X61 2.18 BIOS Update

[Kamika007z]

Hi all,

Just wanted to let everyone know that the 2.18 BIOS has been out, but I have not seen any posts regarding this update through the forum search feature.

Has anyone had any issues with this? It updates the video card BIOS.

I updated to this BIOS perfectly fine, however, I do notice my video lag under a little more under Counter-Strike: Source, whereas before it would not lag like this.

Can anyone confirm this?

Best,
Kamika007z

[erik]

i've been running a modified version of 2.18 for almost a month and haven't seen any degradation in performance in any of my 2D or 3D apps.   however, i'm not a gamer and can't comment on game performance.

the logical solution would be to go back to 2.17 if 2.18 gives you problems or to play games on a different system (if that's an option).

[Kamika007z]

Thank you Erik,

Naturally I can go back to a prior version, however I'm not looking for a 'fix', rather I am asking if anyone else has noticed this symptom or am I simply seeing a 'placebo effect' of some sort.

Also, you're signature states that you are running an X61s which is very different in performance. I'm running a 7675-CTO model, which I should've mentioned before. My apologies on not mentioning this earlier.

I am however, interested in regards to what your BIOS is modified in?

So do tell!

Everyone else: Have you seen any 3D applications (or games) performing slower with this perticular BIOS installed?

Thanks again,
Kamika007z

[erik]

my BIOS is modified with the SXGA+ microcode to drive my display and the no-1802/1803 hack to allow non-whitelisted WLAN/WWAN cards.   nothing was done to change performance in any way.

here's why:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=64002
http://lenovoblogs.com/connections/?p=59

[bill bolton]

Everyone else: Have you seen any 3D applications (or games) performing slower with this perticular BIOS installed?

I have the v2.18 BIOS installed on a X61 7676 and haven't noticed any difference in 3D rendering for engineering applications running under Vista x64.

Cheers,

Bill B.

[Kamika007z]

Thanks for your input Bill

[erik]

solidworks 2008 SP3.1 works fine for me under server 2008 enterprise x64 on the X61s.

[Kamika007z]

Thank you erik!

Any 3D game players out there that would like to comment on performance?

I also have the latest Intel video drivers installed from Intel.com

Thanks in advance,
Kamika007z