Any suggestion on updating Bios

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ttan98 · #1 Post by **ttan98** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:03 am

I bought a 2nd hand T60, however it does not include the warranty.

It is running very well however I have not upgraded the Bios, v1.06, which is quite old. I realise that some users here have problem updating the bios the system hangs in the middle of the upgrade. If it happens to my system, I don't have any warranty.

What do you suggest I do, leave it as it is or proceed with the upgrade?

thanks.

meditate2001 · #2 Post by **meditate2001** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:28 am

if you have no prob. leave it....

never change a working system...

pianowizard · #3 Post by **pianowizard** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:36 am

The Lenovo site lists what changes are included in each BIOS version. Look through that list to see if any of these changes are helpful to you. If they don't affect you, then don't update.

asianboyztn · #4 Post by **asianboyztn** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:47 pm

if your unit is out of warranty i think you better stay off, cause it's may give you no video after updated done.

EOMtp · #5 Post by **EOMtp** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:32 pm

Perhaps you should read at least one dissenting opinion:
Put risk in perspective. For example, I bet there is a far larger risk that you will drop the machine than there is of a BIOS update damaging your machine.

There is no magic to updating the BIOS, and there is minimal "danger" in the update not completing successfully IF you do the procedure properly, i.e., make sure the battery is full AND make sure the machine is plugged in to AC power (the BIOS will not/should not update if AC is disconnected) ... AND do not interrupt the process once it starts until it completes.

There are many reasons to update the BIOS from as old a version as the one you have. Simply put, several of the new Lenovo drivers and software packages will not work with the old BIOS. Further, BIOS updates solve more problems than the change log enumerates.

"Never change a working system" is great advice ... except that this is not YOUR working system --- you have no idea if the software and driver updates you will install now or later will work properly under a very old BIOS, and the first step to ensuring that the machine can handle whatever new software you will add/update is to update the BIOS to a current revision level.
Good luck!

ttan98 · #6 Post by **ttan98** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:45 pm

Thanks fellows, always very helpful here.....

Any suggestion on updating Bios

Any suggestion on updating Bios

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