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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 />6 KB (893 words) - 22:27, 17 September 2022
- * [[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 BIOS5 KB (708 words) - 16:59, 16 February 2009
- 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 t7 KB (1,170 words) - 16:58, 16 February 2009
- 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.29 KB (4,865 words) - 00:12, 27 February 2022
- * 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. Thought19 KB (2,654 words) - 19:39, 4 May 2017
- 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 controlled11 KB (1,973 words) - 17:55, 30 August 2008
- NOTE: This version of Embedded Controller Program will only work with BIOS Version 3.06f (or higher). ====BIOS upgrade====14 KB (2,274 words) - 21:34, 10 December 2011
- ...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.11 KB (1,570 words) - 12:06, 18 June 2015
- ...oot from '''UEFI only'''. You must enable '''Legacy''' boot option in the BIOS before you can begin installing Ubuntu.}} # Enable Legacy boot in BIOS13 KB (1,880 words) - 04:30, 29 January 2013
- ...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).2 KB (307 words) - 04:17, 22 January 2013
- * 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.4 KB (660 words) - 12:12, 18 June 2015
- 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 the9 KB (1,406 words) - 18:39, 23 November 2008
- ...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.4 KB (733 words) - 14:50, 27 July 2008
- 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).23 KB (3,256 words) - 01:42, 26 March 2020
- ...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}}.4 KB (640 words) - 09:41, 24 October 2006
- | {{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 a44 KB (6,541 words) - 03:13, 15 February 2016
- 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.15 KB (2,321 words) - 19:39, 21 January 2011
- 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, executa8 KB (1,264 words) - 17:02, 22 January 2021
- ...[[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:4 KB (636 words) - 15:30, 2 March 2010
- ...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 1.0614 KB (2,010 words) - 16:07, 21 January 2011
- ...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 operat17 KB (2,246 words) - 17:07, 22 January 2021
- Just finished setting this up. Legacy Bios Install worked w/ both2 KB (260 words) - 15:28, 24 February 2020
- ...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 saf17 KB (2,805 words) - 17:03, 22 January 2021
- # 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.12 KB (2,003 words) - 03:46, 27 November 2007
- 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 windo12 KB (1,861 words) - 23:40, 28 October 2009
- ===Update BIOS=== ACPI requires a relatively new BIOS version. In particular, if you get the message,8 KB (1,261 words) - 03:24, 28 October 2015
- ...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 immediate13 KB (1,937 words) - 20:20, 10 February 2011
- 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.22 KB (3,464 words) - 04:09, 22 January 2014
- This happens directly after starting up: even the BIOS splash screen is unreadable. The screen can stay garbled for a number of bo9 KB (1,597 words) - 17:40, 16 November 2016
- 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 ram4 KB (581 words) - 19:47, 14 January 2011
- '''# 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 anythin9 KB (1,249 words) - 01:57, 27 June 2009
- ...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 defau18 KB (2,917 words) - 05:39, 14 April 2012
- ...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.4 KB (694 words) - 16:56, 16 February 2009
- ...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.5 KB (950 words) - 13:20, 20 January 2006
- ...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 87 KB (1,176 words) - 18:21, 8 April 2009
- ...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 o5 KB (825 words) - 10:08, 18 October 2006
- ...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:13 KB (2,042 words) - 17:18, 6 April 2014
- ...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 bootstraping34 KB (5,558 words) - 16:49, 20 October 2006
- -s N Shift up the min temperature thresholds by N degrees -S N Shift up the max temperature thresholds by N degrees10 KB (1,551 words) - 18:06, 16 February 2011
- ...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.9 KB (1,447 words) - 16:56, 16 February 2009
- * LEDs might not light up: see http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/UserDocs/EnableLEDs * {{R40}} (2681-GCJ - works with 1.27 BIOS)2 KB (251 words) - 13:23, 16 November 2020
- ...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|fre12 KB (1,983 words) - 15:06, 7 October 2010
- ...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.10 KB (1,702 words) - 17:00, 16 February 2009
- 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.2 KB (354 words) - 15:01, 22 January 2021
