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What is the latest BIOS for the T60?
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:25 pm
by Muse
My T60 bought in November 2006 and running XP Pro (the original install) shows this info in the BIOS:
BIOS Version 2.26 (79ETE6WW)
BIOS Date: 2010-04-01
Embedded Controller Version 1.07
System-unit serial number 1953CTOL3AR804
Is this the latest? I plan of swapping out the original 60GB HD for an SSD, either of these that I bought recently:
Intel 330 180GB
Intel 520 120GB
Is that the latest BIOS?
Re: What is the latest BIOS for the T60?
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:33 pm
by ajkula66
Look into getting a copy of Zender's modded BIOS which removes the wireless card whitelist along with a couple of other treats...
Re: What is the latest BIOS for the T60?
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 5:40 am
by ZaZ
It's not, but having the latest BIOS is unlikely to make a difference.
Re: What is the latest BIOS for the T60?
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 5:56 am
by Peak2Peak
The latest Lenovo T60 BIOS is
2.27 (79uj34us)
Re: What is the latest BIOS for the T60?
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:01 am
by dr_st
It's one before the latest (which is 2.27), but it won't make a difference. As long as it's 2.21+ and not 2.25 - you're fine. 2.27 did not fix anything meaningful.
You may follow George's suggestion and obtain a custom BIOS, although it won't have any effect on SSD compatibility/performance either.
Re: What is the latest BIOS for the T60?
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 7:36 am
by RealBlackStuff
Buy a Samsung 830 or 840 SSD instead of the above Intel.
Re: What is the latest BIOS for the T60?
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 2:15 pm
by Muse
RealBlackStuff wrote:Buy a Samsung 830 or 840 SSD instead of the above Intel.
Why. I got the Intel because I heard that Intel's SSD Toolbox is a lot better than Samsung's and that it should help me in running XP on the machine, automatic TRIM function.
Re: What is the latest BIOS for the T60?
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 2:18 pm
by Muse
ajkula66 wrote:Look into getting a copy of Zender's modded BIOS which removes the wireless card whitelist along with a couple of other treats...
That whitelist removal might be a good idea. I'm having some problems with the stock wireless of the T60. It takes a long time to find my network (around 30 seconds when waking from suspend, I'd guess). Also my hope is another wireless card would help eliminate the very frequent audio dropouts I get for a streaming webex application I run very frequently.