802.11N or AC for X61T white listed BIOS

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geokirk · #1 Post by **geokirk** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 1:39 pm

I have X61T 7767.nIs there a way to go around white list for PCIe? I get BIOS error 1802 unsupported LAN card on 4965AGN with MM2. Hardware list only say the ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PC Express Adapter is supported. Dual band N 2.4 with 5 AC would be great.

Has anyone an answer?

ajkula66 · #2 Post by **ajkula66** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 2:43 pm

Welcome to the forum!

Google for "Middleton's BIOS". Once you flash it the whitelist will be gone.

Make sure that you download the version that is appropriate for your machine: X61 tablet.

Good luck.

#3 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 2:59 pm

The forum.notebookreview.com website seems to be down.
This does NOT work at the moment: http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo/ ... ost6501443
Go here instead: http://www.ali.dj/sata-ii-support-for-l ... 1-x61-r61/
Scroll down to where you find the rectangle with X61 and T61 BIOSes.
Click on 1.25-1.02 next to X61 Tablet.

Smokestoomuch · #4 Post by **Smokestoomuch** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 3:03 am

Will someone kindly direct me to Mr Middleton's whitelist file for the X60 Tablet?

#5 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:50 am

Not possible, as he never made one for X60T.
But if you are handy enough, here are DIY instructions: http://www.endeer.cz/bios.tools/bios.html

wileE · #6 Post by **wileE** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:05 am

Smokestoomuch wrote:Will someone kindly direct me to Mr Middleton's whitelist file for the X60 Tablet?

Sent you link to a BIOS without whitelist.

Smokestoomuch · #7 Post by **Smokestoomuch** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:45 am

I just spent all of Sunday evening trying to do what can't be done... updating the bios of an X60T using a CD and then I tried with an SD card, No go. LOL Is there a civilized way to update this without buying an ultrabase? It sounds like it's worth it just to buy the ultrabase to avoid all the hastle. One guy somehow did it with Linux but by then I was to worn out to follow it.

#8 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 9:12 am

A self-booting USB-stick comes to mind.
I update X61T machines like that.

Smokestoomuch · #9 Post by **Smokestoomuch** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:18 am

Is a store-bought USB pen drive completely different from a USB driven gadget that holds an SD card? I thought they were pretty much the same.

MisterB · #10 Post by **MisterB** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:23 am

I used the Windows installer, it worked fine. As long as there is a Windows OS installed, it is the easiest way to update the BIOS.

The notebook review section is up again.

twistero · #11 Post by **twistero** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 2:58 pm

I've always used Approach 10A on this page http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_Upgrade/X_Series for older X series machines.

Smokestoomuch · #12 Post by **Smokestoomuch** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 7:52 pm

I finally got my x60 tablet to upgrade the bios. I ended up taking a Dremel wheel to an X60 non-tablet docking station. I now have a universal docking station but it's not pretty.

The problem I'm having now is with the AC wifi card, which isn't recognized by the computer as even being installed. It's as if there is no card installed at all. I need help. Does anyone have a clue what's going on? Thank you.

The AC card is an Intel 7260HMW.

ajkula66 · #13 Post by **ajkula66** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 8:29 pm

Smokestoomuch wrote: The problem I'm having now is with the AC wifi card, which isn't recognized by the computer as even being installed. It's as if there is no card installed at all. I need help. Does anyone have a clue what's going on? Thank you.

The AC card is an Intel 7260HMW.

Have you tried booting a "live" Linux CD/DVD/USB to verify whether the cards is "seen" in that environment?

Is the card enabled in BIOS? Hardware switch on?

tarvoke · #14 Post by **tarvoke** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 8:38 pm

Smokestoomuch wrote:I finally got my x60 tablet to upgrade the bios. I ended up taking a Dremel wheel to an X60 non-tablet docking station. I now have a universal docking station but it's not pretty.

this is fairly bad-[censored] and cool, kudos.

does device manager even show the card?

have you tried e.g. a recent 3.13 lunix and recent firmware blob?

tarvoke · #15 Post by **tarvoke** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 8:39 pm

dammit George...

geokirk · #16 Post by **geokirk** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 9:27 pm

I have accepted using 802.11n for now. Set router to only use 802.11a on 5ghtz. I have X61T dock, but I doubt that would help.

slick · #17 Post by **slick** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:41 pm

Is there a middleton bios for the x60?

ajkula66 · #18 Post by **ajkula66** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:14 pm

slick wrote:Is there a middleton bios for the x60?

No.

There is a "whitelist" BIOS for X60, though.

slick · #19 Post by **slick** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:41 pm

ajkula66 wrote:
slick wrote:Is there a middleton bios for the x60?
No.

There is a "whitelist" BIOS for X60, though.

Thanks! Can you provide a working link to the whitelist bios?

tarvoke · #20 Post by **tarvoke** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:56 pm

this seems broken, sorry:

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/thread ... post354022

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=103921

on some machines I've had to resort to messing the BIOS around my-own-self, you could try something like:
phoenix modtool
although my experience has been more about SLIC insertion and not so much about HW whitelisting...

you might have a good chance asking the original poster on MDL to rebuild/reupload the file from before?

(edit: trying to fix some link-broken-ness-es.../edit)

slick · #21 Post by **slick** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:41 pm

tarvoke wrote:this seems broken, sorry:

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/thread ... post354022

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=103921

on some machines I've had to resort to messing the BIOS around my-own-self, you could try something like:
phoenix modtool
although my experience has been more about SLIC insertion and not so much about HW whitelisting...

you might have a good chance asking the original poster on MDL to rebuild/reupload the file from before?

(edit: trying to fix some link-broken-ness-es.../edit)

No worries. I will message the original poster and see what happens. Btw, do the tools work on linux as well?

tarvoke · #22 Post by **tarvoke** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:01 am

slick wrote:No worries. I will message the original poster and see what happens. Btw, do the tools work on linux as well?

yeah... not so much...

a lot (i.e. most. i.e. all.) of this is people cracking on mfgrs' toolsets so it's really gonna only be windoze stuff.

I've used other /generic/ tools from MDL, to create/rebuild some rather interesting Lenovo and DELL and Asus bios, when none existed for my needs. I've never tried running any of the stuff thru WINE, I mean it should probably work, but it scares me enough even rebuilding bios on MS.

things like middleton take serious skill and knowledge. the lazy tools will get you halfway and are mostly-safe-enough.

pd_p33 · #23 Post by **pd_p33** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 12:05 am

Was anyone ever able to locate the ThinkPad X60_7buj28u_SLIC21_no_whitelist.zip file?

I'd love to put an 802.11AC card in my X60!

*edit* looks like they are here.
Both mirrors are up!

jaspen-meyer · #24 Post by **jaspen-meyer** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 6:29 am

pd_p33 wrote:I'd love to put an 802.11AC card in my X60!

You can flash Libreboot or Coreboot to an X60. That will remove the whitelist. Recommended only if you're using Linux as your OS.

TonyJZX · #25 Post by **TonyJZX** » Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:30 am

Core/libreboot doesnt support Windows? Or it doesnt add slic 2.1?

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