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Talk:Rescue and Recovery

2008-05-11T02:49:02Z

Yemartin: /* Diagnostic tools only */

I'd like to note that my R50e shows all the signs of a Rescue and Recovery partition. I have a 4.28 GB Hidden fat32 partition labelled "IBM_SERVICE" according to QTParted. Installing LILO in the MBR also made the Predesktop Area unreachable (no response when pressing "Access IBM" during boot).
--[[User:Monobryn|Monobryn]] 17:11, 15 September 2006 (CEST)
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Relating to the FIXME: My T42 (2373) has programs called bmgr.exe and bmgr32.exe in C:\IBMTOOLS\utils . I haven't tried them out just yet. More info when I do, and if there's anything conclusive, I'll udpate the actual page.
--[[User:Daxelrod|Daxelrod]] 23:44, 23 July 2006 (CEST)
I've run BMGR, and while there are some interesting registry files near it, it's not at all clear how to use the program. --[[User:Whizkid|Whizkid]] 22:59, 18 December 2006 (CET)
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"It is not known how to invoke Rescue and Recovery once GRUB has been installed in the master boot record."

See ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/thinkvantage_en/tvtrnr3_1027en.txt, Consideration 6:
The Master Boot Record (MBR) must be configured properly for the
Rescue and Recovery application to function properly. When possible,
the Rescue and Recovery application attempts to ensure the proper
configuration of the MBR. This can only occur if the Rescue and
Recovery application is installed after other applications that
requires the MBR.

Apparently the R and R uses some very specific stuff in the MBR. Maybe Google will help you find some further info (has someone ever looked at the R and R enabled MBR in depth?)

[[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 13:43, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)
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Having special data in the MBR means less room for code, which may explain why the preinstalled MBR ignores the Active bit and (as far as I can tell) always boots the first partition. The latter means GRUB can't be installed in a partition boot sector either...

--[[User:Thinker|Thinker]] 14:06, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)
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Why not? If the RnR-MBR always boots the first partition, just go back to the classical recommended partition layout (from the times that LILO didn't support LBA) and create a tiny first partition (that you can i.e. use as /boot partition, which has certain advantages). Install grub into that partition.

[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 14:44, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)
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I saw posts about the R&R software (or at least some versions thereof) assuming that the Windows partition is the first one.

--[[User:Thinker|Thinker]] 14:52, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)
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Another hack you might try is to "rebrand" your first partition to some Windows type (I guess you should choose NTFS) without any other change to the fs! (So in reality it's still an ext3 fs or whatever.) If R and R is _non_ destructive (I wouldn't know!) it would be interesting to see how deeply it really checks the first partition. (It shouldn't check too deeply, as it should be able to "rescue" a messed up Windows partition, shouldn't it?)

But chances are this is a pointless hack ...

[[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 15:16, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)
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Is that true? That would mean you'd have to keep the Windows installation for the R&R system to work. In that case the only way to go would be installing grub4dos on that windows installation.

[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 14:56, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)
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Another idea/question. Shouldn't it be possible to copy an NT boot sector to a file via dd and chainload that file from GRUB? This way grub could go to the boot sector of the first partition and boot the NT boot sector that may then sit on a Linux filesystem, which in turn would boot the first partition.

[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 14:59, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)
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Could you please elaborate, Wyrfel? You lost me here ...

[[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 15:18, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)
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I think chaining GRUB from Windows will work (I don't know about grub4dos, but there's the trick of copying over the GRUB boot sector into a file and telling NTDETECT to load that.)

The trick with putting GRUB into the Windows boot sector and chaning into a copy of the original also sounds like it might work.

Alas, I can test neither, since I eliminated RNR from my disk after it stopped working even with the original MBR restored. No idea why. IBM sure didn't work very hard to make RNR 3.0 compatible with the standard partitioning and boot conventions...

--[[User:Thinker|Thinker]] 16:12, 9 Oct 2005 (CEST)

For my R50e the claim, that the active bit is ignored is not true. If I remove the active bit or put it to my Linux partitition I get something like missing operation system
--[[User:Samba|Samba]

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I mean the reverse approach of [[How_to_setup_boot_loaders#Using_the_NT_Boot_Loader_to_boot_Linux|this]].

Copy the NT boot sector into a file, place that file on a linux partition, boot into the file via grub. I don't know if this could at all work. First, grub might not be able to chainload a file, though i believe it is, second, the NT boot sector may not like to be a file. AFAIK, the NT boot sector knows the partition it is suppossed to find NTLDR on. So it wouldn't depend on being the first sector of the same partition.

[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 01:27, 10 Oct 2005 (CEST)
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== Success booting R&R from GRUB ==

The method mentioned on the article (changing the partition type to 0x0b) worked for me on my T42.

You can do that with GRUB:

parttype (hd0,1) 0x0b

You can add that to a GRUB menu entry that boots the recovery partition, which otherwise looks like this:

title IBM Rescue and Recovery
root (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

(Note that the Access IBM does not work during boot any more -- you have to explicitly choose the R&R partition from the GRUB menu. Good enough for me.)

I think that the recovery partition type is set to 0x12 to hide it from your Windows installation. The preinstalled MBR probably changes the partition type when you press Access IBM, and changes it back on next boot.

Grub for dos is the best solution: http://freshmeat.net/projects/grub4dos/

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More advice (which didn't work for me without the partition type fix):

* IBM Support: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46088
Accessing the Recovery Partition if Linux has been installed and the F11 button no longer works]

* [http://sharadware.com/2005/07/11/suse-linux-winxp-access-ibm-on-the-thinkpad-t43/ how to keep the AccessIBM functionality]:<br />
''Set the IBM Predesktop Area (in the BIOS) to â€œSecureâ€. Boot using the SUSE DVD. Shrink the Windows partition as required. Follow the instructions and go through the regular installation process. Create a primary partition for /boot (the other stuff can go into the extended partitions) and when the time comes to install GRUB (you do prefer GRUB to LILO, donâ€™t you?), make sure you install it into the boot sector of the boot partition. Set this partition as active. Leave the MBR alone.''

The issue and solutions need to be summarized and added to the main article.

--[[User:Thinker|Thinker]] 19:26, 9 Dec 2005 (CET)
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Tried to do just that. Please correct hings if i got something wrong. [[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 14:46, 31 January 2006 (CET)
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== R52 MBR for those who want to dissect it. ==

Hi there, I had the issue regarding the blue screen while trying to boot the IBM R&R partition, but the type-changing trick worked. I made a complete factory restore, and I was happy to discover that it fixed the MBR in such a way that the R&R PreDesktop area now works at all times. I've now made a backup of this MBR in case something ever happens (like accidentally putting a better boot loader in it ;-)). It looks quite different compared to a classic Windows XP made MBR, so it might be worth to take a look.

Anyway, for those interested, [http://student.ulb.ac.be/~mlindstr/ibm-r52.mbr the R52 MBR can be downloaded here].

[[User:81.240.31.97|81.240.31.97]] 10:21, 28 Oct 2005 (CEST)

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Thanks for the information. Question: "works at all times" here means:

a) when pressing the Access IBM / ThinkVantage / Whatever button

b) when booted by GRUB (chainloaded by NTLDR?)

c) ?

[[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 20:52, 28 Oct 2005 (CEST)

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Yeah sorry, I could have been more verbose on that part. Actually, what I meant was that pressing the "Access IBM" button launches the R&R area successfully, regardless of the partition being of type 0x12 or 0xb. I'm fairly sure that if anything is changed in the MBR, R&R will be broken once more. I guess some very specific stuff is initialized within the master boot code. I can't risk experimenting with it for now, as the laptop in question isn't mine to begin with.

