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Just bought 2x of the 64gb last week. I wish I would've waited but oh well-- not my money! Lovely laptops, great price. Since I'm going through it now, and didn't find a proper solution online, might as well mention it here:
If you are trying to do a clean (win11) install with a good UEFI boot image (I make mine with rufus) and get the "secure boot policy invalid signature detected", rather than disabling secure boot you can go into the bios and enable the "allow microsoft 3rd party keys" option. I'll go back and turn it off anyway so it is probably functionally the same as disabling secure boot. Possibly something to do with MS rotating secure boot keys? All over my head but it worked. When I get the 2nd one today I'll try and update the bios while the factory image is still intact, and see if that helps mitigate this error instead of some ghetto workaround.
Last edited by SlickDit August 5, 2024 at 10:39 AM.
Just bought 2x of the 64gb last week. I wish I would've waited but oh well-- not my money! Lovely laptops, great price. Since I'm going through it now, and didn't find a proper solution online, might as well mention it here:
If you are trying to do a clean (win11) install with a good UEFI boot image (I make mine with rufus) and get the "secure boot policy invalid signature detected", rather than disabling secure boot you can go into the bios and enable the "allow microsoft 3rd party keys" option. I'll go back and turn it off anyway so it is probably functionally the same as disabling secure boot. Possibly something to do with MS rotating secure boot keys? All over my head but it worked. When I get the 2nd one today I'll try and update the bios while the factory image is still intact, and see if that helps mitigate this error instead of some ghetto workaround.
Why is that a bad thing, not waiting? You got a better model with more ram, and not on your own dime...
Ebay better deal than Outlet direct as price is cheaper and comes with a 2 YR warranty (Allstate, not Lenovo). The last Thinkpad I bought from the Lenovo Store, I was actually able to get Lenovo to assign a full 1 YR Lenovo warranty to. When I received it, I checked the warranty status and it showed expired. But they took care of that. So I had a 1YR Lenovo + 2 YR Allstate.
Will do the same thing with this one I just bought.
Last edited by Hat-Trick August 5, 2024 at 04:16 PM.
i want to get this for a Xmas gift. i dont know about holding on to it for that long.
do you think Black Friday will see this type of deal?
needs to be
think pad
16"
AMD 8Core at least
at least 32gb RAM
This is a great laptop. With your requirements, I'd probably jump on this, especially considering it includes a beautiful 3K OLED screen. I've worked extensively with the P16s and the battery life is very good considering 16" OLED display!
Why is that a bad thing, not waiting? You got a better model with more ram, and not on your own dime...
You are right-- it's not. Not pissing off the people waiting for them was worth the price difference. Just the cheapness in me.
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This model appears to be the OLED version! What a steal! In for one.
Pretty sure this is true. I got the 64gb and the only difference AFAIK is the memory. Screen is very nice. There's an expired thread for both models that can probably confirm this.
You are right-- it's not. Not pissing off the people waiting for them was worth the price difference. Just the cheapness in me.Pretty sure this is true. I got the 64gb and the only difference AFAIK is the memory. Screen is very nice. There's an expired thread for both models that can probably confirm this.
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If you are trying to do a clean (win11) install with a good UEFI boot image (I make mine with rufus) and get the "secure boot policy invalid signature detected", rather than disabling secure boot you can go into the bios and enable the "allow microsoft 3rd party keys" option. I'll go back and turn it off anyway so it is probably functionally the same as disabling secure boot. Possibly something to do with MS rotating secure boot keys? All over my head but it worked. When I get the 2nd one today I'll try and update the bios while the factory image is still intact, and see if that helps mitigate this error instead of some ghetto workaround.
If you are trying to do a clean (win11) install with a good UEFI boot image (I make mine with rufus) and get the "secure boot policy invalid signature detected", rather than disabling secure boot you can go into the bios and enable the "allow microsoft 3rd party keys" option. I'll go back and turn it off anyway so it is probably functionally the same as disabling secure boot. Possibly something to do with MS rotating secure boot keys? All over my head but it worked. When I get the 2nd one today I'll try and update the bios while the factory image is still intact, and see if that helps mitigate this error instead of some ghetto workaround.
https://www.lenovo.com/us/outletu...21k9x
Ebay better deal than Outlet direct as price is cheaper and comes with a 2 YR warranty (Allstate, not Lenovo). The last Thinkpad I bought from the Lenovo Store, I was actually able to get Lenovo to assign a full 1 YR Lenovo warranty to. When I received it, I checked the warranty status and it showed expired. But they took care of that. So I had a 1YR Lenovo + 2 YR Allstate.
Will do the same thing with this one I just bought.
do you think Black Friday will see this type of deal?
needs to be
think pad
16"
AMD 8Core at least
at least 32gb RAM
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https://www.lenovo.com/us/outletu...21k5x
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do you think Black Friday will see this type of deal?
needs to be
think pad
16"
AMD 8Core at least
at least 32gb RAM