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  • * [[BIOS Upgrade]] <tt>(How to keep your ThinkPad's BIOS up to date)</tt><br /> * [[Custom BIOS]] <tt>(Modified BIOS images to remove restrictions and errors)</tt><br />
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  • * [[BIOS_Upgrade | BIOS Updates]] [http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIG You might want to change your [[IRQ]] settings in BIOS
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  • After that, i've disabled the predesktop area from IBM using the BIOS. After this, when you push the "Access IBM" button, you have a simple black ...ication, when I close the lid, the computer goes into supsend mode, waking up perfectly well when opening it. The power management is done by APM (i've t
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  • This page is meant to describe ways to update the BIOS on a ThinkPad that only runs Linux for users that don't have ready access t Updating the BIOS in Linux (with few exceptions) '''is not officially supported''' by Lenovo.
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  • * George Tellalov <gtellalov_dontspamme@bigfoot.com>. BIOS 1.16 from spsdin36.exe worked perfectly with the method bootable cd from fl * Mike Vincent<matchstc-putobvioushere.com>. Bios 1.16 from spsdin36.exe and then to the boot cd worked great for me. Thought
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  • I had some trouble with X hanging up when switching twice to the terminal and back, which vanished sometime duri You should set IRDA to enabled in the BIOS settings, since Linux has no way of enabling it when it's in OS controlled
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  • NOTE: This version of Embedded Controller Program will only work with BIOS Version 3.06f (or higher). ====BIOS upgrade====
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  • ...en, then you possibly need to change the boot device configuration in your BIOS and make the CD drive the first boot disk. ...lf to the nvram group. This way you don't have to do it everytime you boot up.
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  • ...oot from '''UEFI only'''. You must enable '''Legacy''' boot option in the BIOS before you can begin installing Ubuntu.}} # Enable Legacy boot in BIOS
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  • ...xpected Fn + function keys, however only 6 levels are detected. To control up to 16 levels of brightness, you can add the {{bootparm|acpi_backlight|vendo ...patible card as this system uses BIOS whitelisting. There isn't a modified BIOS available yet (as of Jan 15 2013).
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  • * BIOS version: {{todo|Check}} ...USB stick. If one doesn't work, try another. It needs to be recognized in BIOS as a "USB Hard Drive" with a plus sign in front.
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  • Another trick that will often work is changing the BIOS settings such that the external monitor is used as the default device durin If you experience trouble getting the ATI Control Center to come up correctly when using these patched drivers, you can make a shortcut to the
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  • ...tore, my preboot partition and the whole partition table were likey messed up, which may have been what caused the error. ...YS- be started by changing the boot order in the "startup sequence" of the bios leaving the CDD as the top boot device will ensure a correct recovery.
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  • First I set up the "source" machine, in my case one which already also had Ubuntu 11.04 in Second set up the X220 for PXE (Pre-boot eXecution Environment).
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  • ...ard alone working after switching the primary display device to PCI in the BIOS. ...utes the command giving no error but afterwards the IDE device still shows up in {{path|/proc}}.
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  • | {{key|Fn}}{{key|Home}} / {{key|Fn}}{{key|Pos1}} || brightness up || [[thinkpad-acpi]], [[#tpb configuration|tpb]], [[KMilo]] || additional a | {{ibmkey|Volume up|#494949}} || volume up || [[thinkpad-acpi]], [[#tpb configuration|tpb]], [[KMilo]] || additional a
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  • This page describes how to replace the standard IBM BIOS Bootsplash (The one with the ThinkPad- and Pentium M-Logo), without access ...ve a custom splash image when they start up should try [[How to change the BIOS bootsplash screen (under Windows) | this guide]] instead.
