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I have a thinkpad t430s that I love. I got an ssd, and traded the DVD drive for a bay battery. I run ubuntu 12.04, and the only issue I have is that sleep stops

by japhyr 13y ago

I have a thinkpad t430s that I love. I got an ssd, and traded the DVD drive for a bay battery. I run ubuntu 12.04, and the only issue I have is that sleep stops working every 10-20 days. I restart it about that often anyways, so I haven't even tried to diagnose the issue. I had read complaints about the screen, but I do mostly web development and I like the screen as well as any other laptop I've had. I am not a gamer at all, if that affects people's evaluation of screen quality. I like the trackpad just fine, and don't have any issues with the keypad.

mattl 13y ago
My worry about the T series is that its a bit of a heavy machine to lug around. How did you swap out the DVD for a battery? Did you buy it like that from Lenovo?
- japhyr 13y ago
  I ordered it with the stock DVD in. I think I ordered the bay battery from amazon. I'll check when I get home. It was an easy swap. If you haven't heard this advice, I highly suggest you order the cheapest configuration you can from lenovo. Then order memory from crucial or newegg. You can save upwards of $100 over upgrading with lenovo. I like the t430s form factor much better than my wife's MacBook Pro.
  - japhyr 13y ago
    I believe this is the battery I ordered from amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Ultrabay-Battery-0A36310/dp/B0085MPJ3S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1395100569&sr=8-2&keywords=t430s+battery http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Ultrabay-Battery-0A363... It's about $25 more expensive directly from Lenovo: http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=460&Code=0A36310#overview http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPo...
- codemonkeymike 13y ago
  I too have a T430, and love it. Can't imagine that a lighter laptop would be able to achieve 8-9 hours(largest battery 9 cell i think) in a text editor with a 14 inch screen. I also swapped out the HDD for an SSD and removed the DVD and put the HDD in it(they make special caddies for HDD in DVD drive) which I take out sometimes because I like to thow my laptop around and dont want to worry about breaking the HDD. Myne was $820 from lenovo. Edit: also runs Linux Mint like a champ, all hot keys keys(FN) work, but I too get the problem with putting my computer in sleep mode for more then a month.
  - baldeagle 13y ago
    I'm running an old Viao X that gets 10-12 hours on the big battery and weighs in at a couple of lbs. Running ubuntu, but the processor is too slow for me to recommend today.
mongrelion 13y ago
I'm also interested in knowing how did you trade the DVD for a bay battery. What are the specs (RAM, Proc, HDD, SSD, etc)? how much did you pay for it? EDIT: Asking more questions.
- japhyr 13y ago
  I paid about $900-$1000 altogether. I ordered the cheapest ram and hdd from lenovo. I ordered 8GB of ram from crucial, a 128GB ssd from crucial, and a bay battery from amazon. I have not maxed this out at all. I think I will be happy with it for a couple more years.
97-109-107 13y ago
It's referred to as 'sleep of death', my debian-running x230 also has it. Do you at least know what 'layer' of the system can be attributed to causing this? I haven't spend much time researching this myself either.

by japhyr 13y ago

mattl 13y ago

My worry about the T series is that its a bit of a heavy machine to lug around. How did you swap out the DVD for a battery? Did you buy it like that from Lenovo?

japhyr 13y ago
I ordered it with the stock DVD in. I think I ordered the bay battery from amazon. I'll check when I get home. It was an easy swap. If you haven't heard this advice, I highly suggest you order the cheapest configuration you can from lenovo. Then order memory from crucial or newegg. You can save upwards of $100 over upgrading with lenovo. I like the t430s form factor much better than my wife's MacBook Pro.
- japhyr 13y ago
  I believe this is the battery I ordered from amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Ultrabay-Battery-0A36310/dp/B0085MPJ3S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1395100569&sr=8-2&keywords=t430s+battery http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Ultrabay-Battery-0A363... It's about $25 more expensive directly from Lenovo: http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=460&Code=0A36310#overview http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPo...
codemonkeymike 13y ago
I too have a T430, and love it. Can't imagine that a lighter laptop would be able to achieve 8-9 hours(largest battery 9 cell i think) in a text editor with a 14 inch screen. I also swapped out the HDD for an SSD and removed the DVD and put the HDD in it(they make special caddies for HDD in DVD drive) which I take out sometimes because I like to thow my laptop around and dont want to worry about breaking the HDD. Myne was $820 from lenovo. Edit: also runs Linux Mint like a champ, all hot keys keys(FN) work, but I too get the problem with putting my computer in sleep mode for more then a month.
- baldeagle 13y ago
  I'm running an old Viao X that gets 10-12 hours on the big battery and weighs in at a couple of lbs. Running ubuntu, but the processor is too slow for me to recommend today.

mongrelion 13y ago

I'm also interested in knowing how did you trade the DVD for a bay battery. What are the specs (RAM, Proc, HDD, SSD, etc)? how much did you pay for it? EDIT: Asking more questions.

japhyr 13y ago
I paid about $900-$1000 altogether. I ordered the cheapest ram and hdd from lenovo. I ordered 8GB of ram from crucial, a 128GB ssd from crucial, and a bay battery from amazon. I have not maxed this out at all. I think I will be happy with it for a couple more years.

97-109-107 13y ago

It's referred to as 'sleep of death', my debian-running x230 also has it. Do you at least know what 'layer' of the system can be attributed to causing this? I haven't spend much time researching this myself either.