there's a problem when i flash the bios.. need help plz

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qwert · #1 Post by **qwert** » Tue May 30, 2006 3:24 am

hi guys,
umm,, i followed the instutctions given the is community---says how to fresh install the xp thing,
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=3827
so i did sucessed in doing that. thanx a lot
however, now i want to update my bios.
the promlem is after i download the files from ibm, i run it.
to my surprise, it directly started booting into xp..( i did follow the instruction on the screen.... kinds of wied)
anyone know how to figure out what;s wrong with my procesure or whatever....
my spec
t41,2378 rau.
the bios version i wanted is 3.20
i got the non-disquie one data...

thanx in advance.( and sorry my poor englsih.)

qwert · #2 Post by **qwert** » Tue May 30, 2006 3:29 am

already done prob2

christopher_wolf · #3 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Tue May 30, 2006 10:39 am

If you blew away the hidden partition, then the BIOS flash isn't going to be automatic. You will have to download it one a diskette and run it like that; as far as I know, that is normal if you don't have the Predesktop area intact.

For the wireless problem, un-install the wireless drivers, reboot, and that should fix it. Search some threads here and you will find what other things people have done against such a problem.

HTH

mybellyisempty · #4 Post by **mybellyisempty** » Tue May 30, 2006 10:43 am

You don't need a diskette to do a BIOS flash.

All the thinkpads I've had have had the recovery partition removed immediately....and I've always been able to do the self-extracting flash

christopher_wolf · #5 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Tue May 30, 2006 10:49 am

mybellyisempty wrote:You don't need a diskette to do a BIOS flash.

All the thinkpads I've had have had the recovery partition removed immediately....and I've always been able to do the self-extracting flash

That doesn't always work for some reason; sometimes you have to use a diskette, sometimes you don't. I don't know what the cause is but I have seen such problems before.

qwert · #6 Post by **qwert** » Tue May 30, 2006 3:04 pm

christopher_wolf wrote:If you blew away the hidden partition, then the BIOS flash isn't going to be automatic. You will have to download it one a diskette and run it like that; as far as I know, that is normal if you don't have the Predesktop area intact.

For the wireless problem, un-install the wireless drivers, reboot, and that should fix it. Search some threads here and you will find what other things people have done against such a problem.

HTH

i did the folowing, un-install the wireless driver, all the intel pro/set/sebbing.and what ever intel thing ralated to the wireless driver.
2 i did unstalled the access connection., and the key display feature( including onscreen display, the web nav. and the other one, forgot the name.)
and i tried to installed the wireless driver from ibm ( the latest one) and it work now, but how could i turn the fn+f5 on?
i knew it works, the point, i think, is the fn+f5(ibm access connection) doest work with the wireless driver( intel 2200 b/g card).
still need help. .....i tried to search the topic, and did not find any solution yet.

qwert · #7 Post by **qwert** » Tue May 30, 2006 3:11 pm

christopher_wolf wrote:
mybellyisempty wrote:You don't need a diskette to do a BIOS flash.

All the thinkpads I've had have had the recovery partition removed immediately....and I've always been able to do the self-extracting flash
That doesn't always work for some reason; sometimes you have to use a diskette, sometimes you don't. I don't know what the cause is but I have seen such problems before.

as to say this issue, my best guess is the bios update program need to modify the booting order among ( hidden os-- the crap thing, the xp, and the pure dos where the bios data is located.)
i tried to uncompress the bios updata program, and found it has a fews that we might familair with . such as *.img, boot,exe kinds of thinkg, i am trying to directy run them with some paremeters(? i do not know how to spell this word, i mean the diffenrt perferfen, such as the one we used to use xx.exe -s , here the -s stands for silent install all the time..
any one tried this way to run bios update directly in xp??
thanx for all you ppl's help.

#8 Post by **GomJabbar** » Tue May 30, 2006 5:23 pm

qwert wrote:....but how could i turn the fn+f5 on?
i knew it works, the point, i think, is the fn+f5(ibm access connection) doest work with the wireless driver( intel 2200 b/g card).
still need help. .....i tried to search the topic, and did not find any solution yet.

I saw the solution posted by Riddil a few days ago, and today he put a link in his post to Lenovo's site for the fix.

Intel wireless adapters have limited connection methods and cannot be controlled via Fn + F5 - ThinkPad

qwert · #9 Post by **qwert** » Tue May 30, 2006 7:50 pm

GomJabbar wrote:
qwert wrote:....but how could i turn the fn+f5 on?
i knew it works, the point, i think, is the fn+f5(ibm access connection) doest work with the wireless driver( intel 2200 b/g card).
still need help. .....i tried to search the topic, and did not find any solution yet.
I saw the solution posted by Riddil a few days ago, and today he put a link in his post to Lenovo's site for the fix.

Intel wireless adapters have limited connection methods and cannot be controlled via Fn + F5 - ThinkPad

thanx a lot
regards
chuan

there's a problem when i flash the bios.. need help plz

there's a problem when i flash the bios.. need help plz

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