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New device request: ThinkPad Helix compatible but unsupported

Open Agvantibo opened this issue 3 years ago • 8 comments

Data provided by the script: Machine: Helix BIOS: GFET35WW Version: 1.14 Flashsize: 12288

Agvantibo avatar Oct 31 '21 12:10 Agvantibo

If you have a flasher to recover a brick, you can attempt to run the already existing patches for this generation.

https://github.com/digmorepaka/thinkpad-firmware-patches

digmorepaka avatar Nov 02 '21 15:11 digmorepaka

@Agvantibo Have you done the procedure? I have a first gen helix aswell (3rd gen intel) But I'm on GFET65WW 1.44

rzfzr avatar Dec 30 '21 23:12 rzfzr

What for though? I dont think you can find a wlan/wwan card with compatible form factor. WWAN is connected via a ribbon cable, the WLAN has a weird form factor.

Xanth0k1d avatar Mar 07 '22 13:03 Xanth0k1d

I wanted the performance settings, every single time I boot up, dock/undock, I have to reset my profile on throttlestop, because the default settings makes the computer unusable for me, slow to even open a browser... Particularly undocked, I believe it drops to ~8w, unlocked it peaks at ~14

rzfzr avatar Mar 07 '22 13:03 rzfzr

I wanted the performance settings, every single time I boot up, dock/undock, I have to reset my profile on throttlestop, because the default settings makes the computer unusable for me, slow to even open a browser... Particularly undocked, I believe it drops to ~8w, unlocked it peaks at ~14

🤔 The wifi is the big no for me. Well I mean I opened a thread for x131e, and just nice I have a helix 1st gen around, it's the i7 model. Lemme just figure out where the chip is (if its a single 12mb chip then I dont this is going to work out.)

Xanth0k1d avatar Mar 07 '22 13:03 Xanth0k1d

if its a single 12mb chip then I dont this is going to work out

Doesn't exist for SPI 25xx series. Thinkpads of this era use a 4M+8M in dual SPI mode. Shows up as "Opaque flash chip"

digmorepaka avatar Mar 07 '22 13:03 digmorepaka

if its a single 12mb chip then I dont this is going to work out

Doesn't exist for SPI 25xx series. Thinkpads of this era use a 4M+8M in dual SPI mode. Shows up as "Opaque flash chip"

Yeah, I recall seeing that while doing an internal flash with flashrom.

Xanth0k1d avatar Mar 07 '22 13:03 Xanth0k1d

Reminder that this is an 1vyrain issues section, not a chatroom.

digmorepaka avatar Mar 07 '22 16:03 digmorepaka