Also, note that pressing the button doesn't give any other options, apparently. It just immediately boots the R&R partition. When the MBR was tampered with, pressing the button would give a boot menu, where one could choose to enter the BIOS menu, or boot another device. The only way to boot into R&R was to use a separate bootloader (in my case, a GRUB boot CD).

[[User:81.240.31.97|81.240.31.97]] 23:19, 28 Oct 2005 (CEST)

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It would be rather nice to dissect and discus that MBR. But I'm not sure whether we should encourage to do that on ThinkWiki. Any opinions (other than mere slogans such as: "We should have freedom to tinker!") on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Admins?

[[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 01:03, 30 Oct 2005 (CEST)

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Concerning the encouragement, it should in any case be clearly mentioned that tinkering can cause (serious) damage. For as far as legal issues go, R&R is a trademark, but APS is as well. Reverse engineering is a legal issue in some countries, but not in all. People who dig into this should be aware of their legal situation. That said, i think it's an interesting issue that might shed light into the MBR in general. If the final result gets provided here as a way of how to build a compatible GRUB MBR or something the like, i see no issues with the publication. I think, however, that discussing the fiddling (reverse engineering - if so) process here is not without concerns, because afaik this has legal issues in some countries.

[[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 02:03, 30 Oct 2005 (CET)

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I accidently killed my bootsector when I installed Linux, so this image comes in verry handy to restore the "Access IBM" button function. How can I write this image back onto my disk?

--[[User:84.63.23.253|84.63.23.253]] 22:58, 5 Dec 2005 (CET)

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Hello,
dealing with a new T43p (installing Ubuntu 5.10) and struggling with the AccessIBM "thing".<br>
There seems to be a way to backup the "special" IBM MBR, and that would give a lot
of peace of mind because one could restore that instead of reinstalling everything from the CDs.
How can that be done?
Just a plain dd on /dev/sda?

I have checked the [http://sharadware.com/2005/07/11/suse-linux-winxp-access-ibm-on-the-thinkpad-t43/ SUSE Linux, WinXP & Access IBM on the ThinkPad T43 thread on SharadWare],
whose bottom line seems to be: '''don't touch the MBR, put grub in a linux partition and make that the bootable partition'''.

However, if I do that it does not start with grub.
I have posted a longish note there [http://sharadware.com/2005/07/11/suse-linux-winxp-access-ibm-on-the-thinkpad-t43/#comment-210 my post].

One of the main outstanding questions to me is: ''does AccessIBM boot alright if/when called from GRUB if this latter is installed in the MBR?''<br>
If so, then I will be happy to go with a normal grub-in-MBR.

Does anybody know the answer?<br>
Thanks

--[[User:Fossatig|GF]] 00:08, 19 Dec 2005 (CET)

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FYI I have just come across this page on the IBM site:<br>
[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-54483 Recovery repair diskette], it seems to
make it possible to restore the MBR to the factory installed status, namely it states "''This package can also be used to reenable the F11 function as long as the service partition has not been removed from your hard drive.''"<br>

It could be the lifesaver for heavy-testing moments, because based on my readings more or less
the solution seemed to be to reinstall everything.

I have not tried this yet, and I hope I will not need to, but since the system (t43) is
new I could invest some time in this... I will keep you posted.

Only '''question'''... the instructions are for creating a floppy, but there is not floppy driver
in the T43. Will it be ok to create the floppy on any other windows box?

[[User:Fossatig|GF [t41, t43p]]] 01:04, 19 Dec 2005 (CET)

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I have tested the Recovery repair diskette on my T43, which was not booting the Rescue and Recovery partition anymore. I have successfully created and used the disk with an USB floppy drive. Everything works now again the same way it used to when the laptop was shipped.
The tool on that floppy will offer two different major options:

"1. Repair the current master boot record" and <br>
"2. Replace the current master boot record.".

The first option did not fix the problem with the Rescue and Recovery partition on my system. When selecting the second choice, there were three new "sub-options":

"A: Supports the newer IBM Rescue & Recovery ...", <br>
"B: Supports previous versions ..." and <br>
"C: Supports only the main operating system environment.".

For my system the choice A was successfull.

--[[User:217.146.157.238|217.146.157.238]] 10:30, 12 Jan 2006 (CET)

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Hmm... I just tested this on my T43. The starting point was that I hosed the original MBR by installing grub onto it. "repair the current master boot record" did repair the MBR, but the IBM rescue & recovery was still unaccessible from BIOS ({{ibmkey|Access IBM|#495988}}). However, replacing the MBR did the trick, so I can boot from grub into linux, winXP and IBM rescue and recovery. The {{ibmkey|Access IBM|#495988}} key works from BIOS.

== Diagnostic tools only ==

Anybody know how to run the hardware diagnostic tools only from the R&R backup CD's? I can boot off the R&R diagnostic CD, but in order to run diagnostic hardware tests, the cd asks to reboot the system, which will then repeat the process. I do not have the R&R partition on my hdd (backed up before putting Linux on the hdd.)
--[[User:gsmenden|gsmenden]] 10:50, 30 Jan 2006 (EST)

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Given how R&R launches the hardware diagnostics, it will not work when R&R is run from the CD. It may be possible, using some advance bootloader wizardry, to load the PC-Doctor image directly from the R&R CD, but, other than for extra geek points, it is unnecessary to go through the trouble of trying to figure it out, as Lenovo now provides a bootable PC-Doctor CD image
[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-56222.html].
--[[User:Yemartin|Yemartin]] 04:49, 11 May 2008 (CEST)

== Problems with Windows Partition ==
I have successfully managed to install Kanotix and keeping the "ACCESS IBM"-Key working at the beginning by following the instructions in the way that I installed GRUB in the LINUX-Partition, not in the MBR. However, I can not boot the Windows XP-Partition which I have downsized with Qt-Parted. When I start it I get a GRUB-Error 25, before Installing Linux I got something "invalid ...". From Linux the Partition is fully accessible, so I have 3 theories what is the problem:
- I have stopped the Thinkpad-System-Installation just at the point where it was going to convert the file system into NTFS (did not let it reboot at this point), so the problem may have something to do, that the convert utility tampered the file-system
- The partition shrinking did not work correctly, at least for Windows standards.
- Something wrong with my Grub-configuration, this is less likely since it also did not work, when Linux was not installed.
Another problem: After using Diagnostics, the setting of the active partition is changed in the partition table. So the next booting does not work, I have to manually reset it.
Any hints? Samba

BTW: Rescue and Recovery is also used with Thinkpad R50e

A recommendation: If you want to keep your Windows Partition and resize it, I can recommend [http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php|Gparted-Live CD]. The actual version even resizes, when the partition is fragmented. That is important because the defragmenter within Windows does not defragment correctly.

== Moving the R&R Partition ==
I just got a new hard drive and, since my recovery CDs had gone bad, I wasn't able to just do a reinstallation with the new hard drive (IBM/Microsoft only let you make one copy of the recovery CDs off the hard drive). So, I decided to preserve my current installation by dd'ing the old 40GB hard drive to the new 120GB one. Unfortunately, this led to a fragmented situation since, while I can move my Linux partitions no problem and ntfsresize can grow the NT partition, the rescue partition is smack in the middle of the drive at the 35GB mark. It wasn't enough to make a new recovery partition at the end and dd the current one over because the format of the DOS boot sector depends on the size of the partition and the geometry of the disk. I discovered however, that I could use GNU parted to cp the old R&R partition to the new one and GRUB could then boot it just fine, even though the partition number had changed from 2 to 4. I suspect that using parted's move command would work as well and probably work with the original MBR as well since that would preserve the partition number.
[[User:Cchiappa|Cchiappa]] 17:32, 20 November 2006 (CET)

== rescue and recovery issues ==

Hi,

Can I still use the standard "system recovery" windows feature on my Z60? I tried to, but I will always get a failure message and my system will stay as is after the recovery. The thing is that windows recovery makes a backup everytime I switch off the system, while RR requires a time-consuming manual backup.

