Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 00:08:11 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, Natacha =?iso-8859-1?q?Port=E9?= <natbsd@instinctive.eu> Subject: Re: How can I help with thinkpad x220 issues? Message-ID: <20120703235147.N46641@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <201207031823.18456.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> References: <20120523151357.GC97037@sigil.instinctive.eu> <4FF258DE.1040904@gmail.com> <20120703080050.GC39287@sigil.instinctive.eu> <201207031823.18456.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-1265865594-1341324491=:46641 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT 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. > > 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. cheers, Ian --0-1265865594-1341324491=:46641--
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