Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 3

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Hardware PCI/USB ID Working?
Touchpad 04f3:3195 Yes
GPU 8086:46a6 Yes
Webcam 5986:2142 Yes
Bluetooth 8087:0033 Yes
Audio 8086:51c8 Yes
Wireless 8086:51f0 Yes
TPM Untested

The Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 3 laptop was released in 2022. It is available with an Intel or AMD Ryzen CPU. Some models include a fingerprint reader, a Smartcard reader, and a WWAN card.

Accessibility

The BIOS offers two modes of operation, GUI and Simple Text.

The GUI can be navigated to some degree via the keyboard. Use the arrow keys to move the selection and Space to activate.

Switching to Simple Text can be accomplished by:

  • Pressing Left to select the sidebar, then Down to select Config, then Space to activate it
  • Holding Down for two seconds to select the drop-down menu at the very bottom
  • Pressing Left to change it from Graphical to Simple Text
  • Pressing F10, then Enter to save and exit

Firmware

Firmware can be updated using fwupd.

Sound

This laptop requires ALSA firmware in order for the sound card to work.

Function keys

Key Visible?1 Marked?2 Effect
Fn Yes No XF86WakeUp
Fn+Esc No Yes Enables Fn lock
F1 Yes Yes XF86AudioMute
F2 Yes Yes XF86AudioLowerVolume
F3 Yes Yes XF86AudioRaiseVolume
F4 Yes Yes XF86AudioMicMute
F5 Yes Yes XF86MonBrightnessDown
F6 Yes Yes XF86MonBrightnessUp
F7 Yes Yes XF86Display
F8 Yes Yes XF86WLAN3
F9 Yes Yes XF86Messenger
F10 Yes Yes XF86Go
F11 Yes Yes Cancel
F12 Yes Yes XF86Favorites
Fn+Space No Yes Enables/disables keyboard backlight
Fn+4 Yes No XF86Sleep3
Fn+B Yes No Ctrl_L+Break
Fn+P Yes No Pause
Fn+K Yes No Scroll Lock
Fn+Left Yes No Home
Fn+Right Yes No End
Fn+S Yes No Alt_L+Sys_Req
Fn+End Yes Yes Ins
Fn+L No No Set power profile to "low-power" (low)4
Fn+M No No Set power profile to "balanced" (medium)4
Fn+H No No Set power profile to "performance" (high)4
  1. The key is visible via xev and similar tools
  2. The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function
  3. systemd-logind handles this by default
  4. To see which profile is active run cat /sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile

See also