Rowan
A salvaged Lenovo ThinkPad X280 laptop.
I bought Rowan on eBay in early 2025, half-working. Mostly repaired now; it’s my main workstation.
Specs
- OS: Debian
- Window manager: Awesome
- Display: 12.5-inch @ 125 DPI (1366×768)
- Disk: 4 TB NVMe SSD
- CPU: Intel Core i5-8350U @ 1.7 GHz (×8)
- GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 620
- RAM: 16 GB DDR4-2400
- Model number: TP00093A
- Weight: 1.235 kg
Maintenance
Repairs Made
- January 2025: added massive TEAMGROUP NVMe drive
- January 2025: replaced broken 6 key
Known Issues
- the ” key doesn’t always respond on first press
- the USB-A port on the left side does not seem to work
- the USB-A port on the right side is bent, and a Yubikey Nano sticks out a little bit instead of being fully seated