How-to change the model number

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How-to change the model number

#1 Post by fablog » Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:12 pm

Hello,

I don't know why but the model number changed in the bios. I have a thinkpad t42 2378-fvu and now the model is 2373-fvu.

I know I can change the model number in the bios but only the 3 last letters not the numbers.

Do you know how I could change 2373 with 2378?

Thanks

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#2 Post by rkawakami » Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:15 am

Welcome to thinkpads.com! (lurking for a long time huh?)

Did you recently have your laptop serviced? Replacing the motherboard could account for that type of change. If so, return the system to whoever repaired it and ask them to correct the type number.

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#3 Post by fablog » Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:18 am

Thnaks for your help.

I can't contact the company who did the service on my laptop...I'm in colombia right now and they are in Canada. So I would like to solve this problem alone.
Are you sure there is no explication for this change of model number?

Thank you

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#4 Post by Xenomorph » Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:35 am

fablog wrote:Thnaks for your help.

I can't contact the company who did the service on my laptop...I'm in colombia right now and they are in Canada. So I would like to solve this problem alone.
Are you sure there is no explication for this change of model number?

Thank you
Lenovo says this:

2378-FVU:

Pentium Mobile 735
256MB RAM
40GB 5400rpm HDD
14.1 SXGA+ (1400x1050) TFT LCD
64MB ATI Radeon 9600
24x24x24x/8x CD-RW/DVD
Intel 802.11b/g wireless(MPCI), Modem(CDC), 1Gb Ethernet(LOM)
UltraNav,
Secure Chip
6 cell Li-Ion battery

They have no listing of a 2373-FVU.
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