The unit itself plugs into a USB header on the motherboard, it does not plug into a USB port. You would need a cable that has 2 usb male plugs on one side (one for data and one for power) and pins on the other to plug the efi-x unit into. I have heard of users doing this, there is even a thread on the efi-x forums about it but it is not officially supported and probably voids the warranty. This site has USB to header cables you would need two. As for the Lenovo since they only support Gigabyte and DFI motherboards and NO laptops right now there is no way to konw if it will work with it. You can check the website for a full list of tested hardware. Mine has been up and running great since about last November. Hope this helps.
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Got my EFi-X Chip....
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EFI-X is apparently all a scam, using opensource code without attribution.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asem-efix-mac-chameleon,8617.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asem-efix-mac-chameleon,8617.html
Yeah I know it sucks, to top it off if I want to run Snow Leopard I have to buy another "V1.1" EFi-X chip. Basically the same chip but has a different version string so it can get newer firmware and I can't. I ditched the EFi-X chip in favor of using Chameleon boot loader and now run OS X 10.6.2. The install was super easy and everything works great. i have been testing it for some time now with zero issues. Actually some issues i had under 10.5.8 with the EFi-X chip went away. Go figure. I am very happy with my new set-up. Anyone want to buy an EFi-X chip?