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  • This feature definitely depends on software and there is no hardware or BIOS-only way of making it work. ...values in order to convert the sensor readings to degrees and wrapped this up in a small graphical application for Windows. My data, source code, executa
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  • ...[[PC2-4200]] CL4 NP DDR2 (533 MHz) SDRAM SODIMM memory standard, supports up to 2GB maximum memory. * After the initial install, in order to get the system up to date, you will have to TWICE as root issue the command:
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  • ...ry Media. However, as long as recovery partition (called ''predesktop'' in BIOS) is left intact, system '''can be restored to factory default without havin Alternatively upgrade the BIOS to 1.06
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  • ...on of models, possibly leading to some confusion that is hopefully cleared up here. The following table gives an overview of the different Ultrabay types The pinout switching is performed by the BIOS and embedded controller, so that it is completely transparent to the operat
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  • Just finished setting this up. Legacy Bios Install worked w/ both
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  • ...tured by either Atmel or National Semiconductor, and TCG TPM PC client 1.1 BIOS extensions. ...ar the TPM chip. It is unknown if clearing the TPM chip can mess with the BIOS HDD password support, but until someone tests it, it is best to play it saf
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  • # won't wake up harddisks from suspend to disk unless they're set to PIO mode # Use PCMCIA_TIMEOUT in order to set up the PCMCIA timeout.
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  • Several people realized that their ThinkPads eat up too much power while suspended to ram via ACPI. Compared to APM suspend to ...ram just fine, and there are no components that are obviously left powered up. The [[UltraBay]] and network light is on, but that is the same under windo
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  • ===Update BIOS=== ACPI requires a relatively new BIOS version. In particular, if you get the message,
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  • ...s newer kernel option is more aware of acpi powersaving that's done in the BIOS. In any case, both {{kernelconf|CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO|<*>|||||}} an ...quency scaling daemons, but in kernel). They differs in the way they scale up and down. The ondemand governor switches to the highest frequency immediate
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  • When the CPU freq jumps up to 1Ghz or above, or when the laptop is in suspend mode ...screeching sounds *solved by "Media player paused" (see below) and also by BIOS versions 1.05 and later.
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  • This happens directly after starting up: even the BIOS splash screen is unreadable. The screen can stay garbled for a number of bo
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  • logger "Woke up from suspend." On the X32, at least, the bios will switch off the screen by default on a lid close, and suspending to ram
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  • '''# use bios hot keys on thinkpad (aka fn+f7)''' ...ank' LCD panel problem when I plug the external monitor in before powering up. (Radeon 9600 M10 [RV350] with xorg 7.0.0). However - if you want anythin
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  • ...possible to check if any of the drive's attributes related to platter spin-up/down or head unload are increasing when a click is heard. That can help pin ...esuming from disk or RAM, after hotswapping, and ''every time the ThinkPad BIOS might try to override them''. This is done in two steps: changing the defau
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  • ...the restore-partition on the harddrive. I also changed the IRQ settings in BIOS from 11 to Auto. Not sure if you have to, but I read that you should somewh Boot up the Debian Installation CD. Remember to boot the CD up with "linux26" to get the 2.6.x kernel directly.
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  • ...fine for DOS, but not a modern OS. You can buy a 32MB DRAM card, bringing up the total to 36MB, which is just enough to run a few useful tasks. ...can use 8GB of capacity. Linux and other modern OSes can use larger disks (up to 137GiB) but the boot partition must be entirely below the 8GB boundary.
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  • ...ives. The mounting nibs (replaced by screws in later machines) do not line up with holes in newer drives. You may have to modify a caddy by removing the ...s the BIOS, such as Windows using a 32-bit driver or Linux can use a drive up to 137GB in capacity, but the boot partition must be completely below the 8
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  • ...before the sound would work in linux. (Hold F1 while booting to get to the BIOS menu) After the reinitialization, I modprobed: ...as 93 degrees Celsius when compiling and CPU intensive operations. I ended up writing a cron script to run every minute and check if the temperature is o
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  • ...d Mini-Dock]] has (Passthrogh: Ethernet, Modem, [[DVI Port|DVI]] (supports up to SXGA resolution), [[VGA Port|VGA]], [[Serial Port|Serial]], [[Parallel P Dimensions are up to 18 x 12 cm:
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  • ...kill the 5 GB pre desktop area partition hidden on the disk by going into BIOS Setup and turning the partition off, allowing you to easily overwrite the d ...ed into the install environment (There's really not much that can go wrong up till now) there are a few options you have to configure before bootstraping
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  • -s N Shift up the min temperature thresholds by N degrees -S N Shift up the max temperature thresholds by N degrees
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  • ...dows installation for dual booting. I kept mine just so I could update the BIOS more easily in case it becomes necessary. ...arby devices. My Sony Ericsson T630 was found immediately and I could back up its contens using MultiSync.
