Updating T43 Bios

[ttan98]

I bought a 2nd hand T43 and it has bios V1.25 and embedded version 1.04. I am still using 40G Hard disk.

Is it worth upgrading to the lastest version of Bios(1.29) and embedded controller(1.05)?

BTW I CANNOT updating both versions and I got the message:

Diskette in the default drive will not run on this system.

Does this mean the new bios is basically cater for larger hard drives eg. >120G?

[91011]

No major reasons to update the BIOS if the T43 is running OK. But you don't need to do it from a diskette. The two files you need can be run from Windows.
Run the .exe and Windows will shutdown, reboot, flash the BIOS & shutdown again; same with the EC. Pretty user-friendly.

For the 26xx series:
BIOS: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-59096
EC: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-59120

For the 18xx series:
BIOS http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-59379
EC: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-59439

Read the instructions about AC & battery and, if you decide to do it, do the BIOS first.

John

[poshgeordie]

As has already been said there's no reason for updating if yourT43's working OK as it is.

An object lesson - I got an enquiry from someone the other day who ownes a Toshiba and decided to upgrade to the latest bios (because it was there!)....except that version corrupts the bios.
Fortunately there's a somewhat convoluted fix, but you end up with is the one of the older versions!

Moral - If it aint broke, don't fix it!