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Looking for t61 bios with ec version 1.07 or below

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Looking for t61 bios with ec version 1.07 or below

#1 Post by xevman » Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:06 pm

My T601F has the fn ctrl key swapped via the middleton bios however in order for me to revert to the non swapped middleton bios I need to downgrade the EC to the earlier version first. I need a t61 bios with an EC version of 1.07 or below, I've checked all bios versions listed on the lenovo website and all have 1.08 listed. Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: Looking for t61 bios with ec version 1.07 or below

#2 Post by RealBlackStuff » Mon Apr 10, 2023 12:36 am

If needed, download the 2.29/1.08 BIOS again.
Make a bootable USB-stick with DOS using Rufus.
Use 7z to open the archive, go to \BIOS update
Click on the 7luj27uc.iso file, then right-click on it and select "Open inside"
Right-click on $01AF000.FL2 and select "Copy To..." your USB-stick. (The .FL2 file is the EC)
Right-click on PHLASH16.EXE and select "Copy To..." your USB-stick.
Boot the laptop from that USB-stick.

Flash the "non-swap" EC back with:
phlash16 /c /x $01AF000.FL2

Remove the USB-stick, boot into BIOS and select F9 (default) and F10 (save).
Boot into Windows and it should work now.
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Re: Looking for t61 bios with ec version 1.07 or below

#3 Post by xevman » Tue Apr 11, 2023 8:59 am

Wow that actually worked, been pulling my hair for years trying to work out a way to revert back to normal fn ctrl. Thank you!

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