Strongly recommend the Tx40 series and newer if you want to use it for any sort of modern stuff that isn't one word document. upgraded from t410 to a t450s and it's such an improvement, managed to score both for 100 euros on ebay as well which was sweet
They are very solid machines, and used ones like this can be bought for under $200. Even less if you can find an office or school that is upgrading PC's for all their employees.
I could make a comparison with cars, Thinkpad is look like Honda Civic, easy and strong. My laptop is a Thinkpad T450 with a brand new Gentoo installed on it, thanks to your Gentoo videos. Live long and prosper 🖖
@@DeirdreYoung1 They are little bad boys that like to live dangerously by not unplugging the battery as they install an SSD into a 15 year old laptop. Notice that they don't actually provide any reasoning, just "lol no". They are nothing but useless contrarians that should be ignored.
Bought a used Thinkpad T460, put arch immediately on it. Since then it has been my only device for school and entertainment, using it for 8+ hours a day every day. Best computer purchase I've made.
@@ContraIsBased If you're talking about the intel management engine, yeah. You have to get a core 2 or older - that is, 2008 or older - processor to avoid that. T400s are quite nice, and are old enough to use non-intel management engine chips. You can pick up a nice one for $100
Gotta love these old office laptops and how easy maintenance is one them. I have a Dell Latitude E6430. Replacing the hard drive is as simple as removing two screws and pulling a tray that already has a notch you can grab. Then just mount the drive like you showed here and reinsert. Literally takes about 2 minutes.
Bought the new Ryzen E14 Gen 3 and ngl, it’s very solid machine. Even the cooling system they are using consists of dual heatpipe assembly and a huge fan to throw that heat away.
Love working on Lenovos, at least the business class laptops. They are designed to easily be worked on. Newer ones need the whole bottom removed but it's usually 6 - 9 screws and a nylon pry pick run around the edge and you're good.
@@ContraIsBased you’re referencing the Intel Management Engine. It exists outside the CPU. Doesn’t matter what OS you have installed it will still do it’s thing in the background. There are some computer manufacturers that build devices without the IME chip. System76 I believe has some. But they aren’t the only ones.
@@ContraIsBased There are a few brands that will disable the IME for you or that utilize the ARM processor. I already mentioned one brand, System76. You could try searching for other brands and compare their offerings to decide which would be best suited to your needs.
Neat video as usual. Small tipp: set the exposure/ISO of the camera manually, so that the video doesn't change it's brightness as can be seen around 3:30, it's a bit hard on the eyes.
I have a very annoying problem with this machine, it shows that I have 2 monitors and only let me use the second one but I can't set the resolution and the brightness I don't know what to do please help!
Very cool. I'd like to score a W700 for my collection. I'm building a business offering privacy tools. I sell a whole line of corebooted ThinkPads. I'm using a corebooted W520 w a 3940XM and 32GB ram running Qubes OS as my daily driver and wouldn't trade it for any system I'm aware of existing.
Hey Mental Outlaw, I want to disable the Intel Management Engine (Minix) on my processor, As I know it's an backdoor and I also heard the alphabet boys has backdoors in the firmware of modern hardrives. can they be removed somehow ? I had AMD in mind as an alternative to Intel since I was under the impression it was more secure but I realized it was also American technology which means the alphabet boys has probably already backdoored it. Or do you know of trusted non-american hardrives and processors I can get ? -That's a friend comment he's comment was deleted for mentioning the alphabet boys as the nsa
if you want the best secure performance get an AMD fx series because that was the last thing AMD made without PSP (amd's ME) otherwise you would have to use a pentium 4
@flim if everyone in history just 'accepted' their conditions and never fought for a better future, we would be living in a completely different world.
@flim wow, I posted a comment earlier but I guess youtube didn't like it for some reason. Basically I said that there is a script on github called 'me_cleaner' which partially disables ME and System76 laptops come with partially disabled ME by default. Of course this means some of the ME still runs but it's the best we have. But the best option we have is to work on open architectures like RISC-V where stuff like this just isn't a problem. The problem is it will be hard to run proprietary x86 software like games but it should get better.
I recommend always to have 10% of sdd not partitioned , why? Well because all those bits are moving in your SSD, and practice show that leaving some not partitioned space on SSD actually prolong the live of SSD. In my case it was very hard lesson i almost lost my 500GB Disk, but i managed to clone it before it completely broken.
