The X230 is the fourth model in the X2xx series and was manufactured between June 2012 and August 2014. The most noticeable change is the new Precision Keyboard, which was controversial at the time.

My device has the strongest CPU available to order, the RAM was upgraded to the official maximum of 16 GB by the previous owner. I bought the device cheaply from my employer.

Technical data

Component Property
Type 2325-2DG
CPU Intel Core i7-3520M (2.9 GHz, 4 MB cache)
RAM 16 GB DDR3 (PC3-12800)
Graphics card Intel HD 4000
Display 12.5" TFT (1366x768)
Hard disk 256 GB SATA (2.5")
Operating system Microosft Windows 7, Debian Bookworm
Sound Intel HD Audio
USB 3.0
Modem WWAN (Ericsson H321 gw)
LAN Intel 82579LM (Gigabit)
WLAN Intel 6205 (2.4/5 GHz, 300 Mbit/s)
Bluetooth 4.0 (BDC-4)
Floppy -
CD/DVD -
Card reader MMC/SD/SDHC/SDXC
Expansion cards ExpressCard/54
Interfaces USB, Mini-DisplayPort, VGA, USB, headphones, LAN, USB
Battery 7740 Wh, 11.1 Volt
Size 305x207x19 mm (WxHxD)
Weight 1.35 kg

Special features:

  • UMTS card

Diagnostic output

# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (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)
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 003 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04f2:b2ea Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Integrated Camera [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 002 Device 002: ID 0bdb:1926 Ericsson Business Mobile Networks BV H5321 gw Mobile Broadband Module
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
# lscpu
Architektur:                        x86_64
CPU Operationsmodus:                32-bit, 64-bit
Adressgrößen:                       36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
Byte-Reihenfolge:                   Little Endian
CPU(s):                             4
Liste der Online-CPU(s):            0-3
Anbieterkennung:                    GenuineIntel
Modellname:                         Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz
Prozessorfamilie:                   6
Modell:                             58
Thread(s) pro Kern:                 2
Kern(e) pro Sockel:                 2
Sockel:                             1
Stepping:                           9
Skalierung der CPU(s):              33%
Maximale Taktfrequenz der CPU:      3600,0000
Minimale Taktfrequenz der CPU:      1200,0000
BogoMIPS:                           5787,07
Markierungen:                       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 vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase smep erms xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts md_clear flush_l1d
Virtualisierung:                    VT-x
L1d Cache:                          64 KiB (2 Instanzen)
L1i Cache:                          64 KiB (2 Instanzen)
L2 Cache:                           512 KiB (2 Instanzen)
L3 Cache:                           4 MiB (1 Instanz)
NUMA-Knoten:                        1
NUMA-Knoten0 CPU(s):                0-3
Schwachstelle Gather data sampling: Not affected
Schwachstelle Itlb multihit:        KVM: Mitigation: VMX disabled
Schwachstelle L1tf:                 Mitigation; PTE Inversion; VMX conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Schwachstelle Mds:                  Mitigation; Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Schwachstelle Meltdown:             Mitigation; PTI
Schwachstelle Mmio stale data:      Unknown: No mitigations
Schwachstelle Retbleed:             Not affected
Schwachstelle Spec rstack overflow: Not affected
Schwachstelle Spec store bypass:    Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Schwachstelle Spectre v1:           Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Schwachstelle Spectre v2:           Mitigation; Retpolines, IBPB conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS Not affected
Schwachstelle Srbds:                Vulnerable: No microcode
Schwachstelle Tsx async abort:      Not affected

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