Help Bios

[Emilio]

Hi all,
my name is Emilio and I want to thanks all for this forum. I have a big problem with my Ibm T43; I wanted fhas modded Bios for the problem 2010 of Hard Disk. But after flah the modded Bios, the pc does not run, only black screen. Please hel me.
Thanks in advance and best regards.

[ajkula66]

Welcome to the forum!

I wish that we were meeting you under better circumstances.

What's your location? There's pretty much nothing you can do by yourself, but if we know where you are, we might be able to send you to a reputable place or forum member to give you a hand...

[Emilio]

Hi,

I am in Italy, Naples. Why can not I do it? I have open and changed many pieces of this pc. Also the Lcd.

Thanks and regards.

[ajkula66]

There's nothing for you to change, apart from the motherboard itself.

Professional BIOS recovery might prove too expensive to be justified on an old unit such as T43.

Good luck.

[twistero]

You can try a "crisis recovery". You will need a USB floppy and a custom-made parallel port dongle. See this post: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=100075

[malch]

Well that's disconcerting! I figured running the little bios patch to mount a new "non IBM" hard drive would be trivial compared to converting from PATA to SATA.

[Emilio]

Hi twistero,

thank you very muck, also i have seen that topic. The problem is that I dont understand the point 2 2a e 3. Can you help me? Excuse my English.

Thanks and best regards.

[Emilio]

Hi Twistero,

I have understud the point 2, but not 2a e 3. How do I find decompress img-file to find file $xxxxxxxxx.FL1 (x=dummy)?

Thanks and best regards.

[malch]

Download T43_Recovery.zip.
Unzip this file.
Inside you will find two PDFs. They should help you.

[Emilio]

Hi Malch,

I dont know how open the file.img. In the pdf files there is not written how to open this file. Can you tell me how I can open this file?

Thanks and regards.

[twistero]

To open *.img files, use either WinImage or 7-zip.

[Emilio]

Hi Twistero,

ok thans, now I have opened file.img and I have find $0197000.FL1 file. Now what I have to do? Excuse me but I dont understand every think. Thank you very much for your support.

Best regards.

[twistero]

Before proceeding, let's make sure you have both these items:
* A USB floppy drive.
* A parallel port / LPT jumper plug. You probably have to make one yourself according to the wiring diagram in the pdf files.

You need both of these to attempt crisis recovery.

[Emilio]

Hi Twistero,

naturally I have a Usb Floppy Drive and Parallel Port. For the Lpt Jupper Plug I will do at the end, I dont think that it will be do it. Now Can you tell me how can I extract BIOS.WPH by running at command prompt: "e_bcpvpw.exe $0197000.FL1 BIOS.WPH"?
Thanks and regards.

[twistero]

Alright, so here is a step-by-step guide:

1. Extract T43_recovery.zip to somewhere you know. You need to know the full path name of the folder where e_bcpvpw.exe is located. For our purposes, let's assume this folder is "E:\crisis\T43_recovery".
2. Extract $0197000.FL1 into the same folder. Make sure both e_bcpvpw.exe and $0197000.FL1 are in the same folder.

3. Click on Start Menu -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Command prompt. OR, Press Windows key + R, type "cmd" and hit enter. Either way, you will see the "Command Prompt" window.
4. Type "E:" into the command prompt window and hit enter.
5. Type "cd \crisis\T43_recovery" and hit enter. Now, to the left of the blinking cursor you should see the full path of the folder, like "E:\crisis\T43_recovery>".
6. Type "dir" and hit enter. You should see a list of files in the current folder. Make sure both e_bcpvpw.exe and $0197000.FL1 are in the list.

7. Type "e_bcpvpw.exe $0197000.FL1 BIOS.WPH" and hit enter. The command should run, and if successful, you'll see BIOS.WPH in the same folder. If it doesn't work, try the alternate command as indicated: "e_bcpvpw.exe $0199000.FL1)BIOS.WPH"

[Emilio]

Hi Twistero,

now it is very very clear. Now, have to I connect the usb floppy drive e hit "WINCRIS.EXE" to create Crisis Recovery Floppy? Correct?

Thank you very much and best regards.

[twistero]

Yes. Connect the USB floppy drive, insert a floppy disk, and run WINCRIS.exe.

[Emilio]

Hi Twistero,

I have hit Wincrisis.exe and I put some setting:


Chose between:
Minidos Crisis Disk or Fulldos Crisis Disk or Format teh drive Diskette?
I think MiniDos Crisis Disk because I had to put in folder togheter BIOS.WPH file, a file with name MiniDos.Sys

After to put a fleg on:
Compress the bin file
Ibm CRTM Crisi Disks
I thin only on Ibm CRTM Crisis Disk


What are the setting that I have to put?

Please let me know and thanks and best regards

Thanks and regards.

[twistero]

I have no idea. Just try one of them, and if it doesn't work, try another.

[malch]

Emilio do you know why the bios flash failed?

[Emilio]

Hi Twistero,

ok but now I can try after some days, I have taken some days of holiday. But when I will come back, I will inform you and the forum.

Thanks and regards for all.

Hi Malch,

I have installed the modded Bios for to not have the 2012 problem, while installing the modded Bios red windows of error and after restarting the pc, black lcd , one long beep and two short beep. If you have some ideas, let me know.

Thanks and regards.

[Orclas]

I have installed the modded Bios for to not have the 2012 problem, while installing the modded Bios red windows of error and after restarting the pc, black lcd , one long beep and two short beep. If you have some ideas, let me know.

There are beep code lists in the Hardware Maintenance Manuals and you find links to the T43 manuals right before the photos on this page.

[Emilio]

Hi Orclas,

I have already the Ibm T43 Manulam, but thankyou very much: one long beep and two short beep and blank lcd = 1. System board. 2. LCD assembly. 3. DIMM. I think the problem is the error update of the modded Bios. Now I want recovery the original Bios throught "crisis recovery" on this post: viewtopic.php?. Now I am not at home. I will come back next week and will finish the operation and let you know. I hope that all will be ok. If you have other suggestions let me know.

Thank you very much and best regards.

[Emilio]

Hi

I have continued the operatios, but nothing, the pc does not read the floppy. Suggestion?

Thanks and regards.

[malch]

Did the pc read the floppy before? or did you try to flash with a cd or usb thumb?

[Emilio]

Hi Malch,

with usb floppy drive, but the pc does not read the floppy, always black screen e one long beeps an two short beeps. Please help me.

Thanks and regards.

[Emilio]

Hi all,

at the end I have buyed a Motherboad. Fortunately I have paid it ongly 38,00 €.

Thanks and regards.