Lenovo ThinkPad T14/T14s (Intel) Gen 3

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Hardware PCI/USB ID Working?
Touchpad Yes
TrackPoint Yes
GPU (Intel) 8086:4626 Yes
Webcam 30c9:0050 Yes
Bluetooth Yes
Audio 8086:51c8 Yes
Wireless 8086:51f0 Yes
Ethernet 8086:1a1f Yes
Mobile broadband Yes
Fingerprint reader 27c6:6594 Untested
Smartcard Reader Untested

The Lenovo ThinkPad T14/T14s (Intel) Gen 3 was introduced in 2022. It features a 14" screen, 12th-gen Intel Core processors, and integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics.

To ensure you have this version, install the package dmidecode and run: 

# dmidecode -s system-version
ThinkPad T14s Gen 3

For a general overview of laptop-related articles and recommendations, see Laptop.

Intel Turbo Boost

Check that Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 is enabled using 

$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo

An output of 1 means it is not enabled, so you will have to reset your BIOS to defaults. After doing that, running the command again should print 0. You should be able to see your CPU boosting way higher.

Firmware

With fwupd you can update System Firmware (UEFI). The version available in lvfs is more recent (1.15) than in the BIOS update ISO (1.14).

There are some devices that supports updating, but currently have no available updates in lvfs or lvfs-testing repositories. Probably updates can be extractes from Windows updaters. They are:

  • ELAN0676:00 04F3:3195 - this is a trackpoint
  • Fingerprint Sensor
  • Integrated RGB Camera - there are downloadable windows updaters (Azurewave 1SF54AA: 2252 / Bison BNK919KSE: 5711 / LuxVisions 0SF108N3: 0004 and LuxVisions 1BF208N3: 1024 / Bison BNK5U6VE8: 6717)
  • Intel Management Engine - there is downloadable windows updater (16.1.25.1932 as of 2023.08.15)
  • UEFI Device Firmware - 12 entries with such name. Probably for nfc, smartcard reader, etc.

Some updates are available out of the box:

  • UEFI revocation list (dbx)
  • Battery
  • Samsung NVMe SSD

And if you enable lvfs-testing, you can also update:

  • Embedded Controller

Function keys

Key Visible?1 Marked?2 Effect
Fn+Esc No Yes Enables Fn lock
Fn Yes Yes XF86WakeUp
Fn+F1 Yes Yes XF86AudioMute
Fn+F2 Yes Yes XF86AudioLowerVolume
Fn+F3 Yes Yes XF86AudioRaiseVolume
Fn+F4 Yes Yes XF86AudioMicMute
Fn+F5 Yes Yes XF86MonBrightnessDown
Fn+F6 Yes Yes XF86MonBrightnessUp
Fn+F7 Yes Yes XF86Display
Fn+F8 Yes Yes XF86WLAN
Fn+F9 Yes Yes XF86Tools
Fn+F10 Yes Yes XF86Bluetooth
Fn+F11 No Yes Unknown
Fn+F12 Yes Yes XF86Favorites
Fn+Space No Yes Toggle keyboard backlight3
  1. The key is visible to xev and similar tools.
  2. The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function.
  3. Works out of the box, but it can be controlled by software.

Mobile broadband

See NetworkManager#Mobile broadband support.

Audio

This laptop requires ALSA firmware for the internal sound card to work. Install sof-firmware.

Audio quality might still be muffled or lower quality than expected. The lower sound quality is due to the missing Dolby Atmos Convolver.

This article or section is out of date.

Reason: The following steps are provided from the Lenovo_ThinkPad_T14_(AMD)_Gen_4#Speakers, but EasyEffects has changed UI/UX for importing Convolvers. (Discuss in Talk:Lenovo ThinkPad T14/T14s (Intel) Gen 3)

To enable Dolby Atmos Convolver, install EasyEffects, go to Effects > Add Convolver > Import Impulse

The quality difference is massive, converting the speakers from sounding tinny and cheap to something actually enjoyable.

You can download the "Movie", "Music", and "Dynamic" presets here:

https://stuff.kurz.pw/arch/P14s_G4/Speakers/

They were created on a P14s G4 AMD (identical to T14) with Windows 11.

See also