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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:57 pm
by baraider
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.
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:16 pm
by guYom
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?
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:39 pm
by baraider
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...
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:05 pm
by mario_jr
same problem here..
Just downgraded from 1.06 to 1.04 and now as magic.. my samsung is really beautiful
bye bye grainyy!
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:26 pm
by stbrown
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
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:39 pm
by irfan
cool..thnx for the news...let me try the new version
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:03 pm
by irfan
so far so good...seems to be a good bios
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:05 pm
by hoya
same here... 1.07 looks good. now I'm going to upgrade the video from 8.204 to 8.241.
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:10 pm
by guYom
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:37 pm
by hoya
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.