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Just installed the new BIOS update for my T60p, and I've noticed some problems, at least on my installation. (Just thought the rest of you should know, since forewarned is forearmed.)

Problems on my installation:

First, the Embedded Controller Version after the install is 1.07, not 1.08. (I don't know if the version number was rolled back by mistake, or whether the documentation sheet has a typo.)

Second, the boot process takes a LOT longer after the install. The status window that says "Checking the status of the Embedded Security Chip" takes almost a full minute now. (Yes, that's right... ~60 seconds.)

Third, the fingerprint scan and password prompts are both appearing again, even though they weren't before, and this feature is clearly redundant and annoying.

And fourth, an admittedly minor point, but a bit frustrating nonetheless... the summary of changes for the BIOS update is very poorly written (or translated)...

>> (Fix) Authentication of the fingerprint fails during ENUMERATING a USB device.

What the heck does ENUMERATING mean?!?

I think I've gotten rid of the fingerprint-scan-&-password-input redundancy by initializing the BIOS (per the instructions) and by going to: Start > All Programs > ThinkVantage > Client Security Solution > Advanced > Manage Security Policies, selecting the "Disable Client Security Login interface" option under "Log on to Windows", re-booting the machine, and then going back into the same program and re-selecting the "Use a pre-defined security policy / More convenient" option that I had enabled before the BIOS update, followed by a final re-boot.

If anyone has any suggestions for how to speed up the "Checking the status of the Embedded Security Chip", your advice would be GREATLY appreciated.

Dude... if you don't know what enumerate means then I don't think you should be complaining about someone else's english! That is a common technical term, not just in the computer world, you will find this in math too if you take higher math classes. It basically means counting and/or assigning a number to things. It's a fancy way of saying it's detecting and identifying USB devices.

I know what the layman's use of the word "enumerate" is, and I learned about it a hell of a lot earlier than in Differential Equations. I just couldn't figure out the word in this particular context. I thought maybe it was an incorrect Chinese-to-English translation.

Any thoughts on the other issues I enumerated?

Well shoot I didn't mean to be rude, you did say "what the heck does ENUMERATING mean?" lol... I just didn't think you were being fair since it's pretty normal to use that term in that context. I can't blame you though, bad Engrish/Chinglish translations are also common Sorry I can't be of any help with the rest of the issues.

No offense taken, Hellbore. I appreciate the explanation.

Quick update:

1) When you click on the BIOS update executable, the message window clearly says it is installing BIOS version 1.12 and Embedded Controller version 1.07. So I have no idea why the Readme file documentation continually refers to Embedded Controller version 1.08.

2) When I close the laptop and it goes into sleep mode, and then re-open after a period of time and scan my fingerprint, I still have to type in my Windows password. WTF?!? Is there something wrong with my configuration set-up that is causing this redundant security step?