wiki: Scaffold entries for X220 and R710

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diff --git a/src/w/dell-r710.md b/src/w/dell-r710.md
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+title: dell r710
+
+## internal ssd
+
+It is possible to add an additional hard drive or ssd in the chassis. An
+optical drive adapter to ssd can be used, or the disk can be manually
+installed:
+
+- Install the ssd in the DVD bay/DVD blank.
+- Plug the ssd to the second SATA port in the motherboard.
+- Boot to the BIOS and enable the second SATA port to boot on it.
+
+## quiet fans
+
+Disable the automatic fan speed, and slows them down to the minimum.
+
+```
+$ ipmitool -h ${host} ipmi_cmd raw 0x30 0x30 0x01 0x00
+$ ipmitool -h ${host} ipmi_cmd raw 0x30 0x30 0x02 0xff 0x0
+```
diff --git a/src/w/sun-x4170.md b/src/w/sun-x4170.md
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+title: sun x4170
+
+// todo
diff --git a/src/w/thinkpad-x220.md b/src/w/thinkpad-x220.md
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+title: thinkpad x220
+
+## performances
+
+On a linux installation, disabling mitigations can
+[considerably increase the performances](https://linuxreviews.org/HOWTO_make_Linux_run_blazing_fast).
+However, it comes with serious security issues.
+
+Add the following parameter for booting your kernel:
+
+```
+mitigations=off
+```
+
+## microphone
+
+The embbeded microphones can generate a static noise. According to the
+[Archlinux wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X220#Microphone),
+muting the right microphone fix this issue.
+
+> The following informations are about pulseaudio and its built-in module
+> system. A more modern approache would be to use easyeffects. However I
+> experienced noisy inputs/outputs while being on calls, and running it in the
+> background requires to a) keep the easyeffects window opened b) move
+> easyeffects to system tray.
+
+With pulseaudio/pipewire-pulse, the `remap-source` module can be loaded:
+
+```
+pactl load-module module-remap-source \
+  "source_name=${source_name}" \
+  "master=${source_index}" \
+  use_master_format=1 \
+  master_channel_map=front-left \
+  channel_map=mono \
+  channels=1
+```
+
+However, the fans can still be heard, and not all voip clients handle noise
+cancelling. Instead, you can keep the right microphone active and use it for
+[noise cancellation](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/Modules/#module-echo-cancel)
+(including the static noise).
+
+```
+$ pactl load-module module-echo-cancel \
+  "source_name=${source_name}" \
+  "master=${source_index}" \
+  use_master_format=1 \
+  aec_method="webrtc" \
+  aec_args='"beamforming=1 mic_geometry=-1,0,0,1,0,0"'
+```
+
+See [my dotfiles](https://git.rgoncalves.se/dots/tree/.config/pipewire) for
+additional information.
+
+## usb-c mod
+
+// todo