Better known as SSD Over-provisioning. Good articles by seagate, kingston, or samsung if you google it. Better wear-leveling and efficiency as there's more free blocks to work with evenly.
@@smugmode iirc just not filling up the drive to the brim yields the same results, but if you want to make sure and you've already formatted the drive you can shrink the partition to make sure you don't end up filling the drive over 90%
@@securitysocks That's right, i wish that would be stated on the package of my ssd , all hardware manufacturers of SSD does not state it on theirs product package, but well trough such youtube videos , people would know and at least less would get same problems as me.
I have a dell laptop that its even easyer to remove or install a hard drive or ssd it pugs in the same way and there arent any screws holding in it could come out if you drop the laptop making a paper weight of the storage if the laptop was on i have already destroyed a 500gd hdd so I had to replace it with a 250gb hdd what a upgrade. I am dont care that much about the laptop to buy anything to upgrade it its not going to replace any of my newer gaming laptops anytime ever!
Recently bought an old R52, im currently looking for a charger and a ultrabay adapter for an ssd, gonna be using it for makeshift home surveillance system
The problem with that ssd is the horrible zero garbage collection, despite trim enabled and manually forced from the defragment menu in win10. It is why you should just donwith samsung or wd, even though they have been caught using inferior parts and selling them at the same price for lower performance.
The 40 series (e.g. X240, T440, etc) have trackpads with no buttons, so some people avoid them for that reason. You can replace them with a decent trackpad from the following generation though, so it's not a show stopper. Look into the performance of the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th gen Intel chips too. The TDP dropped significantly (I think in 5th gen), and performance dropped off for a while too, before Intel managed to get back to similar performance with lower power draw. There are other reasons that some people favour different series; look into whether the one you want has soldered CPU or RAM, removable batteries, etc, and consider whether those things matter to you. I'd also recommend finding on a 1080p IPS screen, which first became an option in the 4th gen models. You can get an adapter to allow that in 3rd gen though (which is what I've done).
@technology core count will have a bigger impact, in my experience. So i7 with 4 cores/8 threads is a more noticeable step up than an i7 that has the same core count as an i5 of the same generation. Whether an i5 has 4 threads varies with the CPU generation though. What's your budget? I'd be tempted to get a T480 or maybe a T470 these days, as I'd want it to last me a few years. Still very happy with my W530 and T430 though, they do fine for me (though I did put fast CPUs in them and modern SSDs).
@@GrahamAtDesk Thanks for the advice. An upgradable CPU is a pretty high selling point on a laptop, but with that in mind I hope the thinkpad models in general last a long time. If I get one of these I'd really prefer if it didn't become e-waste in a year and a half.
My friend loaned me a ThinkPad T60 (maybe 13 years old now) and he refused to take it back when I asked. I did exactly the same operation as you did, easy as pie. The more complex upgrade was to install more memory to it. Actually one of the hardest parts was to find the right kind of memory sticks (2 GB DDR2). Finally I bought a few from two flea markets (kind of). And that little piece of... won't understand anything more than 3 GB. Well, I've succesfully used it in a few occasions, nevertheless. With LM 20 MATE & Cinnamon (I still don't like XFCE).
Oh, btw I gave the SSD (with the Linux Mint) and some of the memory I had in my cupboard to a nice neighboard lady. Now I will have some time off to buy me a new (cheap) SSD to play on.
I’m currently looking into how to transfer my system to switch to a bigger ssd (same crucial) from the one my x230 came with. Next up is flashing that bios and getting wifi 6.0 then eventually coreboot (: I think there are more easier ones though, f.e. when you replaced an optical disk drive with a caddy. about to do that with an old dell laptop.
I got an old T500 and was just wondering.. do your rubbers for the HDD smell very funky? Its almost overwhelming with how strong that rubber smell is..
Successfully librebooted my t400 with an rpi. Not as much of a hassle as I thought it would be but the take apart was gross. Will be looking forward to a libreboot tutorial either way as I’m planning on collecting more thinkpads that can be librebooted
This is not really related at all, but I've been having these issues of my computer randomly rebooting(across multiple distros). Maybe you could help?(distros I have tried: Debian, LMDE, Pop!_OS)
In the official ThinkPad manual the rubbery things on the sides of the drive are actually called:
*Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers*
Lmao
thank you. I am more knowledgeable now
Fr?