I currently have "rescue and recovery" installed. Does this have anything to do with the problem?

== Problems recovering factory MBR ==

Hi,

I wanted to make a factory recovery for some time and tried to do it, but now, my windows partition isn't working, the R&R tried to do something with the MBR but it doesn't work because I have Grub on it and now, that I can't access windows, I lost too the bmgr.exe that recover the factory MBR.
I can't recover windows because of the MBR and can't fix the MBR because of the Windows, what should I do ??

== Can't Restore to New Drive? ==

My drive went south so I have a new drive and just want to restore the files under My Documents, not the whole drive. When I do that on the new computer, I see the Documents and Settings folder but when I try to click on it, it says permission denied or something. I didn't restore it to the main C drive because I realized it would clash with the documents and settings folder already there, I restored it to a secondary (D) drive. How can I restore/read these files? This is R&R 4.1 on Windows XP Pro.

== Recovering R&R partition from scratch :) ==

Hello everybody

last time i bought T42, earlier owner has removed R&R partition :(
anyway i still have sticker with winxp oem key, and genuine box winxp
i would like to get back my R&R partition
i can get another T42 (or R40 or T43 or something like that) with R&R partition,
is there any posibility to change oem key inside that partition ?
i know that's not a problem to copy it, but i would like to use my key

regards
stabilob

Rescue and Recovery

2008-05-10T02:03:08Z

Yemartin: /* MBR written by GRUB */

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<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
Rescue and Recovery version 3.0 consists of a bootable partition containing various system recovery tools, including full recovery of the preinstalled Windows XP partition. It can be activated by pressing the {{ibmkey|ThinkPad|#494949}}, {{ibmkey|Access IBM|#495988}} or {{ibmkey|ThinkVantage|#495988}} [[ThinkPad Button|Button]] during system boot. It contains a FAT filesystem (sometimes labeled "IBM_SERVICE", "SERVICEV001", etc.), and has partition type 0x12 ("Compaq diagnostics" in <tt>fdisk</tt>).

As opposed to a [[Hidden Protected Area]] Recovery partitions are ordinary partitions, accessible through the partition table. As they are ordinary partitions they are accessible by ordinary partitioning tools. They should be dealt with carefully.

Rescue and Recovery is a Windows-specific feature. If you intend to recover into Windows when you have an issue, it is important to follow the warnings here carefully. If you intend to run another operating system exclusively and never return to Windows, removing this partition is safe. If you remove it, you can still reinstall windows at a later time, provided you have created a Recovery set of discs (1CD + 1DVD or 5CDs required). Booting from the Recovery CD will restore the system to the factory state including the recovery partition.
</div>
|}

==Proper MBR==
{{WARN|Only tinker with the MBR and the Rescue and Recovery partition if you know what you're doing. Mistakes can leave the system unbootable and can make it very difficult to retrieve the data on the harddisk.}}

Consideration 6 of the Readme states:
<blockquote>"The Master Boot Record (MBR) must be configured properly for the Rescue and Recovery application to function properly. When possible, the Rescue and Recovery application attempts to ensure the proper configuration of the MBR. This can only occur if the Rescue and Recovery application is installed after other applications that requires the MBR."</blockquote>

Apparently, the MBR is not "configured properly" if LILO or GRUB have written it. The following is the case:
*The default bootloader seems to ignore the active bit and always boots the first partition instead
*The default bootloader contains code to catch a press of the appropriate button during bootup and launch the Rescue and Recovery application in that case
*Before launching the Rescue and Recovery application at system boot, the default bootloader changes the partition type of the Rescue and Recovery partiton to 0x0b, otherwise it changes it to 0x12 (to hide it from Windows)
*The Rescue and Recovery application assumes that the first partition contains Windows
*When booting from the Rescue and Recovery partition, it needs to have its type set (either by Thinkvantage or by GRUB) to 0x0b (FAT32) for the default bootloader to launch the Rescue and Recovery application.

Since neither LILO nor GRUB catch the press of the button (an undocumented mechanism anyway) it is not possible to launch the Rescue and Recovery application by pressing the appropriate button during system boot, once LILO or GRUB have altered the MBR for their boot procedure.

IBM provides a program to manage the Rescue and Recovery bootloader. It is located in {{path|C:\Program Files\IBM ThinkVantage\Common\BMGR}} or {{path|C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\BMGR}}. It can select the partition to boot, and also allows for rewriting the MBR if it was written by another bootloader. More information is needed about this program. Here is an example that restores the IBM MBR. It seems that it only extends the already installed MBR. Therefore you must have a valid Windows MBR installed if you want to boot into Windows. The GRUB MBR doesn't work here.

cd C:\Program Files\IBM ThinkVantage\Common\BMGR
bmgr32 /Fbootmgr.bin /v

Some more information about BMGR here, but it may be slightly out of date:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/SG247107.html (lookup BMGR32 in the Index)

Sometimes it is not enough to simply restore the IBM MBR if you want to boot into Windows. The Windows MBR might have been overwritten by another bootloader. In that case you should restore the Windows MBR using a Windows CD. More info can be found on http://www.novell.com/documentation/suse91/suselinux-adminguide/html/ch07s05.html

===MBR written by GRUB===
The MBR written by GRUB can be used to launch the Rescue and Recovery application. However, if you leave the type of the Rescue and Recovery partition to 0x12 (Compaq diagnostics), trying to boot this partition will result in an error message "c000021a, Fatal System Error". To avoid that, and to make sure the recovery partition is always of the right type, add a line to change the partition type to 0x0b (FAT32) to the Rescue and Recovery partition's entry in your {{path|/boot/grub/menu.lst}}. Also, as we will be hiding the Rescue and Recovery partition from Windows (see below), we need to <tt>unhide</tt> the partition here to make sure it will be visible and bootable. So, assuming your Rescue and Recovery partition is the second partition, the GRUB entry would look like this:

title IBM Rescue and Recovery
root (hd0,1)
'''parttype (hd0,1) 0x0b'''
'''unhide (hd0,1)'''
chainloader +1

{{NOTE|Some people reported this not working (in particular, on a {{Z61m}} 9450-3HG). Version 4.0 of Rescue and Recovery uses an NTFS partition, so a partition type of 0x07 (HPFS/NTFS) may be needed.
}}
{{Todo|verify this note}}

You will find that while the above lets you launch the Rescue and Recovery application, trying to run the Hardware Diagnostics tool will fail, as it needs a "properly configured" (original) MBR. What happens is that to run the hardware diagnostics, the R&R software temporarily changes the "properly configured" MBR to boot a PC-DOCTOR disk image found on the Rescue and Recovery partition, then asks you to reboot. So all we need to do to get the Hardware Diagnostics back is add another entry to {{path|/boot/grub/menu.lst}}, that will load the PC-DOCTOR disk image. The entry is similar to the <tt>IBM Rescue and Recovery</tt> one above, with a different <tt>chainloader</tt> line:

title Hardware Diagnostics
root (hd0,1)
parttype (hd0,1) 0x0b
unhide (hd0,1)
'''chainloader /bootsect.dos'''

Finally, as mentioned previously, the Rescue and Recovery partition should be hidden from Windows. This is to prevent any modifications being done to it, as they may damage the Rescue and Recovery software. So, assuming that Windows is on the first partition, the Windows GRUB entry would look like this:

title Windows
root (hd0,0)
'''hide (hd0,1)'''
chainloader +1

===GRUB in a partition's boot sector===
A way to have your Access IBM button still functional on bootup, is to create a separate {{path|/boot}} partition, install GRUB to that partition and make it active. This will leave the MBR untouched.
{{NOTE|If the above finding is true that the MBR ignores the active bit, that partition has to be the first one. In most recent Linux distributions it is not easy to create /boot as first partition and shrink the Windows partition. In that case the Windows bootloader can be used to boot Windows and Linux, also preserving the Rescue and Recovery functionality. See below.}}
*In the BIOS, set the IBM Predesktop Area to 'Secure'.
*Boot your Linux distribution's installation CD.
*Follow the instructions and go through the regular installation process.
*Create a '''primary partition''' for /boot (the other stuff can go into the extended partitions) and when the time comes to install GRUB, make sure you install it into the boot sector of the boot partition.
*Set this boot partition as active.

