Home » Hardware » notebooks » ThinkPad Edge 14 0578-N6U
notebook ThinkPad Edge 14 0578-N6U
talk messages: 0
model: ThinkPad Edge 14 0578-N6U(model id: 360)
subtype (notebook, netbook, motherboard, tablet):
notebook
vendor:
Lenovo
architecture:
x86-64/amd64
does it have a free boot firmware (BIOS,UEFI,...) ?
no
can free operating systems be installed?
not-specified
does the device prevent installing wifi cards not-approved by the vendor?
yes (see the details inside the description entry)
year of commercialization:
2011
compatibility with free software:
C-silver
tested on:
Trisquel 4.5 Slaine
tested with the following kernel libre:
2.6.35-30-generic
video card model:
Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (works with 3D acceleration)
wifi model:
Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000 [8086:0084] (it does not work)
webcam model:
Unknown 2.0 MP integrated camera (it works)
Description:
Wifi card whitelist

All thinkpads have a Wifi card whitelist at the BIOS level that prevent installing certain WiFi cards. The restriction can be bypassed with a BIOS modification: either installing Libreboot, Coreboot or editing the official Lenovo/IBM BIOS.

This laptop comes with LoJack, a BIOS capability that the user has the option to "disable", even "permanently" if she wants. Since the BIOS is non-free, and we don't know what it actually does, it is conceivable that the phone-home capability could be re-enabled by a malicious BIOS upgrade/modification or possibly even a program.

From the BIOS: Computrace Module Activation:

Enables or Disables the BIOS interface to activate Computrace modules. Computrace is an optional monitoring service from Absolute Software.

Write below your motivation

The contents of this page are in the Public Domain. (see the CC0 page for detailed information). Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, sell, or distribute the text for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.
h-node.org is a hardware database project. It runs the h-source PHP software, commit cdeda15, available under the GNU General Public (GPLv3) License.
JavaScript license information