I see you are a man of culture
Nice EEVblog reference
I think the rubber pieces are probably vibration dampers, this machine was built with HDD's in mind
that and it helps guide the drive in and holds it firm so it doesn't flop around and damage the SATA connectors over time
You are absolutly right
also known as a drive sled.
Kenny's going to start making videos on renovating a cabin in the woods and how to make pipe bombs
the glowies couldn't stop him
he got a too based aurora
glowies?
@@toby3084 cia
@@ozmobozo jaffas... or orangemen as i like to call them.
@@ozmobozo ooh Terry a Davis, glowie is a word in polish so it confused me
@@toby3084 what does it mean btw?
I am actually thinking abt getting a thinkpad for my programming course. What a coincidence
the new ones are really good
The meme laptop
Strongly recommend the Tx40 series and newer if you want to use it for any sort of modern stuff that isn't one word document. upgraded from t410 to a t450s and it's such an improvement, managed to score both for 100 euros on ebay as well which was sweet
They are very solid machines, and used ones like this can be bought for under $200. Even less if you can find an office or school that is upgrading PC's for all their employees.
@@MentalOutlaw get them cheap, or missing parts/no os, then new ssd + battery + ram, good to go
I could make a comparison with cars, Thinkpad is look like Honda Civic, easy and strong. My laptop is a Thinkpad T450 with a brand new Gentoo installed on it, thanks to your Gentoo videos. Live long and prosper 🖖
gotta add that there are tons of parts for them cheaply available - so yeah, they're like the honda civics and toyota corrollas of laptops
for me I have a thinkpad P14s amd with a beefy ryzen 7 4750u processor ;)
Apple must be mercedes benz hard to remove and lots of BS
I'd just add that taking out the battery before doing this is usually recommended.
I prefer to power up with a pair of forks wired to live and neutral tbh
Yeap, that's good practice if your not Race car Johnny.
@@JDMeister I thought I was saying something plain and uncontroversial. No such thing on the Internet, it seems 😉
@@DeirdreYoung1 They are little bad boys that like to live dangerously by not unplugging the battery as they install an SSD into a 15 year old laptop.
Notice that they don't actually provide any reasoning, just "lol no". They are nothing but useless contrarians that should be ignored.
Man I love old ThinkPads. I bought an X230 as a beater and it’s basically all I use now.
The W500 model isn't a ThinkPad at all, it's a ThiccPad.
All true thinkpads are thick my brother
Hardware, software, cooking, exercise and news. You only need one channel on TH-cam
YOU AND LOUIS ROSSMAN!!! THINKPAD GANG
cool guys think alike 😎
Gorgeous machine. I have a W540 with the exact same SSD that you purchased for yours, and its general performance leaves nothing to be desired.
if i install linux in a regular laptop,will intel still be able to spy on me?
Bought a used Thinkpad T460, put arch immediately on it. Since then it has been my only device for school and entertainment, using it for 8+ hours a day every day. Best computer purchase I've made.
That was my thinkpad and i used to lock the door and spend 8 hrs on it a day too
@@yowut8075 when you become Yo nut 😂
if i install linux in a regular laptop,will intel still be able to spy on me?
@@ContraIsBased If you're talking about the intel management engine, yeah. You have to get a core 2 or older - that is, 2008 or older - processor to avoid that.
T400s are quite nice, and are old enough to use non-intel management engine chips. You can pick up a nice one for $100
@@ellie-g9o what other laptops are safe of intel spyware? just to have more options
Heck yeah I just got a t400 yesterday and am planning to upgrade the RAM and then put in an SSD. Perfect timing man
those "rubber bumpers" are probably to help against vibration noises from and old hdd. Good video bro, Used Thinkpad Gang lol
2:38 face reveal at the reflex lol, nice beard...
He already made videos with a face cam
th-cam.com/video/2UqS6Cc60ng/w-d-xo.html
Gotta love these old office laptops and how easy maintenance is one them.