===Using the Windows Bootloader to Boot Linux===
The NTLDR Windows bootloader can be configured to boot Linux in addition to Windows. The master boot record (MBR) is unchanged, so the ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery system boot functionality is preserved. This clever procedure was [http://gawrysiak.org/corvus/?p=4 originally applied] to Ubuntu Dapper Drake, and is generalized here.

0. Added warning: with this method, you cannot hibernate windows and boot anything else. The windows boot loader jumps on resuming windows before asking anything (and you can already verify this right now, whatever your current configuration is).

1. Boot Windows and make product recovery disks. You will see this step repeated throught this wiki for good reason. The recovery disks can refresh your hard disk to its original factory state, getting you out of the trouble you might make in the next step.

2. Shrink the Windows NTFS partition to the size you like. You will need a bootable CD that is capable of resizing NTFS partitions. I have done this before with Knoppix, but this time I used Partition Magic (US$70).

Leave the Rescue and Recovery partition (~5GB) at the end of the disk. Other authors claim that it ''must not'' be moved. I did move it, and it works fine. Still, in retrospect I agree that the end of the disk is the best place for your Rescue and Recovery partition.

3. Reboot. Push the {{ibmkey|ThinkVantage|#495988}} button during system boot, and verify that Rescue and Recovery still runs. Reboot into Windows to verify that the partition resize was successful.

4. Begin your Linux installation. Linux will see the Windows NTFS partition as /dev/sda1, and the Rescue and Recovery FAT32 partition as /dev/sda2. When the Linux installer asks you about GRUB, do not install GRUB in the MBR. Instead, install GRUB in the /boot partition (most likely /dev/sda3).

5. After the Linux installation is finished, reboot with a bootable Linux live CD. The "rescue mode" of your Linux installation CD #1 should work fine for this. Usually you start the rescue mode with the command,

linux rescue

Start the network if you plan to use FTP in step 7.

6. After you get a shell prompt, become root if necessary, and then write the first sector of the /boot partition (probably /dev/sda3) to a file using the dd command:

sudo -i # If necessary
cd /mnt/sysimage/boot # Or wherever your live CD mounts the /boot partition
dd if=/dev/sda3 of=grub.img bs=512 count=1

The resulting grub.img file should be 512 bytes long.

7. Transfer the grub.img file somewhere where you can read it from Windows. You can use removable media like a USB flash drive, or even FTP.

8. Reboot into Windows. Copy the grub.img file to c:\grub.img.

9. Make a backup copy of the c:\boot.ini NTLDR control file. c:\boot.ini is read-only and hidden, so you will have to tell Windows to show hidden files, and turn off the read-only property on c:\boot.ini.

10. Edit c:\boot.ini. Append the line,

c:\grub.img="Linux GRUB Bootloader"

So that Linux will boot by default, you may also want to change the default OS to c:\grub.img, and reduce the timeout to 5 seconds or so. For reference, here is my c:\boot.ini file for Windows XP:

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=c:\grub.img
[operating systems]
c:\grub.img="Linux GRUB Bootloader"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetec

11. Reboot. Now the Windows boot menu should offer you a choice of "Linux GRUB Bootloader" or Windows XP. Choose "Linux GRUB Bootloader", and you will be taken to the GRUB boot menu, where you can select Linux, or even go back to the Windows boot menu.

12. When you need Rescue and Recovery, push the {{ibmkey|ThinkVantage|#495988}} button upon system boot. Since you have touched neither the MBR nor the Rescue and Recovery partition, Rescue and Recovery will work exactly the same as it did before you installed Linux.

==Newer versions of Rescue and Recovery==

Rescue and Recovery version 4 is installed on T61/R61.

The partition type is 0x27. By factory default, the R&R partition is the first partition on the disk. The filesystem used is NTFS. The preloaded Windows appear as the second partition, with the active bit set.

(_NOT_ on all T61s. Mine has version 4, but the R&R partition is the 2nd,
and its ID is 0x12. More work needed here....)

(The same here on R61 8919-CTO - R&R version 4 was second partition of type FAT32)

R&R version 4 bootloader seems to honor the active bit in the partition table. To install Linux while maintaining the R&R functionality is therefore rather straightforward:

* Shrink the second Windows partition – or remove it if not needed
* Add partitions for Linux (or other operating systems), one of them has to be a '''primary partition''' since the R&R bootloader cannot boot from an extended one
* Install GRUB on the boot sector of the newly added primary partition
* Remove the active bit from the Windows partition and activate the boot partition with GRUB

==Older versions of Rescue and Recovery==
Some Thinkpads (e.g., T23 and T30) do not come with a Recovery CD, but also do not support the [[Hidden Protected Area]]. These ThinkPads have an older version of Rescue and Recovery preloaded on the hard disk to implement the factory recovery function. Most of the comments above also apply to the older versions, with the following differences:
*The recovery partition type is 0x1c, hidden FAT32, LBA-mapped (or 0xc when unhidden).
*The boot manager program is in {{path|C:\IBMTOOLS\RECOVERY}} and only runs in a 16-bit DOS environment
{{Fixme|name of this boot manager needed}}
*The IBM Predesktop area runs atop of Windows 98 (command-line) instead of WinPE

==External links ==
* [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4Q2QAK IBM ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery].
* [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/thinkvantage_en/tvtrnr3_1027en.txt Rescue and Recovery Readme]
* [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-46088 Accessing the Recovery Partition if Linux has been installed and the F11 button no longer works]
* [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-54483 IBM Rescue and Recovery repair diskette]
* [http://www.bb242.de/2007/11/22/grub-bootable-auf-usb-stick/ How to reinstall grub from USB, if grub is corrupted after R&R update (German)]

==Models featuring this technology==
* ThinkPad {{T23}}, {{T30}} (R&R 2.0)
* ThinkPad {{T42}}
* ThinkPad {{T43}}, {{T43p}}
* ThinkPad {{T60}}, {{T60p}}
* ThinkPad {{R52}}
* ThinkPad {{R61}} (R&R version 4)
* ThinkPad {{Z60m}}
* Thinkpad {{Z61m}}

[[Category:Glossary]]

List of DMI IDs

2007-01-24T18:36:16Z

Yemartin: /* X series */

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|style="vertical-align:top" |
This page maintains a database of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_Management_Interface DMI] information which can be used to identify ThinkPad models. It is intended as an aid for driver development.
{{HELP|We need more information about older models, especially those released before 2004. Please [[#Adding_entries|add your model]] to the database.}}
{{NOTE|If your ThinkPad is not using the [[BIOS Upgrade Downloads|latest BIOS]], and you would be willing to [[BIOS Upgrade|upgrade your BIOS]], please add your ThinkPad to this table twice: '''before''' and '''after''' the BIOS upgrade. This information helps us a great deal, so your contribution would be very appreciated.}}
|}

