ThinkPad Modded bioses (SataII, Whitelist, SLIC, etc.)

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ThinkPad Modded bioses (SataII, Whitelist, SLIC, etc.)

#1 Post by Lockheed » Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:36 am

I am surprised this is not made sticky on every relevant sub-forum here:

http://www.tinyurl.com/36thdex

The original links may not work. All files can be downloaded here:
http://fileserve.com/list/NZZHmag
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Re: ThinkPad Modded bioses (SataII, Whitelist, SLIC, etc.)

#2 Post by Kamika007z » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:55 am

Agreed! This has got to be coolest mod for the T & X 61 series ThinkPads! :)
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Re: ThinkPad Modded bioses (SataII, Whitelist, SLIC, etc.)

#3 Post by RealBlackStuff » Wed Jan 19, 2011 2:36 pm

My T61 was no slouch before this BIOS, but now? WOW!
This mod is amazing!
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Re: ThinkPad Modded bioses (SataII, Whitelist, SLIC, etc.)

#4 Post by hellosailor » Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:12 pm

Mediafire has taken down some of the linked files. Don't get too excited, the modified BIOSes may no longer be so easy to find.
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Re: ThinkPad Modded bioses (SataII, Whitelist, SLIC, etc.)

#5 Post by Lockheed » Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:42 am

I have put files on reliable server.
Link in the first post.
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Re: ThinkPad Modded bioses (SataII, Whitelist, SLIC, etc.)

#6 Post by bubbachen » Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:16 pm

In layman's terms, what are the effects of these different bios mods? Benefits, added functionality?
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Re: ThinkPad Modded bioses (SataII, Whitelist, SLIC, etc.)

#7 Post by Lockheed » Sun Jan 30, 2011 5:12 am

SATA-II
up to 2x faster disk operations

SLIC 2.1
google it

whitelist
you can use any wireless card

removed Thermal sensing
no error message when replacing CPU to some newer models

CTRL-FN swap
obvious
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Re: ThinkPad Modded bioses (SataII, Whitelist, SLIC, etc.)

#8 Post by Yacek » Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:35 am

can't see 15inch T61 on the list.. seems to be unsupported by these BIOSes??
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Re: ThinkPad Modded bioses (SataII, Whitelist, SLIC, etc.)

#9 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sun Jan 30, 2011 5:14 pm

The Bios 2.27-1.08 is good for any T61 or T61p, as well as for the R6x models specified.
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Re: ThinkPad Modded bioses (SataII, Whitelist, SLIC, etc.)

#10 Post by Yacek » Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:22 pm

RealBlackStuff wrote:The Bios 2.27-1.08 is good for any T61 or T61p, as well as for the R6x models specified.
Well.. I can't make update from bootable CD :/
I get the error that BIOS can't be flashed over LAN - strange....
Maybe it's due to docking station my Thinkpad sits in???
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Re: ThinkPad Modded bioses (SataII, Whitelist, SLIC, etc.)

#11 Post by diaz1023 » Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:29 pm

i had an issue updating the BIOS with the cd too. i removed my win7 64 OS harddrive and used my vista 32 bit os harddrive to do the update and had no issues. just looking for a way to test the sata II speeds.
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Re: ThinkPad Modded bioses (SataII, Whitelist, SLIC, etc.)

#12 Post by Lockheed » Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:11 pm

Yacek wrote: Well.. I can't make update from bootable CD :/
I get the error that BIOS can't be flashed over LAN - strange....
Maybe it's due to docking station my Thinkpad sits in???
Enable 'Flash over LAN' or something similar in BIOS.
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Re: ThinkPad Modded bioses (SataII, Whitelist, SLIC, etc.)

#13 Post by Yacek » Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:57 pm

Lockheed wrote: Enable 'Flash over LAN' or something similar in BIOS.
Exacto :-)

Flashed with no problems, - thanks dude!

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Re: ThinkPad Modded bioses (SataII, Whitelist, SLIC, etc.)

#14 Post by Lockheed » Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:21 pm

Nie ma za co.
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Re: ThinkPad Modded bioses (SataII, Whitelist, SLIC, etc.)

#15 Post by RaysMD » Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:46 pm

This definitely should be made a sticky.

SLIC on a T61p. I almost kept the Thinkpad in storage until I wanted to install Win7. Now it's actually usable. Vista was unusable.


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Re: ThinkPad Modded bioses (SataII, Whitelist, SLIC, etc.)

#16 Post by silvrcloud2003 » Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:46 pm

Anything like this for the T60 (besides Zender's BIOSes)?
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