Wrong model number after bios update

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chan_man · #1 Post by **chan_man** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:35 pm

Not sure what happened but I was updating the bios on a R50P and afterwards the product (model) number is wrong, it now reads 0124-456. If I use System Information from Thinkpad Configuration it is right 183222U.

The bios was updated with in windows version, not via diskette.

What can I do to fix this? with this wrong, software installer no longer works.

ajkula66 · #2 Post by **ajkula66** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:36 am

That's a pretty unusual one...if it happened to me I'd pull out the BIOS battery, then put it back after a few minutes and start from scratch...

#3 Post by **Harryc** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:53 am

If that doesn't work for you, try flashing the BIOS to the previous version or try running a Thinkpad Maintenance Disc to change the information manually.

chan_man · #4 Post by **chan_man** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:38 pm

Harry, good suggestion, I managed to get V1.75 of the Hardware Maintenance disk, booted the system up to check what was in the bios and it is right. So I tried the Auto-Detect function from the Lenovo page and it still comes up with model number 0123-456.

Why is Internet Explorer getting the wrong machine number?

#5 Post by **Harryc** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 4:59 am

Clear cookies and offline files in IE?

christoforos86 · #6 Post by **christoforos86** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:30 am

The issue with the wrong model number (0123-456 or 0123456)was resolved by updating to the latest BIOS version 3.23 (1RETDRWW), which has a utility which during the bios installation ask you for the actual machine type-model number.
The specific BIOS can be found here:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-50275

Wrong model number after bios update

Wrong model number after bios update

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