Who's on first! X31 BIOS/Embedded Controller Updates

[verktyg]

From X31 BIOS 1QET94WW (3.00d) Readme:

- This BIOS version will only work with Embedded Controller Program
Version 1.07b (or higher). Obtain the additional package, Embedded
Controller Program Version 1.07b (or higher), and update the
Embedded Controller Program in the system with it.
- If you need to update Embedded Controller Program as well as the
BIOS, update the Embedded Controller Program first.

From X31 Embedded Controller 1.07b Readme:

- This version of Embedded Controller Program will only work with BIOS
Version 3.00d (or higher). Obtain the additional package, BIOS
Version 3.00d (or higher), and update the BIOS in the system with it.
- If you need to update the BIOS as well as the Embedded Controller
Program, update BIOS first.

I know this has been kicked around before but can't those folks get it together! Which is it? These files were released 2 days apart. I think the consensus has been update the BIOS first.

[selvan777]

I updated the controller first.

[verktyg]

I updated the controller first.

Ya, me too. I just updated the Controller and BIOS. It went fine.

[snife]

It shouldn't matter which order you do it in but they are designed to work with each other so i think it really just means don't be using the new version of one with the old version of another or you make get unexpected results

[skhamron]

As per the information from IBM web, if you want to update both of them, you should update the controller before update bios.

[verktyg]

As per the information from IBM web, if you want to update both of them, you should update the controller before update bios.

Read my 1st post.... Those quotes were taken off of the IBM web site this evening!

[kadf88]

are these new versions?

[selvan777]

For me the last bios was in 2003 and controller in 2002.

[verktyg]

are these new versions?

Yes, the latest off the web for my 2885-RGU

The point that I wanted to make was they should get their information straight.

If English is not their writer's native tongue then an enterprise as big as Lenovo/IBM should at least be able to afford an editor/technical writer.

I've been updating 4 TPs during the past few weeks and I ran into these kinds of conflicting statements in a number the Readme files. For example, in updating the TP Configuration Utility, it says to uninstall the previous version if it's 1.30 or later but the text is very confusing. There is another thread on this subject.