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Thinkpad T60 CPU Upgrade
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Thinkpad T60 CPU Upgrade
Hello, I have problem to upgrade my CPU from Intel Core Duo T2500 to Intel Core 2 Duo T7200. After I on computer using T7200 it even didn't show the bios logo. Help!
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Re: Thinkpad T60 CPU Upgrade
A T7200 will work in a T60 very nicely. Either you have a bad CPU, BIOS needs to be updated to recognize the "newer" Core 2 CPU, bad install, or something got damaged during the install.
Put the old CPU back in. If it works as before then update the BIOS to the latest one available. Re-install the T7200 and it should work. If not then the T7200 is bad.
Put the old CPU back in. If it works as before then update the BIOS to the latest one available. Re-install the T7200 and it should work. If not then the T7200 is bad.
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Re: Thinkpad T60 CPU Upgrade
Ok, but where I get the new bios file for my T60?
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Re: Thinkpad T60 CPU Upgrade
Google or the "Drivers" link on the top page of this forum.
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Re: Thinkpad T60 CPU Upgrade
Thanks, I found the bios file. Because of some reason I can't bake my cd. Is there a way to use thumb drive to flash the bios?
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Re: Thinkpad T60 CPU Upgrade
Don't know I never tried doing that with this generation machine. It's pretty simple to burn a CD and you can do it from any machine. Your fancy desktop machine should do the trick.
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Re: Thinkpad T60 CPU Upgrade
I have flashed the BIOS with a thumbdrive on a T60 and on a T61 as well, no problems there. I think it's much more convenient than having to burn a disc.Equator Tree wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:00 amThanks, I found the bios file. Because of some reason I can't bake my cd. Is there a way to use thumb drive to flash the bios?
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Re: Thinkpad T60 CPU Upgrade
I tried that, but Rufus and Win32 Disk Imager doesn't worked. What program are you used for flashing bios file to your thumb drive?
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Re: Thinkpad T60 CPU Upgrade
I could never get the usb working via "eltorito" (Linux) Both of this worked for me but for a T61 and X61:
- burn the image to a disk and then boot from it
- create a dos boot usb disk with enough space to accommodate the new bios exe, boot form it and then run the exe when on the prompt.
Good luck!
- burn the image to a disk and then boot from it
- create a dos boot usb disk with enough space to accommodate the new bios exe, boot form it and then run the exe when on the prompt.
Good luck!
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