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  • * LEDs might not light up: see http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/UserDocs/EnableLEDs * {{R40}} (2681-GCJ - works with 1.27 BIOS)
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  • ...r {{cmdroot|echo mem > /sys/power/state}} (machine goes to sleep and wakes up immediately). This can be avoided by using {{cmdroot|echo -n 3 >/proc/acpi/ ;Hangs on "switching to UP code":You may be using a [[How to make use of Dynamic Frequency Scaling|fre
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  • ...s partition. The Windows NTFS and IBM system restore FAT32 partitions take up 2/4 primary paritions, which doesn't leave much room for expansion. Between ...ower than the outside (first sectors), so put frequently accessed portions up front.
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  • Note: I upgraded BIOS to latest version (1.18) but still no luck. OpenGL (DRI?) hardlocks after h ...is still running fine behind it). With savagefb it won't even try to wake up.
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  • The symptom might have you think first that your system hang up, but you will realize that your ThinkPad works and you can even reset it vi *ThinkPad {{R31}}, {{R50e}}{{footnote|1}}, {{R50p}}, {{R51}} (with BIOS 1.11), {{R52}}, {{R60}}, {{R61}}
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  • ...ubsystem|TPM (security subsystem)]] || {{Cyes}} || Enable security chip in BIOS, then "yum install tpm-tools", then "modprobe tpm_atmel; service tcsd start | {{key|Fn}}{{key|Home}} || brightness up || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no OSD
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  • ...age gives an overview on hexadecimal and beep error codes generated by the BIOS or UEFI. | 0 beeps || cooling fan spins up<br>power-on LED status indicator is lit green or amber ||
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  • On at least one 600E, with kernels up to 2.6.24.x and ALSA versions up to 1.0.17 (compiled and installed out-of-kernel), one of the working setups This chip is software configurable. In Thinkpads, the BIOS sets up the chip if fast boot is disabled. If fast boot is enabled, the chip is dis
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  • ...ne but LILO loads the kernel bz image slowly but after boot init it speeds up again. You cannot flash BIOS with docking station. (It will detect it and reject)
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  • Mine came with Windows XP, which took up the entire 60GB hard disk. I needed to resize the NTFS partition. Did this * F12 during bootup to configure BIOS options to boot from CDROM
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  • {{NOTE|Not all ThinkPads have a BIOS that [[Supported_Boot_Devices|supports USB booting]].}} ...the boot menu. For some models (X24 comes to mind) you need to go into the BIOS and change the boot sequence before USB devices are shown in the boot menu.
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  • ...it for vertical scrolling: keep the button pressed and move the TrackPoint up and down to scroll. (In GPointing Device Settings, this is known as "Use wh ...you have a ThinkPad without Touchpad, or with the Touchpad disabled in the BIOS, the sysfs path needs to be changed to {{path|/sys/devices/platform/i8042/s
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  • ...om/~fizban/ftpinstall.php Fizban's page]. By the way, if your system locks up with no messages, please try using the FTP method. If you get "still trying ...ll use all of a larger drive once the kernel loads, as it does not use the BIOS to access the hard disk.
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  • *Wacom model UP-814-54A ==Setting up your Xorg.conf==
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  • ...ng interrupt settings of the serial, the IRDA and the parallel port in the BIOS solved the problem. ...the ''ati/radeon'' graphics driver. You have to switch to ''vesa'' and set up a working display configuration. Either you use the new ''Screen and Graphi
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  • The {{X41T}} requires a dock to use an optical drive. The BIOS can, however, boot from USB or the network. ...ion is {{path|/dev/sdb}} and not {{path|/dev/sdb1}}. Also perhaps due to a BIOS problem or image problem, USB booting may not always work.
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  • ...ter this, you can follow the same directions that apply for [[BIOS Upgrade|BIOS upgrade]]s. ...derneath where the battery used to be. The front of the keyboard will pop up.
