The T430 is the fourth model in the T4xx series and was manufactured from June 2012 to August 2014. The most noticeable change is the new Precision Keyboard, which caused a lot of controversy at the time.

I bought the device cheaply from my employer.

Technical data

Component Property
Type 2349-KAG
CPU Intel Core i7-3520M (2.9 GHz, 4 MB cache)
RAM 8 GB DDR3 (PC3-12800)
Graphics card NVIDIA NVS 5400M (2 GB memory)
Display 14" TFT (1600x900)
Hard disk 180 GB SATA (2.5")
Operating system Microsoft Windows 8, openSUSE Tumbleweed
Sound Intel HD Audio
USB 3.0
Modem Intel 56k
LAN Intel 82579LM (Gigabit)
WLAN Intel 8265 (2.4/5 GHz, 867 Mbit/s)
Bluetooth 4.0 (BDC-4)
Floppy -
CD/DVD DVD-RW
Card reader SD/MMC/SDHC/SDXC
Expansion cards ExpressCard/34
Interfaces USB, Mini-DisplayPort, headphones, VGA, LAN, USB
Battery 57 Wh, 5200 mAh, 10.8 Volt
Size 341x232x30 mm (WxHxD)
Weight 2.3 kg

Special features:

  • Webcam
  • Fingerprint reader

Diagnostic output

# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:16.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family KT Controller (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (Lewisville) (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation QM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [NVS 5400M] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
02:00.0 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller (rev 04)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] (rev 34)
# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04f2:b2db Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Thinkpad T430 camera
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:21e6 Broadcom Corp. BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 [ThinkPad]
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 147e:2020 Upek TouchChip Fingerprint Coprocessor (WBF advanced mode)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0bdb:1926 Ericsson Business Mobile Networks BV H5321 gw Mobile Broadband Module
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
# lscpu
Architecture:                       x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):                     32-bit, 64-bit
Address sizes:                      36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
Byte Order:                         Little Endian
CPU(s):                             4
On-line CPU(s) list:                0-3
Vendor ID:                          GenuineIntel
Model name:                         Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz
CPU family:                         6
Model:                              58
Thread(s) per core:                 2
Core(s) per socket:                 2
Socket(s):                          1
Stepping:                           9
CPU(s) scaling MHz:                 33%
CPU max MHz:                        3600.0000
CPU min MHz:                        1200.0000
BogoMIPS:                           5789.17
Flags:                              fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cpuid_fault epb pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase smep erms xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts vnmi md_clear flush_l1d
Virtualization:                     VT-x
L1d cache:                          64 KiB (2 instances)
L1i cache:                          64 KiB (2 instances)
L2 cache:                           512 KiB (2 instances)
L3 cache:                           4 MiB (1 instance)
NUMA node(s):                       1
NUMA node0 CPU(s):                  0-3
Vulnerability Gather data sampling: Not affected
Vulnerability Itlb multihit:        KVM: Mitigation: VMX disabled
Vulnerability L1tf:                 Mitigation; PTE Inversion; VMX conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Vulnerability Mds:                  Mitigation; Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Vulnerability Meltdown:             Mitigation; PTI
Vulnerability Mmio stale data:      Unknown: No mitigations
Vulnerability Retbleed:             Not affected
Vulnerability Spec rstack overflow: Not affected
Vulnerability Spec store bypass:    Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Vulnerability Spectre v1:           Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Vulnerability Spectre v2:           Mitigation; Retpolines, IBPB conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS Not affected
Vulnerability Srbds:                Vulnerable: No microcode
Vulnerability Tsx async abort:      Not affected

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