==DMI ID database==

<div style="font-size: 80%">
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
|-
! Model
! <tt>system-<br />manufa<br />cturer</tt>
! <tt>system-<br />product-<br />name</tt>
! <tt>system-<br />version</tt>
! <tt>baseboard-<br />manufa<br />cturer</tt>
! <tt>baseboard-<br />product-<br />name</tt>
! <tt>baseboard-<br />version</tt>
! <tt>chassis-<br />manufa<br />cturer</tt>
! <tt>chassis-<br />version</tt>
! <tt>bios-<br />vendor</tt>
! <tt>bios-<br />version</tt>
! <tt>bios-<br />release-<br />date</tt>
! Embedded controller
! Notes
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
====Numbered series====
|-
| {{600E}} 2645-5AU
|| IBM || 26455AU || Not Available || IBM || 26455AU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || INET36WW || 11/20/1999
||
||
|-
| {{600X}} 2645-5FU
|| IBM || 26455FU || Not Available || IBM || 26455FU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || INET55WW || 11/30/1999
||
||
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |

====A series====
|-
| {{A21m}} 2628-FSG
|| IBM || 2628FSG || Not Available || IBM || 2628FSG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || KXET24WW (1.02b) || 12/19/2000
||
||
|-
| {{A21m}} 2628-FSG
|| IBM || 2628FSG || Not Available || IBM || 2628FSG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || KXET36WW (1.09 ) || 05/08/2003
||
||
|-
| {{A22p}} 2629-USG
|| IBM || 2629USG || Not Available || IBM || 2629USG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || KYET36WW (1.09a) || 10/17/2002
||
|| {{WARN|Outdated BIOS}}
|-
| {{A31}} 2652-PBU
|| IBM || 2652PBU || Not Available || IBM || 2652PBU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1NET15WW (1.09 ) || 04/06/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1NHT04WW-1.01 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{A31p}} 2653H6U
|| IBM || 2653H6U || Not Available || IBM || 2653H6U || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1GET31WW (1.03 ) || 07/23/2002
||
|| {{WARN|Missing EC string, extremely outdated BIOS}}{{HELP|We need a report to know if the latest BIOS fixes the missing EC string}}
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |

====G series====
|-
| {{G41}} 2881-75M
|| IBM || 288175M || ThinkPad G41 || IBM || 288175M || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1XET47WW (1.06 ) || 01/14/2005
||
||
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |
====R series====
|-
| {{R40}} 2681-5UU
|| IBM || 26815UU || Not Available || IBM || 26815UU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1OET57WW (1.23 ) || 03/23/2005
||
|| {{WARN|Outdated BIOS}}
|-
| {{R40}} 2681-HSG
|| IBM || 2681HSG || Not Available || IBM || 2681HSG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1OET61WW (1.27 ) || 06/29/2006
||
|| {{WARN|Outdated BIOS}}
|-
| {{R40}} 2722-B3G
|| IBM || 2722B3G || Not Available || IBM || 2722B3G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1PET62WW (1.30 ) || 09/29/2005
||
||
|-
| {{R40}} 2897-B4U
|| IBM || 2897B4U || Not Available || IBM || 2897B4U || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1PET52WW (1.20 ) || 03/03/2004
||
||
|-
| {{R40e}} 2684-L8G
|| IBM || 2897B4U || Not Available || IBM || 2897B4U || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1SET62WW (1.30 ) || 07/09/2004
||
|| {{WARN|Outdated BIOS}}
|-
| {{R50}} 1829-7QG
|| IBM || 0123456 || ThinkPad R50 || IBM || 0123456 || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDPWW (3.21 ) || 06/02/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
||
|-
|{{R50e}} 1834-JAG
|| IBM || 1834JAG || ThinkPad R50e || IBM || 1834JAG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1WET82WW (2.02 ) || 02/21/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0022, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1VHT28WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
|{{R50p}} 1832-2AG
|| IBM || 18322AG || ThinkPad R50p || IBM || 18322AG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETC2WW (3.03 ) || 04/07/2004
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT66WW-3.00a ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{R51}} 1829-DRG
|| IBM || 1829DRG || ThinkPad R51 || IBM || 1829DRG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETC2WW (3.03 ) || 04/07/2004
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT66WW-3.00a ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{R51}} 1829-9MG
|| IBM || 18299MG || ThinkPad R51 || IBM || 18299MG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDOWW (3.20 ) || 02/27/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{R51}} 1829-L7G
|| IBM || 1829L7G || ThinkPad R51 || IBM || 1829L7G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDNWW (3.19 ) || 10/13/2005
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT70WW-3.03 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{R51}} 1836-GEU
|| IBM || 1836GEU || ThinkPad R51 || IBM || 1836GEU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDLWW (3.17 ) || 07/27/2005 || <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 bytes. String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{R51}} 2883-ELU
|| IBM || 2883ELU || ThinkPad R51 || IBM || 2883ELU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1VET69WW (1.27 ) || 03/03/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1VHT28WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{R52}} 1846-AQG
|| IBM || 1846AQG || ThinkPad H || IBM || 1846AQG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 76ET58WW (1.18 ) || 07/19/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[76HT14WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki>
|| {{NOTE|Weird system version, this bug is known fixed in latest BIOS}}
|-
| {{R52}} 1846-AQG
|| IBM || 1846AQG || ThinkPad R52p || IBM || 1846AQG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 76ET68WW (1.28 ) || 11/15/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[76HT16WW-1.06 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{R52}} 1847-W62
|| IBM || 1847W62 || ThinkPad . || IBM || 1847W62 || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 76ET58WW (1.18 ) || 07/19/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[76HT14WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki>
|| {{NOTE|Weird system version, this bug is known fixed in latest BIOS}}
|-
| {{R52}} 1847-W62
|| IBM || 1847W62 || ThinkPad R52 || IBM || 1847W62 || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 76ET65WW (1.25 ) || 05/18/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[76HT16WW-1.06 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{R52}} 1858-6MM
|| IBM || 18586MM || ThinkPad R52 || IBM || 18586MM || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 70ET40WW (1.04 ) || 06/02/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[70HT26WW-1.03 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{R52}} 1858-6SM
|| IBM || 18586SM || ThinkPad R52 || IBM || 18586SM || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 70ET57WW (1.17 ) || 07/15/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[70HT26WW-1.03 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{R52}} 1846-4CG
|| IBM || 18464CG || ThinkPad R52 || IBM || 18464CG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 76ET65WW (1.25 ) || 05/18/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[76HT15WW-1.05 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{R52}} 1846-B5G
|| IBM || 1846B5G || ThinkPad H || IBM || 1846B5G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 76ET58WW (1.18 ) || 07/19/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[76HT14WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{R60e}} 0657-4TG
|| LENOVO || 06574TG || ThinkPad R60e || LENOVO || 06574TG || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7EET18WW (1.04 ) || 07/28/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7EHT13WW-1.05 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{R60}} 9456-6FG
|| LENOVO || 94566FG || ThinkPad R60 || LENOVO || 94566FG || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7CET50WW (1.05 ) || 07/28/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7CHT19WW-1.07 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{R60}} 9456-6FG
|| LENOVO || 94566FG || ThinkPad R60 || LENOVO || 94566FG || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7CETB7WW (2.07 ) || 11/13/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7CHT21WW-1.09 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |

====S series====
|-
| {{s30}} 2639-4WJ
|| IBM || 26394WJ || Not Available || IBM || 2609BS1 || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 18ET45WW (1.45) || 07/10/2001
|| <nowiki></nowiki>
||
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |

