Beware !!! BIOS update causes display problems!!!

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baraider · #31 Post by **baraider** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:57 pm

I'd like to get the 1.05 bios too...i installed the 1.06 but downgraded it to 1.04...can't find it on ibm website.

guYom · #32 Post by **guYom** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:16 pm

Hi Baraider,

Did you run into the display issue with the latest BIOS with your 2623? I'll stay away from this BIOS for now.

The only two updates I did so far are the Intel Chipset Support and the ATI Mobility Radeon -- these two were listed as critical I believe in ThinkVantage. I also installed the 1G from newegg, thanks for the tip by the way. I installed MS Office too.

The other updates on ThinkVantage are all rated as optional -- have you done any of the other ones beside the BIOS?

Presentation Director, Scroll lock, Ultranav wizard & driver, Away Manager, System Migration Assistant, TP configuration, Fingerprint.

I was reading in another thread that Norton antivirus/ Symantec should be removed for better performance, haven't done it yet.

Have you removed anything that was pre-installed on your 2623?

baraider · #33 Post by **baraider** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:39 pm

The first things I did was to remove all Google things, all Norton things, all Intervideo things....just keep all the IBM related things...

I ran the Microsoft Update and got all the fix...installed all the ibm fix....bios 1.06 included...

I did have a BSOD when I tried to create a recovery set.....this is after i installed the 1G ram...so i thought about the bad RAM...I ran memtest for several hours with no problem.

So I downgraded the bios to 1.04 and ran the recovery disc and no more BSOD...I don't know if it's the RAM or bios.

I still had one more BSOD when i tried to install cygwin...

For what it worth, I has Office 2007 beta 2 installed so i don't know if it's the reason...I probably uninstall it and install the 2003 version.

I did make a set of 6 recovery...i didn't see where is the option to make 1 cd and 1 DVD....I plan to reset it to factory state and install everything again to see if i get any more BSOD...

mario_jr · #34 Post by **mario_jr** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:05 pm

same problem here..

Just downgraded from 1.06 to 1.04 and now as magic.. my samsung is really beautiful

bye bye grainyy!

stbrown · #35 Post by **stbrown** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:26 pm

mario_jr wrote:same problem here..
Just downgraded from 1.06 to 1.04 and now as magic.. my samsung is really beautiful
bye bye grainyy!

I applied the new 1.07 bios and it looks like they fixed it (even tho it only mentioned 15" XGA in the bios fixes)

Steve

irfan · #36 Post by **irfan** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:39 pm

cool..thnx for the news...let me try the new version

irfan · #37 Post by **irfan** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:03 pm

so far so good...seems to be a good bios

hoya · #38 Post by **hoya** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:05 pm

same here... 1.07 looks good. now I'm going to upgrade the video from 8.204 to 8.241.

guYom · #39 Post by **guYom** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:10 pm

Thanks irfan and hoya for the feedback on 1.07.

Hoya can you post back once you install the 8.241 video and let us know.

hoya · #40 Post by **hoya** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:37 pm

all good with the latest video drivers.

I'm also now running the Catalyst Control Center which I wasn't before (installed along with the new video driver).

now let's see if my system will stop locking up with this new BIOS update.

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