Gordon Bennet - Just hosed my BIOS! ***UPDATE***

[sktn77a]

Well, the USB transfers on my T61p (8891) were slower than molasses and the wireless network performance was equally poor (my other T61p - 8889 is spec'd identically and it is fine). I updated all of the software from the Lenovo support site as well as Vista - no difference. As a last ditch resort, I thought I'd try a BIOS update. Well, the update software went "Not Responding" in the middle of the upgrade and now I have nothing. The fan spins when I turn the computer on but no splash screen or anything else. Nice paperweight.....................

I called lenovo - it's still under warranty so I hope this time they do as well as they have before. I'll keep you all posted on my experience with the service department.

[RealBlackStuff]

Sorry to hear that, but I bet you did a BIOS update from within Windows?
There have been many warnings against that, and to use the bootable CD instead....

[sktn77a]

Yes, I did (as I've done many times before). I read the instructions before I did it - they state to use the diskette BIOS upgrade (who has a floppy disk drive any more?) only if you have Vista x64 or Win 7 x64 (!) Oh well, I'll know not to do that again........................

[Harryc]

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-67989

[sktn77a]

Thanks Harry.... would have been nice for them to have appropriate instructions in drivers page to use only the CD update even with non-64 bit operating systems!

[sktn77a]

The box for the warranty repair on my T61p arrived Tuesday morning and I mailed the computer back to Lenovo around 10.00am. Lenovo received it the following morning, repaired it within a couple of hours and mailed it back to me overnight. I received it 10.00am Thursday morning - 48 hours after my dropping off at the the UPS store. Looks like they replaced the motherboard and wireless card and ran a load of tests on it. Appears to be working fine.

So it's days like this I'm glad I stuck with Lenovo!