ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9

It reporting as an R140NW4D R5 actually does raise an eyebrow. I dug through all the X1C9 touch panel EDIDs on linux-hardware.org and all the InfoVision touch panels among them report as a R140NW4D R0. I don't give a dime for what the seller claims, scammers be scamming. And even if what they say is

Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 9 Core i5 11th Gen If you get a Gen 10, the better. Lenovo is very compatible with Linux as compared to other laptop brands.

I purchased the X1 Carbon Gen 9 with 16gb ram and 256Gb ssd, Using a Lenovo Dongle to connect to external displays works great. Have had no issues with the usb c ports (fingers crossed). Using an elevated stand so it gets plenty of air. Currently running Debian 13 Sway wm, everything just works incl

The ol 15w charging issue - i have the X1C9 and X1Y6, several of these models needed motherboard replacements from Lenovo to address this issue under warranty unless you want to replace the burnt out mosfets As for the firmware update, disable bitlocker, install the update/reboot

THERE IS NOW A FIX!! There is a new camera driver that was posted 23 Dec 2025 - which does not show up in Vantage - that fixes the Hello camera issues! This worked for my X1 Carbon Gen 9: https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-9t

It should work in Linux. Windows can be challenging with error 12. I have a Thinkpad X1 Carbon gen 9 with same CPU and I can run 2 RTX 3090 eGPUs [build link].

Where are you located? ;D I need help I just started having this issue on my gen9. I started having intermittent screen flicker issues that I couldn't track down but wanted to attribute to the 40an thunderbolt 3 dock + Windows 11. I was running Linux on the machine for months prior with no issues, o