I have a Dell Latitude E6430. Replacing the hard drive is as simple as removing two screws and pulling a tray that already has a notch you can grab. Then just mount the drive like you showed here and reinsert. Literally takes about 2 minutes.
if i install linux in a regular laptop,will intel still be able to spy on me?
we cant resist not running neofetch
Bought the new Ryzen E14 Gen 3 and ngl, it’s very solid machine. Even the cooling system they are using consists of dual heatpipe assembly and a huge fan to throw that heat away.
yooooooooooooooo mental outlaw
Why this shit is not fucking liked?
Love working on Lenovos, at least the business class laptops. They are designed to easily be worked on. Newer ones need the whole bottom removed but it's usually 6 - 9 screws and a nylon pry pick run around the edge and you're good.
if i install linux in a regular laptop,will intel still be able to spy on me?
@@ContraIsBased you’re referencing the Intel Management Engine. It exists outside the CPU. Doesn’t matter what OS you have installed it will still do it’s thing in the background. There are some computer manufacturers that build devices without the IME chip. System76 I believe has some. But they aren’t the only ones.
@@rycarr what laptops would you recommend to buy without the intel spyware thing?
@@rycarr wht laptops would you recomend?
@@ContraIsBased There are a few brands that will disable the IME for you or that utilize the ARM processor. I already mentioned one brand, System76. You could try searching for other brands and compare their offerings to decide which would be best suited to your needs.
I got a T450 and upgraded to a 1080p IPS , its a fantastic laptop.
Is it 1080 x 1200 or some other resolution?
@@MentalOutlaw 1920×1080. Unless you get right P/N for the screen brightness control does not work in windows.... but honestly who cares.
You are now a Thinkpad guy. Welcome to the world of Thinkpads.
Neat video as usual. Small tipp: set the exposure/ISO of the camera manually, so that the video doesn't change it's brightness as can be seen around 3:30, it's a bit hard on the eyes.
Did you get that off eBay recently? I was bidding on a w500 with 8gb of ram, no hard drive and was sniped.
Oh mr mental, taking the rubber off I see, feeling a bit adventurous! 😏
challenge: compile gentoo on the thinkpad
even better, compile chrome
even better: compile a whole DE
I have a very annoying problem with this machine, it shows that I have 2 monitors and only let me use the second one but I can't set the resolution and the brightness I don't know what to do please help!
Love your chanel never miss one of your videos 👏
That's a HUGE laptop!
Yo, congratulations on the upgrade.
Why are old thinkpads cool. Btw hello outlaw!
Because they don't have hardware level backdoors in them like the Intel management engine.
Very cool. I'd like to score a W700 for my collection. I'm building a business offering privacy tools. I sell a whole line of corebooted ThinkPads. I'm using a corebooted W520 w a 3940XM and 32GB ram running Qubes OS as my daily driver and wouldn't trade it for any system I'm aware of existing.
Mission accomplished! A linux mint user on this side, too.
Hey Mental Outlaw, I want to disable the Intel Management Engine (Minix) on my processor, As I know it's an backdoor
and I also heard the alphabet boys has backdoors in the firmware of modern hardrives. can they be removed somehow ?
I had AMD in mind as an alternative to Intel since I was under the impression it was more secure but I realized it was also
American technology which means the alphabet boys has probably already backdoored it.
Or do you know of trusted non-american hardrives and processors I can get ?
-That's a friend comment he's comment was deleted for mentioning the alphabet boys as the nsa
if you want the best secure performance get an AMD fx series because that was the last thing AMD made without PSP (amd's ME) otherwise you would have to use a pentium 4
You often can't do much about firmware. Best thing you could do against Intel ME and the AMD equivalent is to flash Libreboot.
@@somedude144 you can't flash libreboot on modern hardware, that's the sad part
@flim if everyone in history just 'accepted' their conditions and never fought for a better future, we would be living in a completely different world.
@flim wow, I posted a comment earlier but I guess youtube didn't like it for some reason.
Basically I said that there is a script on github called 'me_cleaner' which partially disables ME and System76 laptops come with partially disabled ME by default. Of course this means some of the ME still runs but it's the best we have.
But the best option we have is to work on open architectures like RISC-V where stuff like this just isn't a problem. The problem is it will be hard to run proprietary x86 software like games but it should get better.
OMG I have literally the same drive sitting on my desk right now
that's crazy my guy
@@dakata2416 literally insane
What's the odds?
I have the exact same screwdriver :O
me too xD
Pure chad energy emanating from this video
Holly shit this guy is a mad man!
