Re: [Thinkpad] T41p: Problem updating BIOS

From: Andrew Webber <awebber_at_wwwebbers.com>
Date: Fri Jul 06 2007 - 20:20:41 EDT

Thanks Bruce, I tried it again to make sure I got the details right.

I noticed the instructions said to use "RUN" so I did. Looked the
same as when I double-clicked on the .exe in Windows Explorer at 1am
today.

There were a couple of windows saying what it was doing, and after
a few seconds Windows shut down and re-started. I didn't interfere
with it, but logged in as usual and after it had finished starting up,
I did a complete shutdown and then hit AccessIBM after the power
button. I still had BIOS 3.21.

I've got a USB floppy drive somewhere, and maybe even some disks, but
they may be in a different city. I'll try that but hope I don't have
to.

-- 
 Andrew                            mailto:awebber@wwwebbers.com
Friday, July 6, 2007, 8:00:24 PM, you wrote:
> The BIOS update does not shutdown, it restarts in the DOS level BIOS
> update program.
> Maybe you can try the diskette version (assuming you have access to
> a USB floppy drive).
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andrew Webber" <awebber@wwwebbers.com>
> To: "ThinkPadders" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 7:58 PM
> Subject: [Thinkpad] T41p: Problem updating BIOS
>> While the automatic System Update still isn't working for me, I
>> thought I'd do some manual updates.
>>
>> AccessIBM says I have BIOS 3.21
>>
>> I ran 1ruj37us.exe (3.23) and shut down.
>>
>> On restart, AccessIBM still says I have BIOS 3.21!
>>
>> I've tried this several times with the same results every time.  No
>> error message or anything.
>>
>> I could just ignore it since the computer's working, but that's what I
>> do too often and it's not a good idea.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a fix?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -- 
>>  Andrew                          mailto:awebber@wwwebbers.com
>>
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