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Date:      Tue, 3 Jul 2012 18:23:18 +0700
From:      Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>
To:        Natacha =?iso-8859-1?q?Port=E9?= <natbsd@instinctive.eu>
Cc:        freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How can I help with thinkpad x220 issues?
Message-ID:  <201207031823.18456.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120703080050.GC39287@sigil.instinctive.eu>
References:  <20120523151357.GC97037@sigil.instinctive.eu> <4FF258DE.1040904@gmail.com> <20120703080050.GC39287@sigil.instinctive.eu>

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Hi,

On Tuesday, July 03, 2012 03:00:50 PM Natacha Port=E9 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=20
> > things to work, I had the latest bios on my x220...never had problems=20
> > with the power button.
>=20
> 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).
>=20
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.
>=20
I never bother to update my BIOS since and update some 20 years ago was not=
 very successful.

> 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.
>=20
I also think that this is the easier way free of any risks.

Erich



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