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u/bmullan · 2 pointsr/LinuxOnThinkpads

I had to look at the specs for the T540p but they are essentially the same as my W540 except the W540 and I've not had any problems with Ubuntu in the 2-3 years I've owned mine. I did make sure my BIOS was updated as it could be and I turned of UEFI and just went with Legacy boot.

I have beefed mine up a bit with 32GB ram and 2 - 500GB SSD (took out my cd drive & put a drive carrier in it to hold the 2nd ssd).

Just FYI ... but one really useful & nifty thing I added also (besides a DOCK) was a SONNET Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34.

The T540 has an expresscard/34 slot (see - http://www3.lenovo.com/za/en/laptops/thinkpad/t-series/T540p/p/22TP2TT540P) like my W540. On the W540... in the left side-front there was a little door that comes off that exposes the ExpressCard slot on the W540.

This SONNET Expresscard slides into that and on the other end of the SONNET Expresscard is an eSATA female connector.

https://www.amazon.com/Sonnet-Technologies-Tempo-Pro-ExpressCard/dp/B0082FI3C2

I bought a BlackX eSATA external drive enclosure (like a toaster) which I can plug either 2 1/2 inch or 3 1/2 inch HDs or even another SSD... That has really been money well spent as my laptop has virtually unlimited storage now without having to replace internal drives.

Anyway thought I'd tell you about that as that SONNET expresscard is useful for either linux or windows with your laptop and its only about $40.