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BIOS UPDATE WENT WRONG! And Now?
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:49 am
by mario_jr
YEah.. that is it.. just upgraded to version 2.09.. and bingo.. somenthing got wrong.. And now I have a black brick in my desk.
No signal of life.. no lights.. nothing.
The only thing that power on is HD.. and DVD-rom?
Is there any strategy to upgrade bios. from a pendrive.. or a cdrom??
Thanks!
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:19 am
by rssb
Not sure if the current T60 bios has boot block, if it does you might be able to boot with a crisis recovery disk ( phoenix crisis recovery disk) , then try flashing it again.
during the crisis recovery mode nothing might show up on the screen, but the floppy will be accessed.
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:47 pm
by claudeo
Sounds like it is time to call Lenovo Tech support. They may have to change the motherboard
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:50 pm
by ryengineer
How did this happen?
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:12 am
by creed_mty
For mario:
did you set supervisor password, power password and HD password previously when you made the new bios update?
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:13 am
by mario_jr
Thanks God.. no passwords.. no fingerprints.. nothing.
Just got in contact with Lenovo support.. but here in Brazil.. we are in Carnaval holidays.. so.. nothing works.
Wow... A light at the end of tunnel.
Niceeee.
Is there any docs from IBM/Lenovo about "phoenix crisis recovery disk"?
The Hp uses were able to reprogram their bios using that disk + boot block jumper on the parallel port .. so we dont have that old port
Am I wrong or t60 uses 2 bios rom´s.. one to computer other to EC?
Nothing to looosseee!
Im gonna try.. As soon as possible.. then I post the results.
Thanks!
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:12 am
by rssb
The disk method works only when BIOS boot block is enabled and is not overridden.
Your first task should be to find out if the T60 has bios boot block, and if yes is it accessible and how. May be some experienced members will be able to throw some light on this....
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:53 pm
by mario_jr
Any Ideas how to enable bootblock mode in t60?
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:19 pm
by syedj
Just out of curiosity, isn't this sort of problem covered under warranty, even is the laptop has EasyServ warranty not the expensive Think Protection (bumper to bumper warranty against physical damage)?
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:57 am
by steveg47
mario_jr wrote:Any Ideas how to enable bootblock mode in t60?
Just send the t60 in for service. You're wasting your time with other approaches. They will not work.
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:41 am
by mario_jr
steveg47 wrote:mario_jr wrote:Any Ideas how to enable bootblock mode in t60?
Just send the t60 in for service. You're wasting your time with other approaches. They will not work.
yeah.. As I said before, in Brasil we are in holidays.
Just ordered a brand new 41W1407... But have to wait about 30 days...
So. nothing to loose!
All ideas are welcome!
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:10 pm
by NIXin
This is the EXACT same problem as I have with my T61. Here:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=55881
mario_jr: Did you finally solved the problem?
I live in Poland, my warranty for 6465-CTO doesn't work here, as I bought my T61 when I was in the USA...
Crap.
So, any information on the boot block?
Or, please, does anybody know where the EEPROM for BIOS and Embedded Controller is? A friend has got a hardware flasher. Is there hope for this yet?
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:34 pm
by EOMtp
To NIXin: Read the PM (Private Message) that I sent you.
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:57 pm
by NIXin
EOMtp wrote:To NIXin: Read the PM (Private Message) that I sent you.
Didn't get any PM, sorry
"You have no new messages"
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:08 pm
by mario_jr
NIXin wrote:This is the EXACT same problem as I have with my T61. Here:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=55881
mario_jr: Did you finally solved the problem?
I live in Poland, my warranty for 6465-CTO doesn't work here, as I bought my T61 when I was in the USA...
Crap.
So, any information on the boot block?
Or, please, does anybody know where the EEPROM for BIOS and Embedded Controller is? A friend has got a hardware flasher. Is there hope for this yet?
Hi Nixin!
Sorry.. Ive been a kinda busy here.
The problem was solved by changing the motherboard. I still have the old one here waiting to be resurrected..tweaked.. modded
Still waiting ideas!
Thanks!
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:24 pm
by Crunch
steveg47 wrote:yeah.. As I said before, in Brasil we are in holidays.
Just ordered a brand new 41W1407... But have to wait about 30 days...
So. nothing to loose!
All ideas are welcome!
Hey Mario, sorry to hear about your troubles. Who said it would take 30 days, and where did you order it from? That's not a CRU part either, so the best thing really would be to send it in. Do you have international warranty, or U.S./Canada-based warranty?
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:19 pm
by mario_jr
Hi Crunch!
I ordered a new directly from Lenovo here in Brazil, it took about 30 days due to some issues inside lenovo( dont know why).
Yes, I have 3 yr intl warranty
( thanks God!)
One question, is your 4Gb of ram detected, or just 3Gb?
Thanks!
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:16 am
by Crunch
mario_jr wrote:Hi Crunch!
I ordered a new directly from Lenovo here in Brazil, it took about 30 days due to some issues inside lenovo( dont know why).
Yes, I have 3 yr intl warranty
( thanks God!)
One question, is your 4Gb of ram detected, or just 3Gb?
Thanks!
Nope. Only 3GB. This coming week, I'll install Vista 64-bit.
Let's see what happens.
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:55 pm
by mario_jr
Hey Crunch.
As soon as you install it. let me know.
Im about to buy 4Gb
.
Thanks!