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So here's the deal:
I 'THINK' i know a thing or two, but I will come here acting like I know nothing since I don't know if what I think I know is useful or not.
Latest bios from Lenovo
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloa...centre-e73
i had followed this guide:
https://github.com/xCuri0/ReBarUEFI/wiki...G-decoding
However I have done none of the associated material detailed here:
https://github.com/xCuri0/ReBarUEFI?tab=readme-ov-file
As the way that is worded suggests that linux will handle the rest once 4G-Decoding is enabled.
What other information do I need to provide?
Assuming I have posted everything that can help. I want to know what other mods are possible with a bend towards getting more performance out of the hardware. I realize the platform is thirteenish years old, but 'well the worst I can get back is either silence or 'there's nothing more that can be done.'
Edit: As a note, the wifi/bluetooth combo card I have installed works (as far as I can tell) well, there are no hiccups as far as i can see. I mostly just want to see what can be done to push things a little further either to get better bus speeds out, figuring out what the best CPU to install, anything that might be worth knowing that isn't on lenovo's official specs sheet.
https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF...F_Spec.PDF
I 'THINK' i know a thing or two, but I will come here acting like I know nothing since I don't know if what I think I know is useful or not.
Code:
What i got when I asked linux for motherboard information
sudo lshw
thinkcentre-m73
description: Desktop Computer
product: 10B60008US (LENOVO_MT_10B6)
vendor: LENOVO
version: ThinkCentre M73
serial: MJ01YQP6
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.8 dmi-2.8 smp vsyscall32
configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=desktop keyboard_password=enabled power-on_password=disabled sku=LENOVO_MT_10B6 uuid=36548500-910f-11e4-b634-7f1db7d51900
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 3098
vendor: LENOVO
physical id: 0
version: 0B98401 WIN
serial: INVALID
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: LENOVO
physical id: 0
version: FCKT99AUS
date: 11/18/2020
size: 64KiB
capacity: 4MiB
capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: e
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.60.3
slot: SOCKET 0
size: 3411MHz
capacity: 3600MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 100MHz
capabilities: lm fpu fpu_exception wp 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 pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 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 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm cpuid_fault epb pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts vnmi md_clear flush_l1d cpufreq
configuration: cores=4 enabledcores=4 microcode=40 threads=4
*-cache:0
description: L2 cache
physical id: f
slot: CPU Internal L2
size: 1MiB
capacity: 1MiB
capabilities: internal write-back unified
configuration: level=2
*-cache:1
description: L1 cache
physical id: 10
slot: CPU Internal L1
size: 256KiB
capacity: 256KiB
capabilities: internal write-back
configuration: level=1
*-cache:2
description: L3 cache
physical id: 11
slot: CPU Internal L3
size: 6MiB
capacity: 6MiB
capabilities: internal write-back unified
configuration: level=3
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 12
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 16GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)
product: TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600
vendor: Fujitsu
physical id: 0
serial: 01A40982
slot: ChannelA-DIMM0
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)
product: TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600
vendor: Fujitsu
physical id: 1
serial: 01A4086A
slot: ChannelB-DIMM0
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=hsw_uncore
resources: irq:0
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:25 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:f7e00000-f7efffff ioport:e0000000(size=270532608)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Lexa PRO [Radeon 540/540X/550/550X / RX 540X/550/550X]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: /dev/fb0
version: c7
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb
configuration: depth=32 driver=amdgpu latency=0 resolution=1920,1080
resources: irq:45 memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f01fffff ioport:e000(size=256) memory:f7e00000-f7e3ffff memory:c0000-dffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: Baffin HDMI/DP Audio [Radeon RX 550 640SP / RX 560/560X]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
logical name: card1
logical name: /dev/snd/controlC1
logical name: /dev/snd/hwC1D0
logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC1D3p
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:44 memory:f7e60000-f7e63fff
*-input
product: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3
physical id: 0
logical name: input7
logical name: /dev/input/event7
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 04
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:29 memory:f7f00000-f7f0ffff
*-usbhost:0
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 6.8.0-57-generic xhci-hcd
physical id: 0
bus info: usb@3
logical name: usb3
version: 6.08
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=10 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb:0
description: Bluetooth wireless interface
product: AX210 Bluetooth
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 3
bus info: usb@3:3
version: 0.00
capabilities: bluetooth usb-2.01
configuration: driver=btusb maxpower=100mA speed=12Mbit/s
*-usb:1
description: Keyboard
product: CHICONY USB Keyboard
vendor: CHICONY
physical id: 9
bus info: usb@3:9
logical name: input2
logical name: /dev/input/event2
logical name: input2::capslock
logical name: input2::numlock
logical name: input2::scrolllock
logical name: input3
logical name: /dev/input/event3
logical name: input4
logical name: /dev/input/event4
logical name: input5
logical name: /dev/input/event5
version: 2.30
capabilities: usb-2.00 usb
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA speed=2Mbit/s
*-usb:2
description: Mouse
product: USB Optical Mouse
vendor: Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.