- 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}}16 KB (2,636 words) - 09:33, 23 September 2020
- ...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 OSD8 KB (1,198 words) - 12:30, 7 December 2011
- ...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 ||29 KB (4,174 words) - 15:27, 3 October 2020
- 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 dis4 KB (645 words) - 15:21, 15 November 2020
- ...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)3 KB (411 words) - 23:39, 9 September 2009
- 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 CDROM988 bytes (148 words) - 21:46, 15 July 2010
- {{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.14 KB (2,312 words) - 17:13, 7 January 2012
- ...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/s26 KB (3,831 words) - 03:59, 11 May 2017
- ...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.5 KB (914 words) - 01:54, 13 July 2016
- *Wacom model UP-814-54A ==Setting up your Xorg.conf==27 KB (3,724 words) - 17:02, 22 January 2021
- ...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 Graphi7 KB (971 words) - 14:10, 12 November 2007
- 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.19 KB (2,799 words) - 23:51, 27 April 2006
- ...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.20 KB (3,378 words) - 20:49, 18 February 2016
- # 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)'''5 KB (691 words) - 20:22, 17 January 2015
- 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 ca7 KB (1,086 words) - 09:58, 9 January 2008
- ...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:19 KB (3,073 words) - 15:51, 1 March 2008
- *In the BIOS, set the IBM Predesktop Area to 'Secure'. * Power up the computer, press F12, select ''CD-ROM Drive'' as the boot device19 KB (3,242 words) - 21:32, 4 December 2011
- ! ThinkPad !! Official Max !! Unoffical Max !! BIOS !! Embedded Controller !! Memory configuration successfully tested :BIOS recognizes 2048MB, but Gentoo sees only 1024MB12 KB (1,719 words) - 10:35, 12 October 2022
- ...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#mo11 KB (1,722 words) - 22:15, 1 May 2015
- * yes = supported (may be selected from the BIOS) * no = not supported (BIOS incapable of booting to this type of device)54 KB (6,098 words) - 02:34, 7 March 2020
- ==== X server gives an error "Invalid video BIOS signature" after installing fglrx ==== fglrx(0): Invalid video BIOS signature!<br>30 KB (4,482 words) - 03:47, 17 November 2009
- ...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 s11 KB (1,589 words) - 02:27, 6 September 2014
- * 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 {{k6 KB (914 words) - 13:04, 26 October 2006
- ...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]]10 KB (1,349 words) - 01:37, 22 May 2009
- 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 kernel5 KB (860 words) - 04:54, 22 August 2007
- 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)16 KB (2,518 words) - 16:28, 24 October 2006
- ==BIOS settings== Some Thinkpad BIOS (like 2.08 BIOS on {{X40}}) offer two very lame options,27 KB (4,366 words) - 03:23, 28 October 2015
- 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 tr18 KB (2,216 words) - 14:41, 13 November 2015
- ...) 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 a12 KB (2,012 words) - 23:37, 27 January 2014
- ...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 se7 KB (1,116 words) - 00:28, 10 August 2014
- # (ACPI bios seems to be wrong here, the PnP-card-code in snd-cs4236.c uses the # ACPI: mixed-up order2 KB (334 words) - 00:50, 19 January 2009
- ...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.3 KB (541 words) - 07:11, 1 April 2015
- ...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/s9 KB (1,413 words) - 19:07, 26 July 2011
- 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.6 KB (975 words) - 00:50, 15 November 2012
- ...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 (1 KB (179 words) - 00:01, 27 August 2007
- Reboot - press F1 to get to BIOS settings; adjust boot order to be just CD and then HD. === Set up suspend and hibernate ===7 KB (1,142 words) - 18:21, 5 August 2011
- ...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.11 KB (1,828 words) - 19:12, 29 June 2014
- ...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.973 bytes (167 words) - 00:44, 4 August 2006
- ...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 81.3 KB (468 words) - 14:03, 17 November 2020
- ...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. Th6 KB (1,129 words) - 02:22, 28 January 2007
- 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.31 KB (4,750 words) - 02:58, 11 January 2024
- ...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 (3 KB (534 words) - 18:22, 5 August 2011
- 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:6 KB (1,014 words) - 02:46, 1 March 2010
- ...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]]1 KB (216 words) - 09:29, 3 August 2007