====T series====
|-
| {{T20}} 2647-UC2
|| IBM || 2647UC2 || Not Available || IBM || 2647UC2 || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || IYET45WW (1.08a) || 12/21/1999
||
|| {{WARN|Very outdated BIOS}}
|-
| {{T21}} 2647-8AU
|| IBM || 26478AU || Not Available || IBM || 26478AU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || KZET34WW (1.16 ) || 04/28/2004
||
||
|-
| {{T22}} 2647-4EG
|| IBM || 26474EG || Not Available || IBM || 26474EG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 16ET31WW (1.11 ) ||
03/20/2003
||
||
|-
| {{T22}} 2647-8EU
|| IBM || 26478EU || Not Available || IBM || 26478EU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 16ET32WW (1.12 ) || 04/27/2004
||
||
|-
| {{T23}} 2647-4NU
|| IBM || 26474NU || Not Available || IBM || 26474NU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1AET62WW (1.18 ) || 07/06/2004
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0024, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1AHT23WW-1.06a ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T23}} 2647-8MG
|| IBM || 26478MG || Not Available || IBM || 26478MG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1AET56WW (1.13 ) || 07/02/2002
||
|| {{NOTE|Missing EC string, this bug is known to be fixed in latest BIOS}}
|-
| {{T23}} 2647-8MG
|| IBM || 26478MG || Not Available || IBM || 26478MG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1AET62WW (1.18 ) || 07/06/2004
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0024, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1AHT23WW-1.06a]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T30}} 2366-85G
|| IBM || 236685G || Not Available || IBM || 236685G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1IET69WW (2.08 ) || 06/11/2004
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1IHT18WW-1.05 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T30}} 2366-GU1
|| IBM || 2366GU1 || Not Available || IBM || 2366GU1 || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1IET69WW (2.08 ) || 06/11/2004
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0024, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1IHT19WW-1.06 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T30}} 2366-JBU
|| IBM || 2366JBU || Not Available || IBM || 2366JBU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1IET71WW (2.10 ) || 06/16/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0024, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1IHT20WW-1.07 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T40}} 2378-D2U
|| IBM || 2378D2U || ThinkPad T40 || IBM || 2378D2U || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETC2WW (3.03 ) || 04/07/2004
||
|| {{NOTE|Missing EC string, this bug is known to be fixed in latest BIOS}}
|-
| {{T40p}} 2373-G1G
|| IBM || 2373G1G || ThinkPad T40p || IBM || 2373G1G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDPWW (3.21 ) || 06/02/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T41}} 2373-W63
|| IBM || 2373W63 || ThinkPad T41 || IBM || 2373W63 || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDPWW (3.21 ) || 06/02/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
|{{T41}} 2373-XNX
|| IBM || 2373XNX || ThinkPad T41 || IBM || 2373XNX || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDOWW (3.20 ) || 02/27/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T41}} 2373-2FG
|| IBM || 23732FG || ThinkPad T41 || IBM || 23732FG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RET84WW (2.11 ) || 10/30/2003
||
|| {{NOTE|Missing EC string, this bug is known to be fixed in latest BIOS}}
|-
| {{T41}} 2379-DJU
|| IBM || 2379DJU || ThinkPad T41 || IBM || 2379DJU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDPWW (3.21 ) || 06/02/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{T41p}} 2373-GHG
|| IBM || 2373GHG || ThinkPad T41p || IBM || 2373GHG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDIWW (3.14 ) || 01/20/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T41p}} 2373-GEG
|| IBM || 2373GEG || ThinkPad T41p || IBM || 2373GEG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDNWW (3.19 ) || 10/13/2005
|| <nowiki> Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T41p}} 2373-GJJ
|| IBM || 2373GJJ || ThinkPad T41p || IBM || 2373GJJ || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDOWW (3.20 ) || 02/27/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T42}} 2373-FWG
|| IBM || 2373FWG || ThinkPad T42 || IBM || 2373FWG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDHWW (3.13 ) || 10/29/2004
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T42}} 2373-M1G
|| IBM || 2373M1G || ThinkPad T42 || IBM || 2373M1G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDPWW (3.21 ) || 06/02/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T42}} 2374-WEH
|| IBM || 2374WEH || ThinkPad T42 || IBM || 2374WEH || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDPWW (3.21 ) || 06/02/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T42}} 2378-FVU
|| IBM || 2378FVU || ThinkPad T42 || IBM || 2378FVU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDPWW (3.21 ) || 06/02/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T42p}} 2373-KUU
|| IBM || 2373KUU || ThinkPad T42p || IBM || 2373KUU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDMWW (3.18 ) || 09/15/2005
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T42p}} 2373-GYG
|| IBM || 2373GYG || ThinkPad T42p || IBM || 2373GYG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDOWW (3.20 ) || 02/27/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T42p}} 2374-CP5
|| IBM || 2374CP5 || ThinkPad T42p || IBM || 2374CP5 || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDPWW (3.21 ) || 06/02/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T42p}} 2379-DYU
|| IBM || 2379DYU || ThinkPad T42p || IBM || 2379DYU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDPWW (3.21 ) || 06/02/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T42p}} 2372-Q2G
|| IBM || 2373Q2G || ThinkPad T42p || IBM || 2373Q2G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1RETDPWW (3.21 ) || 06/02/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1RHT71WW-3.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T43}} 1871-4AG
|| IBM || 18714AG || ThinkPad T43 || IBM || 18714AG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 70ET64WW (1.24 ) || 02/13/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[70HT27WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
||
|-
| {{T43}} 1871-F1G
|| IBM || 1871F1G || ThinkPad T43 || IBM || 1871F1G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 70ET61WW (1.21 ) || 11/01/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[70HT26WW-1.03 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T43}} 2686-DGU
|| IBM || 2686DGU || ThinkPad T43 || IBM || 2686DGU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1YET62WW (1.27 ) || 05/18/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1YHT29WW-1.06 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T43}} 2669-WE5
|| IBM || 2669WE5 || ThinkPad T43 || IBM || 2669WE5 || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1YET56WW (1.21 ) || 07/06/2005
|| <nowiki>String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1YHT26WW-1.03 ]-</nowiki>
|| {{NOTE|User reports this is really a 2669-CEU with 1GB RAM + BlueTooth, and not a 2669-WE5 (unverified if this makes sense)}}
|-
| {{T43p}} 2668-G2G
|| IBM || 2668G2G || ThinkPad T43p || IBM || 2668G2G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1YET47WW (1.08 ) || 06/09/2005
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1YHT26WW-1.03 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T43p}} 2687-D5U
|| IBM || 2687D5U || ThinkPad T43p || IBM || 2687D5U || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1YET59WW (1.24 ) || 11/07/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1YHT26WW-1.03 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T60}} 1952-W5R
|| LENOVO || 1952W5R || ThinkPad T60 || LENOVO || 1952W5R || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 79ET61WW (1.06 ) || 05/24/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[79HT45WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T60}} 2007-49G
|| LENOVO || 200749G || ThinkPad T60 || LENOVO || 200749G || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 79ET62WW (1.07 ) || 06/12/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[79HT45WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T60p}} 2007-83U
|| LENOVO || 200783U || ThinkPad T60p || LENOVO || 200783U || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 79ET60WW (1.05a) || 04/18/2006 || <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[79HT43WW-1.02 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T60p}} 2007-93G
|| LENOVO || 200793G || ThinkPad T60p || LENOVO || 200793G || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 79ET62WW (1.07 ) || 06/12/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[79HT45WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T60p}} 2007-93U
|| LENOVO || 200793U || ThinkPad T60p || LENOVO || 200793U || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 79ET66WW (1.10 ) || 08/02/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[79HT48WW-1.05b ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T60p}} 2007-93U
|| LENOVO || 200793U || ThinkPad T60p || LENOVO || 200793U || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 79ET67WW (1.11 ) || 08/29/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[79HT48WW-1.05b ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T60p}} 2007-93U
|| LENOVO || 200793U || ThinkPad T60p || LENOVO || 200793U || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 79ETC3WW (2.03 ) || 11/10/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[79HT50WW-1.07 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T60p}} 2613-ESU
|| LENOVO || 2613ESU || ThinkPad T60p || LENOVO || 2613ESU || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 79ET67WW (1.11 ) || 08/29/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[79HT48WW-1.05b ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{T60p}} 2623-DDU
|| LENOVO || 2623DDU || ThinkPad T60p || LENOVO || 2623DDU || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 79ETC3WW (2.03 ) || 11/10/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[79HT50WW-1.07 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |