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  • # Disable any hardware you are not using in your BIOS '''Make sure zRAM is enabled (Ubuntu 13.10 and up it is on by default)'''
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  • This page describes how to replace the standard IBM BIOS Bootsplash (The one with the ThinkPad- and Pentium M-Logo), if you have Mic ...ct my system" (sorry, IE only), then "Downloads and Drivers", and finally "BIOS Update (Non-Diskette)". Save the .exe file somewhere (the one I had was ca
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  • ...recommend going into the BIOS and setting the "IBM Predesktop Area" in the BIOS under "Security" to "Disabled". This enables you to remove the “PreD This info is for setting up Debian on a G41 with the following features:
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  • *In the BIOS, set the IBM Predesktop Area to 'Secure'. * Power up the computer, press F12, select ''CD-ROM Drive'' as the boot device
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  • ! ThinkPad !! Official Max !! Unoffical Max !! BIOS !! Embedded Controller !! Memory configuration successfully tested :BIOS recognizes 2048MB, but Gentoo sees only 1024MB
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  • ...ith one that is not a ThinkPad option designed for the specific model, the BIOS will display an "Error 2010" warning during every boot. The system may stil ...s rumored that this bridge requires changes in the drive firmware, and the BIOS checks for this adapted firmware. If [[How to put SATA in old ThinkPads#mo
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  • * yes = supported (may be selected from the BIOS) * no = not supported (BIOS incapable of booting to this type of device)
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  • ==== X server gives an error "Invalid video BIOS signature" after installing fglrx ==== fglrx(0): Invalid video BIOS signature!<br>
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  • ...and voltage are controlled by software (through the MSR registers). It is up to the operating system to choose the right voltage for each frequency. Nor ...voltages for the normal clock speeds as reported by the ACPI table in the BIOS. On some models (e.g., ThinkPad {{T43}}) this does not include all clock s
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  • * mute, volume up and down buttons (but that's probably a hardware thing since it does not af ...ess the weird blue [[ThinkPad Button|Access IBM Button]], and then choose "BIOS" in IBM's pre-boot environment. There is no message on bootup about the {{k
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  • ...el patch and several userspace utilities. It is an alternative to both the BIOS-driven hibernation feature found on most ThinkPad models, and the [[swsusp] ...pages_allowance 7500" in hibernate.conf, SATA mode set to compatibility in BIOS and the DMA fix from [[Problems with SATA and Linux]]
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  • First of all, [[BIOS Upgrade|update to the latest BIOS and Embedded Controller Program]]. ...ill probably tell you that ACPI isn't enabled in the BIOS, because the T23 BIOS has no mention of ACPI. Just add {{bootparm|lapic|}} to the kernel
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  • I read [[Additional options for the radeon driver]] page to come up with what I have. Here is the radeon device section from my xorg.conf # use bios hot keys on thinkpad (aka fn+f7)
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  • ==BIOS settings== Some Thinkpad BIOS (like 2.08 BIOS on {{X40}}) offer two very lame options,
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  • Service Name: Dial-up Networking If you cant get hci0 up with a /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart (or similar) then you might want to tr
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  • ...) partition that is also called [[Predesktop Area|Predesktop Area]] in the BIOS Setup Utility. That (hidden) partition is not an HPA. More information can ...viruses, trojans, spyware). They are only accessible when permitted by the BIOS, and even then only through special HPA-aware tools. Under GNU/Linux they a
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  • ...an installation CD created by burning an ISO image. The BIOS should be set up to boot from CD before booting from the harddrive. * Disable fast boot in the BIOS setup, and set up resources using the ps2 tool supplied with your thinkpad. These resource se
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  • # (ACPI bios seems to be wrong here, the PnP-card-code in snd-cs4236.c uses the # ACPI: mixed-up order
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  • ...sed no later than 1998, the BIOS battery is probably dead. Thankfully, the BIOS memory is stable as long as the power adapter or internal battery stay conn ...s finishes, it will ask you to remove the CD and restart. GRUB should show up, and the installation should complete.
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  • ...ment is to get the [[IrDA]] hardware in your ThinkPad operational, setting up communication to other devices is not covered. However, the external links SIR is limited to serial datarates up to 115.2Kb/s
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  • Also, boot-up during POST may be taking longer than expected. ...f the situation and generating the error message noticeably slow down boot-up time, at least in some models.