You should make a tutorial on how to libreboot it!
I recommend always to have 10% of sdd not partitioned , why? Well because all those bits are moving in your SSD, and practice show that leaving some not partitioned space on SSD actually prolong the live of SSD. In my case it was very hard lesson i almost lost my 500GB Disk, but i managed to clone it before it completely broken.
Is it really that simple?
ssds last for like 70 years
Better known as SSD Over-provisioning. Good articles by seagate, kingston, or samsung if you google it. Better wear-leveling and efficiency as there's more free blocks to work with evenly.
@@smugmode iirc just not filling up the drive to the brim yields the same results, but if you want to make sure and you've already formatted the drive you can shrink the partition to make sure you don't end up filling the drive over 90%
@@securitysocks That's right, i wish that would be stated on the package of my ssd , all hardware manufacturers of SSD does not state it on theirs product package, but well trough such youtube videos , people would know and at least less would get same problems as me.
I just bought the exact same SSD today.
thanks luke
Druaga1 would be proud
Crucial is a reliable brand. However, my personal favorite is Hynix.
I bought the exact MX500 ssd yesterday for my lenovo u41-70 but a 500gb variant.
That's a really nice laptop.
I have a dell laptop that its even easyer to remove or install a hard drive or ssd it pugs in the same way and there arent any screws holding in it could come out if you drop the laptop making a paper weight of the storage if the laptop was on i have already destroyed a 500gd hdd so I had to replace it with a 250gb hdd what a upgrade. I am dont care that much about the laptop to buy anything to upgrade it its not going to replace any of my newer gaming laptops anytime ever!
Yeah, I have in old '09 laptop with pretty easy access to the HDD. Was a lot easier then for sure.
You have beautiful hands.
you are gay, these are male hands
the used thinkpad life is based. for $100 in total I ended up with a laptop better than the $500 my school sells.
Yes
Nice vid. T530 ... Even easier to open.
look at that CITY BOY and his ThinkPad with Radeon™ Graphics
Recently bought an old R52, im currently looking for a charger and a ultrabay adapter for an ssd, gonna be using it for makeshift home surveillance system
What is the best ThinkPad to get??
Depends on what you mean by "best" but this model, the W500 is one of the highest spec ones that can be librebooted.
A great tutorial, thank you!
Now this is epic
Thats a nice thinkpad
What do you think about the FrameWork laptop??
Thank you!
Just commenting because this is really good pewdiepie because of a minecraft. Thinking linus tech tips and LGR SomeOrdinaryGamers
We want video on mental outlaw skin care routine!!!
nothing like a good old trusty ThinkPad
Nah it's good now.
I think the same goes for older dell business notebooks.
You can see Luke smiths reflection in the harddrive bay.
Apt-get install SSD
Done
The problem with that ssd is the horrible zero garbage collection, despite trim enabled and manually forced from the defragment menu in win10. It is why you should just donwith samsung or wd, even though they have been caught using inferior parts and selling them at the same price for lower performance.
Nice
I'm surprised that you used a laptop from Lenovo. Maybe this is a bit oot but any laptop is fine as long as you install linux in it?
Remember ro put the rubber on before sliding it back in.
When it comes to buying a thinkpad are there any specific models or generations you would want to avoid?
The 40 series (e.g. X240, T440, etc) have trackpads with no buttons, so some people avoid them for that reason. You can replace them with a decent trackpad from the following generation though, so it's not a show stopper. Look into the performance of the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th gen Intel chips too. The TDP dropped significantly (I think in 5th gen), and performance dropped off for a while too, before Intel managed to get back to similar performance with lower power draw. There are other reasons that some people favour different series; look into whether the one you want has soldered CPU or RAM, removable batteries, etc, and consider whether those things matter to you. I'd also recommend finding on a 1080p IPS screen, which first became an option in the 4th gen models. You can get an adapter to allow that in 3rd gen though (which is what I've done).
@technology core count will have a bigger impact, in my experience. So i7 with 4 cores/8 threads is a more noticeable step up than an i7 that has the same core count as an i5 of the same generation. Whether an i5 has 4 threads varies with the CPU generation though. What's your budget? I'd be tempted to get a T480 or maybe a T470 these days, as I'd want it to last me a few years. Still very happy with my W530 and T430 though, they do fine for me (though I did put fast CPUs in them and modern SSDs).
