I made the disk from the 1.69 download and booted from it. I pressed ESC when the logo appeared, but when I select to update the serial number (option 1). I get the message that the “EEPROM is locked”. Any suggestions would be helpful. Would a newer version make any difference with this? Thank you ...

Thanks Ray

I will do nothing - just insert the old drive in the new R40 and see what happens, fingers crossed.

The sort of problem that I was referring to can be found here http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... ilit=ghost

Best regards

OK ..... that’s great news. All this is in preparation of the new (second-Hand) R40 arriving. I assumed that since people had such trouble with disk cloning when the drive wasn’t formatted in the destination PC (disk would not boot) and I would therefore have the same issues. I guess I will try just...

Just swap the motherboard and move the HDD over. The serial number/model number/etc. information doesn't matter. It could be gibberish or blank, or correct... it only matters if you use Thinkvantage System Update. Thanks Virge But I want to use two R40's with a single hard drive (move the hard driv...

I'm not going to explain this a third time :evil: Thank you RealBlackStuff for your posts. You say that you are not going to explain this a third time ..... my personal feeling is that you haven’t fully stopped to consider my questions. Admittedly you have kindly repeated your answer but that doesn...

OK to close the logic gap between us ..... let me attack the problem this way. Lets change the game and say I wanted to simply upgrade the hard disk on a working R40. I wanted to fit a larger hard disk and "Ghost" the contents of my original (small) hard disk to the new (large) hard disk. It is well...

Thanks RealBlackStuff for your reply ..... I think I understand. I believe what you are saying is; if I wish to use my single hard disk in two R40’s then copy my type, model and serial number from my old R40 into the new R40, but don’t then expect to be able to use the IBM / Lenovo system update. Ob...

Hi The background is: I have an IBM R40 that has been having some intermittent video problems (hardware fault). Original thoughts: A new motherboard looks like the sensible route, but would cost about the same as another second hand R40. If I buy as second R40 I get a complete set of “spares”. Consi...

gooberpea33's question continued at http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=65155

As mentioned earlier in the thread, there is no need for a reverse-1802 program. In your laptop BIOS, just check that all passwords have been DISabled. If not, do so now. You can reset the BIOS to it's default settings , which 'wipes' the 1802-bit. All SOUNDS painless ..... But I bought my PC secon...

data &= 0x7F; is the "inverse" of data |= 0x80; Hi Zender ..... Ender Thanks for chipping in ........ I must say that when it comes to BIOS modification "I take my cap off to you" - your information has been 110% accurate and helpful. My problem has been that my relative lack of background informat...

Any update aaa ? It's a small change to no1802.c, what was: data |= 0x80; was changed to: data = 0x0; 0 was what the utility first printed out as the original value, for my T40 anyways. No idea if using 0 will work (safely?) with other models. Thanks for that aaa Do you have a version of no-1802.ex...

I attempted this with my R52, but found none of the listed ID's in my bios. If anyone has info on how to mod the R52 Bios, your help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks! Hi gooberpea33 ..... after a quick search I found this link http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR...

I have an R52 laptop and I need to put a new wireless card in. I'm ready to fix the bios, but I can't find any info for this model, and the hardware IDS for the other models don't show up. Please Help! Thanks! Hi gooberpea33 I am a little confused by your posting ..... You say you need to put a new...

OK, I did not change anything (WLAN card), but once or twice it happened that i could not manage my radio power status, solution is taken from this forum (forgot who and where gave it), the only one that worked for me..... I do not use Access Connections. Here are the steps: 1. Uninstall the wirele...

The N0-1802 utility is great, but has anybody written a program that will reverse its bit setting effects? I've edited the code to do that. The utility prints out the original value that was in there to begin with, then it does it's changes. On my T40, the original value was simply 0 instead of 0x8...

This link may help: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_w ... et_devices

Regarding the LED issue: GIGABYTE have sent me a PDF that shows the WI01HT pinouts .... Pin 11 = LED1-GRNP Output, Wlan_Act LED (Active high) Pin 13 = RF_DISABLE Input Connect to GND (drive low) to disable RF, open (drive high) to enable RF. According to http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_un...

FnF5 update. Since my first post above, I have purchased a Gigabyte W101HT miniPCI card from OxfordTec for £24.50 inc everything (P&P, VAT etc) http://www.oxfordtec.com/uk/MiniPCI-Wireless-Cards/c36/p171/GIGABYTE-WI01HT-Wireless-miniPCI-card---Atheros-AR5006X-Super-AG/product_info.html . The card ha...

JACB ~ You are to be congratulated. Now, I could think of a couple of other ThinkPad models that could use the same treatment...when you have time to spare... :D Thanks ajkula66 Regarding the other ThinkPad's .... I think I will pass at the moment - I am still working on the other white lists at th...

Terrahawk wrote:Thanks go to jacb for an awesome write-up on how to do this!

Thanks Terrahawk for the kind words.

How did you get on with the LED and FnF5 issues?

Have a look at http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... highlight= for more information ..... any help gratefully accepted..

danage wrote:No need for that. Just reset BIOS settings in Setup.

Are we talking about the same thing here? ..... What BIOS setting are you talking about that resets the bits that the N0-1802 program changes?

The N0-1802 utility is great, but has anybody written a program that will reverse its bit setting effects? I've edited the code to do that. The utility prints out the original value that was in there to begin with, then it does it's changes. On my T40, the original value was simply 0 instead of 0x8...

. Having successfully added my Mini Pci’s information to my R40’s BIOS ( http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=65155 ) my attention has turned to FnF5 and how to fully activate it. At the moment the card is not seen in the Wireless Radio list that FnF5 produces. Ender kindly gave me the followi...

I have just modified my BIOS and added a new Mini Pci WiFi card to my PC's Bios ..... This is what I did and it works. There may be many more options but I hope this helps those with the same PC that I have. How to insert a new Mini PCI card in the “White list” of the IBM R40 Thinkpad 2682-K2G - BIO...

The N0-1802 utility is great, but has anybody written a program that will reverse its bit setting effects? Of course one could simply remove the AC power and main battery, then remove the CMOS battery, but that could engage the security features of your PC and could lock you out. If you bought your ...