Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 21:50:12 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, Natacha =?iso-8859-15?q?Port=E9?= <natbsd@instinctive.eu> Subject: Re: How can I help with thinkpad x220 issues? Message-ID: <201207032150.12642.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <20120703235147.N46641@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <20120523151357.GC97037@sigil.instinctive.eu> <201207031823.18456.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> <20120703235147.N46641@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
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Hi, On Tuesday, July 03, 2012 09:08:11 PM Ian Smith wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 18:23:18 +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > On Tuesday, July 03, 2012 03:00:50 PM Natacha Porté wrote: > > > on Monday 02 July 2012 at 19:28, matt wrote: > > > > It's also possible you are running an old bios? Trying to get a few > > > > things to work, I had the latest bios on my x220...never had problems > > > > with the power button. > > > > > > So the UEFI BIOS claims to have version 8DET58WW (1.28), dated as > > > 2012-02-14, while EC versions claims to be 8DHT29WW (1.13). > > > > > ok, my BIOS is 1.26 and dated something end of last year. > > > > > According to leveno website, that's two releases behind. I will try to > > > update it, despite my uneasiness caused by previous bad experiences. > > > Still I'm not exactly sure how to perform it, since I inadvertently > > > destroyed the Windows pre-installation, and I have no optical drive. > > Can you borrow an external CD, Natacha? Someone should have one .. > > > I never bother to update my BIOS since and update some 20 years ago > > was not very successful. > > I don't think that's such good advice, though I appreciate the fear of > doing it wrong. Updating the BIOS and EC on my T23 required Windows or > DOS; it had win2k installed so I went with that, but was led to believe > that a FreeDOS bootdisk would do the job. Later models (T43 and such) > also had a bootable CD image available, that could most likely be made > to work from a bootable memory stick, though I haven't tried that. it is more the 'never break a running system' approach. > > > > Though I will probably try with CURRENT instead of STABLE before trying > > > BIOS update, since it's much easier to perform and I only need time to > > > get at it. > > > > > I also think that this is the easier way free of any risks. > > Well you could check BIOS/EC upgrade notes to try seeing if any of the > issues fixed may be relevant, but there have been many issues and PRs > fixed by nothing but a firmware upgrade, so I wouldn't skip that. > Lenovo does promise much at their site. As I have the older BIOS, either the newer one caused problems for Natasha or the problems are linked to FreeBSD 9. Erich
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