====X series====
|-
| {{X20}} 266231G
|| IBM || 266231G || Not Available || IBM || 266231G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || IZET9DWW (2.25 ) || 04/17/2003
||
||
|-
| {{X23}} 2662EBG
|| IBM || 2662EBG || Not Available || IBM || 2662EBG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1DET70WW (1.32 ) || 06/10/2003
|| <nowiki></nowiki> ||
|-
| {{X24}} 2662-MPU
|| IBM || 62MPUFX || Not Available || IBM || 62MPUFX || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1DET67WW (1.29 ) || 12/18/2002
||
||
|-
| {{X30}} 2672-4HU
|| IBM || 26724HU || Not Available || IBM || 26724HU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1KET48WW (1.09 ) || 06/16/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1KHT18WW-1.06 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{X30}} 2672-PG3
|| IBM || 2672PG3 || Not Available || IBM || 2672PG3 || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1KET48WW (1.09 ) || 06/16/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1KHT18WW-1.06 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{X31}} 2672-JXU
|| IBM || 2672JXU || ThinkPad X31 || IBM || 2672JXU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1QET97WW (3.02 ) || 09/22/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1QHT23WW-1.08 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{X32}} 2884-A3U
|| IBM || 2884A3U || ThinkPad X32 || IBM || 2884A3U || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1QET94WW (3.00d) || 01/23/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1QHT22WW-1.07b ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{X40}} 2386-H4G
|| IBM || 2386H4G || ThinkPad X40 || IBM || 2386H4G || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 1UET92WW (1.42 ) || 09/16/2004
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0024, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[1UHT82WW-1.32 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{X41}} 2525-HU1
|| IBM || 2525HU1 || ThinkPad X41 || IBM || 2525HU1 || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 74ET48WW (1.17a) || 06/07/2005
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0025, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[74HT25WW-1.00 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{X60}} 1709-47U
|| LENOVO || 170947U || ThinkPad X60 || LENOVO || 170947U || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7BET44WW (1.04 ) || 03/13/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7BHT29WW-1.02 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{X60}} 1709-GDJ
|| LENOVO || 1709GDJ || ThinkPad X60 || LENOVO || 1709GDJ || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7BETC2WW (2.03 ) || 10/16/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7BHT36WW-1.09 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{X60s}} 1702-55G
|| LENOVO || 170255G || ThinkPad X60s || LENOVO || 170255G || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7BET44WW (1.04 ) || 03/13/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7BHT29WW-1.02 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{X60s}} 1702-5FG
|| LENOVO || 17025FG || ThinkPad X60s || LENOVO || 17025FG || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7BET49WW (1.09 ) || 07/27/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7BHT34WW-1.07 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{X60s}} 1704-56G
|| LENOVO || 170456G || ThinkPad X60s || LENOVO || 170456G || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7BET43WW (1.03 ) || 02/13/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7BHT28WW-1.01 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
! colspan=14 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" |

====Z series====
|-
| {{Z60t}} 2511-FEU
|| IBM || 2511FEU || ThinkPad Z60t || IBM || 2511FEU || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 77ET42WW (1.05 ) || 11/19/2005
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[77HT28WW-1.02 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{Z60m}} 2529-FKG
|| IBM || 2529FKG || ThinkPad Z60m || IBM || 2529FKG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 77ET42WW (1.05 ) || 11/19/2005
|| String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[77HT28WW-1.02 ]-
||
|-
| {{Z60m}} 2529-ETG
|| IBM || 2529ETG || ThinkPad Z60m || IBM || 2529ETG || Not Available || IBM || Not Available || IBM || 77ET59WW (1.19 ) || 04/24/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0029, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[77HT54WW-1.14 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{Z61m}} 9453-A11
|| LENOVO || 9453A11 || ThinkPad Z61m || LENOVO || 9453A11 || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7FET48WW (1.08 ) || 05/26/2006
|| <nowiki> String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7FHT21WW-1.03 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{Z61m}} 9543-A11
|| LENOVO || 9453A11 || ThinkPad Z61m || LENOVO || 9453A11 || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7FET53WW (1.13 ) || 07/27/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7FHT23WW-1.05 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{Z61m}} 9543-A11
|| LENOVO || 9453A11 || ThinkPad Z61m || LENOVO || 9453A11 || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7FET93WW (2.11 ) || 11/10/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7FHT26WW-1.08 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{Z61p}} 9453-A12
|| LENOVO || 9453A12 || ThinkPad Z61p || LENOVO || 9453A12 || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7FET45WW (1.05 ) || 04/20/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 bytes String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7FHT19WW-1.01 ]-</nowiki>
||
|-
| {{Z61p}} 9450-3AU
|| LENOVO || 94503AU || ThinkPad Z61p || LENOVO || 94503AU || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7FET53WW (1.13 ) || 07/27/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7FHT23WW-1.05 ]-</nowiki> ||
|-
| {{Z61t}} 9440-2CU
|| LENOVO || 94402CU || ThinkPad Z61t || LENOVO || 94402CU || Not Available || LENOVO || Not Available || LENOVO || 7FET50WW (1.10 ) || 06/20/2006
|| <nowiki>Handle 0x0026, DMI type 11, 5 byte String 1: IBM ThinkPad Embedded Controller -[7FHT22WW-1.04 ]-</nowiki> ||
|}
</div>

==Adding entries==

Click the "Edit" link on the appropriate series above and add an entry of the following form:
:<tt>!-</tt>
:<tt>| </tt><i>description of your model</i>
:<i>data line 1</i>
:<i>data line 2</i>

where the two data lines are genereated by the following <tt>bash</tt> command:

<pre>
for X in system-{manufacturer,product-name,version} \
baseboard-{manufacturer,product-name,version} \
chassis-{manufacturer,version} bios-{vendor,version,release-date}; do \
echo -n "|| `sudo /usr/sbin/dmidecode -s $X` "; done; \
sudo /usr/sbin/dmidecode | perl -0777 -ne \
'm/\n(.*).\n.*\n(.*Embedded Cont.*)\n/i; print "\n|| <nowiki><</nowiki>nowiki>$1$2</nowiki> ||\n"'
</pre>

While at it, you may also want to test [[tp_smapi]] and update its [[tp_smapi#Model-specific_status|model-specific status table]].

==Software using ThinkPad DMI IDs==
* [[HDAPS]] driver whitelist
* [[tp_smapi]] driver whitelist
* [[ibm-acpi]] driver quirk list (in unofficial patches)

ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter

2007-01-24T16:41:44Z

Yemartin: /* ThinkPads this card may be found in */

__NOTOC__
{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right">
=== ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter ===
This is a WiFi Adapter that is installed in a Mini-PCI Express slot

=== Features ===
* Chipset: Atheros AR5008
* Integrated Mac Processor and Radio Chip: Atheros, unknown model
* IEEE Standards: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (draft)
* PCI ID: 168c:0024
</div>
|style="vertical-align:top" |
 
|}

=== IBM Partnumbers ===
Unknown

=== Linux WiFi driver ===
There's no support by [[Madwifi]] yet (as of Jan 25, 2007). This card is tracked by [http://madwifi.org/ticket/1001 madwifi ticket #1001].

