ThinkPad BIOS whitelist (error 1802/1804) *READ 1st MSG*

[rsramirez]

Feraturion:

Yeah I have a WiFi link 5100 working with zenders Bios on a T60 so it works.
And i think you earlyier fry your cpu than something go's wrong while updating your bios.

Yeah i fried it en replaced it by a core 2 duo (bright side is it runs windows 7 64-bit)

I was planning on adding both the 5100 and upgrading to the core 2 duo on my T60p. Does this combination upgrade cause problems? You mentioned "you fried it"

Thanks.
-Roy

[EOMtp]

Does this combination upgrade cause problems? You mentioned "you fried it"

The "frying" reference is to what happens when an attempt to do a BIOS upgrade fails catastrophically -- and it refers to what happens to the motherboard via its BIOS being corrupted, not what happens to the CPU. Hardware combinations do not "fry" anything.

[FireWERX]

Getting an IdeaPad U150 in a few days. Looking to try to mod the bios to support a Sprint card. I'd buy the Lenovo branded card if I knew it would work. Would it be possible to dump and snoop through the BIOS to see what it will accept?

[samov]

Hello,

I have an x61t. It's wireless card is under the palmrest and gets very hot. I have the 3965agn...

Will replacing it with 4965agn fix the heat issue? Any other suggestions?

[jguidera]

T60P running 2.25 from Zender with an Intel WIFI 5100 without issue.

[Michelsson]

Could someone please PM me the patched 2.25 Bios for T60p please?

I've PM'ed Zender a while ago, but i guess he's having a busy time


Edit: Unpacking my brand new n-router in this moment, so now I'm really desperate for the patched bios

[manlius-ny]

I updated a T-60 running Windows 7 today with an Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300. Zender's 2.25 mod worked like a charm. All hotkeys and the on/off switch work without issue. I measured transfer rates at 4x's the speed of my old ABG card with only two antennas currently installed. I have another internal antenna on order. I'll update the topic when I have that installed.

Great work Zender. Thanks!

[jasonw522]

Could someone please pm me the bios for an X300. I've pm'd Zender for the bios a while ago as well.

I'm looking to enable an MC8775 WWAN card.

I've read through this forum and tried several things with still no luck. I have a MC8775 WWAN card and I've tried (what I think) is the modified bios from this link:
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showthread.php?t=5866

I still get error 1804. I've also tried taping pin 20, still no go.

note: I'm using linux, so for the flash I used phlash16 from a dos usb key. Using $01B7000.rom renamed to bios.wph.

Any ideas? Could someone please send me a mod bios for x300 please?
Thanks,
Jason

[Marf]

Hi,

could someone possibly send me over the correct Zender bios so I can use any wireless network card on my T60p 8744-J2U?

Thanks in advance

Sam

[RichardYabut]

Wow... long thread! The things we do out of desperation. LOL

In any case, I sent a PM to Zender requesting for the Upgraded Bios.

am I the only one trying to install an MC8765 on an X61 tablet? lol what is wrong with this cad that no one else is using it? I know its old... but anything else I should watch out for?

On a side note, I feel bad that Zender has to send this to each person that request for it via PM. Does anyone have the X61T bios upgrade? Mind throwing it my way?

[Peak2Peak]

...am I the only one trying to install an MC8765 on an X61 tablet? lol what is wrong with this cad that no one else is using it? I know its old...

One possible reason is that maybe it is only capable of 1.8Mbps Peak downlink speeds - Sierra Wireless produced the MC8775 which in-effect replaced both the MC8755 & MC8765, covering 850/1900/2100MHz WCDMA/UMTS frequencies with a Peak downlink speed of 3.6Mbps - Firmware does exist to increase the Peak downlink speed to 7.2Mbps.

[RichardYabut]

One possible reason is that maybe it is only capable of 1.8Mbps Peak downlink speeds - Sierra Wireless produced the MC8775 which in-effect replaced both the MC8755 & MC8765, covering 850/1900/2100MHz WCDMA/UMTS frequencies with a Peak downlink speed of 3.6Mbps - Firmware does exist to increase the Peak downlink speed to 7.2Mbps.

Ah, that explains it. I didn't read it anywhere about the download speeds. I just tried to find one that's compatible (which turns out its not) and bought it. Which in turn now led me to this forum looking for zender's bios mod.

is there a whitelist somewhere that tells me which one of the cards is truly "PNP" for the IBM Thinkpad X61T? Having the big card sticking out of the side of the laptop when carrying it around is getting a little annoying.

Thanks again.

[Peak2Peak]

is there a whitelist somewhere that tells me which one of the cards is truly "PNP" for the IBM Thinkpad X61T?

According to the X60T/X61T Hardware Maintenance Manual under the "Parts list" section (P.112) - there is a IBM/Lenovo Sierra Wireless MC8775 available - FRU part No:42T0931 - If you do decide you require this card, place a WTB (Want-to-buy) post in the forums Marketplace. Also if you have an eBay member, search for "IBM Lenovo MC8775 WWAN CARD" and you should come across a few sellers.

[tangoist]

Can anyone PM me the bios for T61p, please? I wanna try to see how it would work with ubiquiti sr71e (400mw...). I tried it with my asus eee and it did pick up for times more networks than the stock card.... only god knows what would be the result with t61p

Thanks
Eugene

[uspino]

I'm in desperate need of using a Sprint card (my HP MC5725) into a recently purchased X200T (tablet). It has 3.11 bios on it. I've pm'd Zender but seems to be on well-deserved vacation.