physical id: a
bus info: usb@3:a
version: 0.14
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=98mA speed=2Mbit/s
*-usbhost:1
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 6.8.0-57-generic xhci-hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@4
logical name: usb4
version: 6.08
capabilities: usb-3.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=5000Mbit/s
*-usb
description: Mass storage device
product: SABRENT
vendor: SABRENT
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@4:2
logical name: scsi4
version: 2.04
serial: DB9876543214E
capabilities: usb-3.00 scsi
configuration: driver=uas maxpower=896mA speed=5000Mbit/s
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
vendor: SABRENT
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 0204
serial: DB9876543214E
size: 465GiB (500GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=6 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=4096 signature=18940005
*-volume
description: HPFS/NTFS partition
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
logical name: /media/andrew/Movie Vault
capacity: 465GiB
capabilities: primary
configuration: mount.fstype=exfat mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,iocharset=utf8,errors=remount-ro state=mounted
*-communication
description: Communication controller
product: 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 16
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
version: 04
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0
resources: irq:36 memory:f7f1a000-f7f1a00f
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
version: 04
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:17 memory:f7f18000-f7f183ff
*-usbhost
product: EHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 6.8.0-57-generic ehci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1
logical name: usb1
version: 6.08
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb
description: USB hub
product: Integrated Rate Matching Hub
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:1
version: 0.04
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=4 speed=480Mbit/s
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
logical name: card0
logical name: /dev/snd/controlC0
logical name: /dev/snd/hwC0D0
logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC0D2c
version: 04
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:43 memory:f7f10000-f7f13fff
*-input:0
product: HDA Intel PCH Line
physical id: 0
logical name: input10
logical name: /dev/input/event10
*-input:1
product: HDA Intel PCH Line Out
physical id: 1
logical name: input11
logical name: /dev/input/event11
*-input:2
product: HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone
physical id: 2
logical name: input12
logical name: /dev/input/event12
*-input:3
product: HDA Intel PCH Front Mic
physical id: 3
logical name: input8
logical name: /dev/input/event8
*-input:4
product: HDA Intel PCH Rear Mic
physical id: 4
logical name: input9
logical name: /dev/input/event9
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: d4
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:26 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:f0200000-f03fffff ioport:f0400000(size=2097152)
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3
version: d4
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:27 memory:f7d00000-f7dfffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: Wi-Fi 6E(802.11ax) AX210/AX1675* 2x2 [Typhoon Peak]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlp3s0
version: 1a
serial: bc:6e:e2:68:cf:77
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=6.8.0-57-generic firmware=86.fb5c9aeb.0 ty-a0-gf-a0-86.uc ip=192.168.1.78 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:19 memory:f7d00000-f7d03fff
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #6
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.5
version: d4
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:28 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:f7c00000-f7cfffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
logical name: enp4s0
version: 0c
serial: d0:27:88:8b:41:3a
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=6.8.0-57-generic firmware=rtl8168g-2_0.0.1 02/06/13 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:17 ioport:d000(size=256) memory:f7c04000-f7c04fff memory:f7c00000-f7c03fff
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 04
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:f7f17000-f7f173ff
*-usbhost
product: EHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 6.8.0-57-generic ehci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@2
logical name: usb2
version: 6.08
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb
description: USB hub
product: Integrated Rate Matching Hub
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@2:1
version: 0.04
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=6 speed=480Mbit/s
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: H81 Express LPC Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 04
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-pnp00:00
product: PnP device PNP0c01
physical id: 0
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=system
*-pnp00:01
product: PnP device PNP0c02
physical id: 1
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=system
*-pnp00:02
product: PnP device PNP0b00
physical id: 2
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=rtc_cmos
*-pnp00:03
product: PnP device INT3f0d
vendor: Interphase Corporation
physical id: 3
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=system
*-pnp00:04
product: PnP device PNP0c02
physical id: 4
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=system
*-pnp00:05
product: PnP device PNP0501
physical id: 5
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=serial
*-pnp00:06
product: PnP device PNP0c02
physical id: 6
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=system
*-pnp00:07
product: PnP device PNP0c02
physical id: 7
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=system
*-sata
description: SATA controller
product: 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
logical name: scsi0
logical name: scsi1
version: 04
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: sata msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:34 ioport:f070(size=8) ioport:f060(size=4) ioport:f050(size=8) ioport:f040(size=4) ioport:f020(size=32) memory:f7f16000-f7f167ff
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WDS500G2B0A
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 00WD
serial: 193578800245
size: 465GiB (500GB)
capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=dfc760bc-bdf7-4bc3-9e77-811aa27ddb92 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-volume:0
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: mkfs.fat
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /boot/efi
version: FAT32
serial: 6803-d6eb
size: 510MiB
capacity: 511MiB
capabilities: boot fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=rw,relatime,fmask=0077,dmask=0077,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro name=EFI System Partition state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: 37641eb9-8666-4aa1-9f47-84395a221227
size: 465GiB
capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2025-04-03 00:48:03 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2025-04-09 13:28:18 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro mounted=2025-04-03 09:18:05 state=mounted
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVD-RAM GHB0N
vendor: HL-DT-ST
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: JE01
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 04
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:f7f15000-f7f150ff ioport:580(size=32)
*-input:0
product: Power Button
physical id: 1
logical name: input0
logical name: /dev/input/event0
capabilities: platform
*-input:1
product: Power Button
physical id: 2
logical name: input1
logical name: /dev/input/event1
capabilities: platform
*-input:2
product: USB Optical Mouse
physical id: 3
logical name: input6
logical name: /dev/input/event6
logical name: /dev/input/mouse0
capabilities: usbLatest bios from Lenovo
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloa...centre-e73
i had followed this guide:
https://github.com/xCuri0/ReBarUEFI/wiki...G-decoding
However I have done none of the associated material detailed here:
https://github.com/xCuri0/ReBarUEFI?tab=readme-ov-file
As the way that is worded suggests that linux will handle the rest once 4G-Decoding is enabled.
What other information do I need to provide?
Assuming I have posted everything that can help. I want to know what other mods are possible with a bend towards getting more performance out of the hardware. I realize the platform is thirteenish years old, but 'well the worst I can get back is either silence or 'there's nothing more that can be done.'
Edit: As a note, the wifi/bluetooth combo card I have installed works (as far as I can tell) well, there are no hiccups as far as i can see. I mostly just want to see what can be done to push things a little further either to get better bus speeds out, figuring out what the best CPU to install, anything that might be worth knowing that isn't on lenovo's official specs sheet.
https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF...F_Spec.PDF
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