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  • ...ble to use the full resolution (1400x1050) due to a bug in the Intel 915GM bios. Sometimes, it does not wake up correctly after a suspend. To solve this issue, I am using a newer kernel (
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  • Reboot - press F1 to get to BIOS settings; adjust boot order to be just CD and then HD. === Set up suspend and hibernate ===
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  • ...turer information. The R5x and T4x machines stored this information in the BIOS, I believe, and used a set of resistors in the LCD cable to choose which ED #Now that the bezel is removed, you can lift the inverter up out of its well, and unplug the LCD from the inverter.
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  • ...n my Z60m. This page will provide an overview of the steps required to get up and running, plus some optional steps to install programs like Skype and ot ...ine. Make sure the machine boots from CD before HD. This can be set in the BIOS.
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  • ...ntenance manual] explains in details how to proceed. The catch is that the BIOS cannot activate the L2 cache of a Pentium 3. This is solved by using a [htt ...ypass this problem by disabling the on-board RAM by setting byte 2B in the BIOS to 81.
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  • ...e 5 uses GRUB to boot, and GRUB uses the BIOS. As far as I know, there's a BIOS limit that requires anything that boots be on the first 8GB of your hard dr ...d versions, but the Fedora team recommends you not upgrade. I like to back up my files before I start and let the installer format all the partitions. Th
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  • Older ThinkPads (up to the R51, T42p and X40) were fully IDE (PATA) for both the internal HDD a ...es legacy IDE (PATA) though. So just like with the previous models you end up with two separate drivers for the internal HDD and the Ultrabay.
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  • ...Recovery-System will be lost. To do so, set Predesktop-Area to "Secure" in BIOS. Additionally, it's always useful to have the Recovery-CDs burned before an Besides that, everything went fine, most Hardware was set up correctly: Graphics Card, Touchpad and Trackpoint, WLAN, Bluetooth, Modem (
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  • Here is how I set up an {{X22}} to allow hot ejection/removal of the UltraBase. See also [[How_t #Note: the BIOS will already deal with the ultrabay LED (number 3). It will:
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  • ...it. Don't suspend to ram without running X because the console gets messed up. Please, update this information if you find workarounds. Newer versions of I strongly recommend the latest [[BIOS_Upgrade#Does_work:|BIOS version]]
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  • ...se add your ThinkPad to this table twice: '''before''' and '''after''' the BIOS upgrade. This information helps us a great deal, so your contribution woul ! <tt>bios-<br />vendor</tt>
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  • # Add "PCMCIA" to the start-up disk choices in the BIOS, or</li> The first option is easier -- the BIOS takes over the slot with the Microdrive in, and the other
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  • {{HINT|It is highly recommended to set the predesktop area in the BIOS configuration to secure. Also, you should burn recovery CDs from Windows be ...connection (will not connect to the Novell customer center). Please set it up from a wired connection.
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  • ...warm-up. Problem gets worse over time. Problem repeatable from first boot (bios) screen with tpad partially disassembled - hdd, ultrabay, extra ram, wifi r
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  • Does not lock media on power up via prevent jumper |Shipped with bios || 1WET63WW (1.19 )
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  • When configuring your ThinkPad, you may occasionally end up with a corrupted textmode display in which you can't see anything even thou ...ode console back. Rarely, this will hang your machine (probably due to the BIOS call).
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  • ...for its initial display so two further xrandr commands are reguired to set up.) There is an option in the BIOS setup to disable the modem which seems a good idea if the modem is not need
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  • To boot over NetBOOT I fisrt went into the BIOS and change the boot settings so that PXE was first on the list. Then I set Then I assigned my desktop a static IP in the range I set my DHCP server up for and plugged my laptop into it with a cross over cable and rebooted.
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  • ...using the modem, the soundcard will NOT work without the modem enabled in BIOS. The CPU frequencies gets clocked up and down as needed automaticly (to save power and generate less heat when n
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  • ...o the same bugs... There is a list of the ThinkPad BIOS/EC types in the [[BIOS Upgrade Downloads]] page. ...is "TP-" and the two first characters of the BIOS/EC version strings (e.g. BIOS 1YET29WW and EC 1YHT29WW are for the firmware model TP-1Y, which happens to
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  • ==BIOS== ...and some other things) to work your first step will be to reinitialize the BIOS:
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  • Go into the BIOS and enable "compatibility mode" for the SATA controller {{NOTE| "compatibil This causes the SATA driver to pick up the DVD drive instead of the IDE driver. This is important because the IDE
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