====== Drivers/Utils ====== https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/de/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-w-series-laptops/thinkpad-w530/downloads ====== Update BIOS ====== Get the latest BIOS Update (Bootable CD) * Currently it's https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/mobiles/g5uj38us.iso (version 2.75) * Get http://userpages.uni-koblenz.de/~krienke/ftp/noarch/geteltorito/geteltorito.pl or http://colimit.googlepages.com/isobar.c to extract the boot image from the ISO file perl ./geteltorito.pl g5uj38us.iso > boot.img or gcc -o isobar isobar.c && ./isobar g5uj38us.iso -o boot.img * Copy the boot.img to a USB device (:!: make sure to use the correct device, otherwise you might delete your data) dd if=boot.img of=/dev/sdb bs=512K * While booting press "F12" to enter the boot menu and select the prepared USB drive to boot from ====== Mini Display Port to HDMI ====== * ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/gpu-hdmi-audio-document/gpu-hdmi-audio.html * make sure to select the //HDA NVidia// sound card in //alsamixer// and then unmute the first S/PDIF control * to output sound over HDMI * in //chromium// add //%%--alsa-output-device=hw:1,3%%// * in //mpv// add //%%--audio-device=alsa/hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0%%//