how to tell if Middleton Bios was installed successfully?

[chemdumb]

I have a quick question. I think I just replaced lenovo bios with middleton. Since they are both the same version # 2.22, how can you tell if the installation was successful? Do you see something like Middleton in the BIOS if it is successful? Thanks.

[loyukfai]

AFAIK there's no indication in the version no.

Cheers.

[RealBlackStuff]

If the machine reboots after the BIOS flashing, then everything is OK.
There are no 'signs' or 'telltales' anywhere, other than your knowing you flashed it.

[chemdumb]

Thanks Guys. As you said, there were really no signs. To make sure I did it right, I flashed the Lenovo BIOS back from 2.22 to 2.21, then used Middleton 2.22 to flash it again. Now I know it worked because the version number changed from 2.21 to 2.22. My x61 seems to perform better with the Middleton Bios.

[mariol90]

you can check for SLIC 2.1 with a program like AIDA64. if it says SLIC 2.0, then it's still on the lenovo BIOS. also if you have an SSD, run a benchmark (HD tune would work) and the speeds should be over 130 MB/s, assuming the SSD can read that quickly.

[Annecy]

"you can check for SLIC 2.1 with a program like AIDA64.
if it says SLIC 2.0, then it's still on the lenovo BIOS."

I recently used: slic ToolKit v3.2 ...
as part of my T61p "acquisition/customization project" ~
which is "portable freeware"
(~when one downloads the "sans"-installer version)
as opposed to AIDA64 ~ which is (seemingly) $hareWare ...

Anyway ...
slicToolKit can (also/seemingly) be used to confirm the SLIC version# ...

"also if you have an SSD, run a benchmark (HD tune would work) and
the speeds should be over 130 MB/s, assuming the SSD can read that quickly."

I've (also) read that ...
(for various reasons) one might want to forego ...
running (some/certain) BenchMarks on SSDs

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