Any chance somebody can help me and pm me a patched bios for my unit?

And one question: could I use a Sprint/Sierra 595U AND get GPS functionality?

Thanks everyone.

[nipquad]

I need a bios for T400. Thanks!

[heinze]

Hi,
Could you please PM me the patch 2.25 Bios for T60p please.
I've got an IBM T60P TYPE 2007-8JG.
I have PM Zender but no issue.
Thanks.

[RichardYabut]

Wow... long thread! The things we do out of desperation. LOL

In any case, I sent a PM to Zender requesting for the Upgraded Bios.

am I the only one trying to install an MC8765 on an X61 tablet? lol what is wrong with this cad that no one else is using it? I know its old... but anything else I should watch out for?

On a side note, I feel bad that Zender has to send this to each person that request for it via PM. Does anyone have the X61T bios upgrade? Mind throwing it my way?

Thank you Zender for the BIOS! and Peek2Peek for the assistance!

The BIOS worked well.... I have an Lenovo Branded X61 Tablet and used the MC8765 unit from China! lol it was only $.99 cents.. i wasn't going to complain.

now i dont have to lug around that big aircard

Thank you again!!

[Peak2Peak]

The BIOS worked well.... I have an Lenovo Branded X61 Tablet and used the MC8765 unit from China! lol it was only $.99 cents.. i wasn't going to complain.

Good to hear all is well - - Did the card work straight away after the BIOS mod or did you have to tape over Pin20?

[loyukfai]

Thanks Zender! I installed the modified BIOS some time ago on an X41T and an X61T, and today I installed an AR5008 and a 5300 on them respectively and they are working (mostly) fine.

[RichardYabut]

Good to hear all is well - - Did the card work straight away after the BIOS mod or did you have to tape over Pin20?

that's weird. I responded to this a few days ago but it never posted.

Anyway, before I installed the BIOS, i went to try taping the pin 20 first but it was midnight and I couldn't get a small enough tape to tape over pin 20 so I ended up stripping it off the PCB board...

So by the time I installed the BIOS MOD, I don't have the pin 20 anymore. lol It works for me though, I know that the front switch doesnt turn it off though, but it doesnt' really matter. I'm just happy that I don't have to have that big orange card sticking out the side of the laptop.

[cheeky2]

Happy Christmas to everyone first of all and i hope you all have a fantastic New Year

I have just joined the forum after spending several hours reading many posts on the subject of removing the 1802 error on my R32 Thinkpad.
Does anyone have the R32iso.zip for the updated bios as i am keen to get my wireless mini pci card working on my laptop. This bios presumably is relevant only to certain wireless cards if anyone has the list that it will work on then this would be greatly appreciated. I have a couple of wireless cards that i can try it on but if need be i will get one off of ebay to get it all working, but just need the right card (non ibm branded!!).
Zenders site appears to be down so i am unable to download the file

Thanks Zender for doing all the long work of making this possible

All help would be greatly appreciated

[lamelogin]

Can someone me a copy of the latest BIOS for a Lenovo T61 (Type: 6465CTO) please? I currently have BIOS v2.26 and Embedded Controller v1.08 install on this machine. I'm assuming I'll have to down grade to something below what you're going to send me if it's the same version number. Thank you!

[stellarola]

Hi everyone,

I sent Zender a message asking him to send me a whitelist modded bios for the Thinkpad R61. I'm just trying to cover all my bases by asking everyone else out there for the same.

I need a modded bios with the whitelist removed for the R61 8934-A7U.

This is a link to the Lenovo support page http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-67856

Thanks!

P.S. You all are welcome to check my progress for installing OS X on this beast at my blog.

http://stellarola.tumblr.com

Take care!

-Stell

[dl380g2]

I too have pinged Zender with no response yet. I need the BIOSes for a T61 and a Z61.

Thanks to anyone who can provide such things!

[cheeky2]

Thankyou loyukfai for your pm and the link for the bios.

I have now successfully flashed my R32 with the bios and with a dead battery on the thinkpad (read one of the FAQ if you wish to find out on how to make a disc to flash a thinkpad with a dead battery)

HAVE A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR and be lucky

[Andy M]

Hello,
I need your urgent help

Stupidly, I upgraded to the latest BIOS version, and it has overwrited the 1802 fix that I applied a year ago from Zender, and the link he PM'd to me has expired.

Laptop is a T60

Could anyone provide me with a link?

Happy new year

Thank you

[aris120579]

Dear all

I'm new in this forum
I want to upgrade may MC8775 WWAN mini PCI-e to MC8781 (not lenovo branded)on my laptop, but after to do this my machine cannot boot and message "1804 Unauthorized WAN card is plugged in—Power off and remove the WAN card" appear on the screen.
Can you sent me Moded BIOS to solved this problem, please.

FYI my machine spec is
Lenovo thinkpad X61 7674 bios ver. 2.21

[aris120579]

Thank EOMtp & bobbytan for Your PM. My machine Working so good.

Special thank to Zender for the great work.

[rromero008]

Hi all, I'm new to this forum. Can anyone help me and PM with the BIOS for T60. I would like to install an Intel 5100 card to it. Thanks.