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0 pointslostdog3y ago0 comments

Any idea if Lenovo has fixed the coil whine issues on X1 Carbon's?

The constant noise makes it really difficult to use these machines for any kind of focused work.

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Anecdotally, I've found that coil whine is much less of an issue in their chunkier models, eg P53 (not P53s)

I'll vouch for multiple X1C gen 9's being super quiet. No whine; fans rarely kick on, but are almost unnoticeable. Can't say the same for the Extreme/P1 series...

lifeinthevoid3y ago

My X1C gen 9 fans are definitely not quiet when they start kicking in. Maybe this is a Linux-specific issue though.

tuatoru3y ago

Thinkpad X is for marketing types.

Programmers want Thinkpad T or P.

jraph3y ago

I don't understand this comment. I'm a programmer and my X1 Carbon is the finest computer I've ever used. I don't have any noise issue with it. I can hear the CPU in a very quiet room but I've never used a computer that didn't have it, and I'm quite sensitive to noises too. Many people in my company have Lenovo X machines.

And why marketing types should not care about comfort / noise? Is this a "Real men [...]" thing?

chriotte3y ago

He is probably referring to x1 extreme. I have a 3rd gen and it’s like a jet engine and space heather had a baby. Even after undervolting in bios, limiting cpu frequency in windows and only using it for very light jobs it’s super noisy. Not to mention the max 5 hour battery life… This chassis with an AMD cpu and no dedicated GPU would be perfect, but I’ve had enough and a M2 MacBook Air is on its way from Apple.

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nirimda3y ago

Do CPUs make a noise? I thought they were dead silent and any noise is the fan or a rotating disk.

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idealmedtech3y ago

Anecdotally, I've found that coil whine is much less of an issue in their chunkier models, eg P53 (not P53s)

schema3y ago

I'll vouch for multiple X1C gen 9's being super quiet. No whine; fans rarely kick on, but are almost unnoticeable. Can't say the same for the Extreme/P1 series...

lifeinthevoid3y ago

My X1C gen 9 fans are definitely not quiet when they start kicking in. Maybe this is a Linux-specific issue though.

tuatoru3y ago

Thinkpad X is for marketing types.

Programmers want Thinkpad T or P.

jraph3y ago

And why marketing types should not care about comfort / noise? Is this a "Real men [...]" thing?

chriotte3y ago

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nirimda3y ago

Do CPUs make a noise? I thought they were dead silent and any noise is the fan or a rotating disk.

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