- ...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>131 KB (15,811 words) - 16:19, 30 August 2022
- # 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 other21 KB (3,442 words) - 16:49, 26 October 2006
- {{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.4 KB (680 words) - 03:13, 15 July 2007
- ...warm-up. Problem gets worse over time. Problem repeatable from first boot (bios) screen with tpad partially disassembled - hdd, ultrabay, extra ram, wifi r2 KB (311 words) - 14:16, 26 January 2008
- Does not lock media on power up via prevent jumper |Shipped with bios || 1WET63WW (1.19 )7 KB (978 words) - 11:13, 18 August 2006
- 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).1 KB (172 words) - 17:19, 17 August 2006
- ...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 need25 KB (3,612 words) - 08:00, 2 March 2008
- 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.10 KB (1,613 words) - 13:49, 4 September 2008
- ...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 n4 KB (603 words) - 16:17, 9 June 2007
- ...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 to9 KB (1,473 words) - 14:47, 14 November 2020
- ==BIOS== ...and some other things) to work your first step will be to reinitialize the BIOS:7 KB (1,202 words) - 17:13, 14 February 2008
- 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 IDE9 KB (1,548 words) - 02:20, 19 June 2010
- .../ GL acceleration works with the following xorg.conf changes. Use "PCI" in BIOS rather than AGP. I removed all modes apart from 1024x768. ppracer plays wel Feisty: On the 2647-21G model, with default BIOS settings, the following changes to xorg.conf work with Direct Rendering ena13 KB (2,132 words) - 04:57, 2 July 2008
- ...nstaller. The actual installation media was on an NFS share. To set this up, copy the contents of the CDS/DVD into a directory (or mount the DVD iso im Press F12 during POST to get the boot selector menu up, choose the USB Key. This boots into GRUB. Press F4 here to set the insta51 KB (7,507 words) - 11:46, 8 January 2008
- ...FC6's kernel will automatically discover the T60's dual core cpu and bring up CPU0 and CPU1. ...ora Core 6 does a bad job of setting up xorg.conf. It is better to fix it up (see below).15 KB (2,296 words) - 15:00, 27 July 2008
- ...al additions such as EM64T, [[SIMD|SSSE3]] and improved the performance by up to 25 percent. The 667 MHz FSB versions are part of the "Napa" platform, wh ...t support hyper-threading, and therefore there is usually no option in the BIOS to activate it. Refer to Intel's [http://www.intel.com/products/ht/hyperthr10 KB (1,372 words) - 16:48, 22 January 2021
- ...will make your ThinkPad prompt you for your fingerprint when you power it up. ...cover your Windows installation should you manage to screw your partitions up in the following stages. I highly recommend you do this, as Lenovo does not45 KB (7,212 words) - 06:38, 29 August 2007
- As long as you have your BIOS upgraded and the fan speeds up while heat rises, if your G41 is overheating, that's probably a hardware pr465 bytes (82 words) - 11:52, 19 November 2019
- ...nstaller. The actual installation media was on an NFS share. To set this up, copy the contents of the CDS/DVD into a directory (or mount the DVD iso im Press F12 during POST to get the boot selector menu up, choose the USB Key. This boots into GRUB. Press F4 here to set the insta8 KB (1,267 words) - 06:24, 28 September 2007
- * {{X60}}, {{X60s}} with BIOS 2.x * {{T60}}, {{T60p}} with BIOS 2.x5 KB (782 words) - 14:07, 7 April 2019
- [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-63027 BIOS update 2.11] is reported to fix the problem so that setting RxIntDelay is n ...c. Increasing this value adds extra latency to frame reception and can end up decreasing the throughput of TCP traffic. If the system is reporting droppe2 KB (310 words) - 16:14, 16 July 2007
- ...my UXGA t60p the ChipID line was actually fatal to getting fglrx to start up (/var/log/Xorg.0.log showed the driver falling back to VESA and fgl_glxgear Note: see this entry on ACPI Video for BIOS 2.x and kernels < 2.6.20-rc?17 KB (2,546 words) - 09:40, 1 March 2008
- I tried redhat 9, 8, 7.3, 7.2, and then finally successfully boot up the system with redhat 7 After I boot up with redhat 7, lspci command showed output6 KB (1,080 words) - 02:12, 20 January 2011
- ...witch on, 1400x1050 panel @ min brightness, fglrx (powerstate=1), HDD spun up (~1W saving without) || 16W ...radios, idle, powertop suggestions followed, unused I/O ports disabled in BIOS||7.2W11 KB (1,442 words) - 14:42, 29 March 2011
- :1. Make sure your Thinkpad's bios is flashed to the most recent version. ...s by holding F1 while powering on the machine, do not release F1 until the bios screen appears).7 KB (1,124 words) - 16:18, 9 August 2014
- {{WARN|It's really necessary to leave the modem enabled in the BIOS or the hda_intel driver will reutrn azx_get_response timeouts which will le ...versions, etc. are loaded and up-to-date, try pressing the physical volume up button a few times on your keyboard to turn it off. [[User:Kyle Barbour|Kyl6 KB (916 words) - 15:26, 15 November 2020