@@GrahamAtDesk Thanks for the advice. An upgradable CPU is a pretty high selling point on a laptop, but with that in mind I hope the thinkpad models in general last a long time. If I get one of these I'd really prefer if it didn't become e-waste in a year and a half.
Knew a chick with a thinkpad she was kinda based but also really depresso
cool the video :-)
why would anyone want to install the mint gnu/linux distro? Is there like any benefits or reasons ?
Dope
if this ain't librebooted
I'll be friggin mad!!!!!!!!!
so the W500 takes SSD without mods/upgrades to BIOS etc?
I bought the same ssd for my laptop. Good but not as fast as I expected.
My friend loaned me a ThinkPad T60 (maybe 13 years old now) and he refused to take it back when I asked. I did exactly the same operation as you did, easy as pie. The more complex upgrade was to install more memory to it. Actually one of the hardest parts was to find the right kind of memory sticks (2 GB DDR2). Finally I bought a few from two flea markets (kind of). And that little piece of... won't understand anything more than 3 GB. Well, I've succesfully used it in a few occasions, nevertheless. With LM 20 MATE & Cinnamon (I still don't like XFCE).
Use a WM it will be wayy lighter
Oh, btw I gave the SSD (with the Linux Mint) and some of the memory I had in my cupboard to a nice neighboard lady. Now I will have some time off to buy me a new (cheap) SSD to play on.
@@User9681e "Use a WM it will be wayy lighter" on a 13 year laptop? Are you crazy?
@@OldieBugger i have a t400 using a icewm runs smooth af
I’m currently looking into how to transfer my system to switch to a bigger ssd (same crucial) from the one my x230 came with. Next up is flashing that bios and getting wifi 6.0 then eventually coreboot (:
I think there are more easier ones though, f.e. when you replaced an optical disk drive with a caddy. about to do that with an old dell laptop.
*easier ones
@@florianfelix8295 you can edit comments on youtube, you know.
@@Xumatrowho cares - there is way more unsympathetic stuff than that round here.
I got an old T500 and was just wondering.. do your rubbers for the HDD smell very funky?
Its almost overwhelming with how strong that rubber smell is..
Mine don't smell at all unless i give them a good sniff.
Libreboot tutorial when?
Once I learn how to do it for myself without screwing up.
@@MentalOutlaw oh dope, I’m actually getting tools to libreboot my t400 right now. Hopefully I don’t brick_my_motherboard
Successfully librebooted my t400 with an rpi. Not as much of a hassle as I thought it would be but the take apart was gross. Will be looking forward to a libreboot tutorial either way as I’m planning on collecting more thinkpads that can be librebooted
I love buying cosmetically busted ass ThinkPads that have nice hardware that work for cheap
Some of the yoga's are really nice too, they don't make your balls sweat when you sit down and use it
This is not really related at all, but I've been having these issues of my computer randomly rebooting(across multiple distros). Maybe you could help?(distros I have tried: Debian, LMDE, Pop!_OS)
@@lytix strange I have a 1650 on pop and it works just fine
@@andrewwojtas8486 same here. but when i switch to integrated graphics my laptop feels so much slower. is this the case for you too?
@@ryancyt no not really
@@andrewwojtas8486 pop has great integration with nvidia drives
@@lytix I have amd graphics, I don't think that it's a GPU thing.
What thinkpad do you recommend mr. outlaw
An x220
Hey Kenny, what bluetooth earbuds would you recommend?
none
@@MentalOutlaw a true icon
Raycons obviously
@@WildVoltorb raycons are basically a meme at this point. The audio quality is terrible
Wathing this on my Thinkpad X1 Extreme ;)
Why linux mint tho why not manjaro
@@happygofishing 😭
@Anand Raj 😶
Let's go libreboot you thinkpad!
is this running libreboot?
I also have a W500 with switchable graphics, but it's slow as hell
Yes but can it run crysis?
noice
Well this laptop doesn't hold up to modern browsing. Max 720p at 2x on yt
Can't top the keyboard on a ThinkPad either!
Thickpad w520 gang
*_L I B R E T H I N K P A D_*
1:32 oh man you probably lost your windows key, the sticker is all scratched up :(
overkill ssd
those rubber pieces are dampeners for HDD
All that's left to do now is Libreboot it.