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====== 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
<code>
perl ./geteltorito.pl g5uj38us.iso > boot.img
</code>

or

<code>
gcc -o isobar isobar.c &&
./isobar g5uj38us.iso -o boot.img
</code>
  * Copy the boot.img to a USB device (:!: make sure to use the correct device, otherwise you might delete your data)
<code>
dd if=boot.img of=/dev/sdb bs=512K
</code>
  * 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%%//