- Using FDE as as easy as setting up the hard disk password (from BIOS). You can choose to have just a user password, or both a user and a master ...E] specifically states that on the T60 & T61, there is no means of backing up or exporting the key, but that the drive may be used in another system (it4 KB (659 words) - 10:18, 4 October 2010
- == Hints how to setup it via Intel ME BIOS Extension (MEBx) based on the T61p (Small business Mode) == * Use ThinkVantage System Update so you have the latest BIOS8 KB (1,146 words) - 13:49, 25 June 2020
- ...nfrared subsystem supports NSC Fast IR (FIR), which transmits at speeds of up to 4 Mbps. First things first: Go to your BIOS and enable the infrared and manually set up IO to be '''0x2f8''' and IRQ to be '''3'''. Typically, the default manual c12 KB (1,663 words) - 19:44, 21 October 2007
- :''On an R61 running OpenSUSE 10.3, the nv driver locks up the machine hard.'' --[[User:Nettings|Nettings]] 14:39, 26 March 2008 (CET) ...splay_ia32_169.04.html 169.04 BETA Driver]. You might also need the latest BIOS ([[BIOS_Upgrade_Downloads]] 1.26) as well as the latest version of [[thinkp5 KB (685 words) - 14:59, 22 January 2021
- ...ThinkPad screen and then press F1 enter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS BIOS].<br> 2) In BIOS, select Configure -> Serial ATA.<br>29 KB (4,654 words) - 19:04, 4 March 2008
- ...with KCC and the Laptop module config. After trying a number of different BIOS, ACPI, Power/Battery settings I managed a fully functional ACPI with Suspen ...all and possibly even with another Linux distro. And in both cases I ended up with a very functional, albeit relatively slow, virtually bug-free and enjo5 KB (822 words) - 06:18, 3 October 2007
- * BIOS version : 1UETD3WW (2.08 ), built on 2006-12-21, released on 2007/01/31 ===Hardware and BIOS limitations===18 KB (2,821 words) - 16:46, 5 August 2011
- Powered on T61 and hold the ThinkVantage button to go BIOS. Well, this is my first T61. I did notice the options to enable/disable the - Booted up from DVD9 KB (1,330 words) - 17:36, 3 July 2007
- :Uniprocessor mode may be enabled in BIOS. GNOME CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor controls frequency modes. :Fn Contrast Up. On-screen display of setting with [http://www.nongnu.org/tpb/ tpb] package8 KB (1,088 words) - 09:39, 1 March 2008
- Currently, SATA mode is set to "Compatibility" in the BIOS and I'm using the ATA_PIIX driver, which finds both the hard and the cdrom Running in the AHCI mode worked for me - the hard drive showed up as /dev/sda and the cdrom as /dev/hda. K3b finds it and uses it fine.8 KB (1,200 words) - 19:43, 18 November 2008
- When the system boots hit F1 to enter the Bios, select Config->Serial ATA (SATA) and set the SATA Controller mode option t ...This support has been merged as of kernel 2.6.17, so when SLES/SLED goes up a version in kernel you won't need to worry about this any more.2 KB (362 words) - 16:34, 5 September 2007
- *BIOS version 3.23 Post-install, gnome automatically popped up an kernel update, which applied fine.6 KB (977 words) - 16:54, 16 February 2009
- ...to work. I would advise using Gutsy, as it makes everything easier to set up (with drivers). The 2.6.23 kernel, once it officially comes out, should *pr ...to adjust cannot determine what level to stay at, and indefinitely adjusts up and down. Pressing the brightness keys fixes this. See launchpad for the of15 KB (2,417 words) - 18:49, 28 August 2012
- ...nkPad screen and then press F1 to enter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS BIOS]. # In BIOS, select Configure -> Serial ATA.6 KB (1,017 words) - 16:37, 18 April 2010
- '''Hal "S3 BIOS" parameter issue!''' ...s the fact that (as far as I can tell) the T61 Lenovo doesn't allow the S3 BIOS to be called *during* suspend/resume, which HAL seems to do by default (who24 KB (3,802 words) - 06:21, 21 January 2009
- ...configures itself for the first run. Stop the boot process by entering the BIOS setup (press F1 when you see the IBM ThinkPad logo) and altering the boot s .... <br /> ''You will have to turn off the "Rescue Partition" feature in the BIOS to do this!''19 KB (2,909 words) - 19:36, 18 May 2015
- After setting up Twinview with the second monitor save the configuration to your x config fi '''Setting up dual monitors via the command line'''23 KB (3,723 words) - 04:13, 18 May 2008
- ...her than myself) if my computer gets fried while flashing the bios. In the bios itself, I have the SATA controller set to AHCI. I've read quite a few peopl ...oose a locale:<br>en_CA (stick with ascii for the default since UTF screws up some terminals)75 KB (12,480 words) - 17:49, 5 August 2011
- ...there is also the possibility to disable each one of them separately from BIOS. Entering and waking up from hibernation took a bit too long, giving me a bunch of too-fast-to-read8 KB (1,192 words) - 21:49, 27 December 2008
