Thinkpad X9-14 Gen 1 Aura Edition (2025)

BIOS history

DMI: LENOVO 21QA0048RM/21QA0048RM, BIOS N4DET25W (1.08 ) 12/31/2024
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DMI: LENOVO 21QA0048RM/21QA0048RM, BIOS N4DET30W (1.13 ) 04/02/2025
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DMI: LENOVO 21QA0048RM/21QA0048RM, BIOS N4DET32W (1.15 ) 06/27/2025
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DMI: LENOVO 21QA0048RM/21QA0048RM, BIOS N4DET34W (1.17 ) 08/27/2025

Issues:

• ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
• ambient sensor - doesn't work intel_ish_ipc 0000:00:12.0: ISH loader: cmd 2 failed 10 needs special ish firmware
• thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad ACPI EC access misbehaving, disabling thermal sensors access
• Touchpad sometimes doesn't come up: genirq: Failed to request resources for SNSL002E:00 (irq 190) on irqchip intel-gpio
• copilot button, awful (emits meta-shift-f23 ie. 3 keypresses)
• webcam, ipu7 (imx471) - doesn't work (some patches here)
• no fwupd/lvfs support supported as of 1.17 / 2025-10-31

References:

• https://download.lenovo.com/manual/thinkpad_x9_14/user_guide/en/Use_the_keyboard_shortcuts.html
• https://download.lenovo.com/manual/thinkpad_x9_14/manuals/ThinkPad_X9-14_Gen_1_User_Guide_EN.pdf

TODO - BIOS

• update bios logo
• secure boot
• admin password
• admin fingerprint