Hi Folks!
I have an X200s with quite an old bios and also an R500 which has quite an old bios, too...but both machines run stable and good,..now under Win10 Prof 64 Bit. And if everthing works fine i wouldn't do any upgrade...
Now i have purchased an X230 and i read about UEFI EDK2 Capsule Update Vulnerabilities....so is it enough to upgrade to 2.62 or will i really have to go to some higher version than this?
Because never change a running system.
So which bios version do i really need to have to upgrade to on this X230?
Any suggestions?
Thanks for input!
Kindly,
PAnDoRA
X230 Bios Update Question
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X230 Bios Update Question
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T23 with 1,2 GHz PIII-M, CCFL SXGA+ (LG, 46L2495) (will now get LED Mod),
X200s, SL9400, 8GB Ram, AFFS (HV121WX4-120)
R500 with ATI Graphics, P8400, 8GB Ram and WSXGA+ (LP164W02(TL)(10))[if it once will get WUXGA?!]
T430s with I7, 16GB Ram and FHD Mod
Re: X230 Bios Update Question
Howdy!
I also am using X230 with i7 and Win7 Home Premium 64-bit English.
Everything as is, nothing modified.
[OK, I lied, just upgraded to SSD and did Product Recovery].
And everything is running well!
Take it easy, stop worrying, and start enjoying your X230
I also am using X230 with i7 and Win7 Home Premium 64-bit English.
Everything as is, nothing modified.
[OK, I lied, just upgraded to SSD and did Product Recovery].
And everything is running well!
Take it easy, stop worrying, and start enjoying your X230
Daily Driver: X1 Carbon 4th Gen (X1C-4): i7-6600U 2.6MHz; 16GB DDR3 1866 MHz; 1TB PCIe-NVMe; 14" WQHD 2560x1440; LTE EM7455 Mobile Broadband; Win7 Pro 64bit
Current Thinkpads: X1C-4 | X1C-3 | X250 | X230 | T410
Retired Thinkpads: T42 | 560 (circa 1996)
Also: IBM Thinkpad era computer bag !
Current Thinkpads: X1C-4 | X1C-3 | X250 | X230 | T410
Retired Thinkpads: T42 | 560 (circa 1996)
Also: IBM Thinkpad era computer bag !
Re: X230 Bios Update Question
I can tell you about my experience with BIOS upgrade on the X230 i5-3320M:
At that moment it had 8Gb DDR3 (4Gb DDR3 PC3-12800 @ 1600Mhz + 4Gb DDR3 PC-10600 @ 1333Mhz). Just after BIOS Flash to latest version, after the final restart it was just brick dead. Following others similar problems I removed a memory module and it started up. Later I upgraded the memory to 2x8Gb PC3-12800 @ 1600Mhz and it's working flawlessly. But i will never try a BIOS update, my Thinkpad is working very well as it is now.
So as far I can tell you, don't flash the BIOS if you use different speed memory modules.
At that moment it had 8Gb DDR3 (4Gb DDR3 PC3-12800 @ 1600Mhz + 4Gb DDR3 PC-10600 @ 1333Mhz). Just after BIOS Flash to latest version, after the final restart it was just brick dead. Following others similar problems I removed a memory module and it started up. Later I upgraded the memory to 2x8Gb PC3-12800 @ 1600Mhz and it's working flawlessly. But i will never try a BIOS update, my Thinkpad is working very well as it is now.
So as far I can tell you, don't flash the BIOS if you use different speed memory modules.
actual X230: i5-3320M; 16Gb DD3 1600MHz; 128Gb mSATA Kingston + 512Gb Samsung 840 PRO SSDs; Win10 64
previous Thinkpad models: T21, X220, Yoga 12
other previous brands: Olivetti M10, Tandy Radio Shack 1400LT, Toshiba T1200, Asus N10J, Dell Inspiron 1520
previous Thinkpad models: T21, X220, Yoga 12
other previous brands: Olivetti M10, Tandy Radio Shack 1400LT, Toshiba T1200, Asus N10J, Dell Inspiron 1520
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