- Tested with nvidia-driver-100.14.19 up to 169.12, everything works fine, games run smooth. The mute button is hardwired and works, the volume up and volume down buttons23 KB (3,497 words) - 14:32, 20 February 2010
- ...making it easier to state/mention every single model in the X series line-up. It also helps to reduce page clutter as it requires only one single word. ## [[BIOS Upgrade Downloads | BIOS versions, download page and name]] (this information helps supporting users2 KB (350 words) - 20:10, 24 February 2020
- ...e same to first launch a live CD version of Ubuntu. When the live CD boots up it asks for the installation of restricted nVidia drivers (internet connect ...halts while trying to initialize the X server, press CTRL-ALT-F1 to bring up the command line.17 KB (2,725 words) - 18:36, 13 January 2010
- Hardware keys for volume up/volume down/mute work by default, including on-screen display of volume. ...nfrared subsystem supports NSC Fast IR (FIR), which transmits at speeds of up to 4 Mbps.9 KB (1,320 words) - 22:30, 5 March 2008
- ...that is integrated in the docking station. In recent times Lenovo provides BIOS updates in form of bootable CD images. Unfortunately, in most cases these i ...les on the CD outside the virtual floppy image. For the former case, see [[BIOS update without optical disk]]. This page concerns with the later case.45 KB (7,622 words) - 19:32, 4 May 2017
- ...penGL works as well and provides better looking video but menus video ends up on top of menus etc. ...lt sound device is Microphone for some reason. You can see this by opening up the Volume Control window by right clicking on the taskbar volume applet an10 KB (1,605 words) - 13:20, 14 April 2008
- ...8 needs it in ''AHCI'' mode. If T61p is set to ''Compatibility'' mode in BIOS, install will likely hang or display giberish. ...ich I assigned to the global shortcut in the kmix configuration for volume up and down. Furthermore I added a link in the ~/.kde/Autostart folder to kmix4 KB (709 words) - 18:12, 12 March 2017
- switch SATA mode from AHCI to Compability mode in BIOS '''Setting up dual monitors via the command line'''22 KB (3,458 words) - 03:44, 28 January 2008
- ...during the installation to speed it up a little. To do that: Get into the BIOS. Select Config->Power->CDROM Speed->High. ...ing again (unload/reload of the driver does not work as the chip is locked up). This is a known problem [http://bugzilla.kernel.org/buglist.cgi?query_for12 KB (1,880 words) - 13:46, 3 March 2010
- ...giving up on storage capacity. Nowadays the biggest available CF sizes are up to 100 GB so you even gain more storage space compared to a classic 1.8" HD ...oot after 5-10 seconds or after pressing enter (assuming you have a recent BIOS installed). The beeps can be muted by using the hardware mute button before15 KB (2,452 words) - 05:05, 15 November 2014
- BIOS-provided physical RAM map: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f800 (usable)36 KB (4,929 words) - 12:17, 10 January 2009
- bios: BIOS26 KB (3,703 words) - 18:28, 5 August 2011
- ...time searching for the problem I came up with the following: Check in the BIOS that under Display, the display to boot is set to "Thinkpad LCD" (mine was2 KB (411 words) - 18:34, 10 May 2008
- ** TrackPad may work, but I can't stand them so I disabled in the BIOS. Once the installation was completed, a simple reboot brought up the lilo boot menu, and I chose my new Slackware installation.4 KB (599 words) - 09:19, 24 April 2009
- ...ms that the interval of the PowerMizer is way too long and is not speeding up when using in bursts. To workaround this problem, I made a couple of shell The second is named "powermizer-off" and starts up powermizer-loop when I log in, ensuring that only one copy runs at a time:13 KB (2,133 words) - 15:00, 21 July 2010
- ...pgraded to kernel 2.6.25.5. Mostly random notes, hopefully will be shaping up soon. ...T61, the Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_Extensions VESA BIOS Extensions] page lists incorrect modes. [http://www.phoronix.net/downloads/7 KB (807 words) - 17:22, 20 June 2010
- Back up everything you don't want to lose. Update the BIOS if you're comfortable with doing that. In BIOS turn on virtualisation options VT and VT-d (full virtualisation using the k12 KB (1,920 words) - 03:04, 17 August 2010
- |Fan control || partial || partial || automatic control seems to ramp up and never slow down; use thinkpad-acpi to change speeds with a scripted con ...he right-hand side. I do not know if this is expected or if it indicates a BIOS flaw.7 KB (1,118 words) - 16:42, 10 September 2009
- BIOS Information BIOS is upgradeable112 KB (9,555 words) - 01:48, 26 March 2020
- BIOS Information BIOS is upgradeable65 KB (6,944 words) - 01:36, 26 March 2020
- ...n't find the "\g2lbr.mbr" file, or that it might be corrupt. Before giving up I tried changing this path. This can be done by issuing: ...he system I installed the 2.6.26 package from a USB stick and ethernet was up and running. I'm still fighting with X and wifi, so I'll update this page l13 KB (2,004 words) - 17:39, 18 April 2009
