Z61p bios and Merom??

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{ISV-K}SVX · #1 Post by **{ISV-K}SVX** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:08 pm

Does anyone know when they will be releasing a bios update for the Z61 series and whether or not it will support Merom? I know the T60p 2.01 bios added support for it, but I have not seen anything on the Z series side.

seeplus · #2 Post by **seeplus** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:54 am

I bet they already have; the new z61p comes with a core 2 duo.

{ISV-K}SVX · #3 Post by **{ISV-K}SVX** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:49 am

My Z61p has a Core Duo and not a Core 2 Duo - 9450-3AU. There is a new Z61p with the Core 2 Duo, but it is a different model type.

I am wanting to know if anyone has tried to upgrade and what their results were.

{ISV-K}SVX · #4 Post by **{ISV-K}SVX** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:15 pm

Has ANYONE tried to istall a Core 2 Duo (Merom)?? With all th hype around this cpu, I am suprised no one has tried this yet.

{ISV-K}SVX · #5 Post by **{ISV-K}SVX** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:16 pm

^Bump^ Anyone???

catdog · #6 Post by **catdog** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 6:25 pm

I changed my processor to a t7200 merom and this was after updating to latest available bios at lenovo and it did not start. The computer is going to need a new bios that lenovo has not made available BEFORE it will accept the Merom. I replaced the cpu back to the 2.00Ghz core duo and things are fine but i am frustrated. just went through same with my t60p but finally was able to update the bios and Merom worked fine after that.
Anyone know where i can find the needed bios for the z61p?

catdog · #7 Post by **catdog** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:18 pm

catdog wrote:I changed my processor to a t7200 merom and this was after updating to latest available bios at lenovo and it did not start. The computer is going to need a new bios that lenovo has not made available BEFORE it will accept the Merom. I replaced the cpu back to the 2.00Ghz core duo and things are fine but i am frustrated. just went through same with my t60p but finally was able to update the bios and Merom worked fine after that.
Anyone know where i can find the needed bios for the z61p?

Wow, i think Lenovo listened to my prayers:

http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-64409

I will update bios and try to install the Core 2 Duo and report back to the crew...

{ISV-K}SVX · #8 Post by **{ISV-K}SVX** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 6:58 am

Do tell!!

catdog · #9 Post by **catdog** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:32 pm

Everything worked out, using t7600 as i write this, core 2 duo 2.33ghz, new bios fixed all....

{ISV-K}SVX · #10 Post by **{ISV-K}SVX** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 5:57 am

W00t!!! Thanks for the input!

lobstaa · #11 Post by **lobstaa** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:05 pm

hi forum ,

is it really right , that i can change my Z61p core duo ( 2500 ) in to a core 2 duo 7200 system ?

thanks

jkahng · #12 Post by **jkahng** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:54 am

hello lobstaa
you should always search before posting a question.
here are two previous threads.
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 61+upgrade

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... pu+upgrade

the short version.

1. update to bios 2.06 or later
2. make sure that your motherboard is rev 3 (olderboards do not have the hardware to support the higher voltage requirements of the c2d)
3. use artic silver 5 (might as well)
4. study the hmm and do the replacement.

regards,
jkahng

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