In the meantime, get the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-66449 Windows driver] from Lenovo's support site and use a recent version of [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93482&package_id=99148 ndiswrapper (>= 1.29)]. I've compiled a [[How_to_install_ndiswrapper_for_the_ThinkPad_11a/b/g/n_Wireless_LAN_Mini_Express_Adapter | Howto]] for this card.

=== Hardware switch ===

Some ThinkPads have a hardware switch that must be in the '''on''' position for the radio to work, regardless of driver state:

[[Image:Wireless-switch.png|(ThinkPad R60 radio switch in the ON position)]]

=== ThinkPads this card may be found in ===
* R60, R60e
* T60, T60p
* X60, X60s, X60 Tablet
* Z61e, Z61m, Z61p, Z61t

=== Related Links ===
* [http://www.madwifi.org MadWifi project page]
* [http://madwifi.org/ticket/1001 MadWifi ticket #1001]
* [http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ ndiswrapper at SourceForge]
* [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-66449 Windows driver at Lenovo]

[[Category:Components]]

ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter

2007-01-24T16:39:55Z

Yemartin: /* Linux WiFi driver */

__NOTOC__
{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right">
=== ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter ===
This is a WiFi Adapter that is installed in a Mini-PCI Express slot

=== Features ===
* Chipset: Atheros AR5008
* Integrated Mac Processor and Radio Chip: Atheros, unknown model
* IEEE Standards: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (draft)
* PCI ID: 168c:0024
</div>
|style="vertical-align:top" |
 
|}

=== IBM Partnumbers ===
Unknown

=== Linux WiFi driver ===
There's no support by [[Madwifi]] yet (as of Jan 25, 2007). This card is tracked by [http://madwifi.org/ticket/1001 madwifi ticket #1001].

In the meantime, get the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-66449 Windows driver] from Lenovo's support site and use a recent version of [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93482&package_id=99148 ndiswrapper (>= 1.29)]. I've compiled a [[How_to_install_ndiswrapper_for_the_ThinkPad_11a/b/g/n_Wireless_LAN_Mini_Express_Adapter | Howto]] for this card.

=== Hardware switch ===

Some ThinkPads have a hardware switch that must be in the '''on''' position for the radio to work, regardless of driver state:

[[Image:Wireless-switch.png|(ThinkPad R60 radio switch in the ON position)]]

=== ThinkPads this card may be found in ===
* T60 Series
* Z61 Series
* X60 Series
* maybe others too, please post

=== Related Links ===
* [http://www.madwifi.org MadWifi project page]
* [http://madwifi.org/ticket/1001 MadWifi ticket #1001]
* [http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ ndiswrapper at SourceForge]
* [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-66449 Windows driver at Lenovo]

[[Category:Components]]

ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter

2007-01-24T16:39:39Z

Yemartin: /* Related Links */

__NOTOC__
{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right">
=== ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter ===
This is a WiFi Adapter that is installed in a Mini-PCI Express slot

=== Features ===
* Chipset: Atheros AR5008
* Integrated Mac Processor and Radio Chip: Atheros, unknown model
* IEEE Standards: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (draft)
* PCI ID: 168c:0024
</div>
|style="vertical-align:top" |
 
|}

=== IBM Partnumbers ===
Unknown

=== Linux WiFi driver ===
There's no support by [[Madwifi]] yet (as of Jan 25, 2007). This card is tracked by [http://madwifi.org/ticket/1001 madwifi ticket #1001].

In the meantime, get the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-66449 windows driver] from Lenovo's support site and use a recent version of [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93482&package_id=99148 ndiswrapper (>= 1.29)]. I've compiled a [[How_to_install_ndiswrapper_for_the_ThinkPad_11a/b/g/n_Wireless_LAN_Mini_Express_Adapter | Howto]] for this card.

=== Hardware switch ===

Some ThinkPads have a hardware switch that must be in the '''on''' position for the radio to work, regardless of driver state:

[[Image:Wireless-switch.png|(ThinkPad R60 radio switch in the ON position)]]

=== ThinkPads this card may be found in ===
* T60 Series
* Z61 Series
* X60 Series
* maybe others too, please post

=== Related Links ===
* [http://www.madwifi.org MadWifi project page]
* [http://madwifi.org/ticket/1001 MadWifi ticket #1001]
* [http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ ndiswrapper at SourceForge]
* [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-66449 Windows driver at Lenovo]

[[Category:Components]]

ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter

2007-01-24T16:38:44Z

Yemartin: /* Linux WiFi driver */

__NOTOC__
{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right">
=== ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter ===
This is a WiFi Adapter that is installed in a Mini-PCI Express slot

=== Features ===
* Chipset: Atheros AR5008
* Integrated Mac Processor and Radio Chip: Atheros, unknown model
* IEEE Standards: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (draft)
* PCI ID: 168c:0024
</div>
|style="vertical-align:top" |
 
|}

=== IBM Partnumbers ===
Unknown

=== Linux WiFi driver ===
There's no support by [[Madwifi]] yet (as of Jan 25, 2007). This card is tracked by [http://madwifi.org/ticket/1001 madwifi ticket #1001].

In the meantime, get the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-66449 windows driver] from Lenovo's support site and use a recent version of [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93482&package_id=99148 ndiswrapper (>= 1.29)]. I've compiled a [[How_to_install_ndiswrapper_for_the_ThinkPad_11a/b/g/n_Wireless_LAN_Mini_Express_Adapter | Howto]] for this card.

=== Hardware switch ===

Some ThinkPads have a hardware switch that must be in the '''on''' position for the radio to work, regardless of driver state:

[[Image:Wireless-switch.png|(ThinkPad R60 radio switch in the ON position)]]

=== ThinkPads this card may be found in ===
* T60 Series
* Z61 Series
* X60 Series
* maybe others too, please post

=== Related Links ===
* [http://www.madwifi.org MadWifi project page]
* [http://madwifi.org/ticket/1001 MadWifi ticket #1001]
* [http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ ndiswrapper at SourceForge]

[[Category:Components]]

ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter

2007-01-24T15:02:05Z

Yemartin: /* ThinkPads this card may be found in */

__NOTOC__
{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right">
=== ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter ===
This is a WiFi Adapter that is installed in a Mini-PCI Express slot

=== Features ===
* Chipset: Atheros AR5008
* Integrated Mac Processor and Radio Chip: Atheros, unknown model
* IEEE Standards: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (draft)
* PCI ID: 168c:0024
</div>
|style="vertical-align:top" |
 
|}

=== IBM Partnumbers ===
Unknown

=== Linux WiFi driver ===
There's no support by [[Madwifi]] yet (as of Dec 06, 2006). This card is tracked by [http://madwifi.org/ticket/1001 madwifi ticket #1001].

In the meantime, get the windows driver from Lenovo's support site and use a recent version of ndiswrapper. I've compiled a [[How_to_install_ndiswrapper_for_the_ThinkPad_11a/b/g/n_Wireless_LAN_Mini_Express_Adapter | Howto]] for this card.

=== Hardware switch ===

Some ThinkPads have a hardware switch that must be in the '''on''' position for the radio to work, regardless of driver state:

[[Image:Wireless-switch.png|(ThinkPad R60 radio switch in the ON position)]]

=== ThinkPads this card may be found in ===
* T60 Series
* Z61 Series
* X60 Series
* maybe others too, please post

=== Related Links ===
* [http://www.madwifi.org MadWifi project page]
* [http://madwifi.org/ticket/1001 MadWifi ticket #1001]
* [http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ ndiswrapper at SourceForge]

[[Category:Components]]