- Wound up upgrading to the 8.10 beta b/c of wireless troubles. See below. ...ue for CPU temperature is 60 C. So even a cool but running centrino shows up red. 80 C seems a more plausible value. Max temp is apparently[http://use30 KB (4,536 words) - 05:59, 7 May 2009
- ...ms that the interval of the PowerMizer is way too long and is not speeding up when using in bursts. Fortunately, the situation seems to have improved in The second is named "powermizer-off" and starts up powermizer-loop when I log in, ensuring that only one copy runs at a time:20 KB (3,084 words) - 17:42, 5 August 2011
- ...needed to be raised to be used first. Using F1 at boot gives access to the BIOS. commands: up, down, mute11 KB (1,670 words) - 20:24, 10 January 2010
- Before you can start Ubuntu from CD or USB you have to change two BIOS settings: ...kage db, and you should see the 'package update' icon light up. Open that up, and apply the updates. Alternately, you can open it via System->Administr21 KB (3,218 words) - 14:04, 3 November 2016
- * Press power button on BIOS screen: should power off, but this problem leads it to power off and then r ...A proper machine remains powered off, whereas ones with this problem power up on their own once power is applied. However, some repair technicians do not2 KB (319 words) - 01:00, 22 January 2011
- * Download up to 7.2Mbps * Upload up to 2.0Mbps19 KB (3,127 words) - 16:41, 22 January 2021
- Before you can start Ubuntu from CD or USB you have to change two BIOS settings: ...ing top. And they were filling my /var/log/klog, syslog files. They were up to 28gigs each when I found them.4 KB (567 words) - 15:23, 2 March 2010
- Go into BIOS and change your display settings to: ...and Ubuntu is unable to determine which graphics card to use without these BIOS settings to point the way.9 KB (1,453 words) - 05:40, 16 January 2009
- ==BIOS Issues To Deal With Before Installation== *** Go into the BIOS on boot (F1) go into Config -> Display -> Graphics Device11 KB (1,729 words) - 03:53, 17 July 2010
- ==BIOS Issues== ...not support switching, you also have to expicically turn off switching in BIOS. Go to Config->Display->Graphics Device and '''DISABLE''' OS detection of s3 KB (559 words) - 16:25, 22 January 2009
- ...normal for a Thinkpad, to get VT/KVM working, you have to enable it in the BIOS and disable AMT. ...nging these settings. This does work. However, it is not correctly picking up unplug events once one has been triggered. For example, if it is send to bl3 KB (400 words) - 22:02, 22 May 2012
- Before you can start Ubuntu from CD or USB you have to change two BIOS settings: first back up your menu list14 KB (2,173 words) - 15:22, 2 March 2010
- ...or an external USB drive) you can burn the iso-image and proceed with the BIOS update. In case if you don't have any optical drive things get a little tri ...t> (e.g. <tt>geteltorito</tt> form '''genisoimage''' package messes things up). I found, however, a free open-source DOS utility '''isobar''' from [http:6 KB (953 words) - 19:35, 16 November 2016
- * Up to 7.2Mbps download, 5.76Mbps upload (HSPA/UMTS) * Up to 3.1Mbps download, 1.8Mbps upload (EV-DO)12 KB (1,730 words) - 16:42, 22 January 2021
- * Hibernate/Suspend (wake up leads to login-screen) -- fixed * No scrolling with the Trackpoint as long as Touchpad not disabled in BIOS1 KB (151 words) - 14:16, 7 November 2009
- About 20s including time spent in BIOS and POST. When using ext4 instead of ext3 it boots even a little bit faster To make the trackpoint central button + mouse up/down to work as the scroll whell, you need to add this content to /etc/hal/6 KB (918 words) - 14:59, 11 September 2009
- ...es that you first disable booting from the internal HDD in the BIOS (known BIOS limitation on this machine). After install is completed you can re-enable b On the up side, with KMS the maximum virtual display size is now 4096x4096 (max 2048x6 KB (855 words) - 10:56, 1 September 2009
- ...' If you have switchable graphics, make sure to toggle the setting in the BIOS to use either your Internal or Discrete card. See [[Switchable Graphics]] ...ou started with Slackware. I suggest [http://www.vcn.bc.ca/~dugan/setting-up-slackware.html Dugan's guide].10 KB (1,223 words) - 17:22, 20 June 2010
- * Enable Wake On LAN in the BIOS and try to wake up your T21 with Wake On Lan from a different machine.2 KB (348 words) - 21:24, 2 August 2009
- ...ere are the good old times it took you a couple of nights to get a new box up and running? ;) ==BIOS Upgrade==5 KB (793 words) - 12:16, 7 September 2010
- You should start by backing up Windows Vista on some recovery media (CD/DVD) if you want to restore it lat == BIOS modifications ==11 KB (1,831 words) - 14:25, 11 October 2009
- ...serve to turn off the unused graphics card which can offer power saving of up to 10 watts. ...php/Lenovo_ThinkPad_T400 Archwiki] for the best guide to setting this card up. I suggest studying the output of [WICD] log for determining the commands14 KB (1,767 words) - 17:23, 20 June 2010
