R52: Updating BIOS and EC question, get rid of the beeps

[burns334]

My R52 (184732U) is sitting at a bios version 1.08 and an embedded controller of version 1.01. I wanted to use Winphlash to update the bios but the literature says that bios 1.29 needs and embedded control of 1.05 or higher, so do I need to update the control first?

burns

Moderator edit: Moved this thread from (incorrectly, initially) being posted in the T4x-forum.

[RealBlackStuff]

Always BIOS first, then ECP.

[burns334]

Can you use a usb zip drive instead of a high density diskette to make the updater? or is the diskette image the same as a usb image? See lenovo instructions below:

After you finish downloading the file, close all of your open applications.
Insert a high density floppy disk into the diskette drive.
Click Start, and then click Run.
Type in C:\filename.exe where filename is the name of the file you downloaded, and click OK
Follow the prompts on the screen to finish extracting the diskette image.

[ajkula66]

Why not just burn the ISO to CD-ROM? I'm pretty sure that was an option on these machines...

[burns334]

Why not just burn the ISO to CD-ROM? I'm pretty sure that was an option on these machines...

AKJ, I updated the bios to 1.29 without any problems and see that in the bios now but am having trouble with the EC update. I do not see an EC update that exists as a .iso so I executed 76hj06ud, the diskette version of 1.06 and built a diskette but this diskette will not boot. I went into set startup and picked legacy drive, I tried start from USD HDD but no way will this disk boot.

any ideas
burns