient TouchpadOff=1"
su "$USER" -c "xinput set-int-prop \"TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint\" \"Device Enabled\" 8 1"
#su "$USER" -c "/usr/bin/kdialog --passivepopup Touchpad\ disable --title Thinkpad\ T500 "5""
fi
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Random 3G Problem on X201,X200,X61

Hi,
We have had some issues on the 3G connectivity in the last few weeks. I hope someone could give some advice on what to try next.
The issue:
- we have X61,X200,X201 laptops with ericsson, quallcomm adapters
- they have been struck with a problem on 3G networks
- the connection opens up fine, but there is no data coming in. The calculators on the Access Connections show that it is trying to send data, but nothing is coming in.
- If I change the network to 2G, the connection works fine
- I have tried uninstalling firewall/windows updates
- Tried updating the drivers
- Our ISP is working on this, but seems to be useless
- I have contacted our Lenovo reps, but have not had any news yet
- I can have two laptops side by side, the other one works fine, but the other has no data coming in
We have a lot of these machines on our users and there seems to be no pattern on the problem. It would be great if you could give your opinions about this.
thanks

I have an X200 that logs on to the 3G net but reach the problem as you describes.
I have an X200 that logs on to the 3G net but reach the problem as you describes.
I have some luck with rebooting the laptop, than it connect fine.
It could occur when there is low connection.

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