- ...t, but it was too flaky. Installed OK the first time, but then I hosed it up trying to get DVDs to work. Reinstalled from scratch and had invisible ico *Volume up and down work. Mute works but only mutes the speakers, not the headphones.3 KB (449 words) - 00:22, 19 October 2009
- ...es that you first disable booting from the internal HDD in the BIOS (known BIOS limitation on this machine). After install is completed you can re-enable b | Fn-Home || brightness up || - || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || no default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a wor6 KB (828 words) - 16:47, 13 April 2010
- Before you can start Ubuntu from CD or USB you have to change two BIOS settings: ...history=0xFFFFFFFF have worked for me. Turning off CPU Power Management on BIOS works, but you can as well just add max_cstate to 2. At last I found this I18 KB (2,769 words) - 14:07, 11 May 2011
- ...does not work. It displays the brightness indicator, which can be adjusted up and down. But the actual screen brightness does not change. As a workaround ...t the ThinkPad splash screen). Aparently Lenovo is working on it and a new BIOS will be released by end of April 2010 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s3 KB (468 words) - 15:27, 13 April 2010
- ==Updateing the BIOS== I had to update the BIOS prior installing Linux as a stand alone operating system because only the w10 KB (1,468 words) - 18:04, 2 March 2010
- ...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 default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a wor9 KB (1,285 words) - 09:54, 12 October 2010
- ...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 default OSD. Install the tpb rpm as a wor10 KB (1,549 words) - 09:51, 12 October 2010
- ...ontrast to the Lenny one, which cries with kernel oopses), but can't bring up the network card. This was ok for me, YMMV. | {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || || no use for it, deactivated in BIOS, won't test3 KB (445 words) - 11:03, 2 May 2010
- |out of the box, modem must be enabled in BIOS |{{key|Fn}}{{key|Up}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|Down}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|Left}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|Right}}28 KB (4,307 words) - 17:30, 19 April 2011
- * Fn + Cursor left, up, down, right (Multimedia keys) with rhythmbox * suspend to ram (only with BIOS 1.25 and later, not with BIOS 1.09)2 KB (222 words) - 16:00, 14 August 2010
- {{WARN|Do NOT enable the Intel VT-d support in the BIOS. Doing so will cause syslog to be flooded with errors until the message log | {{key|Fn}}{{key|Home}} || brightness up || acpi video || {{Cyes|text=}} HAL || {{Cyes}} || includes on-screen displ10 KB (1,410 words) - 09:58, 26 October 2010
- * VT-d can now be enabled in the BIOS without syslog being flooded until the HDD is full | {{key|Fn}}{{key|Home}} || brightness up || acpi video || {{Cyes|text=}} HAL || {{Cyes}} || includes on-screen displ9 KB (1,299 words) - 22:57, 24 July 2011
- ...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 OSD9 KB (1,336 words) - 22:57, 24 July 2011
- ...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 OSD8 KB (1,205 words) - 11:14, 18 May 2011
- ThinkPad BIOS 6QET47WW (1.17 ), EC 6QHT29WW-1.10 {{cmdroot| echo up > /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness}}8 KB (1,072 words) - 00:57, 8 January 2011
- ...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 OSD8 KB (1,108 words) - 12:31, 7 December 2011
- The mute button and the volume up and volume down buttons work as well but you need to configure them first. Don't forget that the interface (wlan0) has to be set as up15 KB (2,227 words) - 18:38, 29 March 2013
- My model type was 5129-CTO with BIOS ver 1.23, Embedded Controller Version 1.11 and: Windows computes the available space for shrink. On mine I ended up with roughly 133GB available.10 KB (1,589 words) - 23:15, 11 January 2011
- ...major drawback is that the tp_smapi drivers do not work with this model's BIOS (AFAIK), so there will be ''no advanced battery charge control and accelero **Volume Up ({{key|F2}})5 KB (652 words) - 21:05, 18 January 2011
- ...ow a user to select either the integrated or discrete graphics chip in the BIOS and boot into Linux and have it work without any configuration. This scrip ...en the drivers, you simply select either 'Discrete' or 'Integrated' in the bios and then boot as normal. The fglrx and xorg drivers use different librarie5 KB (862 words) - 06:36, 26 February 2011
- * [[BIOS Upgrade]] <tt>(How to keep your BIOS up to date)</tt><br /> * [[Error Codes and Beep Codes | Error Codes & Beeps]] <tt>(BIOS numerical and beep error codes)</tt><br />5 KB (737 words) - 12:53, 6 April 2011
- ...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 OSD9 KB (1,345 words) - 12:38, 7 December 2011
- ...3D acceleration to draw 2D windows). You must set the graphics mode in the BIOS accordingly to discrete or integrated only. Do not leave it at the default Works great out of the box. Two devices show up, the intel one plays through the laptop speakers, and i presume the nvidia2 KB (386 words) - 07:44, 11 July 2011
- ...e PCIe ASPM power saving functions, which are getting disabled because the BIOS claims not to support it, but it does work and it makes a significant diffe | {{key|Fn}}{{key|Home}} || brightness up || acpi video || {{Cyes|text=}} HAL || {{Cyes}} || includes on-screen displ10 KB (1,383 words) - 09:03, 4 August 2011
- {{WARN| The mSATA Intel 310 Serices SSD requires UEFI BIOS 1.19 (proved with X220 4290-W4H)}} == BIOS update ==17 KB (2,445 words) - 12:39, 2 December 2013
- ...hot, humid day! For the most part all of the essentials to get the system up and running on the W520 was detected and put into play with little or no in ...t a later time. Make sure to specifically set your graphics option in the BIOS to discrete, otherwise Slackware/Linux will select integrated.13 KB (1,882 words) - 03:13, 22 July 2011
- | Volume up/down/mute buttons || Works out-of-box | FN-Up (Stop) || Untested5 KB (621 words) - 06:14, 19 August 2011
- ...e PCIe ASPM power saving functions, which are getting disabled because the BIOS claims not to support it, but it does work and it makes a significant diffe This error seems to be a BIOS ACPI bug that Lenovo has so far failed to fix. It does not cause any proble10 KB (1,424 words) - 09:15, 25 January 2012
- ...e PCIe ASPM power saving functions, which are getting disabled because the BIOS claims not to support it, but it does work and it makes a significant diffe | {{key|Fn}}{{key|Home}} || brightness up || acpi video || {{Cyes|text=}} yes || {{Cyes}} ||7 KB (969 words) - 12:41, 7 December 2011
- ...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 OSD9 KB (1,254 words) - 12:36, 7 December 2011
- == BIOS update == ...[http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS031728 the BIOS upgrade Lenovo provides]. The version linked is a ISO image that has to be5 KB (739 words) - 23:42, 22 May 2013
- ...extension/231/brightness-control/ Brightness Control] extension to control up to 16 levels of brightness. ...patible card as this system uses BIOS whitelisting. There isn't a modified BIOS available yet (as of Jan 15 2013).4 KB (580 words) - 15:23, 11 July 2013
- *BIOS version 3.23 ...ll install MATE instead. The install process is uneventful. You will end up with a bootable and usable system.5 KB (714 words) - 02:25, 12 February 2014
- ...ve the card, first make sure that your BIOS is set up to enable it. Enter BIOS settings by pressing {{key|F1}} immediately after turning the machine on. ...should see the NVidia splash screen as the proprietary video driver starts up.5 KB (834 words) - 15:59, 8 June 2013
- * UEFI BIOS Version 83ET76WW (1.46) ...table flash drive and turn on your T420. Quickly press F1 to get into the BIOS. Check to make sure that booting from a USB flash drive is enabled. Don't8 KB (1,151 words) - 10:26, 5 April 2015
- ...ontroller is a critical process and if something goes wrong, you could end up with a bricked laptop. ...|| F10 || Can be rebound to a combo if needed, but will never work in the BIOS14 KB (2,347 words) - 06:45, 20 May 2023
- ...inkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-yoga-type-20fq-20fr/downloads/ds111756 BIOS update] == BIOS ==9 KB (1,329 words) - 18:16, 22 February 2018
- ...who also archived the files. Many thanks.] We've also uploaded Middleton's BIOS to the Internet Archive, so they wouldn't get lost ever again.'' ...enough to install an IPS SXGA+ screen on a regular X61, 'middleton' has a BIOS mod that enables it.8 KB (1,197 words) - 20:16, 15 October 2020
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- ...acbook 2,1''' - [http://libreboot.org Libreboot] - Based on Coreboot, this BIOS (approved by the FSF) removes all proprietary blobs to create Free Libre Op * '''T61, R61, X61/X61s/X61T, X300''' - [[Middleton's BIOS]] - Enables SATA II, removes WLAN whitelist, thermal sensing error (Penryn14 KB (1,991 words) - 04:35, 29 May 2023
- ...inkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-yoga-type-20fq-20fr/downloads/ds111756 BIOS update] == BIOS ==9 KB (1,320 words) - 11:00, 21 November 2017
- == BIOS == In the BIOS (F1 to enter during boot), be sure to disable secure boot.7 KB (1,095 words) - 13:59, 27 April 2016
- == BIOS == In the BIOS (F1 to enter during boot), be sure to disable secure boot.7 KB (1,085 words) - 21:45, 27 October 2016
- == BIOS == In the BIOS (F1 to enter during boot), be sure to disable secure boot.9 KB (1,358 words) - 23:24, 15 January 2017
- ...like me, I will provide the full solution about the recovery of corrupted BIOS on Lenovo E555 / E455: 4. You need some solder skills to solder wires from your bios chip (or desolder it from mainboard) and connect it to the CH341a Programme3 KB (615 words) - 21:11, 15 November 2018
